I'd like to make a recommendation to the Emmy folks. Let Ricky Gervais host. Seriously. Or how about Craig Ferguson (sp)? Or a random person off the street. Anyone, but who we had last night. If you have seriously unfunny people trying to be funny it just ends up being painful. The minutes lost with the "nothing" opening could have been better used elsewhere.
Say, for instance, they could have been given to the poor guy who won for writing the John Adams mini-series and got cut off just as he was talking about the importance of having a leader who can use words and language properly.
I didn't think the show could get worse than last year's strange theater in the round show. I was proven wrong. The hosts were awful. The Laugh In reunion bit was horridly unfunny and made me further believe that you really needed to be stoned to enjoy that show. Normally I don't advocate random beatings, but I think I'd enjoy it if someone smacked Lauren whatever from The Hills upside the head. Could poor David Boreanz (sp) look more awkward? Bad enough Heidi Klum called his show "The Bones."
There were a few bright spots. As mentioned earlier, Gervais was the funnest guy of the evening. I'm not sure how Steve Carrell kept a straight face during their bit. Once again, the "nominees are" bit for the best writing for a comedy, variety, etc. show were a highlight. Seeing Stephen Colbert in boxers wielding a gun was funny, Dr. Phil's slams of Letterman's staff was a good use of Phil's personality and the SNL group using their Wii characters was on the mark as well. Stewart and Conan's bits were good too.
Stewart and Colbert were fun, both in their presentations and acceptance speeches. Craig F's gag in regards to his hand being on Brooke Shield's ass was a hoot. Don Rickels and Kathy Griffin virtually stole the show. I also liked Tommy Smothers getting political while being honored for writing for a politically charged show. Tina Fey is a goddess, gracious and very funny.
I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about Josh Groban's performance. I give him bonus points for his version of the South Park theme and for faux jogging while singing the theme to Baywatch. Overall though, the idea of a theme montage done by a classical singer can only be funny for so long. I think the funny dried up before the medley ended...which isn't Groban's fault.
In a sad statement of my exsistence, the Emmy's won out over 60 Minutes featuring the presidental candidates. What can I say, I needed to see Lee Pace in a tux. I did tape 60 Min. and will hopefully get to it before Nov.
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