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Thursday, August 19, 2004
‘Nip/Tuck’ to nip Rivers
Somehow, we knew this would happen. And now we can’t wait to see it.
Joan Rivers, stand-up comic and comedic fashionista, has signed on to play herself in the ultimate guest shot on “Nip/Tuck.”
The FX drama, of course, is about a couple of very busy but personally challenged plastic surgeons in Miami. Rivers, of course, has had so much plastic surgery she can barely blink. She admits to it, she makes fun of it, and, well, she’s proud of it.
The episode will air on the eagerly anticipated “Nip/Tuck” season finale Oct. 5. Mark your calendars, because this one should be a doozy.
“This is like John Gotti being on ‘The Sopranos,’ ” creator-executive producer Ryan Murphy told the Philadelphia Inquirer this week. “It’s the ultimate typecasting.”
Rivers is 71 years old with a face and neck as smooth as a baby’s bottom. If we didn’t know she started out on “The Ed Sullivan Show” more than 40 years ago (looking older then than she does now), we’d never guess her senior citizen status.
The “Nip/Tuck” finale will feature Rivers sneaking away from New York and hordes of media to undergo more nipping and tucking from Drs. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Christian Troy (Julian McMahon). She proposes “the mother of all plastic-surgery operations,” and we can only guess what that might be.
Must-See TV: Olympics
If you’re not watching NBC’s marathon Olympics coverage — 70 hours a day on seven channels — you’re probably not watching much television these days.
Besides reruns, the competing broadcast networks have little to offer. A newsmagazine here, a “Big Brother” episode there. It’s pitiful.
Tonight non-Olympics fans can catch a thrilling pre-season NFL game on Fox between the New York Giants and the Carolina Panthers. On ABC there’s the brilliant (not) big-screen comedy “Road Trip” with goofy Tom Green.
If you’re not watching the Olympics, you’re missing some fabulous drama. This week has featured “swim ‘n’ gym,” the two most popular sports at the Summer Games. Swimming has been spectacular, and not just because the Americans are kicking Speedo.
And then there’s Paul Hamm, the muscular red-head who flew off the vault in a bid for the men’s all-around gymnastics title last night. Although no American man has ever won the gold in this event, Hamm went into Wednesday night’s round with a better-than-average shot.
But after crashing into the judges’ table off the vault, Hamm looked like a goner. Commentator Tim Daggett pronounced him dead and buried. “He’ll be lucky to get a bronze,” Daggett mused as Hamm dragged himself to the sidelines.
But then came the parallel bars and then the high bar. Hamm was spectacular, and even though he kept shaking his head and saying, “No, no, no. It can’t be,” he won the gold. It was great TV, great drama, a truly magnificent moment — much better than “Big Brother” or a “CSI” rerun.
Breathe Easy . . .
You can stop worrying now. Paris Hilton’s haute couture Chihuahua has been found. The hotel heiress’s pooch Tinkerbell went missing last week, Paris posted a $5,000 reward and now, miraculously, Miss Tink is back in her Hollywood Hills home.
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