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An Open Letter to TV Land About the TV Land Awards
by Bob Sassone, posted Apr 15th 2010 11:19AM
Dear TV Land,I'm very excited about the 'TV Land Awards' that will air on April 25 at 9PM. I'm a big fan of retro television (and Retro Television), and I like seeing a lot of stars both old and new get all dressed up and come together for a night of fun, craziness, and award-giving. Tim Allen as host? Great! You're going to honor Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari from 'Bosom Buddies?' Fantastic! A salute to 'Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks?' Outstanding!
I'm particularly excited about this year's show because from the promos I've seen, it looks like you're going to re-animate the dead.
Honestly, I thought I had seen the last of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' cast members Peter Boyle and Robert Culp when they, you know, died. But it's great to see that they're going to be on stage with Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, and the rest of the cast. That's what it looks like anyway in that promo you're currently running, the one that talks about a special award that will be given to the sitcom during the telecast. You show a picture of the entire cast, including Boyle and Culp, and the announcer says "everyone is going to be there!"Look, I have zero experience when it comes to medicine, unless you count the medication I take for my high blood pressure and the many episodes of 'ER' I've seen. And I have zero experience with autopsies and re-animation, but I'm very curious as to how you're going to get Boyle and Culp on stage. Will it be their mummified bodies, wheeled out by Allen on a dolly? Will they be taken over by something else a la Locke on 'Lost?' Will Boyle and Culp simply appear via satellite from heaven (I'm assuming)?
Seriously, both are dead. It's true! Boyle died in 2006 and Culp died a couple of weeks ago. I assume you at least heard about the latter story since it was pretty recent. By the way, 'I Spy' is on the above-mentioned Retro Television every night. You should check it out.
If Boyle and Culp aren't going to be there, can I make a suggestion? Just tweak the promo a bit and take that cast photo out of it. I'm sure you can find a photo that just includes, you know, living cast members. I suppose you could still show the photo in the commercial, but then you'd have to change what the announcer says to something like "And the surviving cast members of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' will receive a special award," but I realize that would sound awkward.
Anyway, keep up the good work! I'm just happy that you're going to interrupt the endless marathons of 'The Nanny' and 'Roseanne' to air the awards show. I'm especially looking forward to the 700 commercials for 'First Love, Second Chance' that will run during the show. And get crackin' on next year's TV Land Awards. Dixie Carter is going to look just radiant when you reunite the 'Designing Women' cast on stage.
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