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Pastimes : Happy Hour: A thread for not so intelligent discussions
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To: Zbyte who wrote (1635)9/15/1999 8:50:00 AM
From: Susie924   of 2380
 
> GIVING MEANING TO THE EMMYS
> _____________________________
>
>Catch the Emmys? Like the rest of the world, we at
>joke-of-the-day.com sat in front of the television set for
>too many hours watching the big stars pat themselves on the
>backs. But all the glitz and glamour takes away from the
>true meaning of the night, which is why we have decided to
>present: Re-Defining the Emmys.
>
>AWARDS SHOW
>Hollywood's only way of getting a bunch of high-profile names
>into a cheap low-budget production.
>
>HOST
>A person who can deliver a line . . . only if it's written by
>someone else . . . as long as it's written on a teleprompter.
>
>TROPHY
>Symbolically, an achievement of excellence to an outstanding
>individual; functionally, a paperweight.
>
>ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
>Here are the different types of acceptance speeches:
>
>1. Yellow Pages Speech - The winner, who carries his speech
>in a briefcase, thanks everyone he has ever met, but gets
>booted off stage before getting through the "R" section.
>
>2. The Sermon - Suddenly, the winner becomes spiritually
>enlightened and decides to spread the word of God. By the
>end of it, you think he's going to give you a toll-free number
>where you can call-in your donations.
>
>3. Gettysburg Address - Winner talks about a political problem
>occurring in a country that he couldn't find on a map.
>
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