Kathy Griffin Day In Buffalo (Seriously)
Mayor Byron Brown proclaimed Monday, February 12th "Kathy Griffin Day" in Buffalo. Kathy was in town to perform a benefit show for AIDS Community Services at Sheas, and before the show she was showered with Buffalo-themed gifts, including a stuffed Buffalo, Chef's Spaghetti Sauce, and the (in)famous Chicken Wing Hat. Kathy also received a basket of Lucy memorabilia from the Lucy Museum in Jamestown and a glittered, feathered Key to Buffalo which she immediately declared the gayest thing she'd ever seen.
Kathy started the show with a few digs at our frigid weather and went on to dish about everything from Star Jones to Paula Abdul to her parents to Barbara Walters and then back to Paula Abdul, to the crowd's obvious delight.
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davvid
holy sh*t thats great! B-list city and B-list celebrity. She would be a great spokesperson. Andy Dick would be perfect!
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SlickWilly
Kathy Griffin day in Buffalo??? What have we come to when in order to get second rate celebrities to like our city we have to give them a day...Hey Byron... when is David Hasselhoff day, or Pauly Shore day in Buffalo? If we are going to be deicating a day out of the year to a citizen, lets at least take some time to think about the citizen we choose. I'm sure there are hundreds of deserving Buffalonians that have actually contributed to our city, that are well more deserving than Kathy Griffin. Bad move Byron.
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davvid
lighten up slickwilly, she did perform a benefit show for AIDS Community Services. I would love to see a paul shore day. How about a Pauly Shore festival? It could be BuffaloRising's next pet project.
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peacemonger
i for one would fully support the day of Hasselhoff. actually, i'm fairly certain people would flock from miles around... maybe we could get him to perform live atop the skyway ;)
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zenfur
Omg, this is great! And you know, there is nothing barring having more than one person on any given day....say we get through 365 B-list celebrities, hey lets double up....Hasselhoff and the mini me guy....Kathy Griffin and Chuck Norris...Pauly Shore and Charo.
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TheWhyNotGuy
I'm penciling in July 13 as "Mindy Cohn/Nipsy Russell Day" in Buffalo.
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Sean
chuck norris day? FANTASTIC! I love me some chuck action!
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david
What about a Diane Lane day, too.
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Jas
I wish the Mayor would stop embarrassing us. The other day was Molly Ringwald day. This is soo lame. However, I did enjoy Kathy Griffin on Monday night!
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SlickWilly
I would like to propose a SLickWilly day in Buffalo, any day would be fine just hook me up with a great B-List celebrity...
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davvid
SlickWilly, i'm almost sure that I could hook you up with Andy Dick if you want ;)
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Diva
I think you are all way off the mark on Kathy Griffin and the Mayor. It was all done to help raise money and awareness for a great Western New York agency. Whatever has to be done to get publicity for that is fine with me.
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Niteman
Let's see, Molly Ringwald, Kathy Griffin.. a red head theme or just a coincidence?
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Yougenius
When an "A" list celebrity or a "D" list celebrity like Kathy Griffin comes to town and the entire profits go to an excellent community based organization like AIDS Community Services and Evergreen Health Services, an entire week should be named for Kathy Griffin, maybe even the end of Chippewa Street should be renamed. Her performance was funny and everyone was thrilled to have a great laugh. It looks like her meet and greet session at the Shea's Buffalo Green Room with Mayor Brown was the toast of the town, Buffalo put Kathy Griffin on the "A" list where she rightfully belongs. Just ask any of her gays.
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dpouse
don't believe the hype, even her own. she's carved out a niche for herself. she's huge.
and how seriously can you take this? she's got an effing chicken wing on her head...
good cause, good show. kudos on the mayor for embracing the camp.
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