Rachel Dratch auditioned for the (fictional) ‘Real Housewives of Boston’ with Andy Cohen
"This is top quality Papa Gino's with hamburg on it. What are you complaining about?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2XwhcaZ08
Since the premiere of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” in 2006, Bravo has turned the reality show into an empire, with dozens of spin-offs based in nine different cities, and a 10th — Salt Lake City — coming later this year.
For now, Boston isn’t one of the locations blessed with its own brand of manufactured TV drama, but Rachel Dratch is ready whenever producers come calling.
When the Lexington native appeared on “Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen” on Friday, Cohen gave her a “screen test” for the show, asking her to react to actual Housewife situations as if she were a Bostonian cast member.
Highlights included Dratch’s responses to being called stingy for serving pizza at a kids’ birthday party (“Pizza? This is top-quality Papa Gino’s with hamburg on it. What are you complaining about?”), being honest about her friends’ blindingly white $25,000 veneers (“25 grand for veneers? Why didn’t you go to CVS and pick up some Crest Whitestrips?”), and finding out her husband was playing naked Jenga with friends while she was out of town (“Put your Jenga back in your pants!”).
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