Dixon Carter Lee
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I'm sure I missed an Emmy thread or two last night. Did you all make fun of how pretty Brad Pitt looked?
Well, it was an exciting night for moi. I had one friend lose (a writer in a category where he was lumped in with about 15 other writers, for a TV special they wrote, no big whoop), and I had one friend who won Big Time. My wife and I jumped out of our seats. We didn't expect him to win, and he did, and it was amazing. And, as amazing as it was, my wife was thrilled only because the camera finally caught the dress his wife was wearing, which was all she really cared about anyway.
Ray Romano is a friend from way back, so I guess that counts as a win in our household.
And I had a shock. I had never actually seen a photo of Michael Patrick King, who won for his show "Sex in the City". When he came up for his award I recognized him as a stand-up comic I worked with every night for a couple of years when I was just starting out. Back then he was just "Michael King", so I never made the connection. I had no idea he was behind that show. Weird. He was good comic.
I thought Conan did a good job, except for when he forgot he was on television and thought he was in a comedy club standing in front of 20 drunks and got all hacky. Ellen DeGeneres had the funniest bit (good timing). And no one really seemed to embarrass themselves too much.
Did it seem to you that everyone made the same speech, though? I thank my cast, my writers, my studio, my family, my laywer, my manager -- it's like an obligation now to thank everyone who ever negotiated a contract for you. They're not speeches anymore, they're personnel productivity reports.
Well, it was an exciting night for moi. I had one friend lose (a writer in a category where he was lumped in with about 15 other writers, for a TV special they wrote, no big whoop), and I had one friend who won Big Time. My wife and I jumped out of our seats. We didn't expect him to win, and he did, and it was amazing. And, as amazing as it was, my wife was thrilled only because the camera finally caught the dress his wife was wearing, which was all she really cared about anyway.
Ray Romano is a friend from way back, so I guess that counts as a win in our household.
And I had a shock. I had never actually seen a photo of Michael Patrick King, who won for his show "Sex in the City". When he came up for his award I recognized him as a stand-up comic I worked with every night for a couple of years when I was just starting out. Back then he was just "Michael King", so I never made the connection. I had no idea he was behind that show. Weird. He was good comic.
I thought Conan did a good job, except for when he forgot he was on television and thought he was in a comedy club standing in front of 20 drunks and got all hacky. Ellen DeGeneres had the funniest bit (good timing). And no one really seemed to embarrass themselves too much.
Did it seem to you that everyone made the same speech, though? I thank my cast, my writers, my studio, my family, my laywer, my manager -- it's like an obligation now to thank everyone who ever negotiated a contract for you. They're not speeches anymore, they're personnel productivity reports.
