Emmys host Nate Bargatze issue a challenge to award winners on TV’s big night:
Stick to 45-second speeches, or you’ll pay.
That payment would come in the form of thousands of dollars of money subtracted from a charitable donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
“If you wanna do more than that, do it on social media later,” Bargatze advised Emmys nominees. “More people are gonna see it there anyway.”
Bargatze explained to the assembled celebrities and TV talents at the 77th Emmy Awards that he was planning to make a $100,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Club. (See the setup in Bargatze’s opening monologue below.)
But for every second that Emmy winners went over the 45-second mark in their speeches, $1,000 would be deducted from that $100,000.
“That’s tough,” Bargatze said. “It’s hard … It’s brutal. What are you gonna do, though? I can’t change it. This is a game I made up and these are the rules.”
It was the show’s running gag, billed as a way to keep the speeches succinct and show at large from running over time.
And if someone was mindful enough to go under on time, that time would be restored to the total in the form of $1,000 dollars per second.
“Don’t go crazy, though,” Bargatze said. “’Cause, like, I am paying for this … Some of you go over a little, some go under. Do the right thing.”
You can probably guess how it all went.
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Some award recipients like Seth Rogen, a big winner for his Apple TV+ show “The Studio” — which took home 13 Emmys — added dollars back into the total with their brief speeches.
But more often than not, Emmy winners found it very difficult to stay within 45 seconds.
After all, they had to thank all the people they wanted to thank, and maybe say something meaningful — maybe even something with a national or global scope.
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The dollar amount flashed on the screen as award recipients delivered their speeches, inserting a game show element into the proceedings.
Toward the end of the show, the number had dipped into negative dollars, having completely eviscerated the $100,000.
Even if attempts were made to restore the full amount, they weren’t enough — Bargatze had to resort to a plan B (or maybe his plan all along).
“CBS is gonna add $100,000,” he said at night’s close. “I will add $250,000. It takes us to $350,000 for the Boys & Girls Club.”
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