I've seen the first two episodes of HBO's new series The Comeback starring Lisa Kudrow. Before we continue: for the record, the only episode of Friends I saw was the one where Jennifer Aniston dressed up in the Princess Leia slave outfit (with A New Hope cinnamon bun hairdo) (I know, I know, Tammy and Highlander, I'm digging that hole deeper for me.) But I digress.
Kudrow plays Valerie Cherish, star of a fictional sitcom of the early 90's called "I'm It" that is up for a part in a new (still fictional) sitcom "Room and Bored" about 4 girls sharing a beach house. The condition: getting the part requires doing a reality series about being in the sitcom. Further humiliation comes as Valerie's character is changed from one of the 4 girls to the 3 remaining girls' Aunt Sassy.
It's rather amusing to see her try to regain the spotlight, and encounter the fact that it doesn't automatically put her back in starsville. Joe Bob says check it out.