I love television oh so much (as I think most of you probably know).
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I’m a little embarrassed because when I joined the Television Academy, I was like “Oh cool! Now that I have access to buy tickets to the Emmys, I’ll always go, every year!”
I have not yet been, since becoming a member hahahahaha.
I mean, I think my first opportunity to go was 2019 (the year before the pandemic started). I was sort of low on funds at the time, moving yet again from having New York be the sort of ‘main place’ I lived to Los Angeles (again).
And I dunno. I thought, “I’ll go next year.” Then next year happened. So, I’m sitting here saying NEXT YEAR I’ll go. The pandemic will almost surely truly be endemic by then, right?
And hopefully I’m doing great in life with extra money hanging out for Emmy tickets. Heck, hopefully I have reason to go other than just being in the TV Academy. Then again, I say that a lot, and have yet to be nominated hahahaha. (When Regina Hall said she’d been through 13 FYCs with no nominations, I thought “I sort of understand! I’ve been through 4!”)
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Aaaaaanyway, what did you think about the Emmys?
I liked Keenan Thompson as the host. He was funny and has a really lovely energy, like he reeeeally loves TV – which I think he does. His moment with Kel (his old co-star) was very cute. I thought the whole sketch, in fact, with Kumail at the bar was pretty fun. But Kumail will always be great.
While I do think some of the bits felt a little try-too-hard, I’m a very try-too-hard person who’s willing to throw things against the wall and see what sticks. So, I get it! I love that in general they kept trying to do bits with almost all the presenters.
It was a great way to inject things that were interesting in a ceremony that usually gets pretty long and such, as you know.
And this is where I’ll pick up tomorrow!