I'll have to take your word on this, since nothing short of being held at gunpoint would make me listen to anything associated with Griffin. Left unasked is why she hasn't been offered those prime gigs. Kudos to her for making a career for herself, but I'd rather have nothing to do with her.
--Dave Sikula On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:18:05 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > Maybe I'm high on paint fumes, but I recommend Marc Maron's interview with > Kathy Griffin. I still find her annoying in many ways, but the interview > explains why she chose the annoying route (long story short, the crap was > offered to her, the good stuff wasn't, so she took the crap). It is, to me, > a lesson in Hollywood morality. Maron once considered himself such a > failure (addict, divorced, career in the toilet) that the temptation to > sell out must have been nearly overwhelming, Instead, he started bitching > about life in his garage, doing it his way, and reinvented himself at 50 > (his IFC series was just renewed for a third season, by the way). By > contrast, Griffin (who stated on the WTF podcast that her dream TV series > would be Tom Snyder's old Tomorrow Show format) has taken reality TV gigs, > red carpet announcing gigs, and really anything else that's offered to her > because that's all that is offered to her. So one did it his way and > another did it everyone else's way. > > If that isn't Hollywood in a nutshell, I don't know what is. > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
