The Emmys (Much Belated)

Well, I was out of town last weekend–which was cool, because it meant I got to watch the Emmys with my mom, who is my favorite awards show companion–but it led to me putting off the Emmys write-up for a day or so and then completely forgetting about it for another week.

So, here is a quick and dirty discussion of my impressions of winners, losers, etc.  (Oh, that’s an expression.  What follows will not be in any way dirty.)

The opening act: I’ve never wanted to watch Glee before, but this song-and-dance number really made me want to.  So, when Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Joel McHale, Jorge Garcia, and Jon Hamm all guest star on Glee (in the same episode), I will watch.  Until then, I will content myself with watching this performance via online video.

Comedy awards: Well, I weep for Amy Poehler.  No, not really, because she’ll totally get another shot next year.  (If NBC ever brings Parks and Rec back.)  I do think that Edie Falco is great—but she’s right that she’s not really a comedian, and Nurse Jackie, which I’ve seen here and there, is not really a comedy.  It’s super-broad–there’s a character with like, anxiety-induced groping disorder, and at least one episode where Jackie flushed a human ear down a toilet–but it’s also about addiction and adultery and death and way more conducive to the serious, poignant moments that tend to win Emmys than, say, 30 Rock.  So it’s kind of not a fair comparison, but I’m not going to take that argument any farther because believe me, it goes nowhere.

All I have to do is purchase the second season of Parks and Recreation on DVD.  And I will watch the episode Amy submitted, “Telethon,” again and again, so I can see Leslie Knope smack herself against a plastic window on a sugar high, and attempt to fill airtime by flipping coins (“Ooooh, what’s gonna happen next?  Tails!  Another one for tails.”), and try to defuse a potentially embarrassing situation by threatening to remove her pants.  The second time she’s done that this season, incidentally.  (And if none of that grabs you, don’t you want to see Perd Hapley doing the worm?)

Click ahead for more on comedy, plus drama and the rest!