Indeed, the apples didn’t fall far from the tree in the Reiner family.
I have to agree with all of the above. He’s like Concrete contractor who’s do 200 miles of sidewalks in cookie cutter developments and gets in line with Frank Loyd Wright for a AIA gold medal. “ Somebody upstairs likes him”.
FWIW, if someone like Carl Reiner (a television writer!) had been given an award named after Mark Twain in 1963, the outrage from fans of “real” humor would have been deafening.
Heh, I saw this advertised on PBS recently, and I thought “Really? He sucks at comedy!” I never found him funny, really. Mildly amusing, at best. Managing a video store and the clerks wanting to put Happy Gilmore on all the time was torture. Oh well, glad it’s not my money giving him an award.
Hehehe, that idea hadn’t really occurred to me. Now I’ve got the idea in my head, I may start awarding Space Rock Awards.
I’ve never watched the televised ceremonies but I suspect the honoree isn’t required to perform but to sit there while others perform and talk about them, much like the honoree at a Friars Club roast.
They appear at the end to make witty comments in a thank you speech.
At a Medium Pace and Lunchlady Land are also memorable. I can’t see or hear the term ‘Sloppy Joe’ without repeating it, mentally at least, in his singsong voice.
Nitpick: It’s Ode to My Car.
That’s an alternate name, not sure which one is “official”. The video is labeled the same as the audio track I have.
I love the movie Anger Management, but only for Nicholson. Anyone couldve played Sandlers part.
Maybe they can give the next award to Andrew Dice Clay!!!
OHHHH!!
This is not even a close comparison. It’s like saying that since this one guy once used a knife to slice into a steak, he’s just like John Wayne Gacy.
I thought it was just me
It’s all about the money. And clout.
Money: As actor, writer, producer and other movie related stuff, he has grossed around $10BN for Hollywood. If “contribution to arts” equals dollars, he’s clearly due for an award. What did surprise me, when checking the numbers, is that his money ranking as a leading star puts him at #29 in the history of U.S. box office. Bill Murray is at #90.
Clout: From what I read he seems to be universally liked.
He hasn’t actually won, but he’s been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards, 5 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award. He did win an Independent Spirit Award.
For less prestigious awards, he has been nominated a ton of times for things like the MTV Movie/TV Awards, Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and so on. He’s won quite a few of those.
Clearly, he has fans, and not just among the lowbrow demographic. I’m a fan of his too, though I don’t love everything he’s ever done. (Personally, I think Little Nicky is one of the worst films I ever had the misfortune to watch.)
He also has many detractors. He has been nominated for a staggering 40 Golden Raspberry Awards, and “won” 17 times. (The film Jack and Jill alone won 7 of them, I have never watched it and don’t plan on ever doing so.)
The only movie of his–though admittedly I’ve seen only a minority of them–that I really liked was Funny People. That was the 2009 Judd Apatow production that offered Sandler a chance to play a real person, so to speak, rather than a guy who talks with a funny voice.
Anyway: I watched a few segments of the Mark Twain award show; I thought the writing (for the presenters) was lame and unfunny. But, again, I’m not claiming to be reviewing the whole thing, because I saw only a few minutes here and there.
I’m glad he had a good night (I assume) and that his contributions were recognized. We can’t all have the same taste, but…good for him.
I just saw the first hour. The roast-like comments were well done. Just the right tone of gentle mocking, perfectly constructed, and expertly delivered. Mostly.
Compare those to the dozens of clips of Sandler’s career. Again, they were expertly designed to be familiar to the fanbase, with some rarities from his pre-SNL days. Brief flashes to 30+ years of comedy, so not a coherent comedy set. What’s amazed me is that not one single line was actually funny. Not one line, not one scene. Maybe Sandler’s humor is entirely contextual, so that his delivery matters more than the words. Still. Not one funny line from 30 years. You’d think that even if the editors were his enemies they’d hit some by accident.
I read the comments in this thread and my conclusion can only be there are lots of kids on lots of lawns and the people who should be yelling at those kids for being on those lawns are instead posting here.
Your analysis is concise and correct. Too bad none of them could stay awake to watch it.