# 2010 Emmy Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038 "2010-08-22T04:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/42 "2010-08-30T18:38:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Jeff Probst! > > I think this guy deserves it every year. People don’t realize how talented he is at what he does. He is known as “one take Probst” because he does not rely on voice over to explain challenges and so forth. If you watch reality shows enough, you can tell that a lot of time, the camera cuts away during the explanation and the host does a voice over, pretending to be explaining the challenge live to the contestants. > > Probst’s actual recording from when explains these things is used, and he almost always gets it perfect on the first try. > > He really is the best reality TV host I’ve seen. > > And his blogs are great! It was hilarious how Joel McHale towered over Jeff. It looked like some sort of visual effect. > [@niblet\_head](#): > > Ugh. Snaggletooth. Hate her voice. For the love of all things holy, unplug your nose! > > Or, in the weird emphasis of her song: > > FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, UNPLUG! > > your nose Actually, I think she fixed the snaggletooth. Her teeth looked pretty straight last night. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/43 "2010-08-30T18:57:40Z")
I’ll take your word for it. I can’t bear to look! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/44 "2010-08-30T19:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=corkboard] It was hilarious how Joel McHale towered over Jeff. It looked like some sort of visual effect. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it did. Though in fairness to Probst, at 6’4 McHale does that to most people; seeing him interviewed by Ryan Seacrest once was really funny for the same reason. Speaking of McHale did _Community_ win anything substantial? It was my favorite new show of the past year by far, though I haven’t seen _Modern Family_ which is evidently really good. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/45 "2010-08-30T19:18:07Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > > [@twickster](#): > > > > Yeah, I agree, I thought she looked horrible. > > > > Worst dress of the night, though – January Jones, hands down. W!T!F! > > January wasn’t going to look like much of anything with Christina Hendricks anywhere close by. Wrong. Check this out! [http://www.imdb.com/features/emmys/2010/gallery/emmy10\_party-rm2376630528](http://www.imdb.com/features/emmys/2010/gallery/emmy10_party-rm2376630528) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/46 "2010-08-30T19:22:14Z")
Just realized, after reading Alan Sepinwall’s post on the Emmys, that they left \*\*[David Mill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mills_(TV_writer))s \*\*out of the In Memoriam segment. Unbelievable!!! Besides being nominated for writing and producing on shows like “NYPD Blue” and “ER,” he also won two Emmy’s (for David Simon’s “The Corner”). The guy was almost as crucial to David Simon’s projects as Simon is. Heck, he even died while on the set of “Treme.” I knew that the Emmy voters tended to ignore David Simon projects but this is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/47 "2010-08-30T19:28:34Z")
I’m sure _Community_ didn’t win anything; I have them on my Facebook and they would have posted congratulations to their [writer, lighting guy, makeup person] if that had happened. I thought the John Lithgow-Ann-Margret height discrepancy was equally amusing. Basic googling says Lithgow is 6’4" and Ann-Margret is 5’5". ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/48 "2010-08-30T20:12:17Z")
A friend of mine said Levar Burton was on the In Memoriam section, but he seems to be alive and as far as I can tell well on all the Internet sites (and if a celebrity so much as sneezes Wikipedia starts hanging out in the driveway to make sure they’re the first to add the death). She’s insistent though that he was on there, saying it was a Kunta Kinte clip. Does anybody know if they had a clip from _ROOTS_ that had him as well as an actor who has died in the past year? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/49 "2010-08-30T20:16:09Z")
That clip was for David Wolper, who produced _Roots._ And, yeah, I did a double-take as well – but no, Levar Burton is alive AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/50 "2010-08-30T20:17:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > That clip was for David Wolper, who produced _Roots._ > > And, yeah, I did a double-take as well – but no, Levar Burton is alive AFAIK. Thanks- Found the In Memoriam section. [He’s at 3:30](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HVdPnuMKQ)or thereabouts. Man, TV lost some biggies this past year. I didn’t realize Merlin Olsen died (not that he was a biggies, but memorable though). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/51 "2010-08-30T20:18:21Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A friend of mine said Levar Burton was on the In Memoriam section, but he seems to be alive and as far as I can tell well on all the Internet sites (and if a celebrity so much as sneezes Wikipedia starts hanging out in the driveway to make sure they’re the first to add the death). > > She’s insistent though that he was on there, saying it was a Kunta Kinte clip. Does anybody know if they had a clip from _ROOTS_ that had him as well as an actor who has died in the past year? It was for the gentleman who produced(?) Roots. Sorry, not sure in what capacity he was involved or what his name is, but there was indeed a clip of Burton as Kunta, I assume perhaps because the man’s name isn’t immediately recognizable as some of the other people’s. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/52 "2010-08-30T20:41:53Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [QUOTE=corkboard] > It was hilarious how Joel McHale towered over Jeff. It looked like some sort of visual effect. Yeah, it did. Though in fairness to Probst, at 6’4 McHale does that to most people; seeing him interviewed by Ryan Seacrest once was really funny for the same reason. Speaking of McHale did _Community_ win anything substantial? It was my favorite new show of the past year by far, though I haven’t seen _Modern Family_ which is evidently really good. [/QUOTE] Community didn’t even get _nominated_ for anything. They were completely snubbed. It made me sad. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/53 "2010-08-30T21:10:42Z")
> [@kevja](#): > > > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > > > January wasn’t going to look like much of anything with Christina Hendricks anywhere close by. > > Wrong. Check this out! > > [http://www.imdb.com/features/emmys/2010/gallery/emmy10\_party-rm2376630528](http://www.imdb.com/features/emmys/2010/gallery/emmy10_party-rm2376630528) [Here](http://awards.tv.yahoo.com/photos/140-2010-emmys-red-carpet-report-card#OmgPhoid=18)’s a better look at CH’s dress, which was almost as ugly as JJ’s. “Saloon girl gone bad,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/54 "2010-08-30T23:52:44Z")
For those who watched the show (I just watched clips) how was Jimmy Fallon as a host? On SNL and the episodes of his talk show I’ve seen he’s always seemed extremely affable and energetic and cute and eager to please guy who, as Johnny Carson allegedly said about Chevy Chase, “couldn’t ad lib a fart after a baked bean dinner”. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/55 "2010-08-30T23:54:35Z")
I thought he did fine, but it’s time for Tina Fey to host. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/56 "2010-08-31T05:05:52Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > > > Boo for whoever did Jim Parsons’ makeup! He looks like a corpse. > > A corpse with a bad case of acne. > > > [@Smeghead](#): > > > > This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. Referring specifically to the musical tribute to canceled shows, but it also applies to all that I’ve seen so far. > > Speaking of which, what or who was Fallon supposed to be impersonating in the shorts? I could easily tell that part one was Elton John and the last bit was Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, but I’ve got no idea who it was supposed to be in the middle. I was hoping someone would answer your question, but apparently not. So, again: who was he supposed to be in the shorts? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/57 "2010-08-31T11:22:06Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > I could easily tell that part one was Elton John and the last bit was Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, but I’ve got no idea who it was supposed to be in the middle. I was hoping someone would answer your question, but apparently not. So, again: who was he supposed to be in the shorts? Boyz II Men. “It’s so haaaaaaaard to say goodbyyye to yesterdaaaaAAAAAay.” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/58 "2010-08-31T15:16:42Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@Leiko](#): > > > > I could easily tell that part one was Elton John and the last bit was Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, but I’ve got no idea who it was supposed to be in the middle. I was hoping someone would answer your question, but apparently not. So, again: who was he supposed to be in the shorts? > > Boyz II Men. > > “It’s so haaaaaaaard to say goodbyyye to yesterdaaaaAAAAAay.” Thanks for answering. It’s amazing that the Dope would have one of the two people in the world who would get that reference! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/59 "2010-08-31T15:30:11Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > It’s amazing that the Dope would have one of the two people in the world who would get that reference! Pouring a bottle of beer (?) at Fallon’s feet and a comment in the song about Mariska Hargitay – what was that referencing? I’m still lost. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/60 "2010-08-31T15:42:49Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > > It’s amazing that the Dope would have one of the two people in the world who would get that reference! > > Pouring a bottle of beer (?) at Fallon’s feet and a comment in the song about Mariska Hargitay – what was that referencing? I’m still lost. He was pouring a 40 for the death of the original _Law & order_ - a practice common in the 'hood when one’s homie dies. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038/61 "2010-08-31T15:50:29Z")
And it was part of the video for the song, wasn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-emmy-awards/551038.md?page=4)