So the 63rd Annual Prime time Emmys were this evening and they were surprisingly succinct. Thanks in part to first-time hostess, Jane Lynch. I haven't sat down to watch the Emmys in quite some time so, deciding to make a night of it, I invited some friends over, ordered some sushi, cracked open a couple of bottles of rice wine and cranked up the Jock Jams (well, not that last part.) Here is our VIP take on the night:
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- The hostess with the mostest.
The room was split on what kind of a job Lynch did hosting the event. I happen to think she was pretty awesome. Which is good because she is one of my favorite female comedic actresses and when she started the show with that cheesy (on purpose?) singing, dancing opening tribute to the tiny screen the entire room rolled their eyes and asked what the score of the Eagles/Falcons game was. But Lynch quickly redeemed herself when she walked onto the set of AMC's popular Mad Men. Each joke between her and the cast was perfectly timed and so on target funny. We all relaxed after that. She did an excellent job and my favorite joke was a throwaway made towards the end of the broadcast about any distracted and bored attendees who may have been playing Angry Birds on their iPhones during the telecast looking back regretfully at their lives on their deathbeds and bursting into tears. Just the type of dry yet hyperbolic humor i expect from Sue Sylvester.
Grade: A-
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| What 'Da hell happened to you? |
- Tiger Blood is in the building ya'll.
Fathers, lock up your daughters. Drug Addicts, lock up your...er, drugs. Charlie Sheen presented tonight and it was pretty weird. It was obvious that every single syllable that made it from Senor Estevez's lips this evening, as he presented the guy from The Big Bang Theory with an Emmy, was scripted. The audience reaction was awkward. Sheen's reading of the teleprompter and the odd pauses for applause that he took during his insincere best wishes to the cast and crew of the re-vamped Two and a Half Men were at best painful to watch. Of course that is what they invited you to the show to say. Who expected otherwise? Look, I don't think anyone of us truly wants to see this man fail any more than he already has. I am hoping he turns it around and gets the help that he needs. But until that day, GO AWAY AND STOP MAKING VIDEOS AND DOING ROASTS.
Grade: F
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- One of these things is not like the other.
While I find the Lonely Island Boys album and SNL Digital shorts to be hilarious (
Do the creep, Ha!), this was not the proper venue to have them come on stage and do a medley of their best songs. Michael Bolton looked like he was taking it way too seriously. That or someone told him he was being nominated for a Juno Award. If the Tale of Cap'n Jack Sparrow (and those oddly sexually suggestive "ocean-dancers" in the blue jumpsuits) wasn't weird enough, out pops Akon (from whatever rock he's been hiding under) to announce to the entire planet that he
just had sex... with one of the Emmy presenter girls maybe? Then Uncle Jesse sans the Rippers and Maya Rudolph joined in on the shenanigans to perform some song about having a Three-way. The joke about most of these songs is that they are affectionately poking fun at the people who made music during the New Jack Swing 90's era. This was lost on most of the audience, however and the entire segment just ended up looking like an outtake from the
Pump Up the Jam video. The old adage, to
always know your audience was obviously lost on whoever signed off on this.
Grade: C-
- Sofia Vergara is going to heaven based on that dress alone.
I watch ABC's Modern Family. Not every week, but I catch it when I remember that it is on. It's a very funny show. It is deserved of attention. The consensus of the room however is that this show won every award in ever category including Best Drama, Best Foreign Film and Best New Hip Hop Artist and we are all pretty tired of hearing about it. Make some room for the other guys out there, ya'll. Sheesh.
Grade: B
That's all I've got for now, folks. Time to finish off the last of the wine and call it a night. Did you watch the broadcast this year? Do you agree with the winners and losers? Make your voice heard in the comments section below.
--- Vanity in Peril
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