# "Dick in a Box" wins an Emmy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583 "2007-09-09T17:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/1 "2007-09-09T17:00:20Z")
[Linky](http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/09/tv_emmys/main3244730.shtml) Sign of the apocalypse or finally, voters got it right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/2 "2007-09-09T17:11:01Z")
Why, the latter, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/3 "2007-09-09T17:33:24Z")
I would like to point out that the entire dick in a box is a riff off of a Drew Cary show [bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyO7QTT962o) (watch about 1 minute in). The Drew Cary show bit was a riff off of the movie The Full Monty. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/4 "2007-09-09T17:46:39Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] I would like to point out that the entire dick in a box is a riff off of a Drew Cary show [bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyO7QTT962o) (watch about 1 minute in). The Drew Cary show bit was a riff off of the movie The Full Monty. [/QUOTE] Thanks for posting that; it’s one of my favorite bits from the show and, as always, I almost died laughing. Too bad Drew looks like my dad… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/5 "2007-09-09T18:02:03Z")
That was fantastic! Thanks for the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/6 "2007-09-09T18:08:46Z")
Here’s a rundown of the series winners: _Rome_ (Cinematography, Art Direction, Hairstyling) _The Amazing Race_ (Cinematography, Editing) _Dexter_ (Editing, Title Design) _Saturday Night Live_ (Technical Direction, Song) _The Tudors_ (Costumes, Title Music) _Two and a Half Men_ (Cinematography, Editing) _American Idol_ (Technical Direction) _Battlestar Galactica_ (Visual Effects) _CSI_ (Sound Mixing) _CSI: Miami_ (Stunt Coordination) _Deadwood_ (Make Up) _Entourage_ (Sound Mixing) _Friday Night Lights_ (Casting) _House_ (Make Up) _How I Met Your Mother_ (Art Direction) _Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List_ (Reality Program) _L&O: SVU_ (Guest Actress) _Monk_ (Guest Actor) _The Office_ (Editing) _Scrubs_ (Sound Mixing) _So You Think You Can Dance_ (Choreography) _South Park_ (Animated Program) _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ (Guest Actor) _30 Rock_ (Guest Actress) _24_ (Sound Editing) _Ugly Betty_ (Casting) **Planet Earth** picked up 4 awards (Nonfiction series, Cinematography, Score, Sound Editing). Other multiple winners were _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee_ (5), _Tony Bennett: An American Classic_ (4), _Jane Eyre_ & _When the Levees Broke_ (3 each). There are also non-competitive Achievement in Animation awards given each year, and among the winners were _Robot Chicken, Family Guy, Camp Lazlo_ & _Moral Orel_. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/7 "2007-09-09T18:11:56Z")
You guys got Velcro? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/8 "2007-09-09T19:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] There are also non-competitive Achievement in Animation awards given each year, and among the winners were _Robot Chicken, Family Guy, Camp Lazlo_ & _Moral Orel_. [/QUOTE] As for the competitive animation awards, the award for program less than one hour was the “Make Love, Not Warcraft” episode of _South Park_, and the award for program more than one hour was _Camp Lazlo: Where’s Lazlo?_ Non-competitive Individual Animation Achievement Awards were also given to staffers of _Avatar: The Last Airbender_, _My Gym Partner’s A Monkey: Big Field Trip_, _Class of 3000_, _Eloise_, _Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting_, and _The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: Big Boogie Adventure_. And [this American Express ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5LR-IZbbc0) won Best Commercial. [Travelers Insurance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SK-bcWCU8w) was robbed! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/9 "2007-09-09T20:05:19Z")
Where does one find all that animation? Guess I need to browse the listings. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/10 "2007-09-09T20:45:39Z")
Great song, glad it won. However, the song will probably be performed by Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken on the show, and it just won’t pack the same punch. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/11 "2007-09-09T20:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] However, the song will probably be performed by Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken on the show, and it just won’t pack the same punch. [/QUOTE] Actually, they want Timberlake to sing it on the main ceremony, but they want him to change the title so it can be introduced without saying a word you can’t say on TV. NBC’s official YouTube video calls it something like “A Christmas Surprise,” which isn’t a bad alternate. > [@AuntiePam](#): > > Where does one find all that animation? Guess I need to browse the listings. [This PDF file](http://www.emmys.com/downloads/2007/CTA59themmywinners.pdf) from the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences (not to be confused with the _National_ Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, which handles the Daytime Emmys) lists all the winners. The animation winners start on page 11. Only _South Park_ and _Camp Lazlo_ recieved competitive awards for quality- all the other awards were given to individual animators for their achievements, ten in all. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/12 "2007-09-09T23:11:38Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Great song, glad it won. However, the song will probably be performed by Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken on the show, and it just won’t pack the same punch. [/QUOTE] That would depend on who’s singing to whom! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/13 "2007-09-09T23:41:09Z")
**mobo85** , thanks. The Cartoon Network. Makes sense. I don’t think I’ve ever watched it. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/14 "2007-09-10T01:57:01Z")
Ack! _Camp Lazlo_ SUCKS ROCKS. As does _My Gym Partner is a Monkey_. _Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends_ and _The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy_ are kind of funny (and the latter had Death as a main character, which is fun). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/15 "2007-09-10T02:01:06Z")
I can tolerate _My Gym Partner is a Monkey_, but I’ll agree with you on _Camp Lazlo_. Hard to believe the same guy gave us _Rocko’s Modern Life._ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/16 "2007-09-10T02:48:06Z")
Not to bash on the technical Emmy’s, but when do the “real” ones air? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/17 "2007-09-10T02:51:21Z")
The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 16 at 8pm Eastern on Fox. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/18 "2007-09-10T17:15:15Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 16 at 8pm Eastern on Fox. [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s 8pm everywhere. Unlike the Oscars, the Emmys aren’t broadcast live across the country. Other time zones will get a tape delay. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/19 "2007-09-10T17:33:05Z")
If all the time zones but Eastern get a time delay, theoretically Timberlake could sing the song as written, and they can just bleep the naughty words. It’s much funnier that way. They probably have a five-second delay in the Eastern zone for accidental naughtiness, so why not? “Step One: Cut a hole in the box…” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/20 "2007-09-10T18:35:20Z")
They never perform the Best Song winner at the Emmys (it’s usually a bit of a throw-away category, in fact; heck, _Cop Rock_ won in this category!), but I’m hoping they make an exception this year. Probably the most famous winners in this category come from _The Simpsons_: “We Put the Spring in Springfield” (burlesque house) and “You’re Checkin’ In” (NYC trip) both took home the award (though “Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?” lost to Trisha Yearwood). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583.md?page=2)