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(Onion AV Club)   Viola receives EGOT. Bagpipe and accordion receives cease and desist   (avclub.com) divider line
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    More: Cool, Viola Davis, Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller, DC Comics, Whoopi Goldberg, 30 Rock, Film, Grammy Award  
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BigMax [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 6:26:44 PM  
Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 8:58:23 PM  
Still betting on Tracy
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bobbifleckman [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:50:10 PM  
Well earned and deserved!
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 10:10:21 PM  
John Cale, Mo Tucker, Sterling Morrison, and the ghost of Lou ecstatic.
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 10:16:16 PM  

elvisaintdead: John Cale, Mo Tucker, Sterling Morrison, and the ghost of Lou ecstatic.


🎵Severin Severin🎵
 
Trocadero
2023-02-05 10:22:55 PM  

Exile On Beale Street: Still betting on Tracy
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Hey, this is a Daytime Emmy Spoken Word Grammy!

So, it still counts! Girl's gotta eat.
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-05 11:03:51 PM  
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Well done, Viola Davis.

Also, good headline, subby. Made me LOL.
 
moothemagiccow
2023-02-05 11:23:29 PM  
Good for her, she's a wonderful actor (and other stuff?), but how to get away with murder is still a very stupid show
 
COMALite J
2023-02-05 11:30:20 PM  
Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?
 
gunga galunga [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 11:34:53 PM  

COMALite J: Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?


Maybe....just maybe...they are going alphabetical?
 
wax_on [BareFark]
2023-02-05 11:47:31 PM  
If, in another life, I were to have a band it would have an accordion, bagpipe, banjo, fiddle and a jews harp. Maybe we'd be a Led Zeppelin cover band.
 
jbc [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 11:48:12 PM  

COMALite J: Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?


Because that's the order on Phillip Michael Thomas's necklace.
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 11:52:28 PM  

jbc: COMALite J: Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?

Because that's the order on Phillip Michael Thomas's necklace.


This guy gets it.
/time to feed Elvis
 
JustHereForThePics
2023-02-05 11:56:02 PM  
It's apparently TMFT to explain WTF an EGOT is, so I'll have to DNK, FFS.
 
Last Man on Earth
2023-02-06 12:02:51 AM  

JustHereForThePics: It's apparently TMFT to explain WTF an EGOT is, so I'll have to DNK, FFS.


JFGI.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 12:18:07 AM  
That headline was corny but funny at the same time.
 
Lumbar Puncture
2023-02-06 12:22:18 AM  
Awesome, well deserved
 
Olympic Trolling Judge
2023-02-06 1:00:43 AM  
Davis joins Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno as the only people to win both the "Triple Crown"--an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony specifically for acting--and an EGOT.

And Hayes got her Grammy for reading the Bill of Rights, so I'm not gonna crap on Davis' win too hard.
 
dywed88
2023-02-06 1:10:23 AM  

BigMax: Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...


Why? About a quarter of winners have done so.

Of the now 18 winners, nine got an Emmy last, four got each of Grammy and Tony last, and one got an Oscar last. With the one note that Whoopi got her Tony last, but her Emmy was received earlier in the same award season.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-06 1:31:47 AM  

Last Man on Earth: JustHereForThePics: It's apparently TMFT to explain WTF an EGOT is, so I'll have to DNK, FFS.

JFGI.


Pronounced G F J I
 
nakmuay
2023-02-06 2:00:45 AM  
RIP
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/and 1 non-snarky RIP
 
Concrete Donkey
2023-02-06 4:31:31 AM  
A grammy for an audiobook?

Are you farking serious?


Thats beyond pathetic. Hope she gets the cold shoulder from every real musician in the world from now on
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-06 4:51:46 AM  

Concrete Donkey: A grammy for an audiobook?

Are you farking serious?


Thats beyond pathetic. Hope she gets the cold shoulder from every real musician in the world from now on


"The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959."
 
mmojo
2023-02-06 5:34:46 AM  
I'm half way to an EGOT. I don't expect to make it any further.
 
OmnomnomCookies
2023-02-06 7:00:33 AM  

gunga galunga: COMALite J: Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?

Maybe....just maybe...they are going alphabetical?


We can ask George Santos, who coined the phrase when he became the first person to win all four awards. I think Whoopi Goldberg thanked him in one of her acceptance speeches.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-06 7:09:05 AM  

OmnomnomCookies: gunga galunga: COMALite J: Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?

Maybe....just maybe...they are going alphabetical?

We can ask George Santos, who coined the phrase when he became the first person to win all four awards. I think Whoopi Goldberg thanked him in one of her acceptance speeches.


No, but Mandela did
 
BigMax [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 8:38:56 AM  

dywed88: BigMax: Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...

Why? About a quarter of winners have done so.

Of the now 18 winners, nine got an Emmy last, four got each of Grammy and Tony last, and one got an Oscar last. With the one note that Whoopi got her Tony last, but her Emmy was received earlier in the same award season.


It's like hitting for the cycle and getting the single last.  It happens, but it is getting the easiest one last.

Winning a Grammy appears to be a lot easier than willing an Emmy, Oscar or Tony.
 
Persnickety [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:40:33 AM  

Olympic Trolling Judge: Davis joins Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno as the only people to win both the "Triple Crown"--an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony specifically for acting--and an EGOT.

And Hayes got her Grammy for reading the Bill of Rights, so I'm not gonna crap on Davis' win too hard.


The Grammy is for a spoken word album which is also essentially acting.  "Quad Crown?"

IMHO, it would be even more impressive to get industry awards in four completely different categories, e.g. acting, singing, writing and producing as these are not so much overlapping skillsets.  Still, it's a remarkable achievement and well deserved.
 
FLMountainMan
2023-02-06 8:52:23 AM  

Concrete Donkey: A grammy for an audiobook?

Are you farking serious?


Thats beyond pathetic. Hope she gets the cold shoulder from every real musician in the world from now on


I think if you were to examine all the winners of the EGOT, you could find one "undeserving" award for all of them.

And I don't think "real musicians" care about the EGOT.  Her world is not theirs.
 
FLMountainMan
2023-02-06 8:54:20 AM  

OmnomnomCookies: gunga galunga: COMALite J: Why is it EGOT instead of some easier-to-say acronym like TEGO or GETO or GOTE (rhymes with GOAT)? Does the order of the letters matter, as in lower to higher ranking in entertainment hierarchy, with TV being the least legit, then music, then movies, then live theatre?

Maybe....just maybe...they are going alphabetical?

We can ask George Santos, who coined the phrase when he became the first person to win all four awards. I think Whoopi Goldberg thanked him in one of her acceptance speeches.


Damn, I did not realize this.  How crazy to be both the model for the Oscar statue and go on to actually win one.
 
Trocadero
2023-02-06 10:04:48 AM  

FLMountainMan: Concrete Donkey: A grammy for an audiobook?

Are you farking serious?


Thats beyond pathetic. Hope she gets the cold shoulder from every real musician in the world from now on

I think if you were to examine all the winners of the EGOT, you could find one "undeserving" award for all of them.

And I don't think "real musicians" care about the EGOT.  Her world is not theirs.


You could easily sell a "real musician" on doing a song/score for a movie if you told them they could get an EGOT.
 
dywed88
2023-02-06 10:53:09 AM  

BigMax: dywed88: BigMax: Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...

Why? About a quarter of winners have done so.

Of the now 18 winners, nine got an Emmy last, four got each of Grammy and Tony last, and one got an Oscar last. With the one note that Whoopi got her Tony last, but her Emmy was received earlier in the same award season.

It's like hitting for the cycle and getting the single last.  It happens, but it is getting the easiest one last.

Winning a Grammy appears to be a lot easier than willing an Emmy, Oscar or Tony.


Except for it occuring at the rate one would expect if it were random. Getting an Oscar last would be the notable one.
 
drewogatory
2023-02-06 11:06:31 AM  

Persnickety: Olympic Trolling Judge: Davis joins Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno as the only people to win both the "Triple Crown"--an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony specifically for acting--and an EGOT.

And Hayes got her Grammy for reading the Bill of Rights, so I'm not gonna crap on Davis' win too hard.

The Grammy is for a spoken word album which is also essentially acting.  "Quad Crown?"

IMHO, it would be even more impressive to get industry awards in four completely different categories, e.g. acting, singing, writing and producing as these are not so much overlapping skillsets.  Still, it's a remarkable achievement and well deserved.


No one has ever come close to a "perfect" performer's EGOT I don't think. Looking at the list it's mostly composers. And 3 of the four are all versions of acting basically.
 
dywed88
2023-02-06 11:31:46 AM  

Concrete Donkey: A grammy for an audiobook?

Are you farking serious?


Thats beyond pathetic. Hope she gets the cold shoulder from every real musician in the world from now on


And there are already two EGOT recipients whose only Grammy was the same award (under earlier names).
 
catmandu
2023-02-06 2:54:16 PM  

dywed88: BigMax: Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...

Why? About a quarter of winners have done so.

Of the now 18 winners, nine got an Emmy last, four got each of Grammy and Tony last, and one got an Oscar last. With the one note that Whoopi got her Tony last, but her Emmy was received earlier in the same award season.


Lin Manuel Miranda is going to be one of those to get the Oscar last since he already has the other three. He has been nominated twice for best song but both times lost out to a song from a Bond movie.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 4:38:47 PM  

catmandu: dywed88: BigMax: Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...

Why? About a quarter of winners have done so.

Of the now 18 winners, nine got an Emmy last, four got each of Grammy and Tony last, and one got an Oscar last. With the one note that Whoopi got her Tony last, but her Emmy was received earlier in the same award season.

Lin Manuel Miranda is going to be one of those to get the Oscar last since he already has the other three. He has been nominated twice for best song but both times lost out to a song from a Bond movie.


I wonder if they'll do a Hollywood version of Hamilton (as opposed to the filmed stage production on Disney+ right now) and that could nab him opportunities in a few categories.
 
Social Justice Warlock
2023-02-06 6:00:23 PM  

catmandu: dywed88: BigMax: Most impressively, the Grammy was the last one...

Why? About a quarter of winners have done so.

Of the now 18 winners, nine got an Emmy last, four got each of Grammy and Tony last, and one got an Oscar last. With the one note that Whoopi got her Tony last, but her Emmy was received earlier in the same award season.

Lin Manuel Miranda is going to be one of those to get the Oscar last since he already has the other three. He has been nominated twice for best song but both times lost out to a song from a Bond movie.


Like the "got the MVP already" double standards which makes it harder for some more talented soortsballers.

Or like grading on a curve.
 
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