
Seriously, Emmys... This is all you've got?
This was the 60th anniversary of the Emmys -- essentially the 60th anniversary of TV. Yet apart from the obligatory shot of Lucy on the assembly line, Clint Eastwood on 'Rawhide' and a few other mini moments, there was a glaring lack of respect for anything made before 1965. (Pre-activist TV/Norman Mailer era, ya see.)
Trotting out a flaming-lib, near-senile Tommy Smothers for a totally political award about summed it up.
And in the montage of stars who had passed on this year, note who got applause and who didn't...
No applause:
Charlton Heston
Richard Widmark
Deborah Kerr
Syd Charisse
William F. Buckley
Much applause:
George Carlin
Bernie Mac
Tim Russert (But only when it became apparent he was interviewing Hillary Clinton in the clip.)

Worst of all, 'Lost' and 'The Office' were shut out.
Josh Grobin's theme song medley was kinda cool, as was Ricky Gervais reclaiming his Emmy from Steve Carell. Funny, clever stuff. Other than that... Wow.
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