So I watched the 60th Annual Emmy Awards last night. It was decently entertaining. The shtick with all the reality TV show hosts splitting emcee duties was a dud, but other moments were quite entertaining.
After not being in attendance last year when he won for his work on “Extras,” Ricky Gervais made an appearance to explain how to make a proper, short acceptance speech. He then tussled with a mute, stoic Steve Carell (who had accepted Gervais’ award last year in his stead – and if you don’t know why, I’m not going to explain it) to hand over his Emmy from 2007.
Don Rickles was a riot on not one, but two occasions. He presented an award with the insufferable Kathy Griffin, and then won an award for his own special, “Mr. Warmth – The Don Rickles Project.”
Additionally, a few of my favorites won. Well, okay, the folks from “30 Rock” won, including Alec Baldwin for Best Actor and Tina Fey for Best Actress and Best Writing. The show also won for Best Comedy. And while I don’t think “30 Rock” is quite as good as “The Office,” it’s still my second-favorite show, so I was happy.
However, I’m wondering how many people caught the irony in a statement Tina Fey made while accepting the Best Comedy Award. Now, I’m a big fan of Tina Fey’s. She’s a great writer and, usually, an equal-opportunity skewerer. But it’s not exactly a big secret that she’ll be voting Democratic in the upcoming election. So when she came right out and thanked New York City for the “tax breaks that make producing our show possible,” well, I had to smile. After all, the ticket she’s voting for believes that paying higher taxes is patriotic.
I suppose then, if Tina really, truly loved this country, she’d suck it up and pay the full tax burden that producing her show entails. Yeah, she might have to let a few production assistants or gaffers or Kenneth go, but hey, that’s what happens in the business world when taxes go up. Just like at home – you can’t spend what the government takes.
So I guess on a personal level, Tina is all for lower taxes. It’s just the other guys who should pony up.
Interesting.
To be honest, though, I’m for any tax breaks that allow something like this to be produced:
Later,
Fox
After not being in attendance last year when he won for his work on “Extras,” Ricky Gervais made an appearance to explain how to make a proper, short acceptance speech. He then tussled with a mute, stoic Steve Carell (who had accepted Gervais’ award last year in his stead – and if you don’t know why, I’m not going to explain it) to hand over his Emmy from 2007.
Don Rickles was a riot on not one, but two occasions. He presented an award with the insufferable Kathy Griffin, and then won an award for his own special, “Mr. Warmth – The Don Rickles Project.”
Additionally, a few of my favorites won. Well, okay, the folks from “30 Rock” won, including Alec Baldwin for Best Actor and Tina Fey for Best Actress and Best Writing. The show also won for Best Comedy. And while I don’t think “30 Rock” is quite as good as “The Office,” it’s still my second-favorite show, so I was happy.
However, I’m wondering how many people caught the irony in a statement Tina Fey made while accepting the Best Comedy Award. Now, I’m a big fan of Tina Fey’s. She’s a great writer and, usually, an equal-opportunity skewerer. But it’s not exactly a big secret that she’ll be voting Democratic in the upcoming election. So when she came right out and thanked New York City for the “tax breaks that make producing our show possible,” well, I had to smile. After all, the ticket she’s voting for believes that paying higher taxes is patriotic.
I suppose then, if Tina really, truly loved this country, she’d suck it up and pay the full tax burden that producing her show entails. Yeah, she might have to let a few production assistants or gaffers or Kenneth go, but hey, that’s what happens in the business world when taxes go up. Just like at home – you can’t spend what the government takes.
So I guess on a personal level, Tina is all for lower taxes. It’s just the other guys who should pony up.
Interesting.
To be honest, though, I’m for any tax breaks that allow something like this to be produced:
Later,
Fox