An Award Show Like No Other
When I tell people that I'm going to be hosting the PEG Awards ceremony, invariably the one question I'm asked is: you're hosting WHAT???
The PEG Awards, also known as the Public Access Awards, is a ceremony akin to the Emmy Awards... and no, that's not a typo. Let's examine the basic fact: both Emmy and PEG recognize excellence in television programming. Unfortunately, that's where the similarity ends. The PEG Awards honor excellence in public-access television, and (as I've said so many times before) no, that is NOT an oxymoron.
The sixth-annual PEG Awards ceremony was held last Friday night, and yes, yours-truly was back for another go-round as host. For me, this opportunity to revel in an evening of absurdity with the denizens of Rhode Island public-access television has been (for the past few years) impossible to resist. Past ceremonies have failed to disappoint, and this year's awards show proved to be no different.
Being that this year's ceremony may end up being the last-ever PEG Awards (in 2007, management of Rhode Island public-access television will transfer to a new authority), I decided that all bets were off, and that this might be a good opportunity to slaughter a few sacred cows. And judging from the audience reaction, these cows were ripe for slaughter.
I won't post any spoilers here, as the show has yet to be televised (oh, I can hear your cries of disappointment now). For those of you curious enough (or courageous enough, as the case may be) to want to check out this Emmys-on-crack awards show, then get yourself in front of your television on Saturday, October 7 at 3:00pm, or Sunday, October 8 at 2:00pm on Rhode Island cable channel 13. Of course, how could you NOT want to see this show? After all, it's not everyday that you get to see yours-truly on the same show with a dancing cop and the host of a local tea-discussion show. Yes, a dancing cop and a tea lady. You have to admit that such a scenario is alone worth the price of cable.
Here are a couple of additional photos from last Friday's PEG Awards, for your viewing pleasure:
TV Boy himself with the producer/host of Crossed Paths...
... and with the producer/host of Curtain Call:
So, grab yourself a cup of tea, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready for the sixth annual PEG Awards.Forget Emmy, Oscar, and Tony; PEG is the one awards show that you WON'T want to miss.
The PEG Awards, also known as the Public Access Awards, is a ceremony akin to the Emmy Awards... and no, that's not a typo. Let's examine the basic fact: both Emmy and PEG recognize excellence in television programming. Unfortunately, that's where the similarity ends. The PEG Awards honor excellence in public-access television, and (as I've said so many times before) no, that is NOT an oxymoron.
The sixth-annual PEG Awards ceremony was held last Friday night, and yes, yours-truly was back for another go-round as host. For me, this opportunity to revel in an evening of absurdity with the denizens of Rhode Island public-access television has been (for the past few years) impossible to resist. Past ceremonies have failed to disappoint, and this year's awards show proved to be no different.
Being that this year's ceremony may end up being the last-ever PEG Awards (in 2007, management of Rhode Island public-access television will transfer to a new authority), I decided that all bets were off, and that this might be a good opportunity to slaughter a few sacred cows. And judging from the audience reaction, these cows were ripe for slaughter.
I won't post any spoilers here, as the show has yet to be televised (oh, I can hear your cries of disappointment now). For those of you curious enough (or courageous enough, as the case may be) to want to check out this Emmys-on-crack awards show, then get yourself in front of your television on Saturday, October 7 at 3:00pm, or Sunday, October 8 at 2:00pm on Rhode Island cable channel 13. Of course, how could you NOT want to see this show? After all, it's not everyday that you get to see yours-truly on the same show with a dancing cop and the host of a local tea-discussion show. Yes, a dancing cop and a tea lady. You have to admit that such a scenario is alone worth the price of cable.
Here are a couple of additional photos from last Friday's PEG Awards, for your viewing pleasure:
TV Boy himself with the producer/host of Crossed Paths...
... and with the producer/host of Curtain Call:
So, grab yourself a cup of tea, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready for the sixth annual PEG Awards.Forget Emmy, Oscar, and Tony; PEG is the one awards show that you WON'T want to miss.
posted by TV Boy at 8:55 PM
1 Comments:
*LMAO* I love it, it's ashame I don't live in RI, I might have to watch it for the humor factor ;0)
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