I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
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Joined: 12/31/69
#1I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:11pm
I normally hate Josh Groban and love awards shows, but Josh Groban's medley of 26 infamously bad TV theme songs was just about he only worthwhile part of the Emmys. And people hated it? My, how the taste of this nation has been perverted.
Josh Groban; genius
#2re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:14pm
I was suprised at how much people hated it. I thought it was funny enough. I'm always a fan of people who poke fun at themselves.
Reading that defamer thing, though... Is there really any question whether or not his tongue was in his cheek?
(PS - I don't think people on this board liked him very much, either)
Updated On: 9/23/08 at 12:14 PM
#2re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:16pm
Josh Groban has shown through interviews that he does have a sense of humor about himself. He is no Clay Aiken. Tongue definitely was in cheek.
Updated On: 9/23/08 at 12:16 PM
#3re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:17pmI've heard that about his tongue...and cheeks.
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bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#4re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:22pmI think it's hilarious! Why is the audience not laughing?
#5re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:23pm
He was also in the "I'm Effing Matt Damon" (or the Ben Affleck one, I forget which) and I thought he was pretty funny.
I just think a lot of people seemed to have missed the joke.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:24pm
I'll say it too: he was marginally less painful than Howie Mandel, so I guess that counts for something.
#7re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:28pmIf being marginally less painful than Howie Mandel counted for anything, Marilyn Kentz and Caryl Kristensen might still have a talk show!
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#8re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:33pmI thought it was kinda funny as well.
#9re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:34pmIt was completely un- funny, but clearly he thought it was...I'll give him that.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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#10re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:35pmI've seen other reviewers saying it was the "low point" of the show- an argument that I find twice as unbelievable as "Sarah Palin is qualified to be VP."
#11re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:37pmThe low point was Bergeron and Shatner ripping off Heidi's dress after a PAINULLY long and unfunny set up.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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#12re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:45pmAgreed. IT is indeed difficult to think of a scenario where Shatner should have been embarrassed to participate but that moment qualified.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#13re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:55pmI always thought the theme song to M*A*S*H was pretty well-written and done...alhtough I am confused by the showgirls...
#14re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 12:59pmI thought it was absolutely ridiculous...and I loved it.
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#15re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 1:02pmHave to admit we enjoyed it - and I was VERY surprised by how well he did the voices in the South Park song!
lovepuppy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#16re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 1:07pm
It was amusing and I get that he has a sense of humor but I think the theatre audience was so used to seeing him crooning pop ballads that they didn't know how to react. It made it a bit awkward.
But--eh. I thought the best part of the Emmy's was Ricky Gervais and his bit with Carell. Hilarious!!!
#17re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 1:11pm
My expectations were incredibly low, but I rather enjoyed Groban. However, for me the highlight of the evening was Tina Fey's quote:
"I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. Well done -- that is what all parents should do!"
#18re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 1:59pmI thought it was fairly clever, but a kick line during "Suicide is Painless"?!? Really?!?
kover22
Leading Actor Joined: 5/13/05
#19re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 2:01pmJosh has a great sense of humor and it showed in that skit. I love him normally but when he pulls off things like that he is just too irrisistable.
#20re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 3:59pmLove Josh. Great bit.
#21re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 4:15pmIt was cute, at best.
#22re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 4:24pmOk, a great cute bit.
#23re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 5:13pmI thought it was funny and showed off another side of his talents and a great sense of humor.
#24re: I'll say it: Josh Groban was the best part of the Emmys
Posted: 9/23/08 at 5:54pm
I liked it.
The worst part? The last hour, every single presenter commented that they were rushing to get to the awards, as they were running out of time...then did the entire drawn-out skit with all the reality TV hosts, presumably in-tact. The hell? If they hadn't saved all that time to make forced meta jokes about the "judges", maybe actual winners would have had the time to finish their speeches. I would have liked that bit more if it weren't done at the expense of the rest of the ceremony.
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