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November 23 2009

Producers Guild to honor Joss. "Joss Whedon has mastered the art of melding the newest technology with inspired storytelling, truly exemplifying the spirit of the Vanguard Award".

worldwidestudios | General | 18:12 CET | 40 comments total | tags: joss, dr. horrible, new media

Amazing. Emmys and pga. That little"horrible" musical seems to have achieved more atention that seven season of Buffy, five of Angel and... well... the rest.

It does stinge though to read Dollhouse referred as a hit television programme...

Congrat to Joss.

Darkness | November 23, 18:37 CET

Congrats, Joss...even if you never actually guarded a van. Maybe this is a bit like Obama's Nobel Prize, more a recognition of what you might achieve in the future. You could turn out to be a masterful van guardsman.

Michael | November 23, 18:47 CET

HAD Joss guarded a van, surely the wonderflonium would be safe...although "do not bounce" is a severe temptation, difficult to resist!

narse | November 23, 18:58 CET

Congrats on your kudo!!

chazman | November 23, 18:58 CET

“The truth is, I’ve never actually guarded a van." ....funny as ever...LoL

Congrats to Joss and his awesomeness!!

riotgrrrljaz | November 23, 19:02 CET

Good for him, this a well deserved and timely award.

Simon | November 23, 19:10 CET

Well there was some van guarding involved in 'Doctor Horrible' in that Captain Hammer jumped on it, saved Penny from it, and surely Joss was the brains behind that? Anyway this is an awesome honor and I love seeing Joss get recognition from anyone and everyone! Now if someone would just let him make a TV show....

embers | November 23, 19:12 CET

Captain hammer didn't stop the van, Dr. Horrible did! }-P

bobw1o | November 23, 19:16 CET

Bout time he was recognized for his melding.

Pointy | November 23, 19:18 CET

Well deserved. Of all the people who sort of know what's going on, Joss is indeed one. And the PGA award is easily in the top tier of awards that're kind of named after a golf competition.

Saje | November 23, 19:27 CET

Oh awesome. I've never heard of these awards honestly, but they seem quite nice and it's always cool to see Joss getting recognition.

Will there be a video once the event takes place?

Jaymii | November 23, 19:28 CET

Congrats to Joss! It seems his plan of winning awards for mediums that didn't have anything to do with the winning production is continuing apace. TV Award for web show, not-really-golf-themed-award for... wait, where was I? Oh, right, congrats Joss, you are indeed the man we choose to guard our van. Hey, that should be a tagline :).

zeitgeist | November 23, 19:30 CET

I thought dr Horrible where about a van not being guarded.

acidflash | November 23, 19:52 CET

Congrats to this "super total visionary."

iwantthefireback64 | November 23, 20:13 CET

Yay Joss! You are so much more than a guarder of vans. Too bad all the cult cred on the planet couldn't keep Dollhouse alive.
But the recognition is a sweet validation of awesomeness.

Shey | November 23, 20:20 CET

Anyone know why the link to DHD opens my RSS reader instead of opening the page?

ETA that, oddly, it only happens when I click it from here. It doesn't do it if I go to DHD directly.

[ edited by The One True b!X on 2009-11-23 20:31 ]

The One True b!X | November 23, 20:33 CET

Just noticed the ceremony is January 24. Given that we'll know by the time Dollhouse ends on January 22 what Joss' next project is, I wonder if he'll talk about it there.

The One True b!X | November 23, 20:35 CET

Anyone know why the link to DHD opens my RSS reader instead of opening the page?

A different URL is now required to access the relevant page so I changed the link accordingly.

Simon | November 23, 20:38 CET

Ooh, congrats Joss! That's great!

Linnea1928 | November 23, 21:38 CET

Fantastic news! Congratulations, Joss!

palehorse | November 23, 21:59 CET

Fave line :

I’m ready to take my place next to the guys who made ‘THX 1138’ and ‘Tin Toy’ (Did they ever do anything else, btw? They showed such promise.)

Congrats, J.

kazzmere | November 23, 21:59 CET

Awesome! The list of Joss's achievments grows even longer.

Is there a link anywhere that summarizes all the Awards and Honours he's won?
Because if not, I think it would be great if there was such as webpage - which is a request to any Whedonesquer with more html knowledge (i.e. none) and a better memory (i.e. not great) than I!

Bluey | November 23, 22:19 CET

Hurrah! Of course if it were up to me, I'd give Joss all the awards, van-related or not.

redders | November 23, 22:25 CET

Is there a link anywhere that summarizes all the Awards and Honours he's won?

Well, there's this.

The One True b!X | November 23, 22:27 CET

Fox take that... & does this mean they are stuck in the past?

demon magnet | November 23, 22:33 CET

Not surprisingly, io9 questions the legitimacy of the award for Joss...

http://io9.com/5411047/producers-of-america-congratulations-joss-now-leave-television-alone

J Linc | November 23, 23:42 CET

Regardless of what io9 said (and btw the award is to honour his collective accomplishments - I checked), perhaps we could focus on the the sheer thrill of Joss getting an award rather than what some other blog has to say about the matter. As good news has been a bit thin on the ground here of late.

Simon | November 23, 23:49 CET

and btw the award is to honour his collective accomplishments - I checked

If by "to honour" you mean "not to honour", since the award is about recognizing achievements in new media and technology, not a lifetime or a career taken as a whole.

ETA: Unless you mean his collective accomplishments in new media and technology, but that still really only amounts to Dr. Horrible.

[ edited by The One True b!X on 2009-11-24 00:18 ]

The One True b!X | November 24, 00:18 CET

Well done sir Joss!

silent knight | November 24, 02:07 CET

Captain hammer didn't stop the van, Dr. Horrible did! }-P
bobw1o | November 23, 19:16 CET

I remember it differently.

Septimus | November 24, 02:09 CET

"I stopped the van! The remote control was in my hand!"

Emmie | November 24, 04:28 CET

Thanks b!X, I am some what embarrassed it didn't even occur to me to check wikipedia!

Joss really is critically acclaimed isn't he?! Awesome!

Bluey | November 24, 08:31 CET

Conversations with Dead People won a Hugo award for best short-form presentation. I wonder why that's not in the Wikipedia list. I know he's not the credited writer but he's not the credited writer on Smile Time either and that is listed

Let Down | November 24, 14:48 CET

Unless you mean his collective accomplishments in new media and technology, but that still really only amounts to Dr. Horrible.

I do. You could argue the case for the Serenity shorts as well. And if push comes to shove, actively engaging the fanbase online as well.

Simon | November 24, 14:53 CET

Congratulations to Joss! He deserves this award - and many others, in my opinion. ;)

One quibble with this article - when she lists the movies he's written, why is there no Serenity??

samatwitch | November 24, 17:42 CET

Empire Online's Kat Brown describes it as a "prize for general awesomeness".

Craig Oxbrow | November 25, 01:45 CET

Empire also thinks Fray has something to do with this, despite comics being neither "new media" nor "technology" in this context.

The One True b!X | November 25, 02:07 CET

Just heard about this because I spend all day Monday wandering around Hollywood and seeing Conan O'Brien live. This is very cool, and I hope some type of video presentation will be available.

impalergeneral | November 25, 03:30 CET

I think Conan O'Brian makes a video presentation available most nights of the week.

Saje | November 25, 08:05 CET

Congratulations Joss! A nice honor and some well deserved recognition for your work.

misnomer | November 25, 08:26 CET

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