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No superhero—not even the everyday variety that manages to juggle bionic blogging abilities with extraordinary TV executive powers—comes out of the box fully formed. We therefore turn once again to Andy's Blog, the cheery corner of the internet where Bravo's Andy Cohen lets his thoughts out for air, for what might very well be the origin myth of the world's most spotlight-friendly Super-Exec:

Hi Andy,

I was just watching an episode from Season 6 of "Sex and the City" called "Let There Be Light" and in a scene where Charlotte comes across Carrie trying on shoes in Barney's, the shoe department guy helping Carrie pick out shoes looked exactly like you. But IMDB doesn't have you listed on the episode. Did you get to make a cameo on the show?!

-Anna

HI ANNA. INDEED I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE TWO (UNCREDITED) APPEARANCES ON "SEX AND THE CITY"! IN ADDITION TO THE EPISODE YOU SAW, THERE'S A SCENE IN SEASON FOUR WHERE I AM STANDING NEXT TO CARRIE BRADSHAW IN A GAY BAR. SHIRTLESS.

We like to imagine those moments on the Sex set were among Andy's first, tantalizing tastes of the showbiz limelight—and quite possibly helped him finally conquer his on-camera nudity issues. It's difficult to imagine, but without that shirtless gay bar scene opposite close personal friend Sarah Jessica Parker, we might never have had the fun of seeing countless dreary Watch It Now episodes devolve into full-frontal striptease performances delivered personally by Cohen for the web-cameras, all in the name of keeping his viewers at home entertained.