Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

This is Rob Wahl. You may recognize him from such conspicuous entertainment as HGTV’s All Lit Up, a recent Febreze commercial, and as Genevieve Gorder’s ultra-dumb, remote control-fondling sidekick in an ad for Sofa Express. It was that ad, in fact, that caused me to give Rob a call this afternoon, and the resulting inanity of the conversation mandated that I post it here.

About seven years ago, I worked with Rob at a television station in Columbus, Ohio, with the call letters WWHO. It was all fun and games except for the fact that the VP of the place hated me because I didn’t feel the compulsion to kiss his ass. It was probably the funnest job I’ve ever had, and I didn’t really want to leave it, but circumstances pushed me back to Dayton for the better. Rob was a hoot, and as the graphics artist, he was my first real-world exposure to the Mac. He borrowed my suit to wear to a shoot for some newspaper in Lexington, and I seem to remember something about how he smeared a soggy Oreo cookie across his front teeth and talked like a hillbilly. He autographed a picture for me before I left town, and he hoped to never hear from me again. (I know that for a fact.)

Last night I was watching Law & Order and saw him on a sofa next to Geneneivenevienve Gorder playing the “Dumber” to her “Dumb”, so I called him today. We had a cursory discussion about semi-pseudo-fame since we’ve both racked up some TV time, and then we made as much chit-chat as two people who haven’t spoken for seven years could. And that was that.

There’s no point here, I’m just relating an experience.