Kennedy Center Honors
Kennedy Center Honors
#1Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 10:53am
The individuals who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2009 are: writer, composer, actor, director, and producer Mel Brooks; pianist and composer Dave Brubeck; opera singer Grace Bumbry; actor, director, and producer Robert De Niro; and singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen.
Good group!
#2re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:05amAll worthy, but I'm very disappointed that another year goes by without Jerry Herman being honored.
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#2re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:10amNo Ruth Buzzi? What a rip.
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#3re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:15am
Well, maybe it's time to award the Besties.
Ruth Buzzi. Who else?
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#4re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:23amCharo of course. Jaye P Morgan. Has Gale Storm ever received a Bestie?
#5re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:28amThat's sounding like a line-up for "Match Game."
#6re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:38amI think Dumb Dora should emcee.
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#7re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:40am
Ha!
That'll be for the first annual Doodle Awards.
#8re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:46amIf I were in charge then Fannie Flagg and Patti Deutsch would definitely make the final set of nominees at the very least...
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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#9re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:51amLyle Waggoner, dissed again?
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#10re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 11:56amLyle's got some sucking up to do...
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#11re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:01pmLiza definitely deserves one! This is is a good group but Springsteen seems young for this honor.
#12re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:03pmThough he's only three years younger than Liza.
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#13re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:06pm
I took the liberty of writing Jaye P. Morgan's introduction:
"Jaye P. Morgan was so talented. (AUDIENCE: HOW TALENTED WAS SHE?)
Jaye P. Morgan was so talented, when she'd sing, people's ___(BLANK)____ would fall off."
Roscoe
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#14re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:08pmAnd still no Francis Ford Coppola. What the hell is up with that?
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#15re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:10pmI wonder which version of "Happy and Peppy" Jaye P. would do...
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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#16re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:10pm
No Chuck Barris
What the hell
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#17re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:16pm
On the other hand, at least the artistic genius of Clint Eastwood has been recognized by the Kennedy Center Honors.
Award Justice has been served.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#18re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:33pmI'm not watching unless and until Bonnie Franklin is honored.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#19re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:35pmDumb question: How are the honorees determined? Is it a committee, or do you have to get nominated by someone of a certain standing?
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#20re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:46pmThe Center's Board of Trustees selects Honors recipients for their lifetime contributions to American culture through dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures, or television, according to the Kennedy Center.
#21re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 12:49pmGiven that criteria, how come Ann B. Davis has been so egregiously overlooked?
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#22re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 4:00pmWow! Thanks Reg-I didn't know Sprinsteen and Liza were so close in age! Liza has crossed over in so many entertainment fields and so awarded for it- that's why I think she deserves to be on the list. Someday!
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#23re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 4:12pm
The Streep hasn't gotten one either. Not that I care, but there are plenty of distinguished/famous folks whose careers would suggest they're due for this ribbon thing. The one cool thing about the Kennedy Center thing is that they do seem to go after folks who haven't been as inundated with prizes as others.
Al Pacino hasn't got one, either. The Nicholas Brothers got one, which was pretty cool.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#24re: Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 9/9/09 at 4:15pm
Yeah, they're always a bit scattershot--which is part of what I like about them.
Grace Bumbry is a bit random, but I love it (and her).
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