Guess He’s Just One Of Those Naturalized Aliens

Playing the kooky alien Harry on television’s “3rd Rock From The Sun” isn’t much of a stretch at all for French Stewart.

“Stumble into a room, say something stupid, hurt yourself, get the hell out,” Stewart says of his style in Entertainment Weekly. “It’s amazing how much mileage you can get out of a character with only a brain stem.”

Stewart, who kicked around for 12 years doing odd acting jobs like playing Yogi Bear at trucking conventions, also won the role of Happy in the film version of “McHale’s Navy.”

But he says he isn’t letting it go to his head: “I never thought of myself as an actor of amazing depth. I have a certain talent, and now I’ve found a place for that, so I’m going to ride it into the ground.”

Loose talk

Nicole Sullivan (“Mad TV”), on success: “I’m still the loser-girl who was temping in a basement a year and a half ago, with $20 in the bank. Now I still have $20 in the bank … but I have a lot of nice clothes.”

So go get him a gift, if the price is right

Bob Barker turns 73 today.

He’s got Big Apple shine in the sky hopes

Today is also Frank Sinatra’s 81st birthday, with the top of the Empire State Building being lit up in blue in honor of Ol’ Blue Eyes. Sinatra, who was hospitalized last month with what was reportedly a pinched nerve, will celebrate with friends and family at his Beverly Hills home.

However, his blood pressure is a little high-o

At age 72, Ed McMahon insists tabloid rumors of his impending demise are greatly exaggerated. “There are terrible things in there like water on the heart, which I do not have,” McMahon, who was hospitalized for unspecified tests, said on the “Entertainment Tonight” show. “Hardening of the arteries, which I do not have.”

So, it didn’t happen quite to the letter, man

In his book, “Leading With My Chin,” Jay Leno tells of a time on the Dinah Shore show when the band accidentally played him off-stage after only one joke. Just one catch - it actually happened to lesser-known comic Jeff Altman, who got $1,000 from Leno for using the story. The “Tonight Show” host said something similar happened to him, but Altman’s experience “had a better ending.”

It’s enough to drive a person ba-ba-loony

Ron Eldard (“Men Behaving Badly”) says working with girlfriend Julianna Margulies was one reason he left “ER.” “We’d spend 12 to 15 intense hours a day there, and then see each other afterward - not the healthiest situation for a couple,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “I don’t know how Ricky and Lucy did it without having a gunfight.”

That kind of thinking gets you in hot water

Debbe Dunning, the “Tool Time” girl on “Home Improvement,” gave birth to a daughter last week. Her “sort of” fiancee, Olympic volleyballer Steve Timmons, was surprised by it all because he had been in the Jacuzzi just before conception and “it kills … those things.”

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