So I'm watching Rachael Ray this morning (I woke up a little late and groggy so I wanted something to snap me into wide awake mode), and she has Chandra Wilson on, from the ABC hit Grey's Anatomy. She's sitting with Rachael at that table, drinking, being all casual and taking questions from the people in the audience. And the questions were...interesting, to say the least.
The first woman gets up and asks "What's Dr. McDreamy like in real life?" Um, first of all, he actually has a real name (and he's not a doctor). Patrick Dempsey. Maybe you've heard of him? Fans like this scare me. It's not that I don't think they can separate the TV world from the real world. I'm sure they can. It's just that fans like this don't even bother to go with the real world option first, they're so wrapped up in "how great that show is!"
Hey, I love The Office, but if Rainn Wilson was on a TV show and I was in the audience, I wouldn't ask him "What's Michael Scott in real life?" The guy's name is Steve Carell.
The second audience member asked, "This question is for Dr. Bailey..."
Wow. You're talking to an actress named Chandra Wilson, and you call her by her character name, right to her face. Nice move. But the best part was this woman's question: "If you were to be operated on by someone in the cast, who would you want it to be?"
Again, wow. Are these people actually allowed to walk around in the outside world without supervision? I'm just happy she didn't get a question about a medical problem:
Audience member: "This question is for Dr. Bailey. I'm currently taking Crestor once a day, and it doesn't seem to be working, and I was wondering if I should up my dosage or if I should switch to another medication?"
Chandra Wilson: "Um...
Rachael Ray: "Thanks for all the neat-o questions! Coming up next, we're gonna make some yum-o sandwiches!"
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10-19-2006 @ 12:02PM
Jordan Running said...
Yes. Every last one of them.
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10-19-2006 @ 12:19PM
JDub said...
Happily, gloriously, steamily insane. Count me in.
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12-30-2006 @ 9:37PM
Stacey said...
You are right, those are scary fans! I can't believe that someone would ask her for medical advice!!! Shouldn't the producers ask what the person is going to ask before they ask it so that they don't look completely stupid??? How dumb!
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10-19-2006 @ 12:37PM
niccomm said...
This reminds me of the SNL sketch with William Shatner appearing at a Trekkie convention.
If you don't know of it, this clip shows just the end of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMgBPogArbw&mode=related&search=
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10-19-2006 @ 2:43PM
Bob Sassone said...
Stacey: I hope you realize that dialogue at the end of my post wasn't real.
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10-19-2006 @ 3:40PM
SJ said...
Man I hope James Gandolfini doesn't whack me when I meet him in real-life.
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10-19-2006 @ 5:48PM
Daniel Ha said...
Fans can get out of hand sometimes with the questions that they ask. It's like thats all they know about the characters life. They don't seem to pay any attention that they are just actors and actress and they have a real life outside of acting.
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10-20-2006 @ 2:35AM
Michelle said...
First of all, the whole "McSteamy/McDreamy/McWhatever" makes me think it's an hour-long ad for McDonalds, not a tv series. It's highly irritating and I cringe everytime I hear one of those stupid nicknames.
Second, I absolutely agree about the name thing. If you're a fan and you can't differentiate between the character and the actor/actress, then you need to shut off the tv and take a few weeks break from the show. Repeat after me...it's not real-life, it's just tv.
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10-20-2006 @ 2:27PM
LilMike said...
She would have called it a sammy, not a sandwich....
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10-21-2006 @ 12:05AM
Samsara said...
I love the show, but lord these people need to get a life. I mean it's a show!!!!!!! And I know a lot of other shows those actors were on before they hit it big on Grey's.
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10-23-2006 @ 10:33PM
Marthe said...
Rachel Ray's show is awful. From the moment the camera zooms in on her elevator entrance, greeting the audience with her "high fives" (like Oprah), RR's huge mouth never stops barking! If you push your mute button, you won't miss anything because she is boring, her topics and food presentations are lame, but you will she her huge mouth flapping! This woman got very, very, lucky in life to be making millions of dollars with no talent.
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10-25-2006 @ 7:39PM
Victoria said...
You want to see kee-razy, overinvested Grey's fans? Just hop over to a thread on TWoP devoted to much gushing over the imaginary affair between Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey, all based on their appearance together in a promotional video for a clothing store. The squeeing is accompanied by attacks on PD's wife and EP's boyfriend (as one poster notes, how dare their real life interfere with the fans' fantasy life)? I particularly loved this response to the Crazy:
"Last time I checked, PD's wife and EP's significant other didn't sign up to be trashed on some random site in order for some fangirls to squee over an imagined couple. You (meaning the collective you) are maligning them with absolutely no basis in fact in order to play a really squicktastic game of Barbie dolls."
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3144454
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10-30-2006 @ 2:37PM
Kathy said...
They must be crazy to follow such a ridiculous and poorly written show.
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11-22-2006 @ 3:06PM
Nina said...
No...we are not all INSANE...I for one HATE when people will say Dr.McDreamy when refering to Patric Dempsey...I LOVE the show..I'm frankly obsessed! Go on the Message Boards...use lavender shampoo, buy things for the ABC store, eat musielli etc., we are not like that..not us INSNELY OBSESSED fans...if someoen coems on the messgae baords and talks like this...we'll tell them off...on Oprah they did the Dr.Bailey, Dr/Grey thing UGH felt like punching them...anyone...no..we are crazy...but not in a Grey's-is-real-way.
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11-19-2006 @ 1:48PM
Isabelle said...
I am a HUGE fan of Grey`s Anatomy and I take it upon myself to defend us fans...Yes we know the names of the actors but then again, if I`d come face to face with either Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo or Chandra Wilson, my first instinct would be to call them McDreamy, Meredith or Dr Bailey...it`s not an insult I think, it`s showing them we love their work!!! And I don`t think it`s a poor show...heck how can 22 million viewers be wrong???
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11-18-2006 @ 10:23PM
Kimmie said...
Fans of G.A...keep obsessing...and you people who can't stand it..don't watch!! It's simple..and who the heck cares what people ask the actors...we don't need all the personal, life changing questions...that is what Barbra Walters is for!
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11-18-2006 @ 11:05PM
Kathy Zel said...
I enjoy Grey's Anatomy and like the message board. What is wrong with people having a little fun and fantasy in their life. I prefer that to people who constantly complain and criticize.
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