Emmys 2011 Verdict

Well I wasn't that excited for this years Emmys I must say. I wasn't sure about Jane Lynch hosting....but she was actually pretty good...and WAY better than the last time FOX hosted them - anybody remember that round stage with the people sitting ON the stage itself? TERRIBLE! But I would have rathered had Jimmy again.

My fave fave fave part was the Lead Actress in a Comedy pageant! When Amy Poehler rushed up on stage, I almost died of laughter! And then when the rest of them got up...it was just pure awesomeness! I would have loved any of them to win...I am SO glad that Melissa McCarthy (or Sookie St James as she will always be to me) won....I love her, even though I don't watch her show....but I kinda wanted Amy Poehler to have her turn! Maybe some day she will win. I also was rooting for Martha Plimpton, but she'll get more chances...just look at Kristin Chenoweth!!!
-Also I totally vote that those 6 ladies host next year's Emmy's. They'd be unstoppable!

I feel bad for the people in the categories with Maggie Smith and Martin Scorsese...your odds are pretty damm slim! 

I was also excited to have such a large SNL presence at the emmys. Kristen, Seth, Andy and Lonely Island, Lorne, Jimmy, Amy and Tina....its weird seeing Seth out and about now...and getting interviewed on the red carpet.

While I have been grizzling about the PPP and Parenthood not being recognized this year - when they really really deserved to be, I did give them points for at least including them in their drama show clips - PPP especially, cause it never gets as much attention.

As for the Red Carpet - I wasn't stunned by any of the dresses particularly...nobody really stood out this year.
My faves are all just people I thought looked really nice. Aubrey Plaza looked really pretty all dressed up...she cleans up nice when she's not April. Jayma Mays looked really nice too. I even thought Amy Poehler looked good in her blue number...or maybe there's something wrong with me. -Oh and I was disappointed in Dianna Agron this year, she's normally one I LOVE for fashion, but she still looked nice.

The interviews all sucked too, except for every Amy Poehler and Will Arnet one! Those two should have a talk show someday...or you know...host an awards show.

So overall....yay for the Modern Family awards! yay for Julie and Ty...I loved that Phil and Claire got awards...and that the show won. Yay for Mad Men...but maybe next year a different show will win, starting to get sick of those two hogging all the awards!

That is all.

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-Carlie

SNL: We Want More Girl 'Best Of' Episodes!!!!!!

So in the past year, I have been becoming obsessed with Saturday Night Live....okay 'obsessed' might be too strong a word....but after years of being in the dark, I finally have been watching a lot of episodes.

Firstly, it's not my fault I haven't seen that much - Australia never aired it on free-to-air tv, only the Comedy Channel on foxtel airs it...and even then they cut out half an hour of it to make it fit into 1 hour. My buddy Brett downloaded some eps, and they made their way to me. Then I saw the Amy Poehler best of....and was hooked!

I remember watching plenty of eps back in the day on foxtel, maybe 2 years ago now. They were airing eps daily at lunchtime, so I got to see the whole progression from Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey, to Amy and Tina, to Amy and Seth Meyers. Plus I got to see a lot more of people I had only caught randomly over the past 10 years. To me, SNL greats are Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Tina, Amy, Darrell Hammond, Chris Parnell, Will Ferrell.....plus from the current cast, Kristen Wiig, Kenan Thompson, Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armisen, Andy Samberg, Will Forte.

Now that I'm watching some new and old stuff, I've grown attached to the talent....and really wish they'd find some better female talent. Those new young girls, are annoying. They are all young, look the same, and are not even that funny. The guys are all great, but the girls (Kristen Wiig not included) are just not cutting it, they are nowhere near the standard one comes to expect from SNL.

Oh so onto my whole thing about how excited I was to see Maya, Amy, Tina, Rachel, Ana, and Molly back last week for the Betty White ep! I was in SNL heaven! They brought back some of the classic SNL characters, and did some hilarious sketches. Made me even madder, that they have not released more 'Best Of' eps for the girls. Will Ferrell has 3....okay totally deserved...but Amy Poehler got one, and Jimmy Fallon has one.....Molly Shannon has one....I would LOVE to see a Maya one, and a Ana one, and a Rachel, and a Tina one. So I've started a facebook group to get a Tina one out there....now I know people say that will never happen, and she hasn't done that many sketches....but I wouldn't care if it was mostly Weekend Update....that would ROCK!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119472291419646&ref=mf


So here's hoping we can use the internet to achieve something!


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Carlie