# Who's watching the Emmys?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310 "2005-09-19T02:35:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310/41 "2005-09-20T02:34:47Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> well yeah - but i still think a higher voice would have rendered it better

Like, if they had put it in a different key? I don’t understand what you’re saying.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310/42 "2005-09-20T02:39:25Z")

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> [@Tracy Lord](#):
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> Like, if they had put it in a different key? I don’t understand what you’re saying.

no - that key is right where it’s supposed to be - but a mezzo, even a lyric mezzo, has to strain to hit the higher notes - i could hear it in her voice - she is well trained, no denying that, it was just out of her range  
I sing - and I periodically take classes to improve my skills, and this is the kind of thing I learn how to listen for

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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310/43 "2005-09-20T03:59:10Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> no - that key is right where it’s supposed to be - but a mezzo, even a lyric mezzo, has to strain to hit the higher notes - i could hear it in her voice - she is well trained, no denying that, it was just out of her range  
> I sing - and I periodically take classes to improve my skills, and this is the kind of thing I learn how to listen for

Yeah, I’m a voice major – I thought she was fine. The song certainly isn’t out of the mezzo range, it’s no higher than any number of, say, Carmen or Rosina’s.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310/44 "2005-09-20T05:02:01Z")

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How could I have forgotton the tribute to Johnny Carson? Although I have seen all the clips before in the DVD set his production company put out, it was very nicely done and both my mother and I laughed…I was only 7 when Johnny went off the air, and even though I never watched his show, I can tell from looking at clips of it that he was one-of-a-kind. He will be missed.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-emmys/322310/45 "2005-09-20T05:09:33Z")

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> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> I think what made the _Star Trek_ song so funny was that they got Frederica von Stade to sing it! Otherwise, Emmy Idol was pretty lame.

No love for The Mulally-Trump Experience? Donald doesn’t really have that bad of a singing voice.

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