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For Your Consideration
by Red Int / Red Ink
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Audio CD
Griffin Technology
Publisher: Red Int / Red Ink
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live
Explicit Version. For Your Consideration. A comedy CD created exclusively for the purpose of gaining a Grammy nomination. Kathy explodes onto your stereos and IPODS with track names like Straight Guys Wake Up! and Hi Barbara Walters.
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| A little too self referential for me |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I picked up the CD on a whim, having heard Kathy Griffin on Howard Stern and having seen one or two episodes of her Bravo show. I always found her to be quite hilarious, and thought I'd give the CD a whirl. My caveat is that I'm reviewing and reacting to the CD purely as a casual fan, so may be a bit more critical than some.
Kathy begins the her CD with shout-outs to the ladies and the gays in the club. "Straight guys," she warns, "I don't have much for you." Fair enough. I was warned. I didn't really take the the CD, but I don't think my being a straight bloke had much to do with it.
The CD does have some very funny moments, especially when she talks about her relationship with her mother and how out-of-touch Oprah is. For the most part, unfortunately, it seems as though to get a lot of the jokes on the CD one needs be VERY familiar with Kathy Griffin as a public personality and her TV show. As I mentioned, I've only seen one or two episodes of her Bravo show; so contrary to her assumptions, I don't "know her mom", I haven't "seen her dad", I can't "picture her assistants", I had no idea that she was dating people to get in the tabloids, and so on. I also don't watch The View or Oprah. As she consistently refers to things that happen in episodes, a lot of the humor was lost on me. Current pop cultural references are par for the course in contemporary comedy, but I don't think a person should have to do homework before popping in a comedy album in order to "get" 90% of the act.
I'm sure people who watch her show with devotion will get a much greater kick out of the album that I did; but as a simple stand-up comedy album listened to by a casual fan, it just didn't get too many laughs from me (the true gauge of a "good" comedy album, in my book). Sorry members of the "Kathy Cult", but that's my honest reaction.
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| Griffin Lost To Late George Carlin at Grammys--CD a Winner Nonetheless |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Kathy Griffin specifically released this album so as to win a Grammy award. She shamelessly pursued the award on her show MY LIFE ON THE D LIST. Every major contender she asked to vote for her asked who else was up and she replied, "George Carlin." The immediate response was , "Oh," and silence. George Carlin had just died plus he was a comic legend so Kathy couldn't have picked a worse year to go for a Grammy. I think though that this was more one of her zany comic schemes, pursuing a Grammy, than a real expectation of winning one. It worked brilliantly on her show, especially when she was asking the likes of Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin and Stevie Nicks for tips on winning it.
As for the material on this show itself, it involves mostly the celebrity people she typically "dishes" about as part of her shtick. I watched her date Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, on her show and on this disc she pretty well sums up that experience. Dating Steve Wozniak was a pretty hilarious experience. She captures his geekiness very well. Her recounting of taking him to the Emmys as her date is priceless.
Jerry Seinfeld helped her career greatly by putting her on his show in the 90s. When she sees him again, as she recounts here, he tries to do her another favor by pulling her over to meet and greet with Spielberg but this time Kathy doesn't want to go as she has taken on Spielberg already and they are NOT best buds.
Kathy has been banned from some talk shows and she has made that source material for her comedy. Thus, she recounts trifling with Oprah and Barbara Walters with glee. Kathy is deferential to no one and turns off her comedy for no one. So, of course, Oprah and Walters hate her and ban her. Kathy's takes on these two are priceless.
These are just some of the gems. There are more. Get great laughs with this CD.
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| I LOVE Kathy Griffin |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I gotta say people I think Kathy Griffin is one of the greatest and most funny commedians of our time. Its like talking and catching up to an old girlfriend. I love this cd and listen to it in the morning while I'm getting ready to have a good laugh, and if I'm having a bad day I pop it in and listen to it again. Its soooooooooo funny, you won't be disappointed if your a Kathy Griffin Fan!
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| Queen of Comedy!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I loved this!! She is hilarious when it comes to the topic of celebrities! And her stories about her mom, Maggie are soooooo funny! She says what she thinks and she doesn't care what anyone says about it! After listening to this, I bought tickets to her upcoming show in my hometown. I know it will be money well spent!
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| I can't stop laughing! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Kathy Griffin is one of my favorite comediennes and this CD does not disappoint. It's exactly what you would expect: biting, acerbic, and just plain hilarious. I listen to it all the time and it never gets old.
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Hot Ticket
The Survey: Gay?Straight?
The Clicker (For The Maggie Fans)
My First Rebanning (Hi Barbara Walters)
Happy Sunday (More Maggie!)
Cover Me
Oprah Is A Deity (And I Think She Is Full Of S--t)
Oprah's Favorite Things
The Osmonds Were Never Cool
Freaky Doll People (Demi? Oh Yeah!)
Straight Guys Wake Up!
Our New Daddy's Coming
The Wizard Of Woz
My Run In With Spelling
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