Kathie Lee — Babes

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (07:21) seed

Pity poor Kathie Lee! Between her daily show with Reege, her cruise line ads, and doting over her two young children ("Cod-eeeee!"), she just can't find the time to host the Miss America pageant anymore. In fact, she's had such an exhausting schedule that she didn't even notice she was running a sweatshop the likes of which would make Leona Helmsley blush. Of course, once it was brought to her attention, Kathie Lee was devastated. She preceded to use her show as a soapbox to defend herself and threaten those who seeked to expose her. Shame on them! How could they dare to question the integrity of America's favorite gal? So shocked was Kathie Lee that she sent her hubby, Frank, to go pay off the undocumented immigrants who worked 60 hours a week to make 50,000 blouses for her Wal-Mart clothing line. Apparently, Kathie Lee was still too choked up to appear herself and somehow decided 300 bucks apiece would suitably quell her conscience. How 'bout the Honduran kids making 32 cents a day, eh Kathie Lee? Really, Kathie Lee's run to the aid of these vicimized garment workers is about as believable as OJ's quest for the real killers. Did she think $9.99 blouses grew on trees? I can't even get a bag of tube socks for that! Wal-Mart made $300 million on those things and Kathie Lee got about $10 mil of that. Either she's doing some serious damage control or she's as big an idiot as we all thought she was. No Kathie Lee, the world is not made up of hearts, diamonds, and clover (unless of course you live in a box of Lucky Charms). And you're not in Kansas anymore. from http://www.sirius.com/~jerry/bios/gift.html

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (07:31) #1

http://www.etext.org/Zines/friends/phil/archive/95/madness.html "The premiss -- and only in Kathie Lee's sick and twisted alternative universe would a Christmas special need a premiss -- is that Kathie Lee and Frank and their demonic spawn are spending their Christmas at the family compound in Vail and that they invite all their Hollywood pals like Aaron Neville and Andy Williams to spend the holidays the Kathie Lee way. Because what successful celebrity wouldn't want to spend Christmas locked in a cabin with Kathie Lee Gifford?"

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (07:38) #2

This is a still from the historic day (8/26/97) that Frank Gifford joined Kathie Lee live on Live! with Regis & Kathie Lee. This was their first appearance together since Frank's videotaped fling with Suzen Johnson. Cody came on stage first to a loud round of applause, and Frank got a nice welcome too. Frank really didn't say much because he was only on for a minute, and Cody was getting all the attention as usual, but Frank did manage to get in a plug for the first Monday Night Football game on September 1st.

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (07:39) #3

Above from http://www.bigblack.com/giffords.html

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (07:51) #4

Kathie Lee Gifford We all know Kathie Lee. She's the evil bitch who hosts that crappy morning talk show with that devil spawn Regis. However, the South Park residents were more than happy to let Kathie Lee into their humble burg; She is a celebrity after all. Chef was the most excited to have her come by. I would think that Kathie Lee enjoyed her little stay in South Park. I mean, she did survive an assassination attempt and got to score with Chef (That's the way to show Frank!) - from http://www.datadudes.com/southpark/tv.html (Southpark website)

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (07:58) #5

~pmnh Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (09:35) #6

certainly not an adherent of hers, or anything... just vaguely know who she is at all, actually... BUT... doesn't it seem a little unfair- the criticism (and the seeming virulence attached to it)? why is michael jordan (or any of the other nike whores, but ESP. jordan) not excoriated for the millions (and millions and millions) lining his pockets, from the sweat of foreign people (often children) from foreign lands, etc...? seems a lot worse, to me- and i've never heard of one 14 year-old killing another to steal his-or-her kathie lee jumper, have you?

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (10:25) #7

She's sure putting out more effort than Michael to deal with the situation. I just put these statements out to stir up controversy, and these certainly don't reflect my views in any way.

~autumn Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (23:06) #8

Now that I've regained my composure from ROTFLOL, I have to say that I'm actually a (cough) admirer of all that Kathie Lee Gifford has done for various causes and charities and consider her a refreshing human specimen compared with the rest of TV-land. Not that I could ever watch her talk show (or any talk show for that matter, besides "Loveline").

~terry Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (23:38) #9

from a Redbook article: Her life may seem like an open book, but after a decade as America's favorite (and most open) talk show host, Mrs. Frank Gifford reveals something she's been keeping all to herself. BY MEREDITH BERKMAN Kathie Lee Gifford cannot stop crying. It's minutes after 10 A.M. and Gifford has just finished taping a show in which she's plucked a fur ball out of cohost Regis Philbin's ear, gossiped about son Cody, and discoursed on the length of her underarm hair. Now, perched on a swivel chair in her small dressing room in midtown Manhattan, she has unexpectedly shifted gears: She's talking about the civil war in Bosnia. "Sometimes I walk in here so depressed," she says in a tear-choked voice, clutching a balled-up tissue. "The other day I was at my house, and [my daughter] Cassidy was running down the hill in her little summer frock, with her little bare toes, you know? And Cody was doing cannonballs into the pool. And I had just seen a picture in Time or Newsweek of a child less than Cody's age on crutches because his little leg had been blown off." Kathie Lee pauses for a long moment, looking around the room. She is still wearing her on-air dress, an elegant gray wool by Escada. The coordinating gold-and-diamond earrings are lying on her vanity table, which is lined with several family photographs. "It kills me," she whispers finally, barely able to speak. "It affects me to the point that--that I am so ashamed sometimes to be a human being." ...

~pmnh Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (23:48) #10

seen her on letterman a couple of times... always seemed like a good sport... (and- have to admit- for her "type" (and age... she's pretty old, isn't she?)... she ain't bad...

~Wolf Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (12:50) #11

i dunno, part of her seems superficial and always talking about herself, hmmm, maybe there's no one else for her to talk to, poor thing. how old is she?

~terry Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (22:50) #12

She's 42 I think.

~Wolf Thu, Apr 23, 1998 (18:07) #13

if she's 42, sorry, i've seen better lookin' 42 year olds (that don't need to wear all that makeup to cover it up-in fact, don't they realize it just enhances their crow's feet?)

~stacey Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (09:59) #14

meow? (just teasing. I know a wolf can't be catty!) *smile*

~Wolf Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (19:02) #15

just a slightly snarled lip with enough teeth showing to get their attention *grin*

~terry Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (20:45) #16

I'm not sure about her age. She may be older.