tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post2654457723005103987..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: My 2015 Emmy ReviewBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41849081779756484882015-09-25T15:36:21.649-07:002015-09-25T15:36:21.649-07:00Roger Rees should have been included in "In M...Roger Rees should have been included in "In Memoriam." He was part of one of the best tv shows ever (& one of my favorite episodes, "Indoor Fun with Robin and Sammy.")Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71894033508385725842015-09-25T00:39:03.400-07:002015-09-25T00:39:03.400-07:00I watched the "In Memoriam" segment, and...I watched the "In Memoriam" segment, and was relieved to learn that TV's popular "Batgirl", Yvonne Craig, did not really die recently as I'd been lead to believe..... David G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31904976910156258712015-09-24T14:34:13.757-07:002015-09-24T14:34:13.757-07:00PS: Since I couldn't stand ARRESTED DEVELOPMEN...PS: Since I couldn't stand ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT I never looked at the revival season 4. Now I have. I can understand saying that Tambor played a character with a similar *story*. I cannot understand saying that he played the same *character*. <br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55571898414313134202015-09-23T11:38:11.166-07:002015-09-23T11:38:11.166-07:00Pat Reeder: I said (or meant to), the *secrecy* no...Pat Reeder: I said (or meant to), the *secrecy* not the fact of what the secret was. Parents and children have fallen out over much more common secrets. If my father suddenly (from my perspective) began living as a woman at 70 I think I'd be legitimately freaked out.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90222953669062092612015-09-22T17:27:02.793-07:002015-09-22T17:27:02.793-07:00"I thought Sarah Paulson was going to win but..."I thought Sarah Paulson was going to win but I think her two heads canceled each other out. "<br /><br />There's always the company softball game. This year it's a double-header, she can pitch both.<br /><br />Don Reed (quoting Bennett Cerf quoting who?) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06776838550364820559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49928272821595949842015-09-22T13:42:32.453-07:002015-09-22T13:42:32.453-07:00I think you pretty much nailed it on every point, ...I think you pretty much nailed it on every point, Ken. And I'm glad I'm not the only one that would have enjoyed "Transparent" more if it had focused less on those irritating kids and more on Jeffrey's character. (I had to struggle to get to episode 7 or so, when I finally had to bail.)<br /><br />And I'm worried about Amy Schumer's weight. She's clearly gaining, and that's just not a good thing. (Lest you think I'm some kind of sexist beast, I've been worrying about John Lassiter's weight for at least a decade. Ditto, Val Kilmer, Kathleen Turner, etc...)<br /><br />I like Andy, and wanted to be entertained, but this just wasn't a very good show...Scott Mumfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110080489700513676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71323839076606904892015-09-22T00:03:47.975-07:002015-09-22T00:03:47.975-07:00Not that it matters, but Jessica Holmes is Canadia...Not that it matters, but Jessica Holmes is Canadian, and was for a few seasons one of the cast members of The Royal Canadian Air Farce...oh wait, that's a different Jessica Holmes...never-mind!Albert Giesbrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17742338183833125104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76041026808905900732015-09-21T22:03:03.014-07:002015-09-21T22:03:03.014-07:00"Canda said...
The world learned of his other...<i>"Canda said...<br />The world learned of his other accomplishments, because they read the obituary. And this may help those productions live on.<br /><br />To insult the role, which obviously holds a great place in the hearts of many people, is elitism gone bad. And what acting roles did the show actually kill? That's pure conjecture. He achieved success in other areas, and going in that direction was probably a blessing."</i><br /><br />Tell it to Jack. It is <b>NOT</b> "Pure Conjecture." <i><b>HE</b></i> was quite vocal about how the type-casting from the role killed his acting career, untill finally, after an extremely unpleasant casting session with Mervin LeRoy, Jack threw in the towel and quit acting altogether. It maybe "Pure conjecture" to you, but to him, and to those of us who know more about his life than just an obituary headline, it is a long-proven fact. <br /><br />Whether he would have done the writing he did with a more lucrative acting career going or not is unknowable, so we can't "Credit" <i>The Adventures of Superman</i> with driving him into writing by making him unemployable as an actor. I suspect a man as creative, intelligent and intellectual as Jack would have written anyway.<br /><br />It took decades for him to mellow his attitude towards the TV show to the point where he would let Noel Neill drag him along to Superman fan events, and that ended after a sloppy fan with a sharpie ruined a multi-thousand dollar white suit of his.<br /><br />As to "The world" learning of his writing career only from his obituaries in the last 24-hours, thousands of us were already aware of it and had been for decades. He'd been a produced playwright for half a century, and an opera librettist for only a short while less long. Lots and lots of people saw those plays and operas. Lots of us knew of him as a great deal more than just Jimmy Olson well before yesterday.<br /><br />I loved him on <i>The Adventures of Superman</i> and always will (And off screen as well), but he hated it. Why don't you go to his funeral and tell his corpse his attitude was "Elitism gone bad"?D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55553201190944920352015-09-21T19:34:45.444-07:002015-09-21T19:34:45.444-07:00Jack Larson's passing would not have been high...Jack Larson's passing would not have been highlighted in the media, if it were not for "Jimmy Olsen".<br /><br />The world learned of his other accomplishments, because they read the obituary. And this may help those<br />productions live on.<br /><br />To insult the role, which obviously holds a great place in the hearts of many people, is elitism gone bad. And<br />what acting roles did the show actually kill? That's pure conjecture. He achieved success in other areas, and<br />going in that direction was probably a blessing.Candanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19377023303131547682015-09-21T19:03:55.437-07:002015-09-21T19:03:55.437-07:00Doug,
Wow. Sorry to hear that Jack Larson passed...Doug,<br /><br />Wow. Sorry to hear that Jack Larson passed. On Emmy night. The last time I saw him he sat next to me at the Governor's Ball following an Emmys ceremony. He was a lovely man.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27252742729723952702015-09-21T19:03:48.080-07:002015-09-21T19:03:48.080-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67567754368904529052015-09-21T19:02:05.319-07:002015-09-21T19:02:05.319-07:00"Preliminary numbers have the Fox ceremony at... "Preliminary numbers have the Fox ceremony at 11.9 million viewers, the lowest audience recorded for an Emmys telecast."<br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344626134240504739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64324900727655834332015-09-21T18:36:29.104-07:002015-09-21T18:36:29.104-07:00"Wouldn’t you love just once to see an actor ...<i>"Wouldn’t you love just once to see an actor fire his agent during his acceptance speech? 'You told me OLIVE KITTRIDGE was a piece of crap. I should take BAD JUDGE. Thank God I didn’t listen to you.'”</i><br /><br />Yesterday, Jack Larson passed away, too late to make the "In Memorium" montage. If ever there was a guy who wanted to fire his agent, it was Jack. A playwright and an opera librettist, the lover of James Bridges, a friend of Christopher Isherwood and a member of the Gay Intellectual Mafia of 1950s and '60s Hollywood, he is, to his annoyance, forever remembered (And beloved) as "Jimmy Olson" on <i>the Adventures of Superman</i>. <br /><br />Jack Larson took that role, back in 1951, that basically killed his acting career, because his agent told him: "This silly kid's show has no sponsor. It'll never get on the air. <i><b>No one will EVER see it!</b></i>" Jack took the money and shot 26 episodes secure in the belief that a paycheck and camera experience was all it would ever be. For two years, it looked like his agent was right. Then Kellogg's bought it, and we all know the rest.<br /><br />Jack learned never to listen to his agent. (R.I.P., Jack. I loved you and always will.)D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84968022296055648002015-09-21T16:31:27.271-07:002015-09-21T16:31:27.271-07:00Charles H. Bryan: The Homicide episode with Pemble...Charles H. Bryan: The <i>Homicide</i> episode with Pembleton and Bayliss' long interrogation of "the Araber" is from the first batch of 9 episodes, early 1993: "Three Men and Adena." It's evidently drawn from an incident in the David Simon nonfiction book on which the series is based. <br /><br />Which brings the following to mind: Why didn't they get Andre Braugher rather than Samberg to host the Emmy show? He'd have been great. gottacooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34692543509986968912015-09-21T16:29:45.595-07:002015-09-21T16:29:45.595-07:00Ken, I think you misunderstood what Peter Dinklage...Ken, I think you misunderstood what Peter Dinklage meant when he said "Jonathan Banks and all the rest."<br /><br />He was retroactively honoring...wait for it...Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson.<br /><br />You know. They were on that drama about seven stranded castaways.Greg Ehrbarhttp://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/category/animation-spin/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10588043544636307112015-09-21T15:55:47.741-07:002015-09-21T15:55:47.741-07:00To Wendy M. Grossman: Yeah, I get the part about t...To Wendy M. Grossman: Yeah, I get the part about the dysfunctional family dynamics, but it almost seems insulting to transsexuals even to suggest that the father's struggle with his sexuality was the reason his kids turned out to be that irredeemably awful. I'd say his offspring go beyond "results of dysfunction" and into the realm of "curse from Satan." <br /><br />Also, any show that features a spoiled, bearded hipster dude in his thirties who thinks he's going to hit it rich by starting his own indie record label featuring hot young women doing whiny Lilith Fair-style covers of Jim Croce songs wants to make me hurl blunt objects at the screen. Maybe that's partly because I actually run an indie record label. Nah, it's the bearded dude. Pat Reedernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69401195132603762392015-09-21T14:58:58.838-07:002015-09-21T14:58:58.838-07:00"No one I hate won."
Hate is too strong ..."No one I hate won."<br />Hate is too strong a word and life is short. You're better than that.<br /><br />"Julia Louis-Dryfess is a comedy goddess,"<br />I second that emotion. Best sitcom on. Glad Tony Hale won as well.<br /><br /><br />"Lea DeLaria came dressed as Drew Carey."<br />I wish he'd do another sitcom.<br /><br />"Oh, how I wish it was Ricky Gervais and not Jon Stewart who said, “You’ll never see me again.” <br />I enjoyed his BBC comedies, but his humor never translate well to awards shows.<br /><br />"Amy Schumer looked like a fullback. Hopefully it was just the dress."<br />My team could use one. Also a QB and an offensive line. <br /><br />"But Peter Dinklage is the first to insult most of them. He acknowledged “Jonathan Banks… and the rest.” Nice."<br />Maybe he was trying to keep it short.<br /><br />"Glad to see Mel Brooks got a standing ovation."<br />Speaking of which, did his frequent in-home dinner companion, Carl Reiner, ever give you notes on you DVDS script?<br /><br />"Instead, we have the Emmy host doing a motorboarding joke on a replica of the statuette itself."<br />I'm sure the demographic that Fox craves laughed.MikeK.Pa.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72922800695401155462015-09-21T14:56:18.281-07:002015-09-21T14:56:18.281-07:00From the official list of really, really, really s...From the official list of really, really, really stupid rules: "30-minute shows are comedies, and 60-minute shows are dramas"<br /><br />Let's see...That would make Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and The Tonight Show DRAMAS? <br />ABC, NBC and CBS news programs are COMEDIES? OK, yes. Sometimes.<br /><br />Maybe all shows should be categorized based on CONTENT. Just a thought.<br /><br />Nah. Too easy.<br />emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4221597380062231042015-09-21T14:29:38.298-07:002015-09-21T14:29:38.298-07:00First the Queen's hats, now Alex Trebek -- tha...First the Queen's hats, now Alex Trebek -- that John Oliver is one dangerous satirist. I wonder if he has any Dave Garroway jokes he's been saving up.<br /><br />Yes, she is comedy royalty and it's Louis-DREYFUS -- like the mutual fund, which I believe is her family business.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4904090425610825902015-09-21T13:26:10.477-07:002015-09-21T13:26:10.477-07:00Wouldn't it be fun if all the individual winne...Wouldn't it be fun if all the individual winners (actors/writers/directors) from the prior year were required to come up with,and be in,the Emmy opening for the next year? It wouldn't make losing feel so bad.Nana Lananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16342540631452062342015-09-21T13:10:54.669-07:002015-09-21T13:10:54.669-07:00Sorry, but unflattering what it was. She probably ...Sorry, but unflattering what it was. She probably listened to the wrong people, or didnt care. She did look like a football player. Broad shoulders can be an asset, but not in that dress. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72926608863952869532015-09-21T13:06:51.897-07:002015-09-21T13:06:51.897-07:00Comedians always have to censor for their audience...Comedians always have to censor for their audience, the same way we all doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62622240827428748852015-09-21T12:46:02.087-07:002015-09-21T12:46:02.087-07:00Several thoughts...
Lots of great lines, Ken, but...Several thoughts...<br /><br />Lots of great lines, Ken, but "Harold Reynolds was busy" was my favorite.<br /><br />AP says 11.9 watched last night. Lowest numbers in however long.<br /><br />@Charles H Bryan. If you want another one great episode example to check out, Ep. 2 of Sports Night. "The Apology" is outstanding.<br /><br />bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62356220175087930872015-09-21T12:40:14.129-07:002015-09-21T12:40:14.129-07:00Sounds like another Emmys I'm glad I missed! T...Sounds like another Emmys I'm glad I missed! Thanks for the snark!Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50097116931412796882015-09-21T12:28:13.316-07:002015-09-21T12:28:13.316-07:00Of course everyone is "a genius" - thus ...Of course everyone is "a genius" - thus the creation of the Genius Bar.Igornoreply@blogger.com