Driver Picks The Music…Observations on a life in Orange County, California

I thought for a minute about doing some elongated Emmy round-up, but there are so many who have hammered that snowy white seal pup to death. So, I’m just going to say a few words (ha! right like I ever keep it short) about the Emmys.

1. Neil Patrick Harris rocked! (thank our heavenly father somebody had the smarts to make him a producer.)

2. 70% of what I saw was worth watching. I hate awards shows. I watch the intro then come back for the last 5 minutes. Really done this for years. Somebody says “did you watch the <insert Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, etc.> last night?” and I say “Yeah” because I saw a total of 7 minutes. I watched *nearly* all of this show. And I didn’t die. I did flip channels to …something I don’t even remember… to skip over the Reality crap (sorry, that and moving Leno to 10pm are the two worst things to happen to television..ever….well that whole Kanye thing was irritating… and having to watch TV newsmen write on a whiteboard with 95″ digital screens accessible 2 feet away during presidential voting day…that sucked too). Thank you Neil, Emmy production or whomever that categorized the Emmys, I just wish I had the sense to watch something else during the mini-series/movie segment.

3.The movie/mini-series segment was awful. Not awful because of who won or was nominated, but awful because 95% of America had not seen any (get that, ANY) of the movie/mini-series up for awards. We had no investment in any of it. Why? Because THE BIG THREE don’t make mini-series or movies for television anymore and I’m sorry, it’s a crap economy, I’m unemployed (oddly, like LOTS of folks) and I can’t afford the fat cat pay channels (this means you Showtime & HBO). It would have been nice if just one of the categories had something that a normal person watched.

4. Dr. Horrible (LOVE and HEARTS all around) was worth waiting for.

5. Neil should NOT do this again next year. Remember the theater! Always leave ‘em wanting more. A+ for you Neil. Been there, done that, got the bow-tie. Ricky Gervais would be a nice follow-up. With Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello as a color commentator.