Pass This Over

[eggwards]

My mother on Sunday announced that the Oscars happened so early this year because the Jews control Hollywood and they didn't want it to interfere with Passover.

As I let that bit of madness sink in, and I wonder just where she got that bit of information from, I had to remind her that while yes, the Academy Awards used to happen in March, but now, and for the last three years, they occur in February, and this is so ABC can put them in their Ratings period. If any people of any ethnic persuasion are winning from the move to an earlier time, it's the TV executive.

I remember a few years ago the Academy admitted they could do the voting earlier, and DVDs could allow the voters to screen the movies at home, meaning that the voters wouldn't have to go out to little theaters to see these films before they disappeared off the face of the earth. There would often be special screenings. Things had changed, and they could move up the telecast, and ABC could profit from it.

This also shows that I know way too much about this process.

Still, this really worries me about the crap my mom is listening to. For one thing, Passover this year isn't in March, it's in April, way after Easter this year. So my mom is getting fed that "Jews run Hollywood" junk again. There must be some lingering junk coming out of the radio as the new less-violent Passion of the Christ is being re-released for the Easter holiday. Don't forget to take the kids! I heard the digitally added in the Little Drummer Boy for them to identify with. And Donkey from Shrek.

As Ana Marie Cox from Wonkette says, "The Jews run Hollywood, the Gays run Washington."

So I asked my mother, not expecting that she'd know, will they be showing Charelton Heston and the Ten Commandments for Easter this year? Personally, they could wait and show it for Passover instead. I'd rather see Desperate Housewives. Maybe Moses can go off to basic cable this year. TNT knows drama, right?

Comments

[bigmacbear]

I found when perusing the Interfaith Calendar that Passover this year corresponds to the Orthodox Christian churches' notion of Easter (based on the Julian calendar). Normally there is only a gap of a week or two between the two, but somehow the astrological calculations the Western churches adopted with the Gregorian calendar got royally screwed-up this year.

As for the Academy, it looks like this year's ceremony being in February was a fluke, but next year I'm told they are planning to have it early in March rather than return it to the traditional last-weekend-in-March date. Perhaps someone booked the Kodak Theater on their preferred date this year.

[gmjambear]

In 2006, the Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 5th.

You can blame that scheduling change on the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Yes, blame the TV executives...and the IOC!!!

[amboy00.livejournal.com]

Excellent quote from Wonkette.

I watched her on Charlie rose with Instapundit and a few other bloggers. How she was able to have pleasant roundtable conversation with those guys is beyond me. I doubt I'm capable of such class.

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love Ana Marie and what she does, and I saw the same special (I also like Sullivan). I was intrigued to see how everyone got along. She really does have a way of deflation the whole "Politics is Important" thing.

[jdvsqz.livejournal.com]

The Jews don't control Hollywood. The gay Jews do

[jdvsqz.livejournal.com]

BTW, I stole this from an episode of The Larry Sanders Show.

[redcub.livejournal.com]

You could tell her that the reason the Oscars were so early was not so much because of the Jews who own it, but the Protestants who rule the Golden Globe Awards have been moving back their ceremony, thus depriving Osacr of some glitter, not to mention the Baptists who run the SAG awards, and the Mormons who decree the Blockbuster awards, so the Jews simply had to push Oscar to Feb in order to cope.

I don't even want to TALK about the Catholics and their damn MTV presentation.

Why you talk so silly?

[hot4latin.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows the Catholics control the Kids' Choice Awards and everything else Nickelodeon.

[bigbearok.livejournal.com]

I'm still upset that they moved the Academy Awards to Sunday night. Argh...

[barak.livejournal.com]

DO you ever wonder if your mom has both feet grounded in reality?

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

She has it fed to her by bad sources. Reality is rather non-existent since her world is rather limited. It's her own fault, really, she chooses not to be involved with it.

It's an odd suburban daydream...

[ninkuma.livejournal.com]

Not to be difficult, but from my Christian "education", I was taught that Passover occured after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Since Easter is on March 27th, I would have thought that Passover was the week of March 20th. Now, having looked it up on the Net, I know better.

Oh, the stuff that one learns over the years... Accurate or not...

*GRIN*