My friend Chris over at Variety also picked up on the odd music choices https://variety.com/2019/tv/opinion/emmys-bizarre-music-choices-1203345424/
On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 10:33 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fleabag is genuinely transcendent; PWB rightly dominated the night. The > show I came away determined too watch is Barry, which I watched the first > two episodes of then lost track of. > > And yes, I was of course joking about Jon Batiste. It’s just that instead > of playing music from the winning program as the winner walked up to the > stage, they played mostly random pop songs from someone ‘s IPhone Spotify > List, while a voiceover made even more rando irreverent comments that I > suppose were supposed to be funny. > > I don’t know if it was related to the absence of a host, but I thought > this was by far the most awkward Emmy telecast in history. The odd music, > the off kilter walk up commentary, the difficulty several presenters had > reading the prompter, the ill advised practice of frequently having > nominees read in a video montage prior to the presenters come out, who then > do brief schtick before going straight to reading the winner, by which time > not only have we forgotten the nominees but also the category. > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 9:34 PM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I saw most of it and I would say Alex Borstein won the night. She should >> have given that speech last year. >> Comedy bits were hit and miss. Nothing that will go viral. >> Thomas Lennon's jokes, for the most part, were lame. It probably sounded >> good in the planning meetings. Was that bad enough they should have just >> stopped the bit? >> Bill Carter was not a fan either. >> >> https://twitter.com/wjcarter/status/1175944943317262336?s=19 >> >> Someone else on Twitter noted Game of Thrones won for its worst season. >> >> I am definitely going to watch Fleabag now. >> >> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 8:38 PM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Appreciate the joke, but Rickey Minor was listed as musical director and >>> there was a "band" credit, which is weird because the producers said that >>> there was not going to be a band. They were getting more dead on as the >>> evening progressed, but I do wonder if Phoebe Waller-Bridge's sister wrote >>> a theme song for "Fleabag." Guess I'll have to go to Amazon Prime Video to >>> find out. >>> >>> And I thought through most of the necrology that Hamish Hamilton would >>> not treat us to shots of Halsey's tats. No such luck. >>> >>> Damn right, Stephen and Jimmy K. Not to mention nothing but single >>> presenters and no lame banter. Just remember how the audience responded >>> when Corden offered them the choice of banter or no banter (and he didn't >>> have a partner). >>> >>> Mark Jeffries >>> Saints Spotlight Editor >>> spotligh...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 9:27 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Congratulations to Jon Batiste, who was apparently the Music Director >>>> for the Emmy’s, which bore his signature lack of connection between the >>>> song being played and the person or program being introduced... >>>> -- >>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJvuC72H7faBmcro1NiZHz_ZsUw5xg_M5QyO%3DJE7%2BQAkQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJvuC72H7faBmcro1NiZHz_ZsUw5xg_M5QyO%3DJE7%2BQAkQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi89Ni3RMi-8evtVdVDGX9cWnUCnmD_BpDnPkQjX_-O2WQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi89Ni3RMi-8evtVdVDGX9cWnUCnmD_BpDnPkQjX_-O2WQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyZck%3DG1UCy7S5nWGKmpjteREXdVQe_Kj7iHi06rM14mg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyZck%3DG1UCy7S5nWGKmpjteREXdVQe_Kj7iHi06rM14mg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJMD6yMxA-WbTrK7rjwoP9KkZU78vGs20A4gUwhW1FtBA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJMD6yMxA-WbTrK7rjwoP9KkZU78vGs20A4gUwhW1FtBA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. 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