In honor of the 70th anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine, Neil Patrick Harris has teamed up with Funny or Die to show how people can perhaps get a little too #ThomasObsessed. In the video, the actor takes his “tankie” fandom to the next level by losing his cool in a room full of toddlers. Harris explained to HuffPost Entertainment where that line between being enthusiastic and yelling at 6 year olds lies (since Thomas isn’t actually blue):
What made you interested in the project?
I have been trying to do something with Funny or Die for a while. Since, gosh, since back when we did “Prop 8 – The Musical”. [Thomas] seemed like a great fit because my kids love “Thomas the Tank Engine.” We’ve watched a lot of it. And so I thought the notion of sort of riffing on childhood obsessions with Thomas and their 70-year anniversary seemed like a potentially comedic match.
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Eh … we’ll mark that down as a maybe.
