tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3344128801105764525..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: My Review of the 2011 EmmysBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28454115525604604612011-09-23T11:20:05.398-07:002011-09-23T11:20:05.398-07:00Nancy is absolutely right. Steve Levitan's wi...Nancy is absolutely right. Steve Levitan's wife was the breakout star of the Emmy's. Her comic timing is as good as I've seen. She should be getting a development deal in 3, 2, 1...<br /><br />I found Charlie Sheen to be smug and wholly disingenuous. <br /><br />The three actresses on Charlie's Angels had zero chemistry. In fact, it seemed like they pretty much hate each other.Little Miss Smoke and Mirrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929842073300471147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26351141184759047672011-09-22T06:17:50.055-07:002011-09-22T06:17:50.055-07:00The only thing left to mention is the set, which a...The only thing left to mention is the set, which appeared to be straight out of a Scientology handbook.West Coast Grrlie Blatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525143312328529863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13854296195632650992011-09-21T09:23:18.081-07:002011-09-21T09:23:18.081-07:00My mom (who has an unfortunate awards-show jones) ...My mom (who has an unfortunate awards-show jones) watched about ten minutes of the Emmys before switching over to a rerun of <i>The Closer</i>. The laughs were bigger and more reliable . . .Matt Pattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41722156702173759232011-09-21T05:02:25.625-07:002011-09-21T05:02:25.625-07:00I love Jane Lynch. I think she was a great host, t...I love Jane Lynch. I think she was a great host, they chose the right person. She's very funny. Thanks for this review!Rochellehttp://www.blake.co.za/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9347196929914258652011-09-20T20:09:17.103-07:002011-09-20T20:09:17.103-07:00I was thrilled for Margo Martindale, because "...I was thrilled for Margo Martindale, because "Justified" is a great show that doesn't get the ink that "Mad Men" does.<br /><br />The Emmys are a great haven of reflex voting. Case in point: as much as I enjoyed "Murphy Brown", Candice Bergen won so many times, she withdrew her name from competition. The last time she won (you should have seen the look of shock/embarrassment that ran across her face on her fifth win) she said that she thought that Helen Hunt would have been the winner that year. The next year, Hunt won! If you go by sheer number of wins, Candice Bergen is as good as Lucille Ball, which is absurd. <br /><br />The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has won EIGHT TIMES! I like the show, but eight is enou...oh, I just can't! At very least, I hope Lizz Winstead cracks a bit of a smile when they win, considering she co-created the (very different in tone) show, and had to put up with the smarmy Craig Kilborn.<br /><br />As for the show, I've seen better and I've seen worse award shows. Check my blog for the time one of my favorite actors hosted a minor award show. It's the April 6, 2010 entry.<br /><br />The Emmytones were a mistake, mostly because they kept using them. Had Jane Lynch passed them in her opening montage, it would have been funny as an idea they chose not to use. Over the years, they have done such things as:<br /><br /> - Interview winners just as they left the stage<br /> - Had fake pre-taped acceptance speeches for the winners that didn't show. <br /> - Attempted to have animated characters interact during the show (almost always a bad idea from a technical standpoint).<br /><br />One year, Jason Alexander took the bull by the horns and walked out into the audience for some unscripted banter. He even said, "Folks, I'm saving you from some bad jokes here!"<br /><br />To answer the question of what Amy Poehler needs to do to win, hopefully she doesn't do what Jenna Elfman did during the run of "Dharma and Greg". I don't know what it was that Elfman did, but it didn't work!Brian Phillipshttp://ultrasonicremote.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86869533503013487952011-09-20T12:45:02.083-07:002011-09-20T12:45:02.083-07:00Right on D. McEwan !Right on D. McEwan !Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81524483525217070832011-09-20T11:31:26.833-07:002011-09-20T11:31:26.833-07:00"Anonymous said...
So at this point, you are ...<i>"Anonymous said...<br />So at this point, you are literally phoning in the blog on your way to another gig and using the device as a gimmick for us to react to and pick up the slack. You're not even bothering to watch what you review. Sounds like you've made the conversion to tv exec."</i><br /><br />If you leave your name, Mr Courage, the money you paid to read this column will be cheerfully refunded. Well, not "cheerfully."D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63473263574958078332011-09-20T10:19:47.238-07:002011-09-20T10:19:47.238-07:00SkippyMom - by your logic, shouldn't Kristin W...SkippyMom - by your logic, shouldn't Kristin Wiig have won too?<br /><br />I haven't seen MIKE AND MOLLY, so I'll take your word that it's "just awful." But I assume it's possible for an actor to do award-worthy work in a poorly written show, yes? Or are you saying McCarthy is just awful, too?jbryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32803623241556242532011-09-20T00:43:11.612-07:002011-09-20T00:43:11.612-07:00So at this point, you are literally phoning in the...So at this point, you are literally phoning in the blog on your way to another gig and using the device as a gimmick for us to react to and pick up the slack. You're not even bothering to watch what you review. Sounds like you've made the conversion to tv exec.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68379401757818070652011-09-19T20:02:34.409-07:002011-09-19T20:02:34.409-07:00Thanks for the correction, gottacook. All Canadia...Thanks for the correction, gottacook. All Canadians look alike to me.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51797374363492557782011-09-19T19:39:26.541-07:002011-09-19T19:39:26.541-07:00McCarthy winning for "Mike and Molly" wa...McCarthy winning for "Mike and Molly" was a joke. She got the Emmy for being in "Bridesmaids" because they know the Academy won't nominate anyone from that comedy for an Oscar [although perhaps they should]. It's a farce. Mike and Molly is just awful. <br /> <br />I thought the whole "Miss America" schtick was cute tho'. [Oh, sorry Ken you missed that.] <br /> <br />I am glad you had a safe flight, but missed that you didn't get to do a true review.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15543388979376435122011-09-19T18:06:43.050-07:002011-09-19T18:06:43.050-07:00B. Sky: "that dreary, overdone Joni Mitchell ...B. Sky: "that dreary, overdone Joni Mitchell song" is actually a Leonard Cohen song, "Hallelujah," which has been around since the '80s but wasn't overfamiliar until recently, starting when the John Cale version was used in <i>Shrek</i> some 10 years ago.gottacooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55031033225407724252011-09-19T16:52:07.383-07:002011-09-19T16:52:07.383-07:00Here's a writing question for friday: when you...Here's a writing question for friday: when you write with someone, if you come up with a joke, do you have to really laugh at it or do you sometimes talk about stuff you've tried in the past that you don't laugh at as much but still try it in a story. <br /><br />On a side note, why would a show creator get a creative consultant credit on its only season? Michael G.Moye got it on It's Your Turn.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25971324967815862662011-09-19T16:31:37.973-07:002011-09-19T16:31:37.973-07:00I like Jane Lynch, too, but she mostly spent the n...I like Jane Lynch, too, but she mostly spent the night modeling a series of unbecoming dresses, as if to prove to America that lesbians have cleavage. The opening number was so bad, I thought I was watching the Oscars.<br /><br />Barry Pepper and not Tom Wilkinson? WTF?<br /><br />I would rather have heard "Where Dem Girls At" during the In Memoriam than that dreary, overdone Joni Mitchell song.<br /><br />Totally agree about the writing. Apparently all the funny writers are either working for Jon Stewart or broadcasting the Mariners.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-812274751921251522011-09-19T16:20:24.396-07:002011-09-19T16:20:24.396-07:00"A hatchet job on the Kennedys is not possibl..."A hatchet job on the Kennedys is not possible....Unless maybe you get drunk and drive off a bridge."<br /><br />Yeah, nothing the Kennedys ever did matters, because one of them did that once.<br /><br />I also popped in briefly and the Jersey Shore sketch was running. I didn't make it through even a minute, and I absolutely adore Jane Lynch.Mike Schryverhttp://comics.dannythestreet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52248158186578200302011-09-19T15:44:24.146-07:002011-09-19T15:44:24.146-07:00Actually, the Emmys were part of the NFL's mar...Actually, the Emmys were part of the NFL's marketing strategy. How clever was that?HogsAteMySisterhttp://hogsatemysister.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8026599399223434992011-09-19T15:08:23.770-07:002011-09-19T15:08:23.770-07:00Who does Amy Poehler have to do to get an Emmy? Ma...Who does Amy Poehler have to do to get an Emmy? Maybe if they create a new Emmy for best bit made up by a nominee she'll win for the last two she's cooked up.<br /><br />Next to the Tonys the Emmys is the awards show I watch most regularly. But I only made it through 50 minutes of this - and that was with the sound down for half of it.<br /><br />I learned many years ago that who wins what is BS (except for yours, of course Ken ... uh, if you won one). So they at least need to make the show itself entertaining.<br /><br />Figures somebody who's responsible for a piece of crap reality show was the producer.amyp3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15749860471251983915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7514457176155472732011-09-19T15:04:28.326-07:002011-09-19T15:04:28.326-07:00Barry Pepper was a fantastic Bobby Kennedy, I'...Barry Pepper was a fantastic Bobby Kennedy, I'm glad he won. Great actortbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21763604732461524372011-09-19T14:58:55.422-07:002011-09-19T14:58:55.422-07:00A possible answer for DyHrdMet's question for ...A possible answer for DyHrdMet's question for the best season for sitcoms of all time: 1975 - 1976<br /><br />Mary Tyler Moore<br />Barney Miller<br />M*A*S*H<br />Bob Newhart<br />All in the Family<br />Maude<br />Happy Daysmcpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2233483957107172942011-09-19T14:31:22.581-07:002011-09-19T14:31:22.581-07:00Sorry. Don't agree. Sheen has a new show comin...Sorry. Don't agree. Sheen has a new show coming and it's obvious his handlers want him to appear redeemed. But there was nothing heartfelt about his comments on the show or elsewhere; they were rote, and sadly he's not a good enough actor to make me believe his apology was anything but mandated. If he gets his act together and stays together, great... for him. But right now there's too great a distance between saying you're sorry and meaning it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-228067599562152232011-09-19T14:16:47.030-07:002011-09-19T14:16:47.030-07:00"jbryant said...
Nathan's right - the wri...<i>"jbryant said...<br />Nathan's right - the writing for the announcer's filler-shtick as the winners made their way to the stage was stunningly dreadful."</i><br /><br />I agree 100%. I'd agree 200% if it were mathematically possible.<br /><br /><i>"Nancy said...<br />Steve Levitan's wife had the best reaction shots of the entire evening. She should host next year."</i><br /><br />Another 100% agreement. Well, 99%. She shouldn't host; they should just cut to her reactions all through the show.<br /><br /><i>"emily said...<br />After Charlie Sheen so graciously wished Two And A Half Men 'a great season,' it would have been nice for Kucher and Cryer to drop their scripted Sheen zingers."</i><br /><br />You have a definite point. That would have been classy. Yet one must admit Charlie brought it on himself. Some people, when publically called a troll by an ex-co-worker, need more than just an apology tour to forgive.<br /><br /><i>"Anonymous said...<br />And was anyone else offended that Charlie Sheen was not only there but got a standing ovation? Since his work this year wasn't that good and pretty much relegated to sitting on the couch while the other 2 1/2 cast carried the weight, were they applauding his arrogant behavior, his drug use, his sex with porn stars, his vocal meltdown and attacks against the people he worked with, or that they admired he did it all, didn't OD and never apologized for any of it? Is that what we award now?"</i><br /><br />Not me. In any event, he <i>has</i> apologised. He's been on an apology tour. Over the last two weeks or so, he's been on almost every talk show that would book him, apologizing his ass off, making no excuses, and doing all he can to show he's now fully realized that every time he screamed "WINNING!" he was really LOSING, and trying to undo the damage he's done to himself. Hard to be offended when he clearely showed some actual class for the first time in years. Apparently at some recent point he looked at the guy he was 4 months ago, and finally was as horrified as the rest of us were.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13936435965277554442011-09-19T13:25:48.983-07:002011-09-19T13:25:48.983-07:00I join others here in applauding Downton Abbey'...I join others here in applauding Downton Abbey's miniseries win. Very well done, and l am really looking forward to the continuation on PBS in Jan. 2012.BDoddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34744345021637140262011-09-19T13:14:39.183-07:002011-09-19T13:14:39.183-07:00Possible Friday questions.
How did you react when...Possible Friday questions.<br /><br />How did you react when you won an Emmy for Cheers in 1983? Do you have your Emmy on display?GMJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89018895344873062472011-09-19T13:05:06.732-07:002011-09-19T13:05:06.732-07:00I hear Mark Burnett also wrote the hilarious "...I hear Mark Burnett also wrote the hilarious "comedy" bits for the show.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4216443514780602702011-09-19T12:40:46.328-07:002011-09-19T12:40:46.328-07:00There's a sort of strange but fun symmetry to ...There's a sort of strange but fun symmetry to read your review of a show that neither of us watched. I switched over once from the Eagles-Falcons game and glimpsed Jane Lynch in a horrid wig in a pre-taped skit with the horrors from Jersey Shore. <br /><br />I hope they paid Jane a lot of money.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.com