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Oh, Kathleen!

If you’re a fan of Kathy Griffin, you’re probably familiar with the imitations she does of her Irish Catholic Mother, who says “Oh, Kathleen” whenever she’s being vulgar.

Well Kathy was in Nashville this weekend and Rodney and I had orchestra seats to see her. We saw her last year too.

The thing you have to know about Kathy is that she is extremely hard working with her performances. Most comedians tell the same jokes at each show, which is boring if you happen to see them twice.

Kathy, on the other hand, writes new material weekly based on what’s going on in the news. With that being said, there is probably a tremendous amount of pressure and if it isn’t an interesting news week, she has less to go on.

While she was very funny, a lot of her raw edge seemed to be missing this year. Maybe it was just an off-night, but her material did seem to be a bit toned down.

She was a guest on Ellen Degeneres’ talk show 2 weeks ago and Ellen told her she shouldn’t be so mean to people. She explained that Kathy is very smart and very gifted, and she should use her talents to write comedy that doesn’t make other people feel bad.

It’s hard to say whether or not Kathy took her advice, but I was extremely surprised that Kathy didn’t lash out about Ellen in her show. Kathy has always mentioned Ellen in previous performances. I also noticed that Kathy tip toed around “The View” topics, where she used to completely tear into the hosts.

So is this a new side of Kathy? At some point, she might find it more and more difficult to bash celebrities as she becomes more popular.

Time will tell. But for now, I’m glad Kathy continues to stop here in the South! It was a sold out event, and it’s clear that Nashville loves Kathy.

Mon, Sep 24, 2007 @ 1:44 am | Filed in Entertainment | Permalink

4 Comments

I guess I need my gay card revoked…I find nothing funny about Kathy Griffin. I cringe when I hear her voice on the TV (Donnan is a huge fan)…I’ve tried…and tried…and tried to like her….I just find her boring and unfunny…and her bangs are so 1991…

Posted by DanNation on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 @ 2:00 am

Great blog! I added you to my blogroll. I’d appreciate it if you’d consider linking back.

Most blogs allow you to enter your blog url in a special field in the comment section. If the blog doesn’t have that feature, then you will also need to put my url in the comment.

Posted by Eric on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 @ 2:38 am

Hi Eric

Thanks for the compliment on my blog

Well, I appreciate the link, and I hope you added it because you genuinely like my site, not because you wanted to get a link in return.

I only link to a small group of friends, and they are people who I know personally and have a good relationship with. I also link to sponsors, which help keep this blog going. So basically I only list people I actually know.

I am confused on the last part, however. You didn’t link to the blog you mentioned. I do offer that feature in the comments.

Posted by Nathan on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 @ 3:14 am

As you know I saw Kathy only a month ago in Fort Myers, FL and she was on top of her game. Her stuff about the view was hilarious and when she talked about Barbara’s reactions to her it just cracked me up. I know she can be a bit crude and a little on the mean side but that’s her act and I really find her funny… so I hope she just had an off night rather than looking for the nicer side of Kathy.

Posted by martini-dan on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 @ 11:23 pm