Kathy Griffin's Date With Andrew WK
Not sure how we end up watching Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List every week. Always forget when Top Chef is on and then get stuck with Kathy and her crazy plastic face. But this week was actually sorta enjoyable: She went on a date with Andrew WK! Actually, it was more of a date inside her head, and actually, she had no idea who he was (her interns told her "a rocker"). Psyched was she to go on a date with rock star, only to turn up at his "performance" and get Andrew's Joy Of Life seminar. She didn't really "get it" (can't blame her, there) and mostly had her ear chewed off by a tripping audience member. And of course, she blogged about what we missed behind the scenes:
What didn’t make the show, which was actually very sweet is that after his lecture, we went to a piano bar in the village and he played piano for me. He is a classically-trained pianist, and when he told me that, I actually said, “Did you just say "penis"’ And that’s when I realized I’m a 14-year-old boy. A 14-year-old gay boy.Also, the guy who was sitting next to me at the Andrew W. K. lecture admitted that he was on acid. I didn’t even think they made acid anymore. So, props to him for being able to go back to 1978 and get some. I could do an entire mini-series of just talking to that guy, which would be much longer than the HBO series “Rome.” But not as boring. He was f---ed up! And I miss him.
Andrew's actually a good looking guy when he's not covered in blood. But this pic fits better sitting next to Kathy's. Either way, helluva couple. Maybe the only time we've been glad to screw up our TV schedule and get stuck with the D-List. Even Gervais night was a bit weird -- he's covering up his awkwardness with laughter, and she's actually thinking she's getting to him. Awesome.
Posted at 6:41 PM
Tags: Andrew W.K. | Kathy Griffin
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Please Lord, don't take WK away from us
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AWK needs to go back on tour, best show I've ever seen.
He also needs to do an all piano version of the "I Get Wet" LP.
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I may be losing some "hipster-cred" when I say this, but I watch that show. Whatever, I enjoy the ludicrousness of reality TV. Which means, yes, I did watch Bret Michael's VH1 Reality show "Rock of Love." Entertainment personified. Skanks, dumbshits, and flamed cowboy hats. Hoorah!
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By the way, the episode with Andrew WK was hilarious with Kathy sitting next to a totally tripping audience member.
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I really need to read all of your post before I comment. Since you already mentioned the "tripping guy." My bad.
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I pray for the day they shut the analog signal off and I can be done with television broadcasts altogether, 'cause I damn well am not going to pay for these kinds of shows.
Damn skippy!
DwD
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Oh Dw Dunphy... do you like anything?
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I met Andrew WK after the NYC air guitar trials where he was a judge. He was so cool and so down to earth. Soon after I dove into his music and he is very creative and talented. An all around very cool rock star and dude!
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I'm constantly amazed how the gay community doesn't see that they're just another part of Griffin's egomaniacal attempt to get attention and popularity. I've only seen a few episodes of this dreck but it seems like everything she does is motivated by "will it make me _look_ famous and important" instead of "is this what i believe and value". I see her pandering to "her gays" as pure manipulation. She knows the gay community likes nothing more than seeing itself represented on stage and screen and she's dishing it out with glee. Margaret Cho is a much more genuine [and immensely more funny!] friend to us queers.
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Y'know, I like a lot of things:
Egg McMuffins - sunrises - sunsets - Christmas - Radiohead - 70 degree weather with low humidity - Jenny Lewis - fresh baked cookies - no back pain - a fine day out - Seven Samurai - Vertigo - The Third Man - Neko Case - dry aged steak - Porcupine Tree - iced coffee - large portions of Pennsylvania - underdeveloped areas of New Jersey - Madison Square Garden - Marillion - new sneakers - love - peace - righteousness - Miss December 1988, Kata Karkkainen - the once mighty Bra1n1ac! - Roger Waters Dark Side Of The Moon Tour 2006 and 2007 - and you.
But there's nothing to love about Kathy Griffin TV.
DwD
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I know you didn't just say Marillion.
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Conan O'Brien needs to do an "if they mated" with these two.
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