Okay then, what’s with all the hoopla? If you don’t keep it down, I’ll have to confiscate your salt!
Well, here’s my Speech for Scott. First, Scott is a frequent guest on Conan and is always funny. (Did you see the night when Hefner was on with his twin girlfriends and Scott came out with his own set of twin honeys?!) Scott plays off Conan very well and would bring a lot to the show.
Second, while I love all the boys dearly and want them to succeed, it’s high time this country had an openly gay person on a network show! And not some horrible sitcom with a gay character being “gay.” Scott would just be Scott. Conan has often stated that one of the goals of his show is to offend people - and I’m sure there’s some idiot, er, upright segment of his audience who would be delighted to take offense at a gay sidekick.
You might be thinking, why should his sexuality have anything to do with this, and I put it to you - how many opportunities are there for openly gay people in American entertainment? Nathan Lane is filling that niche on Broadway, Harvey Fierstein has the movies spot and Richard Simmons has the infomercials. Ellen tried to get the TV one, but morons…er, I mean, righteous people managed to get rid of her (well, that and the writing stunk), but she still has a hold on the gay comedian franchise - so what else is left?
Let’s give it to Scott! He needs the job. And 30 Helens agree with me.
FarrisG, don’t you go dissin’ Brucio! I think he’s a brilliantly talented visual artist, as you can see in some of his little “dramas,” like the aforementioned Sausages film, or the one about the guy who quit school to make the “big bucks!” Or the one where Bruce is a scientist testing feet, or Mr. Mann and the wig shop, or the one, okay, stop me now. But he’s going into directing, which is where he should be, so I don’t think he’d want the job anyway.