Nerdiest, Ugliest, Meanest Kids
"Sadly, it feels like the nerdiest, ugliest, meanest kids in the high school are trying to cancel the prom. But NBC wants to try to keep that prom alive.'" -- NBC co-chief Ben Silverman quoted by E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest on 1.7.08 about the cancellation of the Golden Globes Awards telecast due to the WGA strike.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 9, 2008 at 1:10 PM
comment #1
Rich S.
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If you give an award in the forest, and there's no one there to accept, is it still an Oscar bellwether?
Posted by Rich S.
at January 9, 2008 1:24 PM
comment #2
Redmond
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Wow. So now we're calling people geeks and jocks. Well played, NBC. Well played...
Posted by Redmond
at January 9, 2008 1:26 PM
comment #3
Craig Kennedy
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What do you expect from network stooges?
Posted by Craig Kennedy
at January 9, 2008 1:28 PM
comment #4
jeffmcm
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They're ugly? Oh, screw them, in that case, I'm on the producers' side now. They're handsome and rich.
Posted by jeffmcm
at January 9, 2008 1:28 PM
comment #5
christian
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Oh I love this. Now we come down to the nitty gritty.
But Ben is wrong. He's Neidermyer and the Deltas are the writers.
Except Silverman just fragged himself.
Posted by christian
at January 9, 2008 1:29 PM
comment #6
JChasse
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Nerdy? Ugly? Mean? Does that mean that we WON'T see them on MillionaireRomance.com?
Posted by JChasse
at January 9, 2008 1:32 PM
comment #7
Edward
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If Ryan Seacrest said it, it must be true!
Posted by Edward
at January 9, 2008 1:39 PM
comment #8
JD
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So to keep the prom analogy alive, the students don't want to attend the prom because their teachers are on strike and... the chaperones -- who also happen to be the people perpetuating the teacher's strike -- are complaining because they have nothing better to do than attend proms and complain about shit? Like chaperones, execs and/or producers suck.
Posted by JD
at January 9, 2008 1:39 PM
comment #9
businesstoolz
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Unless the kids decide to get Kevin Bacon to help them secretly have the prom outside of town without the adults finding out? LET THE KIDS DANCE!
Posted by businesstoolz
at January 9, 2008 1:44 PM
comment #10
christian
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Oh we'll dance. All over the ashes of these shows.
Posted by christian
at January 9, 2008 1:45 PM
comment #11
Sean
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I'm surprised Silverman is willing to attack the producers who have been prolonging this strike that way. It's nice when somebody that powerful is honest.
The "ugly" crack was a little strong, but I would think that producers are certainly uglier than the actors who aren't willing to show up at the prom, so I guess it makes sense.
Posted by Sean
at January 9, 2008 1:48 PM
comment #12
Craptastic
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We need an 18 year old Patrick Dempsey to step in to a mediate a deal between the Cools and the Nerds
Posted by Craptastic
at January 9, 2008 1:52 PM
comment #13
erikwithak
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ben silverman can take his american gladiators and go fuck himself.
Posted by erikwithak
at January 9, 2008 2:04 PM
comment #14
DarthCorleone
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Didn't this guy see Revenge of the Nerds? Doesn't he know how this will turn out?
Power to the writers nerds!!!
Posted by DarthCorleone
at January 9, 2008 2:15 PM
comment #15
DarthCorleone
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My html failed. There was supposed to be a strikethrough on the writers.
Posted by DarthCorleone
at January 9, 2008 2:16 PM
comment #16
Midwest Doug
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Now *there's* an asshole. Well done, Mr. Silverman!
Posted by Midwest Doug
at January 9, 2008 2:37 PM
comment #17
nola
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Who is Ben calling ugly? Has he not looked in a mirror?
Also in most high schools the nerds are not the meanest.
I can't believe a network president speaks this way. he sounds like a fucking idiot.
Posted by nola
at January 9, 2008 2:41 PM
comment #18
actionman
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next the putz will cancel Friday Night Lights.
Posted by actionman
at January 9, 2008 2:53 PM
comment #19
buzzdaman
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obviously this guy said a very dumb thing, but much more importantly, in regards to my livelihood and the livelihood of others, does anyone know the latest on The DGA and Producers' negotiations? Are they officially meeting? Or still in the planning phases of meeting?
Posted by buzzdaman
at January 9, 2008 2:58 PM
comment #20
corey3rd
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Diablo Cody has been called out.
Posted by corey3rd
at January 9, 2008 3:37 PM
comment #21
D.Z.
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Kind of ironic for them to say that, considering they're the network which canceled Freaks and Geeks...
Posted by D.Z.
at January 9, 2008 4:12 PM
comment #22
Jay T.
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Douche. Bag.
Posted by Jay T.
at January 9, 2008 5:07 PM
comment #23
rocco
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I don't know who's ugly or nerdy, but I do know that trying to get site permits pulled reeks of desperation and poor leadership. In the end the WGA may gets its writers two cents, but there are a lot of people who will never sell a script in LA again.
Posted by rocco
at January 9, 2008 6:20 PM
comment #24
corey3rd
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what about the Razzies? Will they go on as scheduled? Cause I'm hoping for a Pirates 3 sweep.
Posted by corey3rd
at January 9, 2008 6:35 PM
comment #25
Griff
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Oddly, just like in High School, the ugly nerdsters are doing the homework for the jocks and cheerleaders, so said jocks/cheers will sound a hell of a lot smarter than many of them actually are.
Posted by Griff
at January 9, 2008 8:08 PM
comment #26
D.Z.
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corey: Transformers has it locked.
Posted by D.Z.
at January 9, 2008 9:21 PM
comment #27
cute4u23
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Who cares. It seems this guy is single now. I saw his profile on millionairedatingsite called http://WealthyRomance.com last week.
Posted by cute4u23
at January 10, 2008 1:43 AM
comment #28
MPNeeb
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And didn't NBC soft cancel the nascent nerd phenomena "Journeyman"?
Considering I was ever only interested in the after-prom, I'm getting there faster!
Go nerds!
Posted by MPNeeb
at January 10, 2008 3:29 AM