7pm - Conan does a LOST spoof! I love it! I freakin' love it! Too bad LOST was shut out of the Emmy Awards. Oh! I love it when Hurley says, "We weren't exactly invited." I'm actually typing this as the intro goes on, so you're getting my reactions. Conan has just fallen through the Office ceiling. Oh how I love Conan. Now he's on 24. Now he's on House. Great show...Hugh Laurie just said that Conan looks like an Albino. Ha! Conan on South Park! Oh yeah, I saw that Tom Cruise spoof coming a mile away, but it was pretty funny. Now conebone69 is an internet predator on Dateline. Whoo! I think this is one of the best Emmy openings ever. Very clever!

7:10 - Conan's opening monologue started out slow, but ended on a high note. His rules of acceptance speeches were pretty good "Don't say that the statue is heavy when you get it, of course it's heavy, it contains the shattered dreams of four other people." He's got a lot of balls talking about how badly NBC is doing!

7:17 - Yay, Megan Mullally won! Nice heartfelt speech.

7:27 - Wow...Blythe Danner wins! If you see the movie 1776, which Blythe was in when she was a young lady, you'll see that she looks exactly like her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow. So if Gwyn takes care of herself, she'll be as beautiful and radiant as her mother. Is it just me, or do the winners have almost no time to make their speeches?

7:30 - Poor Jason Lee, no nomination. What a great sport to show up and present. And WOW! Jeremy Piven wins!!! Let's all hug it out, BITCHES! Aww..Jeremy almost cried. *sniff* I don't care if people say he's a jerk, be brought his mommy to the awards!

7:50 - My Name Is Earl just won two awards, and both had awesome speeches, especially the writer, who didn't thank God because he took his hair away, and "that's just not cool, man."

8:00 - Aww, the tribute to Dick Clark just touched my heart. Man, I remember watching American Bandstand when I was a kid. And I'm such a sucker for standing ovations, now I'm all teary eyed. He is such an amazing man...he has changed so much in years since his stroke. The man who never aged came in front of the nation as an old man. It was touching to see all the eyes in the audience watching Dick with their eyes shining in adoration and respect. It was obvious that most of the people in the audience have the same fond memories of Dick Clark that I do. How I love that man! Then they kill the moment and bring out Barry Manilow. I love Barry and all, but it just felt weird. But that's OK, Dick enjoyed it!

8:14 - Conan puts an awesome spin to announcing the accounting team by doing it NBA style, with flashing lights and the loud booming voice. Kareem Abdul Jabar looked gigantic next to the accountants!

8:15 - Ohh, Wentworth Miller. So yummy! A little shiney, but still tasty.

8:27 - The Deal or No Deal spoof was pretty lame. Why is his show so popular? He's annoying!

8:45 - Tony Shaloub wins best actor in a comedy. Although I love Monk, I really think that Steve Carell should have won. :(

9:15 - (after a break to feed Ben) The tribute to Aaron Spelling was touching. It's incredible how many shows he's created, what a fantastic imagination! It was nice to see the Charlie's Angels back together again. I was praying that Farrah Fawcett wouldn't have a drug induced meltdown like she usually does on live TV. Jaclyn Smith has aged gracefully. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart had an awesome dialog before presenting the Best Reality Show. "Bow down to your golden god!"

9:21 - James Gandolfini presented the award for best miniseries like he was being forced to do it. It made me laugh when he quickly said, "Elizabeth the first" so quickly, it seemed like he wanted to get out of there fast!

9:25 - In Memoriam - I forgot thatDon Adams of "Get Smart" fame passed away. That was one of my favorite shows as a kid. They're doing a movie based on the show, staring Steve Carell...I know he'll do a great job. I'll also miss Pat Morita, Richard Pryor, Grandpa Munster, John Spencer, Don Knots and many of the others that were honored.

9:35 - Yay! Mariska Hargitay won. I love her...and I loved her speech.

9:40 - Has anyone seen Julia Louis-Dreyfus' new show? Is it good? I'm just curious. I really wish that Jane Kaczmarek won, but I thought that Julia's speech was adorable when she had stood there trying to remember a name to thank saying, "This is going to haunt me later", and later someone yelling from the crowd to thank her husband.

9:55 - Yay, The Office won! Great speech...I love the show because it totally feels like what it was like to work for X-Systems way beck when. Nice to see 24 win, too.

All in all, an OK show. Conan did a great job hosting, and the it moved quickly and didn't feel like it was dragging at all. Probably because no one wanted Bob Newhart to die. As Redpac said, he's a national treasure!

Posted by Yano at August 27, 2006 07:05 PM

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