OK, I long ago came to believe that the Emmys were an example of how really far the self-worshipping television industry was out of touch with reality. I stopped caring. And then, I got briefly lured in last night.

And did Naveen Andrews win Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series? Did Terry Quinn? No. Willam F***ing Shatner, for his buffoonery in Boston Legal, won. That’s right–for his part in that Ally McBeal rehash, T.J. Hooker won an Emmy for his dramatic chops.

I have officially gone back to not caring.

Bob Denver of ‘Gilligan’ fame dies at 70:

(Via CNN.com.)

Ah, there was many a morning I waited at the sitter’s for the school bus watching syndicated reruns of Gilligan’s Island and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Gilligan, Maynard J. Krebs–these were my mass-media role models. Ah, to slack or bumble through life. It was a noble goal, no?

But Bob Denver is gone now. No more Returns to Gilligan’s Island for us. I was hoping, just hoping that they’d give him a walk-on in Lost….

Rest in Peace, Bob.

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