Oh, I wish I had this on tape.
Andy Dick was the guest on Martha Stewart's show today, and it was...surreal. When she announced that he was on the show, the first thing I thought of was, who booked him? She's actually going to have a conversation with Andy Dick? They're actually going to let him handle sharp knives and glue guns? This was going to be some interesting daytime television.
He was there to promote Employee of the Month, and he told Martha that he was a stockboy at K-Mart as a teen. So she brought out the employee of the month from a local Kmart and they were to have a battle to see who could stock the shelves the best (Martha would be the judge, of course). Well, when Andy sliced into the box with his Exacto knife, he accidentally opened a pillow, and that's all he needed to go on a rampage. He took the pillow and threw it at his opponent, and feathers went all over the stage. Then he proceeded to simply take the boxes of items (Martha Stewart Living products, natch) and dump them on the shelves. The audience was in hysterics, and there's nothing funnier than seeing Martha Stewart in her low boil, trying to remain calm and going along with things when you know she wants to wring the guy's neck.
The next segment? Andy with a sharp knife and hole puncher, making jack-o-lanterns. Oddly, he wasn't the one who hurt himself. Martha burned herself on one of the tools. And Andy put a giant pumpkin on his head and couldn't get it off. Imagine the sight of Andy Dck with a giant jack-o-lantern on his head, smashing his head against the counter trying to get it off, with Martha trying to help him.
The episode also had what is probably the exchange of the week. Martha was talking about Andy's name.
Martha: "Dick is an easy name to remember."
Andy: "Well, Martha, sometimes it's hard."
After the commercial, Martha said she was exhausted and shaking after her Dick segment. I think she should hire him as her full-time sidekick.
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10-12-2006 @ 12:29PM
erroneous_nick said...
I am very surprised that Martha had Andy Dick on her show. That seems like the oddest choice ever. If I did watch her show, I would've opted to skip this segment since I find Andy Dick to be one of the most annoying people anywhere. He's never made me laugh and I don't find him appealing at all. I suppose you could say I don't have a taste for...well, you know.
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10-12-2006 @ 12:40PM
Peg said...
I saw this...Oh Goodness, she was fit to be tied. Seeing as her show is taped live, I was impressed with her restraint. I kind of felt badly for the Kmart Employee of the month, because Andy really overshadowed her by being, well...a Dick.
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10-12-2006 @ 1:30PM
De Freitas said...
Word is she's getting rid of some of her staff because the show's not doing so well. I'm not the biggest fan of Andy Dick but I can easily see how his natics could keep corwds tuned in. She really should think about asking him to comes back while advertising it, so see if he at all brings up her ratings. Thing is, Ms. Stewart is a wonderful straight-(wo)man for Dick's zany ways of being, they really could be a good match for entertainment's sake.
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10-12-2006 @ 1:32PM
elf said...
Andy Dick the actor can be very funny. Just watch some old NewsRadio episodes for proof of that. But Andy Dick the person never fails to come across as creepy and desperate.
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10-12-2006 @ 2:08PM
r.r.r. said...
erroneous_nick comment totally made my morning. i laughed out loud, along with reading this article. i wish i was there or have seen it. d'oh.
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10-12-2006 @ 4:11PM
Campbell said...
The video's now up over at Best Week Ever:
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2006/10/12/icymi-crack-o-lanterns-on-martha/
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10-12-2006 @ 4:32PM
Jennifer said...
I can't stand either Andy Dick or Martha Stewart, but I kinda feel sorry for her after that, instead of enjoying the schaudenfreude. Go figure.
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10-12-2006 @ 8:13PM
Gerald Keep said...
Wow! Martha was really desperate for something in order for her to engage in all of this "dick talk". She most likely needs some dick, since boyfriend Charles Simonyi is away in Space City near Moscow training to be our next space cadet, and while her other boyfriend Edd Townsend is on the worldwide jazz guitar tour.
Martha is so silly to be a billionaire, a lesbian, and using these two boyfriends as a cover-up. She needs to get her goofy life in order more than any one person on the face of this Earth!
Maybe Edd will be back in Katonah, NY soon to give her some much needed "dick".
http://www.eddtownsend.com/withlove7.html
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10-15-2006 @ 7:35PM
Tiny1 said...
The actual wording of the verbal exchange between Martha & Andy went something like this..
M: "Oh Andy, that's an easy name to remember..my ex-husband's name was Andy!"
A.D.: "Yeah, I heard he was kind of a Dick too !"
Yep, Martha kind of ignored the comment, but the audience LOVED IT. Can't wait for Eminem's appearance!
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