Thoughts While Watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

• On first seeing Chevy Chase in the audience: "what is Dick Cheney doing here?"
• Was Meg Ryan supposed to be Tom Hanks' date? Gee, I guess real life is just like the movies!
• Justin Timberlake: "Bringing Sexy Back?" Really?? More like "Bringing my paper back from the end of the driveway."
• Best line of the night: "I have seen the future of rock and roll and it's not Leonard Cohen" (said by Leonard Cohen, quoting music critic/rock producer Jon Landau).
• Madonna: Although she still appears to be unfamiliar with the concept of sincerity (at least in front of an audience), she did seem to be more forthcoming than usual, offering up her take on confronting a sea of girls all dressed exactly like her, when she first played Madison Square Garden ("freaked me out"). She also finally lost the Brit accent, thank gawd!
• Best performance: Joan Jett on the Dave Clark Five's Bits and Pieces.