There was a lot of speculation that the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards would be canceled this year because A) they have no writers and B) they may not get Hollywood stars who are supporting the writers.
Yahoo however is reporting that NBC says “the show MUST go on!” and that it will air as scheduled on January 13th.
I’m with NBC as far as the writing goes. If these guys who are on strike are the people who write those teleprompter jokes every year at every award show, do you really need them back to do it? Heck, I’m sure any number of us could come up with our own in a few seconds.
And now presenting the award for most undeserving comedy this year…Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks everyone!
Hanks: “Heya Johnny, those special effects in Sweeney Todd were awesome, how did you make neck-cutting look so realistic?”
Depp: “Like this!”
And then Depp proceeds to slice Hank’s neck with a plastic barber razor, fake blood gushes everywhere and people laugh hysterically.
See, that took like 30 seconds to come up with and just MIGHT be funnier than Californication, Entourage and Pushing Daisies, all of which got nominated over THE OFFICE.
Now, the big problem is that none of the stars are going to cross the picket lines to be on the show unless something clever is done.
Jeff Hermanson, the WGA Strike coordinator had this to say:
“If the Globes is telecast and it is produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is a struck company, we will picket the show,” Hermanson said.
He went on to say that if they do go on with the show as stated above, writers will be placed outside the theater and actors crossing picket lines will have to go through them.
I just don’t see any big time stars making themselves look bad by doing it.
So is the show even going to be interesting to watch? I kind of want to just like most people slow down to see a car wreck on the side of the road.
You thought this award show was bad with these people involved? Can you imagine the utter uselessness this is going to be in television history? What a joke – they should just cancel it for this year. It is going to end up being a waste of air time in my opinion.
I dunno… Californication is really really funny. I think it would be better than the Depp bit….
What if they use look alikes instead of the stars? That could work. Or better yet, stand-ins…who don’t even look like the stars. Just random people. Ladies and Gentlemen, the midget presenting the award for Best Picture is Tom Hanks. I’d laugh.
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