The Emmys

click to enlarge Tonight is the 57th annual Emmy awards. I have never paid any attention to the Emmys, and I know almost nothing about them. I was surprised to hear the number "57" because I did not realize that the Emmys had been around so long. I did a little research and discovered that, in fact, the first Emmy Awards were presented in 1949. The name "Emmy" was a feminization of "immy", a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras. Anyway, with the exception of Desperate Housewives and Family Guy, most of the stuff that is nominated I've not seen, and lot of it I've never even heard of. I think I'll watch it tonight, anyway, in the hopes of catching a glimpse of a truly hideous musical number. If they don't have one of those, then maybe I will get to see James Spader. Sigh, he's so dreamy... UPDATE I am watching the Emmys. Donald Trump and Megan Mullally are singing the theme song from Green Acres. Holy...fucking...lord. I'm afraid that my TV set is going to get struck by lightning. ONE MORE UPDATE All right, so the Daily Show won two Emmys (as it deserves to). Interesting observation though: When the Emmys showed clips from the Daily Show, they only showed clips of Jon Stewart making fun of John Kerry. No Bush Jokes, no Cheney Jokes, just Kerry jokes. What the hell? The show makes fun of everyone, yet we only see the clips that mock the left...hmmm....