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January 05, 2006
David Carr Does NOT Want to Thank the Academy
Well, David Carr cannot say I did not warn him. As recounted today in a breezily digressive (read: rambling) post on The Carpetbagger, the bereft Father of The Reeler proves once and for all that even a respected Times veteran can plummet to steerage class when he starts a blog:
Word came yesterday from Steve Pond of the Los Angeles Times’s TheEnvelope.com that the Academy’s diaspora in search of a host for its March festivities had finally ended at the steps of the “The Daily Show.” The Bagger could smile and wear beige, wanly admiring Mr. Pond’s scoop, except he happened to be on the phone yesterday with Sid Ganis, president of the Academy board, and failed to elicit the fact that Jon Stewart was going to host the awards.
Mr. Ganis, who seems like the kind of guy the Bagger would love to split a large tub of popcorn with at an afternoon matinee, sandbagged the Bagger. “Hang in there,” he said. “We’re getting there.” No kidding. Perhaps the Bagger’s skills as a inquisitor were impaired by that day’s dental work, or maybe he should have brandished that pliers that Dr. Mengele used so effectively, but it would have been hard over the phone.
So I guess the important question here is that if The Times shutters its nurse's office, then who will treat Carr's burns? I mean, sure, a blogger still got the scoop. But Jesus Christ--Carr was on the phone with Sid Ganis. Pliers should be about fifth or sixth on the torture depth chart here, should they not?
Speaking of Jon Stewart's Oscar duties, call me a cynic, but I sympathize with Gawker's observation: "If last year’s host Chris Rock couldn’t raise an eyebrow after the first 10 minutes, we doubt poor Stewart will be able to support your heavy eyelids."
Seriously--the Oscars are Eunuch City, USA. I hope I am wrong, but something tells me that like David Carr's phone calls, this can only end in tears.
Posted by stvanairsdale at January 5, 2006 07:36 PM
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