moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Our Man in Havana) (09/24/84)
Well, I watched this willing to believe that this would heavily satirize the
average image of award ceremonies... or at least be more entertaining. It
was, but not by much... as to be expected, MTV was so busy lauding itself
that it took time out for few moments of pure entertainment. Below are
scrawls which I found on my notepad the next morning; your opinion of their
worth cannot be lower than mine, but maybe they will strike a common chord
if anyone else saw them:
HOSTS: Dan Ackroyd is a fine comedy writer (witness GHOSTBUSTERS), but as a
performer... I winced a lot watching him bring out routines that were stale
five years ago. Bette Midler, I expected more out of. Perhaps the fun of
watching her on a more straight-laced show is that you are never sure just
how far out-of-bounds she is going to go (her appearance on the Oscars
several years back rates as my number one favorite awards presentaion
speech). Here, though, the prevailing mood was "anything goes", and she
actually seemed rather mundane when compared with the likes of Cindy
Laupner. She did improve.
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DAVID LEE ROTH: This guy is hilarious! Was he in "This is Spinal Tap" or
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High"? He should have been....
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THE TECHNICAL AWARDS: Huh. Apparently, credit where credit is due does
occur sometimes.
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THE POLICE: It's always nice to see that people who do good lyrics and good
videos are actually funny/witty/pleasant on stage.
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Can Herbie Hancock walk on water, too?
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VIDEO AWARDS WE'D LIKE TO SEE by Midler & Ackroyd WAS funny; I particularly
liked the idea of "Video most resembling a jean's commercial".
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THOM McCAHN? Ack ack ack...
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One wonders how much Levi's has offered to Bowie for the rights to his Blue
Jean music...
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After cross-referencing my information about recreational drugs and their
side effects, I'm still having trouble finding anything that could be
responsible for the terminal airhead condition of Nina Black. It must be
genetic.
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Why did Z.Z. Top's video remind me of a car ad?
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Actually, I agreed with most of the awards (strange...). Except the Police
won NOTHING for "Every Step You Take". *sigh* -- probably too highbrow...
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CLOSING:
a) The midget was in bad taste.
b) I didn't know IBM was sponsering this show... whoops, my mistake.
c) "Due to my strong personal convictions..." We know, Michael, We
KNOW!
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Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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