Tonys and Theon

by Chris Corbellini

Old Man Frey is a horrible winner. With that smug look and what remains of his hair combed back he reminds me of Pat Riley. “Here’s to the young wolf,” he howls. Up next, Greyjoy is adjusting not-so-nicely to life in an S&M palace. I must say this entire subplot is at best confusing and at worst, torture porn. I now fully expect a GoT themed adult pleasure palace to open somewhere in the Meat-Packing district of Manhattan. (Walters: Or in this case, the Non-Meat-Packing District)

Theon: It’s what’s for dinner.

Oh no, a Greyjoy sausage. Just, no. No, no, no. Should have put that in the dead pool. You won’t be seeing that on the ESPN highlights tonight.

Auman on the Tonys:

Here’s a good confluence of star power and star role — Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan in the revival “Annie,” belting out her number I felt like she even upstaged the orphans.

Most forced emotion of the night? The reading on the Royal Caribbean ads — cruise industry’s having a rough year or two, so it’s hard to take those ads with a straight face.

Winner for choreography for “Kinky Boots” says he believes everyone in the show would walk through a wall for him, but he would walk through the wall for them first. To me, once one person has walked through a wall, you just go through the hole they made, and it’s just not as impressive. … Nice little midshow number, opening with NPH and Andrew Rannells, riffing on stage stars getting their TV shows cancelled. … Andrea Martin — yes of SCTV and SNL fame — wins her second Tony for Pippin, 20 years after her first: “I ran up here like a longshoreman because I know we only have 75 seconds,” she says. If I were toggling over to the NBA Finals more often, I’d tell you that Pippin wins a lot but doesn’t get the respect it deserves historically.

Lebron?

by Bill Hubbell

Lebron looked like Chuck Nevitt on two fast breaks against Danny Green. Danny Green looks like Ray Allen. Kawhi Leonard is playing as well as you can for a guy who’s 2 for 10 from the floor with an air ball. And he just knocked down a 3 to tie it up. (I’m biased)

There is a Foul Hodor in this Tower

By Walters

–Can Bran Stark hold a press conference to announce that he’s taking his talents to “North of the Wall?”

–We’re halfway through the season finale of “GoT” and the closest thing we’ve come to Naked Time is Ramsey eating a sausage.

–Theon’s sister. When did she escape Buffalo Bill’s basement?

— Theon’s sister loves him, truly loves him, but not in a Cersei Lannister kind of way. In fact, that’s impossible.

— Look at Samwell. Humble-bragging about killing a White Walker.

 

Where’s Ernie Johnson?

by Bill Hubbell

Bill Simmons just had to swallow a lot and fist bump Magic Johnson on national television. The no host thing isn’t working. It’s not as bad as it sounds on paper, and it would be even better (obviously) if Magic wasn’t involved, but it just unravels a little too much. Simmons has to ultimately play host, and he’s just not nearly polished enough on TV to do it. Wilbon is by far the most polished, but everyone knows him too much as a broad analyst.

I think they’d be voted off an “NBA Studio” competition.

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