Grammy Noms: Look Who's Up for Awards in 2006!

The Grammy nominations were announced this morning in New York. I downloaded the entire nominations list for the 48th annual event. I pored through it like a scholar. I was disgusted and disheartened at the nominations in the top categories (more on that later)...and found that I must clearly be out of touch with popular music; I hardly knew anyone.
Of those I did know, I decided to pick my favorites. Here they are, folks: the not-so-pretty but nonetheless intriguing artists I'll be rooting for come February whenever-it-is.

Brian Wilson:
Up for Best Long Form Music Video, Smile. Yeah, never mind the album was a flippin' classic decades in the making and was roundly ignored by the beloved Academy.

Rick Moranis:
Up for The Agoraphobic Cowboy, Best Comedy Album.
I wondered what my favorite McKenzie brother was up to. Apparently there are no more children to shrink, or blow up.

Eric Idle:
Up for Best Musical Show Album for the very funny Spamalot. The man is a comic legend, and I think he'll be roundly rewarded for the work. This ghoulish photo of Idle, however, won't win too many awards...


Peter Griffin
(And the Family Guy creators)
Best Comedy Album, Family Guy Live in Vegas
Has anyone heard this? Please tell me it's got Stewie and Meg covering "Sisters are Doin' it For Themselves."