Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#0Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:57pmTrick question! They would have been Merely Unwatchable, but if you did watch them, they were Excruciating.
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#1re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:00am
Or, just plain boring.
I ended up switching to the repeat of the Mel Brooks interview for a while and going back and replaying the winners via Tivo.
#2re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:01amI loved the part in the opening when Harry Connick Jr. was bobbing his head up and down like a near-sighted cat trying to read the teleprompter. Then they brought up the platform with the "stars" standing awkwardly and blinking into the light. That's my special Tony memory.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#3re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:03am
I dvr-ed thru the commercials and that show was still the longest week of my life.
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#4re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:09am
Ok, is there an awards show that is NOT boring or excruciating or merely unwatchable? What is the point of this thread? 
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brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#5re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:09amThe deletions by the moderators was much more interesting!
#6re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:11am...but Namo rocks!
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#7re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:11am
You're right VB, I generally don't watch them at all. It was an experiment for me because I didn't care about anything that was nominated, so I didn't really have a "horse in the race."
And it let me see why the rest of the world doesn't give a turd about Broadway.
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#8re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:12amIt was also fun when the announcer hyped the Phantom number before the commercial break, only to have that fall flat. The only moments of life I saw were the numbers for Drowsy Chaperone, Pajama Game, and Wedding Singer - and I previously had no interest in any of those shows!
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#9re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:14amNot any more excruciating than it has been for about the last decade.
#10re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:17amThe only thing more excruciating than the show were all those commercials for cholesterol and prostate drugs. Does anyone REALLY suffer from "weak stream"?
#11re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:19am
hey it was 10 times better then the year amy irving and antony hopkins hosted
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Updated On: 6/12/06 at 12:19 AM
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
Suedenymes
Understudy Joined: 4/8/06
#13re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:20ama dull theater award show is like a theater message board without drama.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#14re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:22am
"hey it 10 times then the year amy irving and antony hopkins hosted"
I guess I'll take your word for it. Whatever the hell word that's supposed to be.
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JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#15re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:25amThere appears to be more than a word at issue here. But, not bad typing for a cow.
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#16re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:32am
honestly, ive seen way worse.
i think muliple hosts really helped.
#17re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:59am
I enjoyed them, but then again I was drunk as all get out and having a fab party! Woo hoo! 
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#18re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:05amEver since they canceled Murder She Wrote Namo just doesn't know what to do with his Sunday evenings.
PEACE.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#19re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 3:31am
How sad for all of you.
Well, not really - I could care less.
Our experience on the 'wrong coast' was fu*king fantastic.
Sorry yours wasn't.
Well, not really.
#20re: Tony Show: Excruciating or Merely Unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 8:57am
it wasn't the best, but I still enjoyed it. But then again two of my favorite shows were in it, Sweeney and Drowsy so I "had a horse in the race", of course both fell short of the top prizes, but I was really exicted for Beth Leavel, whom I just adore, so that was really nice.
The performances were good, better than some other years, but it was missing a little extra something...maybe because usually I like more than 2 shows in a season...
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#21tony show: excruciating or merely unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 9:36amwas it just me or were there more ads than usual?
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#22tony show: excruciating or merely unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 9:41am
I loved the "come to Philly ads". Y'all come see me some time.
#23tony show: excruciating or merely unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 9:47amIt was worth it to watch the people whom truly got excited by winning, but it was v-e-r-y, v-e-r-y l-o-n-g
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Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#24tony show: excruciating or merely unwatchable?
Posted: 6/12/06 at 10:07amI loved the Tonys! Updated On: 6/12/06 at 10:07 AM
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