Monday, December 27, 2004

 
THE MORE WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT...

OK...I just picked up the year-end double issue of Entertainment Weekly, which is when the writers and editors name their best of whatever for 2004, featuring their Entertainer of the Year Jon Stewart.

What cracks me up about these year-end list issues, is that (and I've seen this happen several different times over the past few years) when these issues come out, some talk show will have one of the magazine's editors on to talk about the issue, and they'll inevitably get around to talking about who they named the Whatever of the Year, and the editor will always try to make it sound like it was a real daring, controversial choice. They'll say something like:

"Well, it may not be the first name that would come to mind, but the more we thought about it, the more sense it made."

And then they'll go on to list all of the TOTALLY OBVIOUS reasons why this person should be Whatever of the Year. An editor from EW did this recently. He was on the Today show, and was going out of his way to prove that Jon Stewart was the Entertainer of the Year.

Anyway, it was totally lame. Jon Stewart's a GREAT choice. He hosts one of the funniest TV shows on the planet, and put out a best-selling, equally hilarious book. There's really nothing controversial about it.

I'd love for, just once, some magazine editor to go on a talk show to talk about their year-end issue, and say to the interviewer:

"Well, Dustin Diamond may not be the first name that would come to mind for Entertainer of the Year, but the more we thought about it, the less sense it made. Seriously, it was a bad choice. But then, we were like: 'Aah, screw it. We have a deadline to make.'"

Oh well...maybe next year.

Regards,

Helmet Head




posted by Brian 5:03 PM