Kathy Griffin

"So, have you heard the on about the comic who completely sold out?"

 

Contract date: 1996

Kathy Griffin was a working comedienne and actress – making her way through the stand-up circuit when she landed a role on a Brooke Shields sitcom entitled Suddenly Susan. Kathy played the tacky, spitfire sidekick.  That was all well and good.  But in 1996, she got a bit role on an episode of Seinfeld entitled The Doll in which her character, also a comedienne, developes a huge following when she uses her entire act to mock Jerry Seinfeld.  The popularity of this episode lead to her breakout hit on Bravo, My Life on the D-List as well as a hugely successful series of televised stand-up shows and cross-country tours based on the premise of mocking other celebrities and bemoaning her low rung on the Hollywood totem pole. In her act, she calls out quasi-celebrities for their bad behavior, diva-like qualities, bad plastic surgery, awful behavior in public.

What happens? Stop me if you’ve heard this one…

Her popularity spikes, she gets tons of plastic surgery, her show has huge ratings, she becomes entitled, she belittles her assistant who quits the show, she starts walking around in public wearing nothing but a bikini and WHIZ BANG – she is now sitting pretty on the C-B list.

Johannes says: I have no time for pop culture nor the hellish morasse that is considered Hollywood, but I have to admit – I just love her.  She knows what she’s doing, she knows where she’s going when it all comes to a screeching halt. In fact, she’ll probably bring her act on the highway to hell when the time comes.  Her punishment however, will be pretty brutal.  Night after night on the circuit in murderously hot clubs filled with those same soulless celebrities she pummelled on her way to the top.  Only this time, they’ll pummel right back and Ms. Griffin seems the type that can dish it out, but won’t be able to take it.