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.
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March 15th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Clogging up the Internet
It’s sad, isn’t it? Take Todd Bridges for instance - he spends his teenage years basking in the public glow of a popular sitcom only to become a drug-ravaged, once-famous, child-star loser ex-con. Some people can’t handle fame, they go off the deep end, spending their days filling notebooks with psychotic ramblings about neighbors and politicians.
Let’s look for a moment at our friend, Aaron Adams. The Mac-loving, Steve Jobs teacher’s pet, Mr. Hollywood has come full circle. What is he doing now? Let’s just say the Internet has become his notebook.
He fills his time parked in front of the TV, harassing ex-co-workers with bizarre phone calls, then immediatlely writing about those spectular events for all the world to read. What’s next, letting everyone know about clipping his nails?
And come on, “funnest”, is that really even a word? Your dumb. Supposably real dumb. There’s no point here, I’m just relating an experience.
March 15th, 2006 at 10:00 am
That’s quite a post, perfectly suited to this site. Welcome to the club.