Sweet Lord. Did I just catch a glance of Kathy Najimy on some weird amalgam of history’s cheesiest game shows? Some Game Show Marathon or something? What WAS that??
If you don’t know who Kathy Najimy is, this is Kathy Najimy:
“Sister Acts I and II,” “The Wedding Planner,” the voice of Peggy Hill on “King of the Hill,” “various gay and lesbian events,” etc.
Oh, and let’s not forget “Godspell” with yours truly.
Yep. It’s true. Years ago, I was a brazen little minx and auditioned for a local production of “Godspell” during the summer before my freshman year at high school. I was 13. And I got in. And so did Kathy Najimy, an actress, may I say, several years older and several pounds bigger than I.
(That’s really not nice, Tracey. You should delete that. But it’s true. Still, someone will point out that you’re mean or a bad Christian or history’s worst monster or something. But it’s true, the age and the pounds thing, that is. Still, remember that commenter who scolded you to be “more sensitive and fair” about that Katharine McPhee? Yeah?? Well, you’re being a tad insensitive here. And don’t forget the evil poppet. Oh ?#@!!%?! Bugger off, Jiminy!!)
Um, huh??
Anyway …..
Oh, man, I’m just remembering that whole thing! SO weird. I’ll definitely write more on that another time when I have the time to do it some justice.
But can I just say now that after seeing her for 10 seconds on this thing, this “Voyage of the Damned Celebrities,” or whatever it is, I realize just how far she’s fallen since “Godspell”? Clearly, it was the pinnacle of her career.
Oh, Kathy. KATHY!! NO!! Stop this right now! Didn’t “Godspell” teach you anything about redemption? Come back! Jesus says come back! You are on a show with that bug-eyed Lance Bass, for freak’s sake! And Ricki Lake is the host! Can a sobbing David Hasselhoff be far behind?
I dunno, actually. It may be too late for you now. And, you know what? THIS time, YOU get to be the one to fall backwards off the car and hope someone catches YOU. I’m not gonna do it.
“Oh, DEAR LORD, three things I PRAY!!”
She’s also married to (and has spawned with) the lead singer of “The Dan Band” — they take “girl songs” and sing them as cheesily as possible while inserting the odd and near-subliminal curse word. Tef’s a big fan… obviously.
She’d lost a ton of weight from the “Sister Act” days but has put back a bit of it recently. I suppose welping The Spawn of Dan didn’t help.
I am shaking with laughter ….
Turn back
O Kathy
Forswear thy foolish waaaaaaaaaays
Yeah, WG, I’m up on some of her stuff. I feel a post coming on about the WHOLE thing ….
red — hahaha! Let’s sing some more!
old now are you
and none can count your daaaays
nah nah nah nah naaaah
On the willows der
we hung up our lyres
For our captors der
required of us songs ….
(sung in a sort of Jamaican accent … in order to get the full effect)
…. and our tormen-ders mirrrrthhh!!
Do we actually know all the lyrics to this show, red??
Hahahaha!
somemenareborntoliveatease
doingwhattheyplease
richerthanthebeesareinhoney ….
Tracey – what a feisty little gal you must have been to do that!
Note to self: campaign for “Godspell” to NOT be next year’s musical…
hahahaha I know that show backwards and forwards!!
Alllllllll gooooooood gifts
Arou-ound uuuuus
Are sent from heeea-ven a-aboooove
Then thank the Lord
Thaaaaank the Lord …
etc.
Ad nauseum
Exeunt.
Actually, Sal, I like Godspell. I had a great experience doing it. Needs a verrry creative director and cast, though.
I was in a production of Godspell that we did in a huge old drafty cathedral in Providence, RI. The acoustics were horrible – but it was one of the most exciting productions I’ve ever done. Mainly because of the audience – this was in the mid 80s – but the audience was mainly 16, 17 year olds (not the nostalgic middle-aged crowd as you would expect) – and everyone knew all the words and everyone went BERSERK. So fun!!!
HAHAHA!
Oh, so YOU did The Rocky Horror Picture Show version of Godspell.
Oh, and Sal? When I finally get around to writing a post about this, I have to remember to describe my audition. It was WAAAY inappropriate for a little 13-year-old Christian girl. I think that’s why I got the part, though. Haha! Pervy director.
It was more like a huge revival meeting for teenagers. Except in this case the audience was all wearing birkenstocks and carried huge backpacks and went to Brown. heh heh I had some of my deepest at-one-with-God moments during that show – mainly because of the audience and the feeling of love in that cathedral. Weird!!
You know, I cried after almost every show. It always got to me.
And I still would’ve cried if they’d thrown frankfurters.
(Okay, I may have seen Rocky Horror a few too many times during my college years.)
Yeah, Tracey – that’s what our director said:
either it’s brilliant or it’s awful beyond belief.
Yes, audition story, PLEASE! I will be trying to guess what you did.
HA! They wanted to do a production at my parish but they didn’t get enough auditions, especially guys. ZAP.
I’d have done, actually, because I know the songs pretty well, but have a shower-stall voice unsuitable for such productions.
Really? Not enough people auditioned?? Wow. That’s hard for me to believe, really. Wow.
See, NF, you coulda been Jesus. 😉