Hammer (Nathan Fillion)did a little sketch on the emergence of web-only content.
The immense, cavernous, two-humpback-whales-could-fit-inside-of-it-comfortably-and-still-have-enough-room-for-a-small-fleet-of-school-buses Nokia.
When I arrived, the red carpet was just starting to rev into full gear.
Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC
So I was left to simply take in the second-and-third tier stars rapidly populating the first floor Nokia lobby.
(Thetrulyfamous entered the theater guarded from view by a lobby length partition.)
Theres Matt Crunchy Czuchry fromThe Good Wife!
Ooo, and I seeMad Mens Jared Harris!
Lutz from30 Rock, and Kate Flannery fromThe Office!
Im not exactly sure whyDoctor Whos David Tennant is here, but Im not complaining!
Finally, it was time to enter the Nokia and find my seat in the orchestra.
It entailed a supersonic jet and a series of camel caravans, but eventually I made it.
Those poor women, bearing witness to their embarrassment in real time.
- Host Jimmy Fallon worked tirelessly to put on a great show.
(And you just know the MMAM 2010TM was frantically scouring the audience to capture their reactions.)
Finally, the show began.
And by nearest, I mean, not requiring opera glasses to see them.)
Wait,Cathy Guisewitewon an Emmy?!
(It wasThe Mary Tyler Moore Show.)
The drama section commenced.
(After this segment, my mother texted this to me: This is a very fun show.
I hope you are getting a beer.)
(Im not saying it was undeserved; just that awards show sweeps are generally monotonous events.
Otherwise, Jewels mournful In Memoriam song helped put a hush on the evenings energy until the final categories.
(Remember this fact for two paragraphs from now.)
After Jimmy Fallon sprayed the stage with bubbly, theModern Familycast and producer/writers all peppered each other with hugs.
As I did not have Governors Ball tickets, I began moving back towards the lobby.
Some of them may still be there now.
Sam Trammell fromTrue Bloodstared into the middle distance.
Such were my four-and-a-half hours at the 2010 Emmy Awards, P-Dubs.
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