July
17
Flight Of Conchords, Clapton And Everlast Snare Emmy Nominations
Two songs from the Flight of the Conchords are up for Emmy consideration, "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" and "Inner City Pressure." But they have a tough battle ahead as Sarah Silverman's Internet hit "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" is a contender in the category, too, and devious-minded voters may prefer watching a presenter work their way around a vulgarity, not to mention a reunion of the freshly split Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel.
"Beautiful Girl" has the classic lines suggesting she could be a high-class prostitute or a part-time model; in "Inner City," they observe: "When you're unemployed, there's no vacation/No one cares, no one sympathizes/You just stay home and play synthesizers.
The other nominees are "I ain't got no Rhythm" from "Disney Phineas and Ferb" and the MADtv tune "Sad Fitty Cent."
Other nominees from the pop and rock world include the rapper Everlast, James Taylor and Eric Clapton, whose "Crossroads Guitar Festival" is in a category by itself. The show can actually lose to no one as the the Emmy voters still have to give a thumbs up to giving the program a trophy.
Other Emmy nominations include,
The themes: Tree Adams' "Canterbury's Law," Carl Hill Williams, Michael Walker and Michael Culross Jr.'s "Phineas and Ferb," Jeff Lippencott and Mark T. Williams' "Kid Nation," Russ Landau's "Pirate Master" and Eric "Everlast" Schrody's "Saving Grace."
Series score: Ronald Neal Jones ("Family Guy"); John Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka ("House"), Joey Newman (Little People, Big World), Michael Giacchino ("Lost"), Alf Clausen ("The Simpsons").
Score for a miniseries, movie or special: Alex Wurman ("Bernard and Doris"),
Jeff Beal ("The Company"), Rob Lane ("John Adams"), Laura Karpman ("Masters of Science Fiction: Jerry was a Man"), Lennie Niehaus ("Mitch Albom's For One Day"), Martin Phipps ("Sense & Sensibility").
"James Taylor: One Man Band (Great Performances)" is up for Variety, Music or Comedy Special.
"Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago" (Great Performances) is up for Special Class Program - Not Exclusively made for Television Variety, Music, Comedy Event Programs.
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