Kathy on the monitor, originally uploaded by hambox.

My friend Jen and I saw Kathy Griffin at the Chumash Casino a couple weeks ago. It was a rockin good time, from the candy-fueled drive to the crazy, alpine, seemingly-middle-of-nowhere casino, to the fascinating/scary casino dwellers, to our complete incompetence at gambling, to the show itself.

KG is an acquired taste (and it tastes gooood) but there’s no reason to transcribe any of her foul-mouthed, pop culture-laden bon mots here (go see her yourself!) but I will relay part of an annoying/hilarious exhange between the couple next to me. It seemed like they a. had no idea who it was that was onstage, and b. spent zero time watching trash TV (and in the woman’s case, accessing any media at all).

Throughout the entire set, the woman asked her companion “what did she just say?” or “who is she talking about?” after every line. The man did his best with his limited knowledge.

Woman: “Who’s Al Sharpton?”
Man: “He’s a, a, civil rights leader. I think.”

One of my favorite lines of the night. I did not make this up:

Woman: “What’s Project Runway?”
Man: “It’s a show about models. But it’s set on an airstrip.”