BLOBBY'S BLOG

Kathy Griffin

I'm not sure if the timing could have been worse or couldn't have been better.

We had tickets to see Kathy Griffin last night. A few hours prior to the show, Anna Nicole Smith dies in a Florida hotel room. For those who don't follow Griffin's work, more than once she has used Smith as fodder for her stand-up and usually it is funny. The whole event could have been somewhat fortuitous for Griffin. Or could have been career ending - depending on how she played it.

I had mentioned to friends that she would either say nothing about the event or the entire show would be about Smith. When she came out 15-20 minutes late, I assumed it was because she was rewriting her entire show. I was wrong on all counts. Griffin opened with (and I'm paraphrasing): "I got nothing. I knew her and she died. I can't joke about it." And that was that. Then she moved on to a very mediocre show.

She did go through the usual cast of suspects: Abdul, Lohan, Trump, Walters - but nothing that was horribly scathing. The stand-up was funny in some places, but man did it d-r-a-g in others. There is something to be said for her televised shows - and editing. She was funnier when we saw her a year ago. I think it is safe to say we won't be running out to see her again anytime soon.

And Kathy is all about her gays. And they are all about her. The theatre was sold out - and about 90% gay gay gay. Probably easier to get picked up there than a bar, Restoration Hardware or Crate & Barrel (and the last two easier than a bar!).

Interesting side note - at dinner before the show, I thought I saw someone I knew from Ohio State whom I had not seen in 20+ years. And it was he. What are the odds he sat directly in front of us at the show?