02:07 And now, back to real news. So they call it the most boring Hollywood relationship in the history of gossip, the gossip rags. Yeah, because they did nothing exciting. Well, they're not, you know, they're just functionaries. They do their job and they're not really anything. They do their job and don't bump into the furniture and they get out. I like that. That was big news. Yeah, thanks.
02:46 That's really that's exciting. It was just we're on real news Let me just get a couple clips out of the way cuz I you know, we never talked about the Emmys which you probably didn't watch I know no no, no, I watched almost all of the Emmys and I'll let me just give you my assessment really quickly First of all Neil Patrick Harris doogie Howser MD and now he's also on how I met your mom I think yeah his name of the show. I liked him. I think he did a great job He did too. You know, he got his chops doing that by doing the Tony's the Chonies The Chonies and he did the he was on one of the talk shows and it was so funny because uh you know he's an out gay
03:23 And he says, you know, I did not know that seriously. I didn't. Oh yeah. And he says, he said on the thing, he says, well, you know, the Tony's, you know, he had some, I, now he's unfortunately just lost the joke, but he had some self deprecating gag about the Tony's being like pretty much, he says, you know, it's, you know, they have to have a guy like me and some, something like that. So they put him on charge of this and he, what I liked about him, I agree with you. In fact, somebody, if you want to play the Jeff probes clip where he wins the award, Jeff probes is the guy who's on survivor. Okay, fair enough. And the Emmy goes to... Let's see. Come on. Jeff Probst, Survivor.
04:03 Jeff Probst comes from Wichita, Kansas, also home to Buster Keaton, Vera Miles, Ed Asner, Don Johnson and Kirstie Alley. Growing up, he would turn on the TV after his parents had gone to sleep and watch Johnny Carson until his eyes got blue. Thank you very much. Neil Patrick Harris, this is how you host the Emmys. Yeah, I did hear this. Yeah, but then listen to the rest of this crap. I am thrilled and honored to accept this on behalf of the entire Survivor crew. We build the show together on the beaches and in jungles all over the world. This is the reality category. And I'm honored to be the face of Survivor. And tonight, I also want to share this with anybody who has a dream, because I am living my dream right here in this moment.
04:43 If you have a dream, dream big, pursue it with a passion. In the words of the great storyteller Joseph Campbell, the adventure you're ready for is the one you get. Life is short, go for it. Thank you. Joseph Campbell never said that. Really? Go for it! But John, don't ruin my moment because I was on the couch at home going, yes, yes I have a dream, yes, yes! Joseph Campbell, in the words of the immortal Joseph Campbell, go for it dude! Who's Joseph Campbell? Did he make Campbell soup? No, Joseph Campbell is this very famous kind of anthropological analyst who's a professor that a bunch of people your friend John Doerr is a big fan of Joseph Campbell and he did a whole series of of Analysis of myths of world myths and he's a very ponderous academic type and if anybody's gonna be saying go for it It's not him
05:35 uh... what was interesting is i always look at the overnight ratings for stuff like this because i know that these big award shows becoming less and less relevant to the audience to the industry out there very exciting now it was fun interestingly uh... where on site i don't have the exact headlines but some was like of twenty percent more viewership the last year and other headline i think in variety read second lowest ratings ever there you go i love that which is exactly it's exactly the point i'm always making constantly which is you can take anything and twist it twist it however you want right so variety of course loves to say hey it was the second lowest ever because they're kind of you know snarky
06:15 But the thing that was so interesting to me and which really hit home for television media, not for the stuff we're doing, John, is that as the night went on and these shows that are critically acclaimed like 30 Rock, which by the way I'm very proud of Beth McCarthy who was nominated for Best Director. I worked with her for like five years at MTV. She's an MTV alum. that these shows that are very critically acclaimed but really have no ratings and people aren't watching them, as these shows start to win awards, people started tuning out. It's like you could see the ratings go all the way down as all these esoteric 800,000 viewer type shows start to win awards. No one gives a crap. They really don't.
06:59 And it just shows how incestuous that whole ordeal is. And indeed the only good thing was Neil Patrick Harris. He did a good job, but even I couldn't stay with him. He wasn't getting in the way of the show. He was just like a really good MC in an old-fashioned, very old-fashioned style. Here's a Joseph Campbell quote from the chat room. Computers are like Old Testament gods. Lots of rules and no mercy. According to Sparky Jay in the chat that would that would be something more like a Joseph Campbell quote. Yeah as opposed to go for it Dude, you got a dream dude, and you two can make reality television, dude So I think probes is also obviously trying to get a job as a motivational speaker But meanwhile Mark Burnett's the guy should have been up there not this guy because he produced it, right?
07:48 Yeah, he's the guy who invented the whole genre. No, I'm sorry. I disagree. He did not invent the genre. Disagree categorically. Okay, well I think he invented the modern version of the genre, whatever you're going to say. No, I would say the... not that particular... Burnett reinvented that format, but the person who really broke through reality, quote, you know, real life situations on television was John LeMole with Big Brother. That's really where it started. And that think survivor predates big brother, which is another endemol program. Well, we'll do some research and we'll get back to you on that So it was just gonna get yeah. Oh, yeah. Wait, let me just mark that down We'll get back on that another one of those things. We'll get back to you on the way when when Goober and and what's in bark the guys who used to do a shootout they took it off the air so there's no idea what you're talking