Tips for the Grammy Awards show producers

February 16th, 2008


Slicksta just caught up on some weekend TV and barely made it through the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. What a disaster! Here is some Slicktified constructive criticism for the producers and directors of the show.

  1. Quit it with the mash-ups. Having artists from different eras or genres perform together is more novel an idea than exciting a performance. And getting country singers to introduce rap categories or vice versa is not that clever either.
  2. Don’t give out too many lifetime achievement awards. Paying tribute to great artists of yesteryear is great in Slicksta’s book but it seemed like everyone who recorded an album before 1980 got recognized this year.
  3. Shorten the show puh-lease. The 3.5 hours was painful for Slicksta even with even the commercials fast-forwarded. Maybe 10-15 less lifetime achievement awards.
  4. Resist the urge to design contests where fans can appear on-stage or perform live. Slicksta loved the Foo Fighters performance (Foo Fighters rock - YEAH DUDE!) but the violinist who got the most votes, from us the fans, watching at home in TV-land, contributed nothing to the song. She kinda just stood there with all the other violinists. Any viewers who paid to text-message in their votes was ripped off.
  5. Throw some political clout around and get your winningest performer into the country. If Slicksta knew ahead of time that Amy Winehouse was going to win big he’d have called in some favors with the State Department (is that BitTorrent on your computer Condy?) and made sure she was at Staples. Hers was one of the best performances of the night and it was a shame that Cuba Gooding Jr. was the only America who got to see it in person.

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Things to like about last night’s Survivor Premiere

February 8th, 2008

Survivor 16: Fans vs. Favorites
Slicksta really enjoyed the first episode of Survivor 16: Micronesia. The Favorites vs. Fans concept is awesome and this looks to be another entertaining season.

  1. The fans have this false sense of confidence (”we watched the Favorites on tv - we know their game!”) and the Favorites’ cockiness was put in check when they lost the first challenge. Eliza in particular got a pretty nasty facial when she went airborne in a cart vs. tree accident.
  2. It’s fun to see your favorite survivors back in “context” since your last memories of them are from the finale show. Don’t they always look kinda weird in street clothes and with their hair combed?
  3. Boobs are just everywhere this season and Slicksta commends the producers of Survivor for acknowledging that this is part of the show’s appeal.
  4. Kathy is a freak! She made a big deal about never having met a gay man before and made some off comment about another contestants rack. (Note to Kathy: see #3)
  5. Jonny Fairplay got right into his devious game-play and ended up out-smarting himself and getting the boot!

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