tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post5609538822940163911..comments2024-02-02T01:18:39.737-05:00Comments on Brookey's Cafe Blog: I've Been Hoodwinked - The BET AwardsBrookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584160320846679744noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-10152565376363447602009-07-07T07:25:04.121-04:002009-07-07T07:25:04.121-04:00I like that you were fair with this Brooke. Haven...I like that you were fair with this Brooke. Haven't read everyone's comments, but yours was on point and you covered everything for the most part. Good job.<br /><br />KPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-37775719352793743112009-06-29T19:05:04.726-04:002009-06-29T19:05:04.726-04:00Thanks BNMe! Welcome!
I don't know why I laug...Thanks BNMe! Welcome!<br /><br />I don't know why I laugh everytime DMoe writes "hookboogie foolishness" - but it gets me every time...and so appropriate for this post.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584160320846679744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-90711081594421879392009-06-29T16:20:30.796-04:002009-06-29T16:20:30.796-04:00New to the board....I agree with most of the posts...New to the board....I agree with most of the posts. The show was utter foolishness. I wear glasses so I thought that I had something in my eye when I saw lil' wayne and that other chile with those pre-teens on stage. PLEASE!! <br /><br />Maxwell was awesome. Beyonce' should have sung Halo (without the shiny leotard).New edition should've had a V8 and a Red Bull; they looked old and tired. Neyo should have saved some of his hair. His head looked like a big ole' Milk Dud, but he was one of the best of the night! Jaime was out of pocket at times. I will not see him in concert. He mentioned it so much that while I love the CD, he's annoyed me beyond reason.<br /><br />Overall, the show was a big disappointment, but the pockets of light that shone through made up for it a tiny bit!<br /><br />Excellent blog Brooke!!JUSTBNME♥noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-86853844684917346352009-06-29T16:01:50.830-04:002009-06-29T16:01:50.830-04:00Good afternoon,
In the aftermath, its always enl...Good afternoon, <br /><br />In the aftermath, its always enlightening to see how some were entertained in "spots." I guess that just comes with the territory.<br /><br />First of all, I'll openly confess to being an african-american male employed in the media industry. With that said, my view of BET and last night's awards show is an especially jaded one. I've had the good fortune of working for some kick-azz entities across the ladnscape of my career, and i've always scoffed at a few general principles that seem to be absent from BET's efforts. I'm gonna keep the points brief for this post, but i'd LOVE to jump into the whole "BET" thing at a later date.<br /><br />- BET should "own" the "Black Entertainment" genre on television. You can depend on them for cheap decisions, but a good start would be syndication rights to Martin, Good times, or the Cosby show reruns. Just start with that. <br /><br />- Aside from just an awards show, BET is just not good at broadcasting a quality product. Period. <br /><br />I think of it this way: Target is good at making "cheap" look cool...Kmart? Not so much. Last night's program was KMart. Looked cheap, felt cheap, and really just wasn't a good broadcast to begin with. Besides MJ's untimely passing, If you leave all of that out, it STILL would have been exactly as Brookey described. <br /><br />Therein lies the problem. My thoughts? Sing along with me children..."Hookboogie foolishness"<br /><br />DMoe aka Catcher FreemanDMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15121073476554198739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-86880532942615674522009-06-29T15:20:21.545-04:002009-06-29T15:20:21.545-04:00I will Pretty Ricky lol! I do like TV One...when I...I will Pretty Ricky lol! I do like TV One...when I buy a tv and get cable I have to have that station.Serena W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08899725312118622702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-1554744896699379262009-06-29T14:58:17.869-04:002009-06-29T14:58:17.869-04:00Serena.... just say the word!!! I got my on TVone ...Serena.... just say the word!!! I got my on TVone like "Come On y'all..this is a perfect opportunity for y'all to do something!"Pretty Ricky What Dey Call'emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426322462620415403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-24471913910236106062009-06-29T14:50:29.037-04:002009-06-29T14:50:29.037-04:00I didn't see the awards :( my Mom taped it for...I didn't see the awards :( my Mom taped it for me though (yes I did say taped it) old school.<br /><br />Speaking of old school can we get a Motown 25 like show for MJ. I heard all the comments and when I heard about Lil Wayne and those jokers I was done! Just tasteless! Horrible!<br /><br />I will check out the Neyo performance, Maxwell, etc.<br /><br />But such a shame and watch the Grammy's blow it out the water! BET better step up and do something on MJ otherwise someone else will come out the woodwork.<br /><br />What ever happened to Teen Summit, Video Soul, the News with Jackie, etc. When they were about something! Makes me want to go out and start my own network sometimes.Serena W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08899725312118622702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-69524706600070250562009-06-29T14:24:50.905-04:002009-06-29T14:24:50.905-04:00The problem with BET is that they try to hard to m...The problem with BET is that they try to hard to make similar shows that are on other networks. This new cooking show Pressure Cooker is the same as Top Chef, Baldwin Hills is playing off The Hills, 106 and Park is the off shoot of TRL. Come on black people be original!!!! We as a people have so many achievements. What happen to us??? How did we fall the bottom of the todem poll? We have the talent we just need to find those people with it!!!! <br /><br />I don't know if I am becoming one of those old farts, but when I heard Jay Z's song I felt like Yeah Jigga show 'em how its done!!!! Half of the performers I was like who is that? Drake? where did he come from? How is so popular? it must be the teeny boppers?!?!?!? <br /><br />Rappers now a days what are you talking about.....Music in general told a story, now its all about clothes, drinking, hos, and like Jamie Fox said about stuff you did during the day....<br /><br />On another note, I don't know what happen to this award show, but in the past it has been better, maybe it was too much to turn around. Yea I agree they should have done a tribute and left the it. Then plan a big bash later. I think the problem here too is that you was tryin to hard to be first!!!<br /><br />Before the show was bad if they had a weak host now it was the performers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-63627880953146463312009-06-29T14:00:04.372-04:002009-06-29T14:00:04.372-04:00I think i am the smart one here. I dvr'ed the ...I think i am the smart one here. I dvr'ed the show because I wanted to torure myself by watching the subway series(watever). So, I end up watching the show in about an hour. Thank god for fast forwarding.<br /><br />I liked the the old heads coming out, but bobby brown had too many drink last night. Aaron Hall was just bad...<br /><br />I am not a Jay-Z fan(I notice I say that alot), but DOA was hot. I hate autotune. That was the highlight of the show for me. The rest was just so ghetto, but really what do you expect from BET?<br /><br />Honestly, an MJ tribute is a show, just dedicated to that. I did fell so bad for Janet.I am still having trouble believing he is gone.Anthony Oterohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818411014851299966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-24789369903763545742009-06-29T13:49:09.558-04:002009-06-29T13:49:09.558-04:00Pretty Ricky, your FB updates last night were HILA...Pretty Ricky, your FB updates last night were HILARIOUS!!! <br /><br />especially when you said you were about to get all emotional...until NeYo took his hat off :-) LOL!!<br /><br />I was dying!Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584160320846679744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-36424709192246751422009-06-29T13:37:29.751-04:002009-06-29T13:37:29.751-04:00DAMMIT... I was sooooo disappointed in BET...again...DAMMIT... I was sooooo disappointed in BET...again!!!! But you know the saying Fool me once..shame on you...fool me twice.... (And not the G.W. Bush version) But I keep getting my hopes up when it comes to BET. Maybe if they would remove the Black out of the name and made it Buffoon entertainment TV or Bad Entertainment TV... maybe that would make it better!!!<br /><br />I agree with mostly what everyone said. Props for the try..but fell way short. one last final tribute at the end of the show..made more sense to me!Pretty Ricky What Dey Call'emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426322462620415403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-40460573248728487442009-06-29T12:53:05.971-04:002009-06-29T12:53:05.971-04:00Skank Robbers was hilarious - I must admit...
Mis...Skank Robbers was hilarious - I must admit...<br /><br />Misplaced, but HILARIOUS...<br /><br />Thanks, Meryl!Rameernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-76253061026716106482009-06-29T12:38:24.917-04:002009-06-29T12:38:24.917-04:00Couldn't have said it better Rameer. TV is wha...Couldn't have said it better Rameer. TV is what they do, I've seen crashes done before and they could have done it. Someone just lacked the common sense to put it together the way they did. <br /><br />I was thinking "they're following Maxwell with this crap?" Weezy and Drake? Really??<br /><br />I will admit that I laughed at the Wanda/Shenenay skit - but it was the wrong time and place for it. I would have thought "Skank Robbers" would be better for MTV Video Awards or something. Not a supposedly historic awards show.<br /><br />Who thought giving Frankie and Neffie a show was a good idea? And Tiny and Toya for that matter? Straight country foolishness.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584160320846679744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-26860376323378362592009-06-29T12:18:24.904-04:002009-06-29T12:18:24.904-04:00And by the way - not to toot my own horn, but my s...And by the way - not to toot my own horn, but my show (which is always a high-quality product) looked so good, that most people who didn't know it was me who did the whole thing thought I stole an hour tribute show from Bad Boy and just inserted my talent. They just couldn't - or wouldn't - believe that a show that looked that good and polished was done locally, let alone by ONE DUDE.<br /><br />Like I said - BET has NO EXCUSE.Rameernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-89217661553687265872009-06-29T12:14:16.609-04:002009-06-29T12:14:16.609-04:00You know what? I'm not even going to put anyth...You know what? I'm not even going to put anything new. I'm just gonna cut and paste my Facebook comments (excuse my writing - I use text talk on FB):<br /><br />1. That show is the reason many of us won't watch BET again. Other than Maxwell, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z and The O'Jays tribute - which were all fantastic - they came up more like exploiting MJ's death than truly celebrating it at times, and the coonery was embarrassing. ESPECIALLY putting Lil' Wayne's pedophile-influenced, obscene performance on near the end.<br /><br />If u r going 2 tribute MJ, u shouldn't put on performers and/or performances that completely go against anything he was about. TONS OF US were outraged at some of the crap, and most were extremely disappointed, other than the aforementioned moments - and a Wanda & Shenaynay skit that was hilarious.<br /><br />2. There's no excuse 4 what BET did last night. It was despicable. I agree - it's not hard 2 plan a quick tribute. They could've edited 2gether a a 5 minute montage with a voice-over from someone like Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones or Samuel L. Jackson 2 play somewhere in the show - hell, I KNOW I could've edited that 2gether within one day, so they could too. Keep the NE beginning (it wasn't great, but they were formed 2 be an updated Jackson 5, so it made sense). Then allow Jamie Foxx 2 adlib about MJ throughout the show, and allow like 3 special performances from various artists - Ne-Yo, Beyonce (it would've been better 4 her 2 do a MJ song than what she did) and Chris Brown would've been great. Really wasn't THAT hard, in my opinion.<br /><br />And, most importantly, cut all coonery out of the show - Souljah Boy, Lil' Wayne and his coons, etc. Move them 2 the pre-game show, and explain circumstances have changed. Period.<br /><br />3. But what can u expect from a channel that promos Frankie & Neffe, Tiny & Toya, The Wendy Williams Show and Monique getting a nightly talk show (!)?? Each and every one of those shows has "set us back 20 years" written all over them.<br /><br />I'm sure Barack Obama was sooooo proud.<br /><br />***in Borat voice***<br /><br />"NOOOOOOOOOOTTTTT!!!!"<br /><br /><br />What more is there to say - other than STOP making excuses. I feel like Black people have a tendency of making excuses when something is bad/awful within our community. That ish was CRAP. It's common damned sense to not put Lil' Wayne on when you did. To think about what you've come across as and limit/cut any coonery or questionable artists and acts. <br /><br />I produce my own TV show. I came up with a Biggie tribute show - complete with montages, exclusive interviews, rare videos and never before-seen-footage - in THREE DAYS last year to commemorate his birthday (we forgot it was approaching). And guess what? Though I have multiple editors that work on my show, I did it ALL MYSELF - securing the videos and exclusive content, editing it, and transferring it to tape - WITH intros, outros and insets by my talent. <br /><br />If I can do that dolo, BET has NO EXCUSE. They should KILL THEMSELVES.Rameernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-56834378878503785062009-06-29T12:11:57.038-04:002009-06-29T12:11:57.038-04:00I haven't read all the comments here Brooke, b...I haven't read all the comments here Brooke, but I just had to jump in here to say that I was VERY VERY disappointed with BET last night. I know they ONLY had 72 hours to pull something together, but I agree with someone (Yolanda maybe) who said put together a nice 10 min tribute at the top and keep it movin.<br /><br />I really thought that most of the rest was a big H.A.M. (HOT ASS MESS). :( I was truly disappointed for my people and thought that overall the pacing was so uneven and production values were so damn bad that it was almost not even worth doing this event overall. :( So sad I'm sure they got good ratings b/c most of my friends were commenting about it every few minutes on FB, but I was still VERY VERY saddened by how they chose to give tribute to MJ - one of OUR legends last night. I think they played way too much to the lowest common denominator and failed (in a BIG way).<br /><br />that's my 2 cents.Georgia Peachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02512812467528547952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-34853064416223009742009-06-29T12:10:04.318-04:002009-06-29T12:10:04.318-04:00LMAO at expecting that comment from me. Hey, what ...LMAO at expecting that comment from me. Hey, what can I say I've worked on the BET Awards a few times. I've seen firsthand an artist change something as they get on stage and everyone is yelling in the headsets "WTF is he doing??" It's worked and it's crashed horribly live on air.<br /><br />It was a lose lose situation. I told my people over there "you know you can only live up to the anticipation by having Michael himself perform, right?" That's the ONLY way it would've worked for EVERYONE. If it were 15-20 minutes in the beginning, middle or end folks (myself included) would be saying "All MJ gets is 20 minutes??" <br /><br />I agree on keeping Chris out of this show. Way too soon for that guy to be shuffling on TV. If he were there, "Man in the Mirror" should've been his song, period. ...but he vocally can't pull that off so we'll see him dancing on the big MJ show.<br /><br />I think a full show is definitely needed and bring out ALL of the heavy hitters for it.Andre AKA The Black Cloudhttp://www.blackcloudfilms.com/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-5946030096339358632009-06-29T12:05:49.687-04:002009-06-29T12:05:49.687-04:00I agree, BET is the step child of that whole media...I agree, BET is the step child of that whole media family, and I never think to watch BET either. But for some reason I managed to get my hopes up and expectations wrong with this one cuz I was all caught up in Michael Jackson. And I just knew that with the access to certain stars they have - especially since they were already doing a show - they would have done SOMETHING better than what they did. I just had to see what they'd do. <br /> <br />Folks at BET were hyping it up saying the world was watching and they were gonna bring it and set the tone for all other shows that follow, so I guess I got caught up in that too. The best part was at the end when Janet came out...otherwise, the rest was just so-so to me.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584160320846679744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-33940532885230254322009-06-29T11:59:32.002-04:002009-06-29T11:59:32.002-04:00BET is not and has not been owned and controlled b...BET is not and has not been owned and controlled buy one of us in a very long time.<br /><br />Second why do we subject ourselves to the buffoonery and then complain? BET has been a disappointment way before Rob Johnson sold it so I don’t expect much from them.<br /><br />Also I don’t even know what channel BET is. LMAO!!!!! I would not watch that crap even if they pay me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-49059893778356539842009-06-29T11:48:26.209-04:002009-06-29T11:48:26.209-04:00Usher will do something, trust. And it'll be g...Usher will do something, trust. And it'll be great. I remember seeing Usher in concert once and he did a 20 minute set of MJ songs and dance, and this was YEARS ago...which is how it should be done. Celebrate him in life AND in death. <br /><br />I can only imagine what your mother thought after seeing Wayne's performance Yolanda. I can only imagine.<br /><br />and now his ex-wife is gonna be on tv cryin over his simple ass with Tiny holding her hand while she holds it down for T.I. <br /><br />Unbelievable.<br /><br />Tanisha, I agree...they should have set aside 10-20 minutes for MJ and left the rest alone. Do we really expect more from them still? Is it our own fault for thinking they could pull this off? We didn't manage our expectations correctly.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584160320846679744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-5953264099796313832009-06-29T11:43:34.165-04:002009-06-29T11:43:34.165-04:00I feel they should've stuck to whatever the or...I feel they should've stuck to whatever the original format was for the show. If folks wanted to shout out MJ, that would've been fine. Then the finale of the show, let's say the last 20 minutes, shoud've been a show stopping, everyone pull out their best rendition of their favorite Michael song, tribute from all of the performers. If it was supposed to be a celebration of his life, hell, I wanted to hear "Shake Your Body Down to the Ground!!!" Some more of the uptempos mixed in with the ballads. Neyo was great, but I wish he took the song all the way to the end. Maybe he felt that he would get too emotional. Otherwise there were some great performances. Monica was awesome. I grew up with the Ojays blasting in my home so I enjoyed them, one of the low points were those underaged girls on stage with Drake. That was so ridiculous and tactless on BET's part to even allow such a visual. I thought Beyonce sounded great, but her "angelic" wardrobe looked tacky and bordeline Vanity 6. I guess that's why we shouldn't place expectations, so we won't be disappointed, but damn, I wanted BET to show and prove.Tanisha Malcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219082953051482177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-69548544999753359022009-06-29T11:41:31.737-04:002009-06-29T11:41:31.737-04:00Malek, Usher was in Paris for Fashion Week and cou...Malek, Usher was in Paris for Fashion Week and couldn't make it to LA in time.Yolandahttp://lawitchesbrew.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-59842823418716558482009-06-29T11:39:34.597-04:002009-06-29T11:39:34.597-04:00Thanks for following us, Brooke. It was a definit...Thanks for following us, Brooke. It was a definite experiment to see if all 5 of us could blog simultaneously.<br /><br />FB is on fire again today with BET bashing. Even the Twitter folks were on the fence about last night.<br /><br />I didn't hate the show, but what really turned me off was that BET hyped this as if they tossed out their whole show and came up with an MJ tribute. So of course, everyone tuned in (including my 57 year old mother who called me during Wayne's performance and was FURIOUS)!<br /><br />CNN and a host of other media outlets were covering this and I feel like *this* was the best we had to put forward while the world was watching? Now, that's what makes me shake my head.Yolandahttp://lawitchesbrew.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-48698028044189644112009-06-29T11:36:21.771-04:002009-06-29T11:36:21.771-04:00I can feel ya. I did care much for the opening act...I can feel ya. I did care much for the opening act. But I did love Jamie Fox's opening. But I thought they could have had the more heavy hitter singers do the tribute to MJ. Were was Usher. I could see maybe why Chris Brown was not there but they needed better star power than what they had...I don't even remember their names....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984100112542285026.post-16129757709705854012009-06-29T11:24:32.676-04:002009-06-29T11:24:32.676-04:00Truthfully i wasnt expecting too much because some...Truthfully i wasnt expecting too much because someone as HUGE as MJ deserves his OWN special where all of the artiist can dedicate their performances to his incredible impact to the world. I'm looking forwrd to the MJ tribute..with everybody in the game representing in full force...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com