It's been a long long time since I laughed so hard I had tears streaming down my face. Well, tonight that happened a few times while watching Kathy Griffin's new weekly talk show on Bravo called KATHY. If only it was nightly instead of weekly. It's a delightful and mindless romp through the past week in pop culture. Kathy began tonight's premiere episode with a few minutes of stand-up which led into the opening credits scored by a new pop song written for Kathy and most impressively, sung by her as well. Great tune. Then the next few segments had Kathy sitting with a panel of what she called "three civilians" discussing events like The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion special, the Kardashians, and Wilson Phillips attempted comeback. The panel was terrific and I hope we see more of them in weeks to come. Then she showed a hilarious video of her interviewing her new Staff on the Show. This is when I laughed so hard I cried. Kathy is just so quick and off the cuff....her staff is also pretty funny. Finally the evening concluded with a short moment between Kathy and her unknowingly hysterical mother, Maggie. All in all, the first episode struck the right tone and moved incredibly quickly. Kathy Griffin is born to do something like this. It's a wonderful blend of her stand-up and her reality program. Just her doing what she does best. She has surrounded herself with incredibly funny people, which takes a lot of the pressure off of her to be "on" the entire time. Something Rosie O'Donnell should have done with her now defunct OWN talk show. KATHY is terrific and my hope is that it gets so popular that it moves to at least two nights a week, at least. Kathy Griffin can do no wrong and having her back on Bravo on a regular basis is a great thing.
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