Most of the Fox Sunday night line up didn’t air this past week. Why? The prestegious SECOND ANNUAL TV GUIDE AWARDS, of course! Nevermind that TV already has the Emmy’s, The Viewers Choice Awards, and the Cable Ace Awards! We need ANOTHER excuse to tell egotistical Hollywood jerks how great they are!
Is there ANY other industry that engages in this repulsive practice? Do garbagemen have the Sanitation Engineer Awards? (And the award for Best Supporting Guy Who Throws Your Trash Can out in the Middle of the Street goes to …)
Yeah, I can understand honoring excellence and all … but THREE TIMES A YEAR?? Who are the people who watch these shows anyway? The corny, prescripted-and-read-off-the-teleprompter jokes are the pits, the musical numbers are usually ghastly, and the acceptance speeches are a snooze.
Shouldn’t the awards be going to the best teachers, cops, firemen, soup kitchen volunteers, etc, etc ? Should we honor overpaid people who can convince us they are someone else for a half-hour a week, or should we honor the underpaid, underappreciated people who hold society together at the seems? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
“Honey we’re recovering Christians.”
–Tori Amos - In the Springtime of his Voodoo
yeah what the hell is the deal? there are WAY too many award shows… the more there are the less significance they have.
oh well, i hardly ever watch them unless someone i really like is performing.
and oh yeah im pissed about missing futurama and king of the hill… dammn!!
These shows generate revenue, thats it, pure & simple. Create an event, then sell the space. We do it all the time in the newspaper.Any excuse for a feature, and then we can sell the ads. WHO CARES?? if the people want/need it.
It is the same deal with the goofy new awards shows. ( I dont mean the oscars, grammys, emmys) They assume the sheep that watch the other awards shows will tune in, and they use the viewership figures of all the awards shows to support the sales pitch to the ‘sponsors’.
Twisted, money-grubbing business.
And another thing: remember this as you watch ANY program…the advertisers OWN that show.
You cant beleive everything you see, because it is very possible, nay, likely even, that the advertisers (the major ones) have had input into the program.
Look, Boomer, I’m about sick of this. What are you trying to follow me around and offer up a crude insult on every thread you see my name attached to? What don’t you understand? GO THE FUCK AWAY, DIPSHIT!
“Honey we’re recovering Christians.”
–Tori Amos - In the Springtime of his Voodoo
I’m not playing your pissing contest CalifBoomer. If I somehow offended you by posing questions (in [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001402.html]this thread[/url) you couldn’t answer, that’s your problem. Instead of having a rational, intelligent debate, you chose to post childlike insults in unrelated threads. I don’t have time for this shit. You’re on /ignore from now on.
“Honey we’re recovering Christians.”
–Tori Amos - In the Springtime of his Voodoo