I'm out of the country so did not get to watch the show, but I did follow along on both the NY Times and NPR liveblogs, both of which were -- to put it mildly -- underwhelmed with MacFarlane. When they started fondly reminiscing about James Franco about ten minutes in, I knew things were bad.
Linda Holmes' take: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/02/25/172846842/the-oscars-broadcast-zooming-way-past-cheeky-to-land-squarely-on-crass?ft=1&f=93568166 - dg Sent from my iPad On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:44 AM, David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Maybe this could be chalked up to it being The Golden Globes, but I don't see > Ricky Gervais's work on that ceremony to be that much better than what Levine > is describing. > > David > > From: PGage <pga...@gmail.com> > To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Best Oscar Moment > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 9:19 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure what the consensus will be on McFarlane (SNIP) > > If Ken Levine is any harbinger, not good > (http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-2013-oscar-review.html): > > "The Oscars broke new wind last night. For the first time ever they were > hosted by a man who left visible slime trails. The only awards show that Seth > MacFarlane is qualified to emcee is the Adult Video Awards. Even then, they > should shoot higher. This was that smarmy, unfunny, egotistical cousin at a > wedding who stands up and tells the room the bride has herpes. (SNIP)" > -- > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
