We know that for years you’ve been seeing other people—and we’ve been watching you watching them. That’s right, we’re talking about TV. Eleven years ago, we celebrated the rise of cable-access wunderkind Trevor Moore, who went on to a Hollywood career from Covenant High School. And speaking of D-Listers, we subjected C-VILLE TV critic Eric Rezsnyak to hours of Kathy Griffin’s show, “My Life on the D-List,” which included among its episodes her visit to Charottesville to, er, perform at the Paramount. He captured some of what might be called the highlights of that segment. To be clear, Rezsnyak watched a screener. It’s our understanding that when the show finally hit the airwaves, the classic medical moment was no longer on view. Pity, that.
Paging through the archives
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“2. After the show, Paramount impresario Chad Hershner informs Griffin that, ‘I have a group of about 20 gay guys who have stayed to see you…’ Charming.
“1. Dr. John Hong (who is, at the very least, among the 20 gay guys Hershner alluded to) pays Griffin a backstage visit. The moment he crosses the threshold into the D-lister’s dressing room, the internist/ medical columnist/ice dancer ceases to be a human being and, for the next five minutes, more closely resembles a cartoon caricature of a human being. Seriously, it’s like Griffin is acting in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? as Hong literally hops around the room just squealing with excitement that he’s getting to meet this woman, the tertiary lead on ‘Suddenly Susan.’ He tells her she is his favorite comedienne of all time, is ‘so hot’ and ‘so sexy, baby.’ The viewer ponders what might happen should he meet, say, Nicole Kidman, but quickly forgets all that once he starts inquiring about her gynecological health and busts out what I would propose to be Charlottesville’s new tourism slogan: ‘If you ever need a Pap, come over here to Charlottesville. Dr. Hong.’ Can’t you just see the billboards?”
Eric Rezsnyak
May 30, 2006
Getting covered
May 12, 1998
