MOST CANDID PRESENTER
Elaine Stritch
One of the prerogatives of being 82, a stage and screen legend, and well Elaine Stritch is that you get to say whatever you want, no matter what the TelePrompTer says. Given the unusual theater-in-the-round stage set, it's no wonder she seemed not to know where to look for her cue as a presenter. ''I'm not fakin' this. I really don't know what the hell I'm doing,'' she announced. Then, objecting to the lame banter she'd been asked to recite with co-presenter Stanley Tucci (about how their asking prices just went up because of their Guest Actor in a Comedy prizes), Stritch said, ''Oh, wait a minute. I don't know about you, Mr. Tucci, but I have never been cheap. And I have never been easy, God knows. And my quotes have always been up. Which explains why I'm so rarely seen on television.'' Can someone remedy that, please?
2008 Emmy Awards
All the buzz about TV's big night

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