1) The Battys: The Season 12 version of the award ceremony delivered excitement, surprises, and random number generation. I'd call that a success!
2) The Mickster: Perhaps the biggest individual winner of the evening was the legendary Mickey Rooney, who took home 3 Battys, or almost as many awards as he had wives!
OK, that's a cheap shot. The Mickster would be angered by that, not without justification. But Kenny O'Malley would recognize the wives thing was a vulnerability.
3) Bert: Another multiple Batty recipient this week? Bert, who won Outstanding Non-Human against a slew of tough candidates and, maybe more impressive to me, edged Burt Reynolds and Burt Mustin for a listener's choice victory.
4) Sesame Street: We don't give out Battys based on current events--I mean, everything we talk about is at least several decades old--but it does feel good to recognize the series' legacy given its uncertain present status.
5) Blake's 7: If we gave a Batty for "Show Laurie and I fell in love with," it would have gone to this one, but even without such a category, the cult sci-fi show did pretty well.
6) Paul Darrow: Congratulations to the latest Robert Pine Genius recipient, the man who gave so many delicious moments as Kerr Avon on Blake's.
7) Ed Brown's Garage: It proved to be an excellent venue for this year's ceremony--spacious, good acoustics--but the occasional gas fumes were a bit distracting. This year proved the lack of "home field advantage" at the Battys; Chico and the Man didn't get any trophies.
8) Gilligan's Island: Our retro retro show garnered several awards and contended in most of the major categories.
9) The Bionic Woman: 50 years ago tonight, the character debuted on an episode of Holmes and Yoyo. No, wait, check that. It was The Six Million Dollar Man.
10) Designing Women: Antenna TV runs a marathon of the 1986-1993 sitcom today.
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