Zooey Stardust

Zooey Deschanel rocks, but you knew that already.

She digs The Smiths and Buddy Holly. She's a fan of Janis Joplin and Nancy Sinatra. She hangs out with significant indie people and plays the ukulele. Her music with M Ward (billed as She & Him) has yielded a couple of fine albums and she even put in some contributions to Gary Lightbody's side project, Tired Pony. I actually liked her crooning 'Baby It's Cold Outside' on the Elf soundtrack.

Zooey is no stranger to the Monday Late Show playlist, and I'm aiming to put something on tonight's show. It might be an M Ward collaboration, but I'm also very keen on her TV series, New Girl. The writing is amusing, the situations are tremendously silly and Zooey's character makes me laugh, often. At first, I though it was an off-the-shelf Deschanel character - goofy, unlucky with guys, bespectacled - but I've watched Episode Five a couple of times now and the wit is considerable.