As I did with the Grammy Awards (was it the Grammy's? I don't remember), I'll do my blow by blow coverage for you as I watch it with my family...

7:03 - The intro with the Swan spoof was pretty good, especially at the end when Shandling looked into the mirror after recovering from surgery, all black and blue, and said, "I'm beautiful!"

7:11 - In a epilogue to the finale of Sex and the City, Chris Noth asks Sarah to marry him. She either didn't see it coming, or had some weird comedic timing , but her 'No' answer just felt a little uncomfortable and...creepy.

Nice to see David Hyde Pierce win. Then again, glad the show is over so OTHER people can win now.

7:14 - Does Heather Locklear have a deal with the devil to keep her looking as beautiful, fit, and smokin' hot as she did when I was 8 years old?

7:23 - Cynthia Nixon wins. Once again, I'm glad the show is over so there could be 4 more slots in that category.

7:27 - Is it me, or has everyone who's gotten an award so far gotten the orchestra send off? How long do these people have? 10 seconds? Geez!

7:30 - The "Best Writing Comedy Series" shorts were really cute, especially the guy who was writing the things that the women next to him were saying in the park. And if I ever said anything in the past about how Teri Hatcher was starting to look old, wrinkly and dusty, I take it back - right now, she's looking GREAT! Plastic Surgery at it's best!

7:38 - Drea De Matteo wins best supporting actress in a drama! And 5 more people will be watching 'Joey' this week.

7:50 - You know that that the director runs a pretty tight ship when he wins an award, and he cues the music to cut him off, and STILL keeps on talking!

8:05 - That 'skiff boat people against George Washington' thing was funny. Not hilarious. But pretty funny.

8:10 - Elaine Stritch should get an Emmy Award for her acceptance speech. Everyone should be as funny and fiesty as she was. Though I only wish that they DID drag her body off the stage.

8:15 - Nice to see the Athens US Olympians in the audience. The look much better in normal clothes, without those cheesy wreaths on their heads.

8:28 - My weird 'outside/bbq' odor had won over my need to see the show, so I missed a bit while I took a shower. Anyway, just saw John Stewart win. He's a funny guy. But I adore Conan O'Brien, so it sucks that he didn't win. Poop!

8:34 - Every time I hear someone make a homosexual reference in an acceptance speech, thanking their partner or having to do with gay rights, I think, 'Bravo!' Because the more we hear about it, the more I hope people will accept that being gay and being in love ISN'T a bad thing...So to the dude who won for writing Angels in America, I hope you someday get the chance to have him make an honest man of you.

8:50 - Aww....This is just about the coolest thing I've seen on TV lately. The show picked and blindfolded 2 regular people and brought them on stage. Their reactions were AWESOME. The girl just looked out in the crowd, and found Jennifer Aniston and said, 'People say I look like you!' And Jennifer just laughed. And the guy gazed into the audience and said, all teary eyed, 'I am a fan of each and every one of you out there.' Aww...Cue the Kleenex!

9:12 - Please, for the love of God, stop letting Allison Janney win! But I think it was really sweet of her to let her co-nominees come up on stage. And how funny that they both had the same colored dress! Mariska Hargitay looks GREAT outside of those stuffy cop clothes she wears on Law and Order SVU.

9:24 - Nice to see Sarah Jessica Parker to get her award. What a nice speech, including just about everyone in the world. Check another name off of the 'Not gonna win an Emmy for this show next year' list. Too bad Jennifer Aniston didn't win it.

9:27 - Conan O' Brien. There's nothing more for me to say, other than he still OWNS that stage.

9:28 - I think the whole world was hoping that John Ritter would win Best Comedy Actor, but come on, you know who would win this one. And of course, you know what I'm thinking...next year, it's a whole new ball game in this category. But how much do you bet that Matt LeBlanc won't be there?

9:32 - In memoriam - aka - OMG, They Died? Notable names, Captain Kangaroo, Paul Winfield, Jack Paar, Elmer Bernstein (composer), Ronald Reagan, Julia Child, Isabel Sanford, Ray Charles, Mary-Ellis Bunim (Real World Producer), Marlon Brando, Art Carney, and Tony Randall...Is it just me, or are they missing John Ritter? Or did he get his own special presentation while I was in the shower?

9:43 - I told Dave that Meryl Streep won, and that she wins everything that she's nominated for. He then started singing 'Over Rated! Over Rated!' And then she mentioned something about people saying she was overrated. Coincidence? I think not! She was talking to Dave through the airwaves! Creepy, man!

Um, ok, sorry, the show was so boring and uneventful that I didn't pay attention to it.

Next year, I swear, my play by play will be a LOT more interesting, since everyone who's winning this year (and who have won for the last couple gazillion years) will be gone.

Posted by Yano at September 19, 2004 05:06 PM

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