"Best Tonys? The one where Rosie opened the show. I LOVED her opening act! Wasn't that 98?"
Here are a few thoughts written, In 1999, about Rosie's Hosting:
"Perhaps the most ill-advised move of all was to kow-tow shamelessly to Rosie O'Donnell. Two years ago, when Ms. O'Donnell was at the brief height of her popularity, she hosted the Tony's and was credited with bringing the ratings from the basement up to . . . well, somewhere on the basement steps.
Acclaimed as a miracle worker, Ms. O'Donnell demanded and received full creative control over the next Tony broadcast, disposing of the experienced production team and replacing it with one of her choosing. With no one to restrain her, she carried on loudly during the awards, subjected America to tasteless jokes (one about tampons was particularly unnecessary), and was surprised when the ratings slips a few steps back into the basement. Having turned things inside out, she has blithely announced that she cannot take part in the 1998 Tony broadcast – seems she just can't fit it into her schedule – so many more important things to do. Good grief!"
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"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
