Opening Monologue: 76th Emmy Awards

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Opening Monologue: 76th Emmy Awards Eugene Levy and Dan Levy host the 76th Emmy Awards.

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00:00Live from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California, it's the 76th Emmy Awards.

00:27Please welcome your hosts, Dan and Eugene Levy.

00:42Welcome everybody to the 76th Emmy Awards, also known as broadcast TV's biggest night

00:52for honoring movie stars on streaming services.

00:56We're very, very excited to be here tonight.

00:59I think most of you know we are not stand-up comedians.

01:02No, in fact, I wouldn't even really call us hosts.

01:05We're more like, what, like actors acting like hosts, which is a huge gamble for us.

01:11But if it goes well tonight, my name is pronounced Levy, not Levy.

01:16And if things go south, my name is pronounced Martin Short.

01:23This is actually the first opportunity that we have had to work together since our show

01:27Schitt's Creek ended.

01:28Unless you count the time you tried to convince Ryan Murphy to cast us as the Menendez brothers,

01:40which...

01:41Well, they weren't twins.

01:42It was a bad idea.

01:43It was a really bad idea.

01:44All right, nevertheless, nevertheless, good to be back by your side.

01:48You know, this is a very special night for me.

01:52You know, I've played a lot of dads in my day.

01:54Yes, I was a dad in American Pie, I was a dad in Finding Dory, and our show, Schitt's

01:59Creek.

02:00Sure.

02:01But without question, my most rewarding dad role ever has been being your dad.

02:12In Schitt's Creek.

02:14Because it got me my first acting Emmy.

02:22Why are we applauding bad parenting?

02:24Anyway, we are off to a really heartwarming start.

02:28Little bit of history here.

02:30Emmy history, the very first Emmys host in 1949 was Walter O'Keefe.

02:37That's true.

02:38And tonight we are making Emmy history as the very first father-son pair to mention

02:42Walter O'Keefe since 1949.

02:45Now, we're all here celebrating tonight because your shows struck a chord with audiences.

02:52Your stories, your characters, we see ourselves in them.

02:56We've all had a teacher that's changed our lives like Quinta Brunson in Abbott Elementary.

03:04Yeah, and we've all had a codependent, borderline, homoerotic relationship with our boss, like

03:13Hannah Einbinder in Hacks.

03:16No.

03:18What?

03:20That's not quite it.

03:22It's not?

03:23We're talking about universal truths.

03:25Okay.

03:26Like how we've all struggled to make friends in a new city, like Carrie Coon in The Gilded

03:30Age.

03:31Yeah.

03:33Sure.

03:36And how we've all done salacious tell-alls with the BBC to get back at a lying, cheating

03:40ex like Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown.

03:42Okay.

03:43You know what?

03:44I just, I don't think you're getting it.

03:49I think I am getting it.

03:50No, no, no, no.

03:51Striking a chord was the point, but anyway, let's move on.

03:54Happily, we haven't even given out a single award tonight and yet Shogun has already made

03:59Emmy history.

04:00At the Creative Arts Emmys held last weekend, the Shogun team took home 14 Emmys, making

04:14it the most decorated show in a single season.

04:19Yeah.

04:22And deservedly so.

04:23I mean, the attention to detail on that show, the creators of Shogun actually had their

04:27scripts translated into Japanese, rewritten, and then translated back into English subtitles

04:34that you missed because you were also on your phone watching Sabrina Carpenter eat a hot

04:38wing.

04:40The Bear is nominated for 23 Emmys tonight, making it the most nominated comedy in history.

04:52Now, I love the show.

04:55I love the show, and I know some of you might be expecting us to make a joke about whether

05:00The Bear is really a comedy, but in the true spirit of The Bear, we will not be making

05:06any jokes.

05:07It's a big year for queer representation on TV.

05:18Nava Mao with her first nomination.

05:24Colin Taylor with her ninth.

05:31And then there's Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer, both recognized tonight for playing

05:34lovers and fellow travelers.

05:38Yeah.

05:41Proving that you can be nominated for playing gay even if you're not straight.

05:53And you know, Son, I'm particularly proud of my streamer, Apple TV+, which continues

06:03to proudly and visibly align itself with the LGBTQ community.

06:14That's not what the plus stands for.

06:16That's not what the plus...

06:21What does it stand for?

06:22I don't know.

06:23You're the one with the show on there.

06:26Apple TV+.

06:27Yeah.

06:28Paramount+.

06:29Disney+.

06:30ESPN+.

06:31All also not directly affiliated with the community.

06:39Well that I knew.

06:40Yeah.

06:41Yeah.

06:42I just...

06:43Reservation Dogs has four nominations tonight.

06:51After three excellent seasons of widespread critical acclaim, they finally received a

06:57nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.

07:00Yeah.

07:01So you might say the Academy voters found a show that's been creatively thriving for

07:08years and said, hey, look what we discovered.

07:12Baby Reindeer's nominated for 11 Emmys this year.

07:16Sure is.

07:18The show was both frightening and oddly relatable for everyone out there whose parents still

07:24haven't mastered the art of texting.

07:27Like this text I got from my dad about tonight's show.

07:32Let's host Emmys.

07:33Colin Farrell will be there.

07:35You still have crush?

07:37I didn't think these were going public.

07:40Or this one.

07:42Walter O'Keefe joke.

07:43Too mean?

07:45Sent from my iPhone.

07:47You don't even own an iPhone.

07:49What does it matter?

07:50What does it matter?

07:51And this last one.

07:53Best ramen near me.

07:54Okay.

07:55I think that was just a mistake.

07:56I think you were just Googling something.

07:57I was hungry.

07:58All right.

07:59And I'm still hungry.

08:00There are 59,000 more where those came from.

08:01All right.

08:02Okay.

08:03Got it.

08:04Before we get to our first award tonight, we just wanted to chat about acceptance.

08:08Please.

08:09In what can only be described as a cruel joke, two Canadians have been put in charge of playing

08:14you off tonight.

08:15Canadians don't like interrupting anybody.

08:19It goes against our nature.

08:20Confrontation in general is anxiety-inducing, especially for my 77-year-old father, okay?

08:26I don't like it.

08:27The man is frailer than he looks.

08:28He gets palpitations from time to time.

08:30I'm hearing about tendinitis.

08:31Okay.

08:32That's good.

08:33That's good.

08:34No, no.

08:35The point, the point, the point is.

08:36Yeah.

08:37If you're going to say anything meaningful or emotional or, God forbid, political, just,

08:41you know, keep it short because the pressure alone on me.

08:43Yeah.

08:44I don't want to be alarmist here, but having to cut you off could kill this man.

08:47Okay.

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