(From The Chicago Sun-Times -- By Richard Roeper)
Every once in a while you'll see something on TV that seems like a SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE sketch, only it's real.
Exhibit A.
RYAN SEACREST filling in for LARRY KING on CNN.
What, TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG wasn't available?
When I flipped to CNN Tuesday night, the metrosexual DJ and host of AMERICAN IDOL was dressed in a big boy's suit, but his attempt at gravitas was undercut by a bright pink tie with a knot the size of an apple.
Seacrest's guest -- try to say that three times fast -- was NICOLE RICHIE, now so thin she looks like TIM BURTON's
THE CORPSE BRIDE.
"I want to have a very, very big wedding," Richie told Seacrest.
"I want it to be very extravagant. I want like hundreds of people and elephants."
So she's a traditionalist.
Richie has written a novel featuring a spoiled-brat heiress, but any resemblance to anyone she knows is purely coincidental.
She could just have easily written an international thriller about unrest in the Middle East, dammit!
My favorite moment came when they went to the phones and Seacrest did his King imitation.
Seacrest: "Big Stone Gap, Virginia. You're on with Nicole Richie. Go ahead."
Caller: "Hi. First off, I'd like to say my fiance loves your hair."
Richie: "Oh, thank you."
Caller: "Well, actually, I was talking about Ryan's."
To be fair, Seacrest did just fine subbing for King. The tone was pretty much the same as if the Big Guy had been hosting.
After all, King throws more softballs than a six-times-a-week beer-league player.
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