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Emmy Plane Crash Spoof

I watched a sum total of roughly 10 minutes of the Emmys tonight.  I enjoy Conan O'Brien and I expected the opener to be amusing.  It was a montage, cleverly assmebled, that involved a number of celebrated shows, including The Office, Lost, and 24, some of which was filmed on the shows' respective sets and all of which involved one or more actors from each show.

I found it pretty amusing.  Despite the highly unfortunate timing of the Lost segment, which included an over-dramatized (for comedic effect) plane crash, uncomfortably timed with today's tragic Comair crash that claimed 49 lives, I found the segment to be pretty well done as such things go.

Many are debating whether it was in good taste.  Obviously, the bit was conceived and filmed well before today's tragedy.  But equally obviously, the producers had the opportunity to yank the segment in light of today's tragedy and chose not to.  I don't particularly begrudge the decision.  Unfortunate timing: certainly.  A travesty: I'm not so sure.

Anyway, Hot Air has the video.  Judge for yourselves.

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Emmy Plane Crash Spoof

I watched a sum total of roughly 10 minutes of the Emmys tonight.  I enjoy Conan O'Brien and I expected the opener to be amusing.  It was a montage, cleverly assmebled, that involved a number of celebrated shows, including The Office, Lost, and 24, some of which was filmed on the shows' respective sets and all of which involved one or more actors from each show.

I found it pretty amusing.  Despite the highly unfortunate timing of the Lost segment, which included an over-dramatized (for comedic effect) plane crash, uncomfortably timed with today's tragic Comair crash that claimed 49 lives, I found the segment to be pretty well done as such things go.

Many are debating whether it was in good taste.  Obviously, the bit was conceived and filmed well before today's tragedy.  But equally obviously, the producers had the opportunity to yank the segment in light of today's tragedy and chose not to.  I don't particularly begrudge the decision.  Unfortunate timing: certainly.  A travesty: I'm not so sure.

Anyway, Hot Air has the video.  Judge for yourselves.