Was anyone else bothered by this?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Mel Brooks
IMDB_Vits — 12 years ago(July 09, 2013 10:12 AM)
The whole point of the AFI ceremony is that the speeches have to be said by people close to the recipient. I know that they also need big stars for ratings, but the other thing should be a priority.
I don't mind it when they squeeze in celebs that don't know the recipient because they're just a few (see:
Katherine Heigl
vs everyone else when
Shirley MacLaine
won). But during
Brooks
' ceremony, A LOT of the guests didn't know him and/or haven't worked with him. Hell, they even brought talk show hosts who had interviewed him, which seems like they had to fill in time. However, at the place you could see
Steven Weber
,
Daphne Zuniga
and
Amy Yasbeck
. Because they're not A-listers they don't get the chance to say how they feel about him on TV?
I also noticed
Teri Garr
and
Richard Lewis
. Why didn't they talk? -
AmericanGayAtheist — 11 years ago(August 20, 2014 12:27 PM)
Terri Garr, one of my all time favorite comedic actors, has MS and her mobility is limited. That might be why she did not speak at the tribute. Not sure why the others did not speak, maybe that just did not want to??
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puirt-a-beul — 9 years ago(May 15, 2016 03:02 PM)
Oh, I'm gutted, I didn't know that about Terri ("Roll in ze hay!") Garr. I've always loved her performances and screen persona, both in comic roles and more straight ones, like CE3K and Tootsie.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.