On Award Shows…
September 22nd, 2008
They’re boring. I couldn’t watch more than five consecutive minutes but between rapey rape on a rerun of Law and Order: SVU and a deadly-dull “Big Chill” inspired Cold Case, I flipped back to catch Lutz’s Mii in the SNL writers’ roll call, Tommy Smothers looking oddly the same as he has for the last 20 years and about two second of a “comedy bit” involving ripped clothes and Shatner. But not clothes being ripped OFF Shatner, which would be worth watching.
I checked online later and saw Mad Men won Best Drama. So, bully for them. Six Emmys in their first season. So, I’m drawing six illustrations this week in arbritrary reference to/homage to that. Check the Flickr this week to see those.
I got to wondering about the real life advertising awards—The Clios—which I for some reason though went the way of the Cable Aces back in the 90s, but they’re still chugging along under new owners. I suppose my half recalled memory of the Clios faltering might have come from stories like this about the 1991 awards, which I hope to find more eyewitness reports of… sound ama-aaa-azingly terrible. Like all thing associated with the advertising industry.
Note, however, this year’s Clio Awards WISELY honored the great achievement in visual poop jokes found in this All Bran commercial. He shits pipes! Between this and the barrage of non-nominated Activia commercials, 07-08 will be remembered as the year constipation broke.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Coincidentally, Stephen Colbert made a constipation joke at the Emmys last night.
All I could think watching Tommy Smothers was, “god that’s a lot of plastic surgery.” You should’ve at least stayed up to watch Don Rickles hijack the entire show. Also, there was a “Laugh-In” tribute that involved a bunch of current B-listers doing “sock it to me!”, and a few alumni of the show doing an awkward stage bit. No Goldie Hawn.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Relatedly, Will Hines said he heard Howard Stern interview Chevy Chase and kept asking about him sleeping with Goldie Hawn. He made that the pinnacle of his achievement.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Damn straight that All-Bran ad won! Those were the finest thinly-veiled poop sight gags in the history of television! I bet the agency who came up with that laughed their asses (pun intended) off for weeks.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Isn’t “Big Chill inspired Cold Case” redundant?