Rebel Billionaire finalist tried comedy

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 11th, 2005

Sarah Blakely, one of the finalists on the two-hour finale of Rebel Billionaire, apparently gave standup a shot while living in Atlanta.

She moonlighted as a standup comedian: “My mom kept asking me when I was going to get married. I said maybe I’ll get a dog. She said, ” ‘Honey, that’s a 15-year commitment.’ So I told her I’ll get a 14-year-old dog.&qout;

Thank you very much! Drive carefully!

It’s so cool to admit that you’re a comedian that people on reality shows are dropping the factoid during interviews (and even providing the writer with a joke!). This is, over all, a good thing.

We’re just a tad cranky because one of the few shows we actually make a point to watch– House— is being pre-empted for the poorly-rated Richard Branson vehicle. If you haven’t seen it (House, that is), it’s headed up by Hugh Laurie, the British comic who formerly teamed up with Stephen Frye (Their BBC show, A Bit Of Frye & Laurie, aired on this side of the swamp a few years back. He’s the tall, thin, dark one.)

To make matters worse, it’s a sad fact around here that any show that captures the fancy of the folks here at SHECKYmagazine HQ is sure to be cancelled in record time. After watching the first episode, we briefly considered purchasing the domain name www.SaveHouse.com and mounting a pre-emptive campaign to muster support for the show before the boneheads at Fox even considered cancelling it. We’re still pissed that they cancelled Wonder Falls, a show whose coolness factor was high for no other reason than the theme song was performed by XTC! And don’t get us started on Action!

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