# No Emmy Thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770 "2011-09-19T01:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/21 "2011-09-19T16:29:25Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > I really liked the Best Comedy Actress pageant. It had to be organized (since there was no video montage), but I have to believe Amy Poelher and Tina Fey started the ball rolling on that one. Sepinwall says it was Poehler and Martha Plimpton. I’d been flipping channels and was all excited when I saw Plimpton go on the stage. I’m all “Yay for Raising Hope!”, but no. I like Julie Bowen and her dress was gorgeous, but she’s too skinny for something so low cut. Too bony! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/22 "2011-09-19T16:32:37Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I like Julie Bowen and her dress was gorgeous, but she’s too skinny for something so low cut. Too bony! That jumped out to me, too. That dress wasn’t cut out for her - literally; she was too bony for its cut-outs… ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/23 "2011-09-19T16:33:23Z")
Like last year, I thought the funniest part of the show was the short introductions of the comedy writing teams before the award of that category ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/24 "2011-09-19T17:20:17Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > I really liked the Best Comedy Actress pageant. It had to be organized (since there was no video montage), but I have to believe Amy Poelher and Tina Fey started the ball rolling on that one. Something was planned (thus the roses and crown), and I’m sure Poelher was involved, since it was essential she start things off, and she probably arranged for the names to be called in the order they were (it wasn’t alphabetical, as is usually the case). But it wasn’t completely planned – Edie Falco is clearly asking her husband if she should do it before running up, and Rob Lowe is completely surprised at Poehler standing there. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/25 "2011-09-19T17:35:31Z")
Love that Juliana Marguiles, Peter Dinklage, and Jim Parsons won! At least Martha Plimpton was nominated - Love Raising Hope. I am so over “Modern Family”. It’s good but just not THAT great, imho. and I am so sick of that pseudo-documentary-Office-style filming style. Jane Lynch had some good lines, but she just was nowhere near as good as Jimmy Fallon’s wonderful turn last year. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/26 "2011-09-19T17:42:32Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I thought this would finally be Jon Hamm’s year… but YAY COACH T.!!! I thought with Cranston sitting out it would finally be HUGH LAURIE’s year… when is the man going to get some damn respect? (He really deserved it most for his performance in rehab, though… ) > [@Chefguy](#): > > I can’t believe they gave awards to “Mildred Pierce”. That was some of the worst programming I’ve seen, and Winslet sucked in it. Thank you so much. I tried really, really hard to watch that steaming pile of crap, but I couldn’t. It was gorgeous, but unwatchable. The whole premise was so horrendously bad… why would I care about a fucking idiot woman who apparently has no internal moral compass of any kind and has spawned a monster she should have drowned at birth but instead caters to constantly, thereby increasing the monstrosity? Where in there is there something for me to sympathize with, care about, or be entertained by? > [@RealityChuck](#): > > But it wasn’t completely planned – Edie Falco is clearly asking her husband if she should do it before running up, and Rob Lowe is completely surprised at Poehler standing there. I believe that’s what’s known as [Jon Lovitz] Acting![/Jon Lovitz] Overall I found this one of the most entertaining award shows ever. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/27 "2011-09-19T17:59:23Z")
Best line of the night: People often wonder why I’m a lesbian. Ladies and gentleman, the cast of Entourage! ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/28 "2011-09-19T18:00:32Z")
My favorite Jane Lynch joke of the night: “A lot people are very curious as to why I’m a lesbian — ladies and gentleman, the cast of Entourage!” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/29 "2011-09-19T18:03:14Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It may have been a conscious decision by all of the actors in order to emphasize the ensemble nature of the show. I believe they choose which category they’ll try for when they submit their scenes. Friends did the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/30 "2011-09-19T18:05:52Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Yes, she did. Guest performance, and _Glee_ also won “Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.” Plus _Futurama_ was outstanding animated show, _So You Think You Can Dance_ won two choreography awards and one for lighting design, _House_ and _Family Guy_ got awards for sound mixing, and _American Idol_ won for technical direction. > > But that was their total haul. Really, I’d say Fox got Skunked. Futurama is not on FOX anymore, it’s a comedy central show now. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/31 "2011-09-19T18:07:30Z")
I haven’t seen the last several seasons of _Entourage_, but when we flipped back to the Emmys from [some other channel] and the cast was standing there, my wife said “wait- is that - Turtle!?!? He’s, well, HOT!” Looks like he lost about 50lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/32 "2011-09-19T18:10:13Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > \ > > Thank you so much. I tried really, really hard to watch that steaming pile of crap, but I couldn’t. It was gorgeous, but unwatchable. The whole premise was so horrendously bad… why would I care about a fucking idiot woman who apparently has no internal moral compass of any kind and has spawned a monster she should have drowned at birth but instead caters to constantly, thereby increasing the monstrosity? Where in there is there something for me to sympathize with, care about, or be entertained by? > > \ This is what happens when remakes go bad. [The original](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037913/) starred Joan Crawford, and was watchable, but Winslet seemed to be sleepwalking throughout this turkey. I would have cheerfully killed the actress playing the daughter: what a ham. It seems like they felt that they had to give her this because a) she’s a terrific actress and b) she’s won Golden Globes and an Oscar, so she _must_ be deserving, regardless of how lame the role was. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/33 "2011-09-19T18:12:12Z")
I may have forgotten to add that I found the rendition of Leonard Cohen’s wonderful song “Hallelujah” was cheesy & disrespectful. I may be the only one who feels this way, but wow, was that poorly done. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/34 "2011-09-19T18:16:55Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > I may have forgotten to add that I found the rendition of Leonard Cohen’s wonderful song “Hallelujah” was cheesy & disrespectful. I may be the only one who feels this way, but wow, was that poorly done. I don’t know about disrespectful, but hell yes on the cheesey. I liked the Captain Jack Sparrow song/thing ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/35 "2011-09-19T18:27:26Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Futurama is not on FOX anymore, it’s a comedy central show now. Even worse, then. Fox got a total of nine Emmys. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/36 "2011-09-19T18:35:42Z")
I cannot believe Steve Carrell didn’t win. He’s been amazing as Michael Scott for the past seven seasons, running the gamut from zany humor to subtle pathos, and this should’ve been his year. (Has he ever won for this role at all?) Who are the producers of _Modern Family_ sleeping with?! Jon Hamm was brilliant this year as well. Did _Friday Night Lights_ get the “we’re sorry you’re cancelled” slot? Glad _Downton Abbey_ and Maggie Smith won. Though I disgree completely with y’all about Winslet’s performance. I thought she was marvellous in a very difficult role that treads the line between sympathetic and creepy. Other than its slow pace, I really enjoyed _Mildred_, and this is coming from someone who adores the Joan Crawford version and who thought it was a bad idea to revisit the story. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/37 "2011-09-19T18:44:07Z")
> [@choie](#): > > I cannot believe Steve Carrell didn’t win. He’s been amazing as Michael Scott for the past seven seasons, running the gamut from zany humor to subtle pathos, and this should’ve been his year. (Has he ever won for this role at all?) Who are the producers of _Modern Family_ sleeping with?! Just to be clear: you know he didn’t lose to anyone on Modern Family, right? He lost to Jim Parsons, on Big Bang Theory. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/38 "2011-09-19T20:35:03Z")
Ariel Winter (from _Modern Family_) is only 13??? Holy crap. She looks… all growed up. I guess they’ll be taping those puppies down this season. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/39 "2011-09-19T20:38:40Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Ariel Winter (from _Modern Family_) is only 13??? Holy crap. She looks… all growed up. I guess they’ll be taping those puppies down this season. This may make me officially an “old fuddy duddy (at 36!)” but she was dressed way too mature for her age. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770/40 "2011-09-19T20:44:24Z")
Ariel Winter’s dress was beautiful, but yeah, too revealing for a 13 year old. > **[Ariel Winter](https://www.imdb.com/media/rm2125249792/nm1736769)** > > Ariel Winter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-emmy-thread/596770.md?page=3)