Walken around at the MTV Awards

[robert]

For those interested in the latest event of our favorite bizzare actor, the recent music video he starred in directed by another guy who's in the bizzare, "Being John Malkovich" director Spike Jonez, was a big winner at the MTV Music Awards, winning the most awards with 6. Walken himself didn't win anything, but I heard him accept one of the awards for the video on the news on my way to school. His reaction was, and I quote "Wow. Wowiee wow wow wow" in the deadpan voice we know and fear.
BTW, question, they call the video a Fatboy Slim video, who or what is Fatboy Slim?

[The Mad Hatter]

While I didn't see the award show, I heard that during his introduction for N'Sync, Walken glanced at the teleprompter and said something to the effect of "there's a bunch of stuff I'm supposed to say, but I'm not going to."

Good 'ole Wally Faust.

[Colin]

First robert asked
BTW, question, they call the video a Fatboy Slim video, who or what is Fatboy Slim?

Fatboy Slim is the artist who sings the song. His real name is Norman Cook. For your reading enjoyment, here's a brief bio of him from CDNow.com



Norman "Jacker-Of-All-Genres" Cook, in addition to his former occupations as bassist for the Housemartins and one third of acid-house hitmakers Pizzaman, is also the man behind one of the most popular of the new flock of English "brit hop" producers, Fatboy Slim. Releasing his Fatboy material through club staple Skint, Cook's raucous blend of house, acid, funk, hip-hop, electro, and techno has added to his already formidable reputation as one of the foremost all-around producers on the U.K. club scene. Born in Bromley on July 13, 1963, Cook joined the Hull-based pop group the Housemartins in 1986, replacing founding member Ted Key. After the group split the following year, Cook became involved with the burgeoning acid-house scene, pairing with producers Tim Jeffery and JC Reid toward the end of the decade to form Pizzaman. The trio nailed three Top 40 hits together ("Trippin' on Sunshine," "Sex on the Streets," and "Happiness") before Cook splintered off to record with similarly-styled outfits Freakpower and Beats International in the early '90s. He's shut most of his other production acitivities down in recent years to focus on his latest incarnation, Fatboy Slim, which to date includes a trio of singles and the full-length Better Living Through Chemistry. Cook was also called in to add his remixing skills to Jean-Jacques Perrey's proto-electronica classic "Eva," released as a 12-inch and CD single in 1997. In addition to his FBS work, Cook also recorded the Skip to My Loops sample CD, a popular studio tool sporting a melange of sample-ready drum loops, analog squelches, and assorted noises. In early 1998, his remix of Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha" spent several weeks at number one in the British charts. Fatboy Slim's eagerly anticipated second LP You've Come a Long Way Baby followed later that year. The album went platinum in the US and spawned two international hits, "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You," which also boasted a Spike Jonze-directed video that earned three MTV Video Music Awards as well as two Grammy nominations. "The Rockafeller Skank," "Praise You" and other songs from You've Come a Long Way, Baby ended up on countless soundtracks and commercials, cementing Fatboy Slim's unique position as a critically acclaimed and immensely popular act. Cook also recorded several mix albums, including the first disc of the Radio 1 compilation Essential Selection, Vol. 1 and his own On the Floor at the Boutique. The latter was released domestically in the US in early 2000 to help fans withstand the wait for his third album, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, which arrived that fall. [See Also: Beats International] ~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide


And then Hatter commented
[b]While I didn't see the award show, I heard that during his introduction for N'Sync, Walken glanced at the teleprompter and said something to the effect of "there's a bunch of stuff I'm supposed to say, but I'm not going to." [b]

That too, is also correct. Apparently it was the normal cheese that MTV has all their presenters say... maybe someday they'll get better people to write their fluff =X

Colin's Closing Comments on the VMAs... overall I think the show pretty much stunk. There was nothing fun or exciting. Will Farrel did a lame attempt of trying to make us think that him running onstage and climbing the scaffolding wasn't planned, but you could tell it was. Jaime Foxx's jokes were just unfunny (altho, I did chuckle when he offered the Backstreet Boys some champagne). The live performances weren't too spectacular, U2 probably gave the best live performances, with props going out to Staind, Linkin Park and Alicia Keys (best new artist). Michael Jackson joining NSync on stage wasn't as spectacular as they wanted it to be...they say no one knew it was gonna happen, but that's a load of mularky... Britney's new song I could hardly hear, although it sounded remarkably like her other songs in that "My techno-drum machine is stuck at this tempo" sort of way. And the two "regular fans" that were voted on... one said she already was given a job at MTV... I think that should disqualify her then, since she now works for the company... and the other guy was just lame... but that's my own opinion. I think the most amusing points of the night were: Daphne Aguilera (Andy Dick) going out into the audience to attack Christina and Jaime Foxx messing up and introducing Jay-Z when he was supposed to announce Gwen, Moby & Eve...

Well, it was 3.5 hours of my life wasted, just like any other MTV award event...