This may be the geekiest thing I've ever done, but I thought this was beautiful, so I saved it on my Tivo and I just finally transcribed it. Would I use it in my wedding? Yes, yes I would, although I present it here with the scripted asides and character names. The Biscuit, I mean Dr. Larry Fleinhardt, performs the ceremony:
At the request of the bride and groom, I’ll keep my remarks short and not technical. Well, as you all know, the four fundamental forces of physics: electromagnetism, strong nuclear interaction, weak nuclear interaction, and gravity.
(Colby Granger - So I wonder what the technical version sounds like?)
(Dr. Larry Fleinhardt - I heard that.)
We’ve been talking here about the forces that bind the universe. But what binds humans? Love.
Powerful in small spaces, yet with profound effect on distance. Love defies time, outliving both its source, and its object. Love is faster than light, for light requires time in order to travel through space. But love reaches its object instantaneously.
Love journeys forever, into infinity. And it’s here, binding together two lives.
Can we have the rings? Symbolic of eternity, and rendered in a beautiful element.
Amita Ramanujan, do you take Charles Edward Eppes to be your husband? (Yes, I do.) Charles Edward Eppes, do you take Amita Ramanujan to be your wife? (I do.)
I pronounce you: husband and wife.
Beautiful.
OK, it would actually be one degree geekyfunnier to 1. Use this in your wedding, and 2. Cast someone to deliver the Colby Granger line.
I'll confess, I cried more at this wedding than at my friend's wedding a couple of weekends ago. I'm tearing up now just thinking about it. Mostly because it was beautiful, but also because I loved that tv show and now it's gone.
Through the stupidity of network execs and poor narrative decisions, I have gone from watching over 20 tv series to about a dozen in less than three years. Grrr. I do not cope well with change.
Posted by: misskate | April 07, 2010 at 04:07 AM
LOL It was such a great show, particularly in the last few seasons. The female characters got much more interesting. (Up-skirt shot on Amita during her abduction aside.)
Personally, I always identified most with Don, so I was really interested in how they were developing his character in the last couple seasons.
I'm so sad to see it go, too.
Posted by: lizriz | April 11, 2010 at 09:18 AM
I am SO glad you posted this. We just got around to watching the episode and the first thing I wanted to do was write down the ceremony. Thanks for taking care of it first!
Posted by: Wendy | April 23, 2010 at 09:26 PM
My pleasure!
Posted by: lizriz | April 24, 2010 at 08:44 AM
Thanks for posting, as my boyfriend and I watched it, I told him that will be in our wedding somewhere. So I guess we are another degree of geek since he agreed to it. :)
Posted by: Stephanie | May 28, 2010 at 07:02 PM
As soon as I heard this on the final episode, i couldn't believe that someone could actually put my feelings into words. This is hands down the best wedding ceremony I have ever heard, I've been to tons of weddings (my parents were ministers) but none has ever captured my sentiment as much as this. I told my fiance we would be using it and as soon as she heard it she agreed. Who cares if it's geeky, these words hit me in the heart each time I hear them.
Posted by: thefrumpeter | September 05, 2011 at 06:54 PM
I had the section on love as one of the readings at my wedding this year. It went down very well, not many dry eyes in the place.
Posted by: M Feltham | October 16, 2011 at 03:15 AM