last night's Kenendy Center Honors special

Who is Rupert Pupkin?

haha, what great Marty/Bobby film have you not yet seen?

I dunno. I thought I got all the great ones.

Just kidding. I haven't seen Mean Streets yet.

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Bill Irwin's pantomime

I knew I was missing something

I tuned out before Brian Wilson. I feared what the production numbers would look like, and especially the reaction shots.

Miss Ross was predictably animatronic.

A King of Comedy with Ms. Ross instead of Sandra Bernhard might have been dy-no-mite.

Ms Bernhard was award-worthy.

That Bill Irwin thing went on forever.

No, the only "forever" element was Martin Short.

that too.

It's all been downhill since Clifford, eh?

since Ed Grimley's demise.

I went to elementary school with Jonathan Biss (the pianist who did the tribute to Leon Fischer). That kid got soooooooo much shit in school, glad to see he's doing ok now.

Leon Fleisher, sorry

and judging from his youtube interviews 5th graders would still want to kick his ass.

OTM

Although, he looks like he can play.

Haha ... first Google result.

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De Niro was reading "I woulda whacked Steve Martin if Marty was directing me tonight, BWAHA!" material. Better he had come out as Max Cady and just laughed.

on last night? anyone see?

part of it

really shitty picks for the Bruce tribute.

The Brubeck tribute had me in tears though, when they introduced his kids...I thought he was going to die.

Who’s going this year??????!!!!!!!

Kid Rock & Scott Baio, Sugar & Spice or whatever their name is

In case anyone was still wondering whether or not Trump's brain was permanently stuck in the late '70s to mid '80s, the next batch of Kennedy Center Honors will go to George Strait, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford (the guy who played the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, apparently), Gloria Gaynor, and KISS. Oh, and he'll be hosting the event himself, because this is the kind of thing he took the job for.

I'm actually kinda surprised by Strait; I can't imagine him ever having been written about in the NY Post or the Daily News during Trump's years of pop-cultural awareness.

xp Diamond & Silk? One of them died a few years ago, iirc.

yeah, he seems mostly apolitical in my experience

yes heheh, 'Diamond & Silk' lol

Gene Simmons is not a Trump fan.

"I knew him before he entered politics. Look what that gentleman did to this country and the polarization — got all the cockroaches to rise to the top. Once upon a time, you were embarrassed to be publicly racist and out there with conspiracy theories. Now it’s all out in the open because he allowed it."

JFC does this POS need to stain every thread here?

what did Gene Simmons do to you, carne?

I'm actually kinda surprised by Strait; I can't imagine him ever having been written about in the NY Post or the Daily News during Trump's years of pop-cultural awareness.

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, August 13, 2025 4:12 PM (seventeen minutes ago)

he's also going to honor George White and George Male

Gene Simmons is not a Trump fan.

Gene Simmons is a fan of Gene Simmons being on TV, though.

what did Gene Simmons do to you, carne?

lol sorry for the outburst. I'm just tired of so many conversations revolving around Donald and his actions and not to say i'm not part of the problem either.

I generally pay little or no attention to the Kennedy Honors but that's a huge thing the news is talking about today

is it really huge though?

Sorry, carne I understand. but I have to live less than miles from DC I can’t escape unless I move or die

Less than five miles

Did 81-year old Gloria Gaynor feel obligated to accept, or is she a Trumpy?

The Kennedy Center Honors have always had other performers singing in honor of the honorees who are singers. None announced yet

Michael Crawford (the guy who played the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, apparently)

I'm guessing Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em never made it to US cable TV then?

xp maybe he just used I Will Survive a bunch at rallies without permission or compensation, and now he owes her a solid

Crawford is interesting "that's the same guy?" material: that sitcom (which, yeah, I'm not super was widely distributed on PBS over here); starring in Phantom for the Broadway peeps; and-as I know him-the lead in non-Beatles Richard Lester joints.

Beatles plural, as John is in How I Won The War.

Despite being genuinely worthy of the honor, George Strait's selection is totally some quid pro quo shit with Abbott for the extra congressional seats.

xp maybe he just used _I Will Survive_ a bunch at rallies without permission or compensation, and now he owes her a solid

Doesn’t sound like our guy