http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2008/09/em-me-not-likely-tonight/ Movies, TV and Popular Culture with Rich Heldenfels Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:52:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2008/09/em-me-not-likely-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-62271 Gus Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:35:21 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=2823#comment-62271 It was a mixed bag this year. I have no great gripes with any of the winners (other than Carrie Fisher not winning and Tim Conway not being able to be there--particularly with Harvey Korman's passing, I just really felt his absence). I loved the Ricky Gervais/Steve Carell bit, and it was good to see Tom Smothers get his due. But the opening dragged forever, and the Laugh-In reunion just seemed rather sad. But a very strong finish with 30 Rock winning again--having Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White present to Tina Fey seemed like a very nice "passing of the torch," and obviously this was not lost on Tina, either, if you saw her bow down to the two of them on her way up to the podium. It was a mixed bag this year. I have no great gripes with any of the winners (other than Carrie Fisher not winning and Tim Conway not being able to be there–particularly with Harvey Korman's passing, I just really felt his absence). I loved the Ricky Gervais/Steve Carell bit, and it was good to see Tom Smothers get his due. But the opening dragged forever, and the Laugh-In reunion just seemed rather sad. But a very strong finish with 30 Rock winning again–having Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White present to Tina Fey seemed like a very nice "passing of the torch," and obviously this was not lost on Tina, either, if you saw her bow down to the two of them on her way up to the podium.

]]> http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2008/09/em-me-not-likely-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-62265 Ann V. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:51:35 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=2823#comment-62265 The show as a show was a complete train wreck. The reality hosts blathered on (literally) about nothing for 10 minutes, which they tried to get back by limiting acceptance speeches to 20 sec. and cutting all bits. It was like the SPJ Awards dinner with better dresses. It seemed like most of the winners were actors people knew from other work (probably because of the truncated season). Jean Smart? I like Samantha Who?, but I doubt that's why she won. Mad Men was unaffected by (maybe even helped by) the strike and 30 Rock was really the only interesting comedy last year (The Office is really just too cringey for me - I watch, I turn away, I turn back, I turn away again). The entire contest was just way too predictable. The show as a show was a complete train wreck. The reality hosts blathered on (literally) about nothing for 10 minutes, which they tried to get back by limiting acceptance speeches to 20 sec. and cutting all bits. It was like the SPJ Awards dinner with better dresses. It seemed like most of the winners were actors people knew from other work (probably because of the truncated season). Jean Smart? I like Samantha Who?, but I doubt that's why she won. Mad Men was unaffected by (maybe even helped by) the strike and 30 Rock was really the only interesting comedy last year (The Office is really just too cringey for me – I watch, I turn away, I turn back, I turn away again). The entire contest was just way too predictable.

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