My Thoughts on the Emmys: What Were the Most Squealworthy Moments?

The day after the Emmys there are always countless posts on the Internet rating the night’s best and worst moments and best and worst outfits.

Here is another one of those posts…

Let me cut right to the chase and tell you what moment had me squealing the most—the appearance of Charlie Sheen. I started squealing when they showed him backstage going into the commercial break. And when he took the stage and said he wanted to address the people from “Two and a Half Men”? You could hear a pin drop in that audience.

I have to question the director and why he didn’t get a reaction shot from Jon Cryer at any point during Charlie’s presentation. I’m guessing Chuck Lorre probably told the cameras to not even think about it. I also think the Emmys writers made a huge mistake in not cutting the troll joke from Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher’s presentation. Since Charlie had made his speech to make amends, pointing out his past transgressions just wasn’t funny and Jon and Ashton came off extremely awkward.

The moment that had me squealing the second-most was Michael Bolton singing “Captain Jack Sparrow” with Lonely Island. When that song was nominated, I actually wrote on my personal Facebook page that I thought he should sing it at the Emmys, never dreaming it would actually happen. In fact, that entire Lonely Island medley was squealworthy. John Stamos as Andy Samberg? Maya Rudolph as Lady Gaga? You could see Akon laughing all the way through “I Just Had Sex.” He was probably just so stunned to be there…

My third most squealworthy moment? Melissa McCarthy winning for Best Actress in a Comedy. People had written off “Mike & Molly” all season long, so it was nice to see Melissa get the recognition she deserves. The beauty pageant bit with all of the nominees was funny too, although it did sort of infringe on Melissa’s acceptance speech a little. I would’ve loved to have heard her say something snarky in reference to the blogger who said she didn’t want to see bigger people have sex…

And my fourth squealing moment came near the end when Barry Pepper won the award for Best Actor in a TV Movie/Mini-Series for his portrayal of Bobby Kennedy in “The Kennedys.” No matter what you might think about the mini-series, Pepper was extraordinary in the role and totally deserved the award. I just wish he could have been there to accept it…

Here are some other random thoughts about last night’s show…

Jane Lynch can sing! Why doesn’t “Glee” let her sing more? The opening was a tad long and had a bad segue between the taped segment and her live entrance, but it still worked…

The Emmy Tones were just the kind of lame thing that Joel McHale would make fun of on “The Soup,” not the kind of thing he would actually be a part of. Of course, I think that was the point. They were supposed to be lame. And boy, did they succeed…

We didn’t get the usual Stephen Colbert-Steve Carell presenters pairing, but we did get Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. And it was even better. We did get the usual Ricky Gervais presentation—although on tape—and I think it was his funniest yet…

Martha Plimpton looked amazing, but what was that mini-dress Laura Linney was wearing?...

The funniest line of the night was from Kim Kardashian in “The Office” spoof: “I don’t understand that word, work? Am I saying that correctly?”…

Boo hiss to the Emmy voters for returning to form and giving “The Amazing Race” the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program. No way “Top Chef All-Stars” didn’t deserve that…

I thought the video montages for each category were very good, but I didn’t see any clips from “NCIS” in the drama montage. Seeing as how it’s the #1 drama on TV, probably would’ve been a good idea. Kudos, though, for including “Psych” in the comedy montage…

I found it interesting that they held the Movie/Mini-Series categories until the end. Maybe because of the movie stars like Kate Winslet?...

So good to see Paul McCrane presenting after his win for Best Guest Actor in a Drama for “Harry’s Law.” But I think the Creative Arts Emmys could have used just a tad more love…

I’m sure there were people accidentally left out of the “In Memoriam” segment. There always are. But I thought the choice of “Hallelujah” for the song to accompany it was a stroke of genius. And The Canadian Tenors sounded amazing…

I thought there was a great variety of presenters and the pairings were interesting. Plus, all of them—with the exception of Jon and Ashton—were entertaining. But did any pairing look better than Rob Lowe and Sofia Vergara? Jon Stewart was right about them making beautiful children…

What in the world was Gwyneth Paltrow wearing?...

They should consider letting Steve Levitan (creator of “Modern Family”) host next year. The moment when the director switched to his wife in the audience after he admitted his kids had walked in on them “in the act” was pretty classic…

Jane Lynch was a good host because she didn’t make it about her. She just smoothly introduced the presenters with funny jokes—often jokes that had nothing to do with them. Her best one? “People often ask me why I’m a lesbian. Ladies and gentlemen, the cast of ‘Entourage.’”…

Speaking of which, how good did Jerry Ferrara (Turtle) look last night?...

Finally, congratulations to the other big winners: Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”), “The Daily Show,” Margo Martindale (“Justified”), Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”), Kyle Chandler (“Friday Night Lights”), Maggie Smith (“Downton Abbey”), Guy Pearce (“Mildred Pierce”), Kate Winslet (“Mildred Pierce”), “Downton Abbey,” “Mad Men” and “Modern Family.”

So what did you guys think of the Emmys? What were your favorite moments of the night?

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