January 16, 2006
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AND THE AWARD GOES TOO…
‘Tis the season for awards shows, and I’ll be the first to admit that I love all of them; from the Critic’s Choice Awards to the People’s Choice Awards to the Sanitation Workers Union – Local #728 Awards, all the way to the Golden Globes and the Oscars. I enjoy the glitz, the over the top attire, the production values, and getting a glimpse during the pre-show of whether the skin on Joan Rivers face has been pulled any tighter.
The Golden Globes airs tonight and the movie
I drive my wife nuts when I watch award shows. I keep my finger perched over the mute button and stab it every time an actor begins his acceptance speech. It amazes me that these people can be so entertaining on the screen or on the stage and be so mind-numbingly dull when it comes times to “thank all the little people.” Sally Fields “You like me, you REALLY like me” moments are too far and few between so I elect to shut the actors up with my remote. I think the acceptance speeches would be much more entertaining if they made everyone do a half-dozen tequila shots before the show begins. Then we would get to hear what the actors really think; “I’d like to say that the director is really an egomaniacal prick, but most of all I’d like to thank the prop-mistress for all of the between-takes nookie we enjoyed in my trailer.” Now THAT would be entertaining.
I think awards for great acting shouldn’t be confined to just the
If any of those folks would like to post their acceptance speeches, I promise I won’t mute them while they thank all their little people.
Comments (27)
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The award goes to my kids, for convincing me that NONE of them were the ones that got the gum stuck to the new Berber carpet!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL.. I loved it! thanks..
I love award shows too, but wouldn’t it fun to have one where they give awards for “Best Boob Job”, “Most Convincing Denial of Ever Having Plastic Surgery” and ”Oldest Actor to Get His Girlfriend/Young Wife Pregnant This Year”? Now that would be ‘must see tv’!
I saw BrokeBack and honestly, I think any herto male would be uncomfortable, it’s pretty graffic.
LOL I enjoy the audio a lot! It brings everything to life.
I only watch the awards shows to see who’s wearing which designers outfits and what assessories they put with it. I can wait until the next day to read who got what award. I agree that there should be an award for the best boob job. And that Joan Rivers….she just scares me.
I hope you keep up the audio version of your blogs…it’s a great idea!!
You are so witty! I never would have thought to give a “best actor award” to my boss….. but it’s SO true! How many times do they lie right to our faces, rather than just say yes or no!?
My garbage men, excuse me sanitation workers, are looking really strong in the “beat the hell out of a trashcan” category.
Excellent post.
You might want to thank the Academy…
Your wife has a Xanga, right? She’s super hot (well, of course she is because she’s a red head and we can’t help but be stunning creatures). Lucky you, sir
I’d give an award to “most likely to send me to prison” for the kid I made my most recent Xanga post about. Had there not been a scene around, I probably would have something that could easily be classified as child abuse. Too bad.
Huh. Apparently you really ARE one of the “little” people. Not that size matters to me.
OMG, you have a great reading voice and an adorable accent! One comment: you should slow down just a little.
Aw….go see the movie. The graphic scenes don’t take that much time and it’s a really good film. I was stunned to know that critics give “Memoirs of a Geisha” only a C+. Oprah claimed it was a full-Kleenex-box one:)
I love the fashion recaps of awards shows. Don’t care much about the actual awards.
The sheep should be wary….you are to funny.
I don’t want to see Brokeback Mountain either, no matter how many awards it won. I would feel uncomfortable, and frankly I think it is just it’s shock value that is earning it awards.
Um, I didn’t say speed up, I said slow down! Maybe not to Oklahoma speed, though.
RYC: Good point Mark, and I agree, I do try to be cautious to give credit where credit is due…and I did take the quote out of context, but at the same time I agree with Stanley in that sometimes (particularly something I have been struggling with recently) people act out in ways that are not typical of their character and we cant deny the fact that Satan is always at work in our lives and sometimes it is just as Stanley says…sometimes not…but it is worth lending an ounce of credit to. I agree though, frequently, if I were in better control of me, there wouldnt be a cause to look for a place to lay blame.
Ugh. I can’t stand award shows. I avoid self-serving tripe unless it’s myself being served.
I think it’s really cool that Jon Stewart is hosting. That’s enough to make me watch.
Lynn
Love the audio part of your blog, great idea!…you sound sort of like I thought you’d sound…I would have loved to have had you as our pastor, you are just too funny, yet you are able to get the message across…Thanks Mark, as always, I enjoy coming by your blog.
And the award for the best cookies goes to….
I love your idea !! (And go see the movie. It’s worth the price of admission.)
RYC: Thanks, I needed that.
Oh, and I hate awards shows, I never watch them. Ever.
I don’t watch the award shows, but I did notice all the pictures of the women in their “gowns” today. On the radio this morning, they were really blasting Mariah Carey’s size. Is she as huge as they were saying? She’s the only one the paper didn’t have a picture of, or I missed it! Great job with the audio.
Kathi
The award for best use of blog for entertaining the masses goes to *drumroll* Mr. Jordan’s Dad! See, you said I was slacking on the comments, so I had to de-lurk. And RYC: found it the day we signed the lease
i missed the golden globes and almost had a stroke.
Okay, being new to Xanga I am clueless as to what RYC means… so please do tell.
As I type my cat is now laying on my desk about two inches from my typing fingers. Every now and then it reaches its paw over to maintain dominance over my environment.
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