From: lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:44:50 -0700, Jim Ellwanger   
    wrote:   
      
   >In article <44F252AB.C0ABFEB4@winternet.com>,   
   > polar  wrote:   
   >   
   >> A couple things about the Emmys - I loved the opening bit   
   >> with Conan going through several shows.   
   >   
   >Incidentally, in case someone's unaware (particularly Joseph, since he's   
   >off in another hemisphere):  there's been some criticism of the fact   
   >that they ran that opening bit complete with the "Lost" parody only a   
   >few hours after a commuter flight crashed on takeoff from Lexington,   
   >Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board.  The Emmy folks said it   
   >was too late to edit it to take out the crashing-plane content.   
   >   
      
   Seems like they just didn't have anything else to talk about regarding   
   the show itself so they've picked up on this sketch as their thing to   
   single out and turn into a controversy.  Yes, everyone regrets any   
   unintended "linkage" of the Lost parody to the real tragedy in   
   Kentucky - but did *anyone* actually make that connection until the   
   next day when the news brought it up?  I sure didn't, and I imagine   
   the Emmy folks probably didn't either or they'd have found a way to   
   drop the skit.   
      
   -lugnut   
      
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