The ThursGAY

Doogie Howser, Barney, Neil, NPH.  All of these refer to our very special ThursGAY, Neil Patrick Harris.  As our favorite (and only) teen doctor of the early 1990s, NPH gave our elementary school hearts something to flutter about. He's a doctor AND in our age range? Score! Then little Doogie disappeared for a while, but we were always left wondering what happened to the handsome doc of yesteryear.  Then when How I Met Your Mother exploded onto the scene, we could hardly believe the pubescent MD had become a strapping and handsome man!  Now we had the womanizing and well dressed Barney to lust after.  It wasn't until November 2006 that he shocked the world with his "I'm Gay" announcement. No gay plays straight quite as well NPH. I don't know about you, but this LW did not see that one coming! Ricky Martin on the other hand....that's a different story.  Luckily it didn't hurt his popularity at all, and only opened the door for him to finally do more gay-friendly things...like host the Tony Awards which he did in 2009.  With the birth of his twins in October 2010 (what is it with the Gays and twins??) his life with partner David Burtka was complete and he continues to amaze us with his gay sleight of hand to this day. That's a pun on his ability to play straight roles and the fact that NPH is really into magic for some reason, I swear look it up! So just like a rabbit out of a hat, we pull you, Neil Patrick Harris out as our weekly ThursGAY!