Posted on 02/28/2005 3:51:30 PM PST by missyme
Actually, there may be no accounting for my taste, but I thought the toned-down routine WAS funny. It's just that he was delivering it terribly---it sounded more like a lecture. If he had only pulled the stick out of his butt it could have been fun. I mean, come on, who couldn't laugh at "Spongebob Hotpants". :)
Censorship doesn't bother me so long as it's not the government that's doing it. Beyond obscenity, it's the network that's trying to limit the Christian bashing and hate speech, and that's the network's right. No one has a constitutional right to have their personal views broadcast to millions of people. Robin Williams can go to Central Park if he wants to exercise his rights without restriction. Or he can buy his own television station.
Too bad he didn't walk on stage with his vocal chords in a jar.....
Johnnie Carson!! (although he did flip the bird once, but it was really funny when he did).
He was going to do it by concentrating on the dark underside of other cartoon characters, asking, for example whether Casper the Friendly Ghost wore that white sheet as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Hey, Robin, that's really, really funny. Did you clear it with Senator Byrd?
When I noticed that the Hollyweird crowd intended to dis-
Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ-- I determined they had NOTHING at all to offer. Did not watch -was not offended by Chris Rocks potty mouth -nor any of the stuffed suits applauding movies NOt worth watching and
acting not worth the price of a ticket.The Passion should have taken Best Picture for daring to depict that world changing event without making Christ appear as Hollyweird has imaged Christians for too long now.
Gibson had the best actor for Christ, for Mary, and that
haunting image of Satan
As with the recent Grammy awards, I realized that the whole scene has passed me by, or - rather - it no longer interests me. I don't identify with those people in any way, and I don't care what they're wearing.
-Jonathan Winters
The show lost what would have been the best minute-and-a-half they would have had last night," said Shaiman,..."
Give me a frickin break!
Oh I agree with you, I just switched the channels back and fourth and the times the cameras at the Oscars focused in on people sitting in the audience some were sleeping.
I'm sorry if I missed something, but, didn't the Oscars get good ratings last night?
I'm so disgusted and tired of the "stars" who, with their GED's and honorary degrees, think they have the right to tell other people how to vote and abuse their elevated positions to spread their stupidity. In fact, for the first time in my life, I went out and held up a sign stating as much. Right there at Hollywood and Vine. Shut up and act. With Rondog and the rest of the LA Freepers. Felt good.
I don't think Robin Williams is that funny, but I can sort of understand why others do. But Adam Sandler - there's a guy whose success totally mystifies me.
Robin Williams is Old,Tired,and Over the Hill.
And if you looked at him last night he sure looks Old,and Tired, and Over the Hill.
And he stopped being funny many years ago.
I hadn't seen any info relating to the ratings, but am glad to hear that.
WE SAW that!!!! I thought we were imagining things....
Maybe SpongeBob is a revered member of the Academy.
These people are idiots. Getting attention by being "edgy" goes back to Elvis. It's old fashioned. These people have run out of room to push the envelope.
Old fashioned entertainment that's good is much harder to do. And the people with the skills to do it have died off.
Hollywood is doomed. They haven't a clue.
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