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KEN JENNINGS: Confessions of a Trivial Mind
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September 29, 2008

Obviously, the Emmys sucked, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out a pretty cool part of the show’s ad campaign: a big-ass collage!

In fact, the show’s website refers to this as the anniversary show’s “historic collage.” Historic? If you got all these people to actually pose together, from Bart Simpson to Tony Soprano to black-and-white early-1960s Johnny Carson, that would be “historic.” Any ad that looks like the inside of the locker of a handier-than-average-with-scissors high school sophomore probably isn’t “historic.”

But it is sort of cool. A disclaimer below the ad in my copy of Entertainment Weekly says, “The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences thanks all collage participants and apologizes to those who, regretfully, could not be featured.” So apparently the “participants” or their estates had to sign off on their inclusion. Which probably explains some of the odd omissions. No less than four cast members from Full House (sorry, Kimmy Gibbler) but no Steve Carell or Mr. Spock or George Costanza? Who else is oddly absent? You tell me.

The ad is also a treasure trove for potential trivia questions. Here, I’ll go first. Who’s the only pair of real-life siblings in the shot? (I think…I wouldn’t be surprised if I were missing others though.) What TV show has the most cast members depicted? (I haven’t done a full count, but I think it’s Cheers. Though Friends and Lost look like they’re close.) Suggest your own questions over on the message boards.

Posted by Ken at 4:24 pm     
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