tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5529965218888263104..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: What it's like to win an EmmyBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58146146935073998882008-09-21T18:11:00.000-07:002008-09-21T18:11:00.000-07:00Seriously?! I received better treatment for getti...Seriously?! I received better treatment for getting Most Courteous in grade school.Lisa @ Serah'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588736167651644493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13515758318015300622008-09-21T16:48:00.000-07:002008-09-21T16:48:00.000-07:00Ken, great post as usual! I would love to hear wh...Ken, <BR/><BR/>great post as usual! I would love to hear what you think of today's NY Times article about the current state of the sitcom. They argue that with Reality Shows pushing the envelope so much in terms of how willing they are to embarrass their contestants, it's left sitcoms without a place to play that traditional role (in the past embarrassing their characters has been a big source of humor, but now it's harder to do as reality shows have taken it to such an extreme.)<BR/><BR/>What's your take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51476997451105702862008-09-21T15:20:00.000-07:002008-09-21T15:20:00.000-07:00So, Ken, Diablo Cody, aka the Girl Who Saved Holly...So, Ken, <I>Diablo Cody</I>, aka the Girl Who Saved Hollywood or alternately, the Next New Thing, keeps her Oscar under the sink in her bathroom, and inquiring minds want to know, where do you keep <I>your</I> Emmy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81083645730704270572008-09-21T13:08:00.000-07:002008-09-21T13:08:00.000-07:00A friend of mine is up for an Emmy tonight. I'll p...A friend of mine is up for an Emmy tonight. I'll pass this along so he doesn't get too uppity.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82514695672836740952008-09-21T10:29:00.000-07:002008-09-21T10:29:00.000-07:00I voted for you again this year, Ken. Had to write...I voted for you again this year, Ken. Had to write you in, but it was worth it. <BR/><BR/>Anyone else tempted to go hang out behind the theater tonight by the dumpster? When they push the winners out the back door, we could 'acquire' our very own Emmys.<BR/>-AEAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259951307196646436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1945301140501431722008-09-21T03:33:00.000-07:002008-09-21T03:33:00.000-07:00Ben,Your account is fascinating, and actually answ...Ben,<BR/><BR/>Your account is fascinating, and actually answered a number of questions I'd wondered about for years. I have a number of friends with Emmys, both local and the big ones, but I'd never thought to ask how they can take home awards that night, when the won't be enscribed yet.<BR/><BR/>Gee, I wish I could win one. I NEED a new Phillips screwdriver.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7707625028928890182008-09-21T00:20:00.000-07:002008-09-21T00:20:00.000-07:00I've won three local Emmy's (Emmies?) in my career...I've won three local Emmy's (Emmies?) in my career in local television. And it's almost exactly the same. Except for millions of people watching, a picture with the presenter, signing the board, the media interviews. And at the local level, it's not a dumpster--just a couple of old metal trash cans.<BR/><BR/>Actually, for me, it went like this: go up on stage with the three other people with whom you won, stand there trying to remember to not pick your nose while one of the other guys makes a speech. Then behind the curtains, hand off the statuette (they only have the one display model that gets used over and over again) to the rent-a-cop (honest to God--he wears white gloves), sign a couple of forms promising that you really did the work you said you did, then they give you a box with a statue in it. Before you sign your receipt saying you got your statuette, they open the box and show the Emmy to you. It's just like at Pizza Hut, when they show you your pizza to prove it's been made right.<BR/><BR/>Then, off to another room, where you have your complimentary photograph taken and are given the rare opportunity to purchase at a low, low price a lovely frame in which to place your complimentary photograph. Then, it's back to the ballroom, to wait for your next category to be called. (Or, since you're already outside, over to the bar for more alcohol, since your next category is about two hours away.)<BR/><BR/>Six to eight weeks later, you get in the mail a flexible metal strip that wraps around the statuette's base. You use the two included screws to fasten it. How do you screw them in? Again, I swear this is true--they gave each winner a Philips head screwdriver with the message "NATAS/RS Owens Congratulates the EMMY AWARD winners." <BR/><BR/>That is, of course, unless they misspell the title of the program you worked on. Then you send the metal strip back and wait another 6-8 weeks for a new strip which, for unknown reasons, is done in an entirely different typeface and style.<BR/><BR/>So...pretty much the same.Ben Scrippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629025600375451260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59132137717400613032008-09-20T22:35:00.000-07:002008-09-20T22:35:00.000-07:00Back in my production days, I always wanted to win...Back in my production days, I always wanted to win a local Emmy and was sorry that I did not. Thank you so much for letting me know it would have been incredibly disappointing. <BR/><BR/>I can now move on. :-)<BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>Better late then never: I am proud that you won an Emmy. <BR/>That help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com