Written by Denny
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30 August 2010
I can't believe I watched the Emmy's. My viewership wasn't intentional. I was supposed to be nerding it up with a fantasy football draft, so I relinquished my rights to the TV for the evening. Long story short, draft got cancelled and I got stuck in Emmyland.
The Emmy's were bad from start to finish and everything in between. The worst part is the academy, the voters. I understand it is not the People's Choice awards, but it is not necessary to make an obscure pick on every award. It's as if they look at the list of nominees and think, "I've heard of him, him, him, him, him and who's this guy?" And "who's this guy" gets the vote every time.
Did you know Jack Kivorkian was in attendance last night? Creepy? Absolutely. The only thing that would've been creepier is if they sat him next to Betty White.
Claire Danes won for her role in "My so-called eating disorder" and for her guest star role in "Nip/Tuck."
Jimmy Fallon must have thought he was hosting the Grammy's, because every time you turn around he was singing about something. He opened with an uninspired Bruce Springsteen parody, where he admitted he had to call in a lot of favors to pull off. The only favor he needed was for someone to pull the plug on that garbage, as I said, Jack Kivorkian was in attendance.
Jimmy Fallon was attached to his acoustic guitar throughout the show, I couldn't help but think of the M&M Pretzel commercial. I wanted that guitar to be the third leg of his tripod.
The collaborations of songs he did in memoriam about shows that ended, was clever. I liked the verse about Lost, which was sung to "Time of our lives" went like this "The island, it was mythical, and in the end they died. I didn't understand it, but I tried."
Speaking of Lost, it was a tragedy that it won zero awards in its final season. It was up for an award in virtually every category and won none. Good job, they chose to reward shows like Breaking Bad instead of rewarding the most unique well written show of all time. If Lost was on AMC it would've won 20 Emmy's.
When did Al Pacino become a crazy old man? He used to scream "Attica! Attica!" now he screams "Alzheimer's! Alzheimer's!"
That skit with Betty White in the shower was pretty hot.
In the end, my favorite part of the Emmy's was when it ended.