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Lighter Moments Backstage at the Emmys
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Lighter Moments Backstage at the Emmys
(Monday, September 22 11:05 AM)
By Daniel Fienberg
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - If you put enough comedians in a room, the results can be infectious. With the likes of Dennis Miller, George Lopez, Ellen DeGeneres and Martin Short taking the stage at the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, even the amateur laughmeisters were throwing out punchlines in the press tent.
Certainly some of the humor backstage on Sunday night (Sept. 21) came from expected sources. Ray Romano accepted his show's outstanding comedy Emmy with gratitude and one-liners, while George Lopez made a brief, but memorable appearance in the press tent. However, from Joe Pantoliano's steam-of-consciousness riffing to a surprisingly jovial visit from the normally press-shy James Gandolfini, some of Emmy night's funniest moments came from unexpected sources. Even Walter Cronkite played the room for laughs.
The level of absurdity in the tent was elevated by reporter Ted Casablanca, who peppered several stars with inappropriate questions (asking Cronkite for his opinion on the new wave of gay shows produced more confusion than illumination) and perplexed several more by making them choose a fellow celebrity for a hypothetical same-sex kiss.
Celebrity Bons Mots
"I wasn't whacked. A 'whack' is a sanctioned Mafia hit. I was killed in cold blood." -- Joe Pantoliano, setting the record straight on his untimely, but Emmy-worthy, demise on "The Sopranos."
"I used to have a recurring dream that I was nominated, but they wouldn't let me into the building. And the dream was that my mother and my aunt, we would crawl through the air-conditioning ducts to try to get into the building and by the time I got there, I heard that I lost." -- The voluble Joey Pants, again, on his childhood dreams.
"Do women really want to be comedy writers? Because I can tell you, and these guys can concur, it's kinda a sh*tty job. I want to be a model." -- Double winner Jon Stewart on the paucity of female writers on his testosterone-heavy staff. For a man holding two Emmys, Stewart was actually surprisingly bitter.
"There's going to be a wedding and we're going to introduce a baby." -- The uncomfortable Stewart, describing upcoming changes to "The Daily Show." Stewart closed his terse remarks by looking out at the press and declaring, "How can I free you from this room?"
"Let's start a little Jon Stewart-George Lopez rivalry here." -- George Lopez, responding to Stewart grading the night's comedy performances a B+.
"I went from George Lopez to 'Hey Mr. Estrada, we miss you on TV.'" -- Lopez, on the reasons for his recent weight loss. The comedian went on to add that his only regret for the evening was that he didn't have the chance to kiss Simon Cowell, noting "He's got some lovely A-cups."
"I have to put you on notice. I'm a little hard of hearing. Well, deaf as a post is more like it." -- The legendary Walter Cronkite, showing a lighter side.
"We're thieves and crooks, and they show me in my underwear far too much." -- Winner James Gandolfini on why "The Sopranos" can't seem to win for outstanding drama. Gandolfini also took a second to plug for his friend Joe, running for freeholder of Union, N.J.
"I have a fireplace that doesn't have a mantle yet and I think I'll build a mantle, because wouldn't these look good on it?" -- "Door to Door" writer-star William H. Macy, clutching two soon-to-be homeless trophies.
"Now I never want to do another movie without her. She's the bee's knees." -- Macy, describing "Door to Door" co-star Helen Mirren. While this isnt necessarily funny, Zap2it is committed to doing whatever is necessary to promote the use of the phrase "bee's knees" in colloquial speech.
"He's buried in prep." -- "Taken" writer-executive producer Leslie Bohem on the whereabouts of Steven Spielberg. Sounds like a "Sopranos"-style mob hit to us.
"They're my Queer Eye. They make me look good." -- Ray Romano, referring to the cast and crew of outstanding comedy winner "Everybody Loves Raymond."
"Jiminy Cricket." -- Romano's response to Ted Casablanca's same-sex kiss question (co-star Doris Roberts' answer was Vanessa Redgrave).
"Frankly I'm jealous of everyone who gets to go to work on 'The West Wing' tomorrow." -- Underemployed "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin.
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