CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY on Bravo!!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/15/05 at 12:55pm

THIS SOUNDS LIKE FUN:

After that, you're going to want to shift gears completely and watch something that's guaranteed to make you laugh. Lucky for you, I have just the thing: Bravo's "Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words" (10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15). While the horrible title makes this one-hour special sound like an "E! True Hollywood Story," it's exactly the opposite. The special is a live performance by a bunch of great comedians who take the stage and do interpretive readings of celebrity autobiographies by Burt Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and 'N Sync.

Whether Sly Stallone is telling us how he talks to his muscles, or Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson are remembering the details of their romance, "Celebrity Autobiography" does us all a big service by reminding us that celebrities aren't just like us -- in truth, they're a lot more self-involved, stupid and boring than we are.

No matter how much we try to deify them, we can't make celebrities any more interesting. That may be the big lesson of the decade, coming to us courtesy of way too many celebrity magazines and celebrity shows and wasted paparazzi energy. Brangelina, TomKat, BritFed, and all of the other two-headed gargoyles of celebrity are slowly but surely starting to wear out their welcome with us. Hell, even Oprah is having trouble feigning interest as they sit there on her buttery yellow leather couch, prattling on and on about their mediocre films and dull little lives like anyone should care. "Hey!" Oprah looks like she wants to say, "I'm the celebrity here. You're just an actor."

Featuring Cheryl Hines, Jay Mohr, Kevin Nealon, Fred Willard and a bunch of other talented comedians, "Celebrity Autobiography" is a hilarious performance that you really, really shouldn't miss. Trust me, don't miss it.

Updated On: 12/15/05 at 12:55 PM

[beacon1]

Posted: 12/15/05 at 1:09pm

This sounds hysterical!

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 12/15/05 at 2:23pm

As soon as I saw a promo for it a couple of weeks ago, it was scheduled into the Tivo...can't wait!