Personality test: Comedian Gab Cody
A newcomer to Pittsburgh, Alaska native Gab Cody lived in New York City, where she performed at the Improv, Gotham Comedy Club and the Laugh Lounge. She's already enlivened the local comedy scene here with her "Gab Bag" variety show performances at Bricolage in the Cultural District. She guests Wednesdays on the WDVE Morning Show with Jim Krenn and Randy Baumann and recently completed "Mombies," a short film about Lawrenceville, with fellow filmmaker Sam Turich. The film is part of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Narratives, a local project inspired by the Paris arrondissements in the film "Paris j'taime." She also has a beautiful scalp.
The star who would play me in the movie version of my life and why:
God help anyone who might have to watch a movie version of my life. Since this movie would only get made if I did it as a home movie, I'd cast Jimmy Krenn cause he's awesome at impressions and super funny. And we have similar hair.
Childhood hero and why:
Mae West and my mother (not the same person)-- both women who always know what to say and say it with panache
Pick one:
A. Jack Bauer of "24"
B. Angus MacGyver of "MacGyver"
C. James West of "Wild, Wild West"
D. Sydney Bristow of "Alias"
Mae West "I'm No Angel"
In five years, I'd like to:
Be five years older and look five years younger
My favorite thing about Pittsburgh is:
Pittsburgh and its people are so wonderful. Being here nourishes the body and soul. And the kielbasa rocks.
If the TV is on at 2 a.m., I'm watching:
"Top Chef."
Star I'd like to dance with on "Dancing with the Stars":
Clive Owen. Is he on DWTS?
Three people I'd love to have dinner with:
Carole Lombard, Groucho Marx and Karl Marx . Then I could just sit back and watch the fireworks.
After a long day, I like to relax with a (pick one):
Martini
Cold beer
Cabernet
Herbal tea
Hot chocolate
Red Bull
Hot chocolate martini
My quirkiest inherited trait:
Ability to have opinionments (arguments that use only opinions when simple fact checking could end the discussion)
My best bar sport:
A. Pool
B. Darts
C. Air hockey
D. Beer pong
Darts. One summer in New York I was out of work, there was a heat wave and I was broke. We had a magnetic dart board in our apartment. We played nonstop.
My favorite sandwich, plus fixings:
Reuben w/ fries.
One word your mother would use to describe you:
Determined
Celebrity crush:
Clive Owen - Wait, did I already mention him⢠Do you know himâ¢
The oldest thing in my refrigerator is:
My grandfather. Hey! Who put my grandfather in the refrigerator?! Not funny.
My required snack in a movie theater is:
Peanut M&Ms mixed in with my popcorn
When I was 10, I wanted to be:
Twelve
Musical instrument I wish I could play.
Drums
My favorite comfort food:
Spaghetti sandwich
Exercise I hate most:
Squats. Don't even sound right.
Vegetable I won't eat:
Okra. Its insides are like drool
I'm deathly afraid of:
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If I was auditioning for "American Idol," my song would be:
Inaudible.
The first band I saw in concert (when and where):
REM. Green Tour, Charlotte, N.C.
TV marathon you could watch all day and why:
"BattleStar Galactica." I am obsessed.
Favorite Pittsburgh-area landmark.
View from Mount Washington. Every time I go I'm like, "I should come up here more often!"
Saturday mornings you'll find me:
Reading "Babar" (the children's book about French colonialism) to my baby daughter while she sits on the potty.
Best new gadget I've tried recently.
Pencil. It erases!
The person I'm most often mistaken for:
Glenn Close during her "Fatal Attraction" period.
Pick one:
Perry Mason
Denny Crane
Arnie Becker
Ally McBeal
Perry Mason - Unapologetically pompous yet tender. Did somebody say Clive Owen?
The worst advice I ever received:
Turn right at the next stoplight
In high school, I was:
The girl who dressed in vintage clothes and starred in the school play.
The most famous person I ever became friends with:
Al Pacino. He's not inviting me over for Hot Chocolate Martinis, but we spent some time together.
Pick one:
"Survivor"
"Top Chef"
"The Amazing Race"
"Deal or No Deal"
"Top Chef" and "The Amazing Race"
The movie that always makes me cry:
"The Deer Hunter"
My most treasured fashion accessory is:
A 10-foot-long fuzzy blue scarf
What you'll always find in my glove compartment:
Sheep-skin driving gauntlets, leather Mk9 motoring goggles and my gamecock motoring cap. ALWAYS.
My most embarrassing junk food:
Blush fruit
If I wasn't a comedian, I'd be:
A botanist
The last book I read:
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
It's not pizza without:
Having come from Mineos
My favorite Pittsburgh pizza:
Mineos
Movie I could watch every time it appears on cable:
"Bridget Jones's Diary." I keep running from myself, but there you go. I'm a girl.
If I could live my life as someone else, it would be:
Myself. I prefer a known evil. And I really like my husband and daughter.
My childhood nickname was:
Gabby
My favorite "bad" movie is:
"Showgirls"
My first job:
Actress
My worst job:
Opening a New York City gym that was owned by a He-Woman and her husband - at 4:30 a.m.!
My favorite cable channel:
HBO
The song that always gets me out on the dance floor and why:
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" by Frankie Valli. Classiest song most used by strippers.
My best barroom sport:
A. Pool
B. Darts
C. Air hockey
D. Beer pong
Darts
Life would be better without:
State-sanctioned torture
If I could tour with any two bands, they would be:
Wilco, the Fratellis
I never travel without my:
Creams, many creams and potions and lotions and elixirs and tonics.
People would be surprised to know that I:
Find them infinitely fascinating.
