The list for May 24, 1996
The Top 17 Things Overheard
at the Daytime Emmy Awards
at the Daytime Emmy Awards
- “Oh, these? Lee Press-On Implants!”
- “What beautiful plumage that bird has!” (Oops, that was overheard at the Daytime Emu Awards.)
- “Lucci, Leeza. Leeza, Lucci.”
- “I *swear* the casting director said there’s an award for Perkiest Nipples in a Daytime Drama!”
- “It’s almost like a real Emmy.”
- “You can put the cash away, Ms. Lucci — the balloting is over.”
- “Excuse me, Mr. Donahue — Ms. Lake was wondering if you’re finished with that dessert.”
- “For Most Meticulously Tousled Hair After a Life or Death Struggle With an Evil, Dangerously Psychotic Twin Who’s Just Returned to Town After Having Been Unjustly Convicted of Murder and Having Spent the Past Twenty Years in an Asylum
- “Your seat is this way, Ms Lucci, but really, what’s the point?”
- “The Acheivement in Sexual Harassment Award goes to Bob Barker — for a record 10th straight year!”
- “And the winner is… Susan Lucci! Psyche!! I just like saying ‘Lucci.'”
- “And the Award for Best Performance as a Woman Named Ashley goes to…”
- “You know, I hear he’s not a doctor in real life.”
- “Oh my God! Her breasts are REAL!!”
- “Hey, watch out for that puddle next to June Allyson!”
- “Lucci, Lucci, Bo-Bucci… Banana, Fanna, Fo-Fucci…”
And the Number 1 Thing Overheard at the Daytime Emmy Awards…
- “Zzzzzzz.”
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CREDITS
Selected from 93 submissions by 28 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Gerard McDonald, New York, NY — 1, 6 (Rookie!)
- Perry Friedman, Menlo Park, CA — 1, 7
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 2 (Hall of Famer)
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 3, 15, 17 (Hall of Famer)
- JB Leibovitch, Oakland, CA — 4, 13
- Duncan Carling, San Francisco, CA — 5
- Tim Blankenbaker, Washington, DC — 8
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 8, 11
- Dave George, Arlington, VA — 9
- Caroline Gennity, Queens, NY — 10
- Sam Maranto, whereabouts unknown — 12, 16 (Rookie!)
- Yoram Puius, Bronx, NY — 14
- Galen Komatsu, Hawaii — 15
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