Emmy Boredom
God knows why, but I’m watching the Emmys. The annoying Sara Jessica Parker just blabbered on about something but I turned the sound down as soon as she waggled onstage. I don’t know what it is about her. I kind of enjoyed her in L.A. Story, which is about the last time that I ever purposely paid attention to her. And I kind of like her old man. I just watched him again in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Anyone? Bueller?
So I just finished watching the 14th episode of 24 with Keifer Sutherland, second season, which is even better than the first season, and I predict the Sopranos will win anyway. Nothing against the Sopranos, it’s a great show, and I watched three seasons worth in about three weeks earlier this year. But 24 is a real grabber. It’s more consistent, and you really want to get to the next episode as soon as possible. I’ve gone through 14 episodes in less than a week, and the DVD format really shines for this kind of addictive behavior.
So now I’m watching to watch 24 lose. I know this not because of some kind of prescience on my part, (even though I just said the Sopranos will win in the above paragraph) but because I just read the NY Times report via Google News. The Sopranos won. The damn Emmys are happening here in L.A., but it airs in the East first, so they can spoil it here.
Anyway, now I can’t stop watching. We’re getting to the John Ritter memorial after this set of commercials, and, wait, Mass Mutual just had a commercial using one of Joan Jett’s songs. I love hearing Joan get some money (if she actually wrote that one), but, it hits me kind of strange, like the Zeppelin song on the Cadillac commercial. I mean, it’s kind of cool, but, it also kinda sucks. Iggy Pop on the cruise line commercial (Here comes Johnny Yen again-with the liquor and the drugs). It’s so far off, that I respect the creative end of it, but it also kinda sucks.
OK. Bill Cosby just got the Bob Hope award, and classy guy that he is, paid tribute to Mr. Rogers. And the John Ritter thing hasn’t happened yet. And I had to watch Walter Cronkite stumble through a tribute to Bob Hope. I guess they had to go with him because he’s the only one that’s old enough to still remember the old days. I’m guessing the old days days are numbered. Now the cocksuckers are doing some anti-smoking commercial. I helped pay for that with my cigarette taxes. Every time I smoke the government takes money from me and gives it to some actors and other jerkoffs to tell me that I suck.
Is this creepy? They are applauding all the dead people in the Memorial segment. Jeez, we lost a lot of entertainment folks this year. Why am I doing this? Who cares? Now it’s a race to post before the battery kicks. Plus it's time to hit the off button to save what's left of my sanity.
Update: I apparently can't read. The West Wing won, not the Sopranos. Plus I'm a liar in that I said that I was going to hit the off button. Everybody Loves Raymond just won the Comedy award. All right, it's over and I can go to bed. G'night.
