Penn Badgely, the American actor most known for starring as Dan Humphrey in the iconic teen drama series, Gossip Girl, has another key acting credit, but you won’t find it on his IMDB page — it’s a promotional video for the Pokémon Trading Card Game from 1999.
In an official video from Wizards of the Coast, the distributer of Pokémon cards at the time, a young Badgely as “Jimmy,” a patient, but firm instructor who teaching a classroom full of parents how to play the Pokémon TCG. The half-hour video pokes fun at the parents — most of whom just want to trade the cards and aren’t as interested in learning how to actually play the game. The video switches between instructional videos and little skits featuring Jimmy’s classroom. And luckily for us, you can watch the whole thing on YouTube.
Badgely talked about his memories of playing the role on the radio show with Roman Kemp on radio show Capital Breakfast.
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