Last night we had a viewing gathering of my friend's episode of Star Dates. Here's the thing. Barbara is a talent agent. A while back, she saw a breakdown come through the pipes for this gig and for some unknown, godforsaken reason she called and pitched herself under the assumed name, "Darby". E! wants to meet this "Darby" so Barbara goes to the audition and books the show. About a month ago, J.J. "Jimmy" (aka - "Dy-no-mite") Walker shows up at her door with a camera crew and they go out on a date. They go skeet shooting and to dinner. Since this gig pays a whopping hundred bucks(!), "Darby" orders lobster and eats everything on her plate. (Thankfully they edited out most of the chomping and worked around their witty repartee instead...) We get the distinct feeling J.J. has the hots for "Darby", and "Darby" has a sweet spot for J.J. Alas, Barbara is just playing along for the kitch of it all and we are thankful for the entertainment, as was J.J.
Check out the encore presentations all this week -
Airs: July 24, 10 p.m.; July 25, 1 a.m., 8 p.m.; July 27, 9 a.m.; July 28, 5 p.m.; July 29, 9:30 p.m.; July 31, 10:30 p.m.; Aug. 1, 1:30 a.m.
A couple addendums - J.J.'s first date (each "star" has two per episode) was a previous client of Barbara's. Small world.
Two - a week after her date, Barbara won a trip to Ireland to see R.E.M in concert. She just returned a couple days ago in time to view her star date on the tube. Something tells me she had a lot more fun in Dublin. She waved her new Irish flag for us which she traded her REM autographed signed ticket for. I think she's on a definite roll... A big Irish Soda Bread, perhaps.