The Golden Globetrotters?
(Most of) The Blogulator's Minneapolis contingent was too busy to watch either the most tolerable or the most horrendusly boring coverage of Hollywood's "annual awards kickoff", the Golden Globes awards "press conference" last night, which was held in lieu of any working Hollyweird writers. (We were attending the rousing closing night performance of the amazingly hysterical touring Broadway musical Avenue Q at the Minneapolis State Theater!) Lucky for me, I did tape NBC's coverage of the said "press conference" on my DVR and watched it. I was lucky because I needed to get to sleep quickly and Billy Bush's hair and Nancy O'Dell's perma-smile were the perfect reasons to fall asleep quickly. Worst comment of the program -- Billy Bush degrading Cate Blanchett's performance in Blogulator favorite I'm Not There ("I'm surprised she won. . . all she did was act like a man.") Here are some ways NBC could have made their coverage of the Golden Globes press conference slightly less suicide-inducing:Involve the Harlem Globetrotters
People love sports, theater, and, most of all, trick basketball dribbling. The Harlem Globetrotters could be re-named the Harlem Golden Globetrotters. Then they could play basketball against people who aren't involved in the writers' guild, like hair and make-up people. This would give those affected by the writers' strike something to do, and maybe they'll be really good basketball players and not have to be at the mercy of greedy Hollywood producers.
Make It A Game Show
Since the choosing of both nominees and winners seems completely random anyway (Atonement is the winner for best movie?!), why not make the nomination process and the winners process some kind of game show? I envision the show hosted by Donald Trump and Tyra Banks, hopefully some new catch phrases, and slime. Lots of slime.
Settle with the Writers' Guild
You know, really, the best solution to this dilemma is to settle with the writers. That might mean some producers may need to cut back on their mansions a little bit, but it's the only way to truly stop the suffering that is the writers' strike. For the love of God, one of the only options for "new" programming on broadcast television right now is "Medium" with Patricia Arquette. Don't make me sit through any second of "Medium" -- please do the right thing and settle with the writers!
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Billy Bush?!?!?!! Oh sweet merciful crap!
I feel very eerie today having not watched the GGs for the first time in like 7 years.
You watched this press conference after Avenue Q and then woke up at 5:30? You sir, are a gifted man.
i worry that the harlem globetrotters would always be a disappointing experience...as they were when i finally went to see them at the age of 22. sigh.
How can I possibly understand this post without any pictures?
for serious, next time someone needs a graphic drawn up and they can't find something suitable via google images, they should email me. remember my gossip girl drawing?!?!?
i could've totally drawn harlem golden globetrotters. that's like a 1st grader's pictionary clue.
Dear Jerks,
a)Hello, there's this thing called "Imagination" -- use it!
b)Sorry I didn't get enough "pictures" for "you" -- I only went to see Avenue Q, then went home and watched the Golden Globes in bed while falling asleep, then got up at 5:30, all while squeezing in this blog post for you before Noon!
I HATE ALL OF YOU!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Again, that comment is a little hard to comprehend. Some illustrations would help.
Touche, Pat, Touche!
Sean -- if you are reading this, would you please draw the Harlem Golden Globetrotters as an illustration for all of us to see?
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