The Emmys

The Emmys took place this evening. Many of you know that I detest award shows. The only reason I've ever paid attention to them is because of my radio work. Gotta talk about this crap the next day, right? All the winners, all those "funny" taped comedy bits, etc.

Anyway... As many of you know, there was a plane crash in Kentucky today. It was a tragedy that killed 49 people. Funny how the producers of the Emmys didn't think of this when they went ahead and aired a plane crash satire tonight. Yeah, yeah...I know..."you have heard of the show Lost, haven't you, Rob???" Go screw yourself.

I don't care what the intention was, I don't care how long this has been planned for, etc. When a tragedy happens, there is NO excuse for running something like this...especially on the same goddamn day. It doesn't matter if 10 people died or 3000...somehow, good taste should have prevailed.

Maybe Conan O'Brien (ugh) isn't clever enough to fill the time that would have been free had the taped skit not aired. Maybe he (just like Leno) couldn't get his 500 writers together quick enough to give him fresh material to cover for this, and make him look sharp. It doesn't matter. The taped bit should NOT have aired tonight, and it is utterly inexcusable. Someone should have used their freakin' brain here, and pulled the bit.

Way to go, guys. Way to go.