Transparent as ever were the MTV VMA's on Sunday night. One should know that MTV, famous for their crappy awards shows, would pull some sort of staged stunt, but there's more to this one.  The 'Puppet Masters' really got ahold of this event.  I wasn't about to fall for it though. It was the opening night of Sunday Night Football, and that's where the real men were. And who can forget other crummy MTV award show's staged events? Borat? Triumph the Insult Comic Dog? Eminem? All pretending to 'go at it' on different occasions.

So, I didn't see it live. I missed Kanye West act like a complete ASS to Taylor Swift (the only one left out of the loop, by her surprised reaction!).  Then Beyonce, ever the professional, allowing Taylor 'her moment'.  Not that Beyonce needs any better publicity, but why turn down an opportunity! In reality, there was no real looser. Even Kanye's now getting good print. But.......

The real Winner?   HEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR'SSSSSSSS JAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY LEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!  That's right! Jay Leno! I can bet his peeps had a hand in it in a 'Hugh Grant' sort of way.  The medicore late night talk show host, who won't retire gracefully like Johnny Carson did, needed a good opening night.  And who was one of his first guests?  KANYE WEST (Ha-Ha). Jay bet that some folks would want to see Kanye apologize for the 100th time, and just like the 'Hugh Grant' thing, he wasn't all wrong.  Now in primetime, Jay's not only went up against the opening of 2 Monday Night Football games, but other decent programming. I'm betting though, that Jay was beatout by MNF and possibly even WWE Raw (which is still the king of the 'staged' plotlines).

I wouldn't fall for it though. As real men did, I watched 2 football games last night. And this morning, I read all about Kanye's apology to Taylor. Boy, not that Taylor's not getting good press by this event, but I hope the 'Puppet Masters' forked over something more, like the promise of a primetime special.  Someday I might watch Jay's new show, but it's not going to be because of a crappy 'staged' event!!    09/15/09