# "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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/21 "2007-09-10T19:03:38Z")
This deserves a Lifetime Achievement Award, imho. Now I’ll have the song stuck in my head for the next week… ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/22 "2007-09-11T10:10:33Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Not to bash on the technical Emmy’s, but when do the “real” ones air? [/QUOTE] Those aren’t “technical” Emmys listed by **ArchiveGuy** above, those are some of the artistic awards. [Here are the technology and engineering Emmy Awards.](http://www.emmyonline.org/tech/) The nominations will be announced in October 2007, and the winners will be announced in January 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/23 "2007-09-11T10:17:13Z")
Technology and engineering Emmy Awards are given for things like “Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Spot Beam Satellites for Distribution of Local Broadcast Channels Directly to Home Receivers” and “Development, productization, and commercialization of video server technology leading to large scale VOD implementations.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/24 "2007-09-11T16:30:57Z")
In all fairness, Walloon (since I know you bring this up regularly during awards season), even though you are _technically_ correct about the terminology, “technical” has become a generally accepted shorthand term for the crafts/artistic/non-major awards within the industry. Heck, even Daily Variety uses the term on a regular basis (and though creative in nature, many of the categories involve a proficiency in a highly technological discipline: cinematography, sound mixing, effects work, etc.). Speaking of Technical Awards, the Oscar [shortlist](http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2008/notepad/070907_scitech.html) has come out for this year. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/25 "2007-09-11T17:10:24Z")
And it should be avoided and corrected where found. Calling people like photographers and editors mere technicians belittles their artistic contributions to the work. And it bothers the hell out of the people in those branches of television academy. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/26 "2007-09-11T17:20:19Z")
Justin doing it [live at Madison Square Garden.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PSLOTiupQQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/27 "2007-09-11T17:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] And it should be avoided and corrected where found. Calling people like photographers and editors mere technicians belittles their artistic contributions to the work. And it bothers the hell out of the people in those branches of television academy. [/QUOTE] Also these Emmy’s have the Outstanding Guest Performances for series. Not technical in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/28 "2007-09-11T18:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] \ _Jane Eyre_ & _When the Levees Broke_\ [/QUOTE] It took me a little bit to figure this out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/29 "2007-09-11T19:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] You guys got Velcro? 😕 [/QUOTE] You don’t get it? for the faint-hearted: He’s keeping it up with his cock get it now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/30 "2007-09-11T19:43:54Z")
[QUOTE=smiling bandit] You don’t get it? for the faint-hearted: He’s keeping it up with his cock get it now? 😃 [/QUOTE] No, you’re not getting it. “You guys got Velcro?” is a punchline from that _Drew Carey Show_ clip linked above. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/31 "2007-09-11T19:52:50Z")
“Dick in a Box” was pathetically unfunny, IMHO, but on the upside, it’s nice to see that that _Friday Night Lights_, the best new show on television last year, got a nod. Edit: even better than an Emmy was the fact that best damn comedian around these days, Patton Oswalt, gave FNL a sterling review on Pitchfork Media. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583/32 "2007-09-11T20:09:30Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] 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). [/QUOTE] And _We Do_ lost to a Marvin Hamlisch song from a Streisand concert. I guess the Stonecutters don’t rig every Emmy night, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-in-a-box-wins-an-emmy/418583.md?page=1)