11 on the Applause-O-Meter

by Meg on April 22, 2007

[Whispering English accent into a microphone] and he has finished the dance with a bow… another stellar performace by Norville, the dwarf hamdancer. No other ham can come close to his ‘Handheld dances’ of perfect execution, tail posistioning, extended paw and ear tuckage. Brilliant…simply brilliant. [audience clapping]

11 on the Applause-o-meter

Pixy, nice composishe!

{ 73 comments }

1 Jenny 04.22.07 at 10:08 pm

Aww. Perfect commentary. Had me in stitches.

2 A thinker 04.22.07 at 10:11 pm

It’s so wee!

3 Theo 04.22.07 at 10:13 pm

Hahaha! A little inspiration drawn from the two announcers in the Disco Dressage vid, eh?

4 Brak_Silverbone 04.22.07 at 10:17 pm

Ballerina hammy!

5 pjk 04.22.07 at 10:18 pm

Now if that’s not adorable, I obviously have no sense of what is or isn’t. Lots of “Bravo’s!” from this corner! “Encore, Encore!”

6 Teri 04.22.07 at 10:21 pm

The toes! The toes! They slay me! Wee little pink nibblets they are!

7 meredith 04.22.07 at 10:25 pm

That was one of the funniest posts you’ve ever done. I read the whole commentary outloud in the voice before scrolling down and when I finally scrolled I laughed so hard! Thanks!

8 jen 04.22.07 at 10:26 pm

O
M
G
too funny
too cute
i just died

9 NebraskaErin 04.22.07 at 10:50 pm

I am so getting a tutu for my hammie.

10 Elizabeth B. 04.22.07 at 10:51 pm

He puts everything into his art, and it shows. Bravo!

11 Kat 04.22.07 at 10:51 pm

It looks like an old fashioned elaborate bow! Man, those are cute toes……

12 Lizzy 04.22.07 at 10:57 pm

The tail stubtitude is just too moiche. I am slain.

13 In Awwwe 04.22.07 at 11:08 pm

flashdance or footloose?

14 Emmy 04.22.07 at 11:19 pm

The toes!!!! *faints from cuteness*

15 Theo 04.22.07 at 11:24 pm

Strictly ballroom, In Awwwe.
;)

16 Laurie C 04.22.07 at 11:25 pm

Whatever you do, don’t applaud with the hammie in your hand! You’ll squish him!

17 Rodolfo Telles 04.22.07 at 11:54 pm

Fuzzy, helpless and small. A definition of cuteness.-Woods Walker

18 Renee 04.23.07 at 12:03 am

Anyone remember Angelina Ballerina? It was one of my favorite books as kid :-)

19 jen 04.23.07 at 12:05 am

Oh. My. Sweet. Fuzzy. Goodness. The Toes!!! So miniscule & dainty! Too wee even for the nibblinz! That pinkie toe! I’ve never seen one smaller. I shall die now.

20 snowcat4 04.23.07 at 12:10 am

that must be the tiniest ball of explosive cuteness that i have ever seen! I guess cute can come in all sizes of packages . http://www.cutepetopia.com

21 Kar 04.23.07 at 12:17 am

That little extended foot and teensy toes are just killer.

22 musicchick2 04.23.07 at 12:21 am

Laurie C…. good point! Hee!

This little fella is just oh so graceful! I’m visualizing him in spandex tights (like Baryshnikov?), a ruffled shirt (a la Seinfeld), and teeny weeny eensy toe shoes! To protect the prosh liddo feetsies, of course! ;-)

23 anner 04.23.07 at 12:25 am

it’s Hamma Pavlova!

24 annie 04.23.07 at 2:10 am

OMG I felt my heart just melt into complete mush. The perfect posture the little ears. The foot extended just so. I am in Aww…

25 Aubrey 04.23.07 at 2:13 am

But Palm Sunday was WEEKS ago, wasn’t it?

26 kim 04.23.07 at 2:47 am

Finally! Something really cute.

27 misscrisp 04.23.07 at 3:01 am

OK, total thread-jack, but I can’t think of anywhere else I can say this:
I get SO EXCITED just hearing the music for “Planet Earth”! New episode…now! yay!!

28 VitaminJ 04.23.07 at 3:02 am

Bravo, baby mousie! Balanchine, himself, would flip for that pointe tendu. *applause*

29 michellemybelle 04.23.07 at 3:08 am

Has there ever been a ham that WASN’T adorable? No? I didn’t think so either.

30 nora19 04.23.07 at 3:13 am

heh heh. Good one Aubrey.

31 R. Moore 04.23.07 at 3:23 am

Oooh, good idea, Theo!

Just watched Edward Scissorhands for the first time in YEARS, and now I’m craving more slightly bizarre movie fun.

Although I like to think that this was one of those dramatic modern dances that always make me suppress giggles as everyone around me apparently is in awe of the masterpiece they just witnessed.

32 Merriwyth Calliope 04.23.07 at 3:53 am

He has his hand on his knee. *dies*

33 BenPanced 04.23.07 at 3:57 am

“Sank yew, sank yew. Yew air tew kind. Sank yew.”

34 leah 04.23.07 at 3:58 am

a perfect bow to his public, all he need is a little top hat and it would be even more perfect. That is adorable

35 the_becca 04.23.07 at 4:31 am

Wow, what’s the head-to-body ratio on this little dewd??

36 naridu 04.23.07 at 5:07 am

She is so sweet! Is it just me or would she make a perfect Josephine from Kafka’s ‘Josephine the Singer’?

37 R. Moore 04.23.07 at 5:51 am

Naridu, please, NO MORE KAFKA!

I love, love, love him, but I have been slowly DYING writing this essay on The Trial. I thought it’d be good to take a refresher on Lit. writing. I think it’s sucking my soul away.

38 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 04.23.07 at 6:22 am

Like a Beatrix Potter illustration.

39 echo 04.23.07 at 6:32 am

A splendid picture and a brilliant commentary.
*standing ovation*
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!!!

40 lauowolf 04.23.07 at 6:41 am

It’s a palm rodent.
You can carry it around, and it performs all your rodent tasks.

41 acelightning 04.23.07 at 7:17 am

It’s so *TINY*!

Hey, at least now the dancing rat has a partner to perform a _pas de deux_ with – the ballerina in the tutu has to be small enough so that the male dancer can toss her into the air and catch her again.

42 littlelizard 04.23.07 at 9:16 am

That photo is fantastic. Whoever took it has skilllllz, dewd.

43 Subhangi 04.23.07 at 10:43 am

Heeee. Why am I thinking of the word “swashbuckling”?

44 cutebabyfix.com 04.23.07 at 12:21 pm

Swashbuckling, yes! He *ees* Despereaux!

45 jaypo 04.23.07 at 12:35 pm

Norville, your tiny dances and delicacy are exSQUEEEsite! You have stole mah heart!

46 sweetpea 04.23.07 at 12:57 pm

I think it has all been said, but do note the one supraextended toe. This one is certainly exSQUEEEsite, I am quite in love.

47 Dagger 04.23.07 at 12:58 pm

by clory i’s ‘im! as io livve und breathe! tha’s the world renouned ham hand danca! *bows* in tha living flesh an fur!

48 zeldapie 04.23.07 at 1:38 pm

*Zpie stands and claps so hard her hands hurt. Tears stream down her face. She is clearly moved by Norville’s bravura performance

BRAVO! BRAVO!

*She tosses him a teeny weeny bouquet

49 Ecco 04.23.07 at 2:52 pm

Oh, the tiny toes. . .

50 Theo 04.23.07 at 2:57 pm
51 pjk 04.23.07 at 4:30 pm

Theo, touche’!

52 Carlisa 04.23.07 at 5:01 pm

*neebles ze feetz!*

53 Shannon Johnson 04.23.07 at 6:05 pm

So cute, i want him.

54 Not That Mike The Other Mike 04.23.07 at 6:18 pm

Dun-dun-da-DAAAAAAAAAA! Batham!

http://mike.brailer.info/batham.jpg

55 Judy B 04.23.07 at 6:56 pm

Are any of my fellow brits also thinking Tara Palmer-Tomkinson in this years Celebrity Fame Academy?

56 Theo 04.23.07 at 7:02 pm

Not That Batman The Other Batman — swingin’!

57 Not That Mike The Other Mike 04.23.07 at 7:11 pm

Thank you, good citizen. Nice sword, by the way.

58 Theo 04.23.07 at 7:14 pm

Why, thank you for noticing.
[wiggles eyebrows]
[swashes buckler]

59 pjk 04.23.07 at 7:23 pm

Gosh, you guys are good at that!

60 beenclawed 04.23.07 at 8:23 pm

gah! bebeh hammy… so widdle and preshus..
soft and sweet
ded of C.O. – it’s a good thing :)

61 Mouse 04.23.07 at 9:31 pm

Batham = the awesome.

62 jen 04.23.07 at 10:32 pm

OMG Teho, that was perfect. Was that the sword Inigo Montoya’s father made for the six-fingered man?

63 jen 04.23.07 at 10:33 pm

He needs a big swooshy plumey hat now.

64 cutebabyfix.com 04.23.07 at 10:55 pm

Any minute he will twirl his whiskers and explain how is honor is in no way marred by being picked up… Thanks Theo, Narnia is my favorite.

65 Jwlls 04.24.07 at 12:29 am

I CANNOT take the extended toe. It is KEEELING me! Must soft-scronch!

66 shelsy penman 04.24.07 at 12:55 am

Awwwww… i like dat picture so dis is 1 of ma top 3 pictures cuz it is like so cute… lol

67 kb 04.24.07 at 3:35 am

Reminds me of Angelina from one of my favorite children’s books.

http://www.btinternet.com/~lambjw/mice/pics/angel3.gif

68 Jwlls 04.24.07 at 4:36 am

* Reply to thread jack from misscrisp…

YES!! Isn’t the music on the Planet Earth episodes amazing !? I watched a ton of episodes on Sunday, which amazingly enough was Earth Day! Plus, Sigourney Weaver has the most amazing nararative voice ever!

…end of reply to thread jack by misscrisp*

69 Jwlls 04.24.07 at 4:39 am

…did i really just use the word “amazing” three times in one paragraph?

Amazing.

70 Yubi Shines 04.24.07 at 8:25 am

Drama queen. :)

71 LoveMyLexy 04.24.07 at 3:48 pm

That is the cutest picture I think I’ve ever seen! Thank you for posting it!

72 Lydia 04.26.07 at 5:33 pm

3 words: Cutest. Hammie. Ever. He’s so miniscule and scrawny. HE IS ANERABLE!

73 Vi 05.03.07 at 4:30 pm

holy cute, i know them! I’ve nuzzled that hamster!

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