I have been a guest on his show several times, and if you include references to my pant suits, I’m on at least once a week.” (NY Daily News)īut as a rock fan, and especially a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, the closing portion of the broadcast was truly the hands-down moment of the night. He jokingly described the award winners as “some extraordinary people who have no business being on the same stage together.”Īnd Clinton had poked some fun previously at Letterman, saying “He must be wondering what he is doing with this group of talented artists” and “Dave and I have a history. Obama had earlier thanked Led Zeppelin for “behaving at the White House” the previous night at a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. President Obama and the First Lady appeared to enjoy the show immensely, even “rocking out” during the Led Zeppelin homage performances. Kimmel might have had the funniest line of the night when he addressed Letterman, saying, “ You are the hero of all of us, with the possible exception of the people who came to see the ballerina.” Highlights included Robert De Niro speaking on behalf of Dustin Hoffman (the reference above to ‘frankness’), Tracy Chapman and Bonnie Raitt performing during the Buddy Guy tribute (which included emotional remarks by Morgan Freeman), and celebs Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Ray Romano, and Jimmy Kimmel with some fond and amusing mild roasting of David Letterman.ĭe Niro said, in some admiration of Hoffman, “He is a spectacular, world-class, pain in the ass.” However, with those still modest numbers, I would not be surprised if you missed the broadcast. The honorees just sit there, grinning, with their medals hanging from ribbons around their necks."ĭuring this holiday week with many other distractions and a lot of people traveling, the Kennedy Center broadcast helped CBS win the major broadcast networks’ ratings night, with just over 8 million viewers for the 9-11 pm est time slot, and a rating of 1.4 among adults 18-49. One great thing about the Kennedy Center Honors is that the recipients don’t do any speaking themselves, and thus they and we are spared minutes of humble, and mock-humble, acceptances speeches. This year, the testimonials were laced with traces that don’t often make it into a taped TV awards-show final cut: frankness, near-brutal honesty, and almost tearful love.
The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony is the annual event in which celebrities in various fields get all gussied up, travel to Washington, D.C., rub shoulders with the President, and hear exalting speeches about themselves.
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