Comments on: Assault by Emmy

Question: Assault by Emmy

maryh — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:49:59 -0800

MovieFilter: I'm sure I've seen at least one film where a character was assaulted with an Emmy award. Help me with a bet, please?

Any other film deaths/beatings/physical threats where the assailant made use of an award are welcome, too. Thanks!

By: travis08

travis08 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:12:28 -0800

intolerable cruelty........I think.

By: robcorr

robcorr — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:07:36 -0800

Yeah, in the opening scene of Intolerable Cruelty, Geoffrey Rush's character cops the prongs of his "Daytime Television Lifetime Achievement Award" in the butt.

By: maryh

maryh — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:17:49 -0800

Yup- That's the movie I was thinking of. But that can't be the only instance of Emmy abuse, can it? It has to be the single most deadly-looking award ever. I'm sure I've seen it used as a weapon in other movies/tv shows. Anyone?

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:07:35 -0800

In an episode of The Critic, Tom Hanks uses his many Oscars for a variety of uses (in the parody of Cast Away) including as firewood and as food. I'm not sure whether he uses it as a weapon or not.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:46:08 -0800

There was a Mr. Show sketch where the award winner, in his excitement, hurls the Teardrop Award into the audience and impales the guy he was nominated with. Since YouTube is blocked from here, you'll have to search for it but it's out there. Search "Mr. Show" and "Teardrop Award." and you should see it.

By: booth

booth — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:56:18 -0800

In last night's Sopranos Christopher clubs Tim Daley with an award trophy - I don't remember what it was. Some Hollywood writer's award, I bet,

By: Who_Am_I

Who_Am_I — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:18:06 -0800

Interesting. I held an Emmy once and my first thought was that it would make a great weapon. It's large and heavy and pointy and blunt all at the same time, quite menacing.

By: brujita

brujita — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:23:21 -0800

There was a Saturday Night Live sketch with Susan Lucci before she won her daytime Emmy showing people doing all sorts of things with theirs--including using them to eat corn on the cob.

By: njb

njb — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:32:32 -0800

Brujita, I remember that skit, but I think that was Juliana Margolies, perhaps, but whoever it was had just won their first one.