Ted Rall for February 19, 2001
February 17, 2001
February 22, 2001
Transcript:
Welcome to the 14th annual phony awards. C-grade actors! Idiotic judges! Corruption galore! (Woman: Greetings from Chicago, where the arbitrary arbiters of taste are gathering to acknowledge the contributions of the inane, the inept and the inactive! This year's phonies have been marred by accusations that the awards were determined democratically, true? ) (Man: Absolutely not. Not only have the awards been fixed, they were fixed decades ago!) All right... enough controversy for now! They're giving out the phony for the best cultural product for best cultural product produced by a corruption! (Man1: There were so many advisers, sponsored and sexual partners to choose from this year that we're giving a phony to all of them!) (Man 2: But most of all, I'd like to thank myself- for writing the check that bought this award and for the marketing savvy to make it seem meaningful to an ignorant public!) Coming up after the show: The public reaction. (Man 3: The phonies are the most honest of all the awards because they're honest about being dishonest... Madonna won 6 phonies so you know her movie is good. Chris Rock too!
