“You’re simply attempting to make a name. After which John Oliver’s canine pops up!” government producer Jesse Collins quips
Final evening’s Emmy Awards have been… nicely, advantageous. Let’s simply name them advantageous. Nothing too loopy occurred, aside from one or two memorable moments, like when John Oliver’s acceptance speech garnered the wrap-it-up music simply as he began speaking about his lifeless canine.
In a brand new interview with Selection, the producers of the 76th Emmy Awards stated they have been simply as startled as everybody else. Selecting the correct second to drop the proverbial needle on somebody’s speech is, after all, a advantageous artwork. And in the intervening time, the manufacturing workforce at Jesse Collins Leisure thought they have been within the clear as Oliver began speaking about his canine whereas accepting the trophy for Excellent Scripted Selection Collection for Final Week Tonight.
“We had essentially the most improbable canine. She was at my marriage ceremony. She obtained us by a pandemic. She was with us by two pregnancies,” Oliver stated earlier than the notorious play-off music started to swell. He then quipped: “Excellent alternative of music! We needed to say goodbye to her.”
Oliver then leveled a joking “Fuck you!” on the music administrators. After the music was switched off, he went on to dedicate the prize to all canines, and after ending, he advised the Emmy manufacturing workforce, “Play me off now!”
Dionne Harmon, president of Jesse Collins Leisure, stated, “He was speaking concerning the canine, and we’re like… he’s lifeless? No! Take the music again, give the lifeless canine some respect!”
Govt producer Jesse Collins recalled the precise second when he realized what was occurring: “I used to be like, ‘Oh, take the music down!’ You’re simply attempting to make a name. After which John Oliver’s canine pops up!”
And Collins famous that Oliver dealt with the second in stride whereas acknowledging the plain: “It was nice TV!”