The Emmy Awards people don't seem to want you to watch their little ceremony
(Again, a re-posting of a lost entry thanks to our blog server's nervous breakdown earlier today.)
Fans Who Celebrate Quality TV may want to sit out this year's Emmy Awards ceremony: They've announced that yet again, they won't have a comic hosting, but instead, the nominees in the category of Best Host for a Reality or Game Show.
Which means that Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol"), who hos(t)ed last year, will be back, alongside "Survivor's" Jeff Probst, "Dancing with the Stars"' Tom Bergeron, "Deal or No Deal's" Howie Mandel and "Project Runway's" Heidi Klum. Honestly - just because you're on TV, must you be eligible for an Emmy?
(We picked this tasteful photo of Heidi Klum to illustrate this entry because it seemed like an elegant way to dignify the excellence that the Emmy Awards embody and also it serves as a cautionary warning that even supermodels can select ugly footwear.)
"It just seemed like the perfect way to stay current with the state of television today," explains Emmy ceremony executive producer Ken Ehrlich of the hosting decision. Well, you could've done that by letting a lump of Ben Silverman excrement host, too, but I'm sure we all agree that's not such a great idea, either. I'm certain that all the actors worried about their futures will will enjoy watching hosts of the sort of cheap-to-produce programming that's threatening their livelihoods helming a show honoring the best of Television.
In 2003, the Emmys pulled a similar multiple-host stunt, with 11 comics including Conan O'Brien, Ellen DeGeneres and George Lopez; it didn't go over so well. DeGeneres or O'Brien alone, however, gangbusters.
While we're on the subject, here's something I never found an opportunity to post here: This is the cover of a large volume in which NBC/Universal shipped their Emmy screeners to Academy voters (inside were actual campaign buttons, which I have yet to see an actual human being wearing, though I'm sure they're selling like hotcakes at eBay):
I particularly like the against-all-odds optimism NBC put into touting such duds as "Bionic Woman," "Las Vegas," "Lipstick Jungle" and that crappy "Knight Rider" movie. As Journey once sang, "Don't Stop Believing." Of course, the last time we heard that in public, everything went black and an era ended.
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David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place.
When my husband and I bought our home in 1966 (42 years ago on August 25), we were paying .08% property taxes. Now, I am paying almost #2000.
All Prop 13 says is that the rate should be one percent of assessed evaluation. If you feel your evaluation has dropped, you did receive a card with your bill on which you can request a re-evaluation. And yes, there has been inflation in property values, and the assessor has adjusted all properties even senior housing for the purposes of taxing.
Mariel, I always read your messages, but this time you simply do not understand Prop 13. If property taxes were 0.08% in 1966, with no Prop 13, who knows where they would be today. We must keep prop 13. And when you choose a new home, figure out how much your mortgage and taxes will be. One percent is easy to figure as you know. If my home goes back down to what we paid for it 42 years ago, I would still love it. Plan to live out my life here. It is not an investment.
Greig Smith's egregious remarks that we owe someone else for trash pickup are so insulting. Those of us who moved to the Valley in the sixties were young families whose men worked for the aerospace industry.
The women volunteered in the community and many of the Girl Scouts, Little League Team Mothers, PTA jobs were the services that provided after-school activities for our children and those of our neighbors. I refuse Smith's insults. He is so ignorant of real life having been a bureaucrat since Hal Bernson first entered office. He is still a bureaucrat.
Who am I? My name is Theodora Howell. I love this home of mine. I try to leave the world a better place than I found it. Girl Scout leader 15 years, Little League Mom at least three years and PTA while my four children were in school. You should be writing about the need for volunteers and I do not mean social butterflies, but caring about the children. Getting rid of Proposition 13 will cause more problems.
verey horney shame the armes are in the whay and the leges