Is it just me, or was watching the 2008 VMAs an experience you hope you can forget!
I can't believe I wasted valuable DVR space recording the crap MTV called an award show.
For those of you old enough to remember...
Watching tonight's broadcast was liking watching and episode of Beverly Hills 90210 (old cast) "Brandon Tries Drugs at a Rave."
Season 2, Episode 15: U4EA
The idea to host an awards show on the backlot of Paramount was probably the first mistake. It was bad enough to hear Riahnnon sing in that space that was designed to control sound, and not amplify it. Then they would cut to shots of a lackluster clump of "guests" sitting in what looked like metal folding chairs that we use at our family reunions each summer in my grandmas backyard!
The highlight for me however, was experiencing the Jonas Brothers for the first time. I honestly thought it was a joke... The three tweens sat on a fake stoop in 1940s style garb. The super cheezzzzzzzeeeeee facade was supposed to look like NYC (I think...) and instead looked like a busted version of "Sesame Street." No offense to "Sesame Street" even they would have pulled the plug on that idea!
Even OSCAR winner Jamie Foxx couldn't get the audience motivated to get up on their feet.
The only glimmer of hope was a performance by Pink. Proving that an artist can overcome one bad idea after another. And all the campy schtick if you just sing your guts out and show some T and A.
Oh yes, and we should not forget Britney. She won her first VMA, thanked God, and was out of there... EVEN SHE realized how busted the night was going to be!
Practically the only thing worse than watching the VMAs, would be watching a bunch of dumb-ass people jumping through cardboard cut-outs for an hour long game show...
Oh thank heavens, Fox is more than just fair and balanced news...
tomorrow night they will be enriching the great American audience with the premier of "Hole in the Wall!"
Now that is TV worth watching.
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