This is how its done.

The Emmys are usually pretty awful. A step up from the SAGs, no doubt. But they are just kinda dull and low energy. That long trog (is that the word? is that even a word?) through the miniseries/tv movie stuff in particular brings things to a screeching hault. That being said, Jane Lynch's Entourage joke is enough to make up for that terrible intro, bizarre sound problems and those stupid EmmyTones. And a lot of the Drama winners provided surprises.

But all of that fails in comparison to this.

As someone who has watched countless award shows in his lifetime, I can safely say this is by far one of the greatest moments any has ever pulled off. It had nothing to do with the producers or writers and had everything to do with the creativity of the actual nominees and letting them run with it. Letting them actually have their moment. It was gloriously tongue-in-cheek, poking fun of the whole enterprise while bringing it back down to reality with the winner's genuine "holy shit" moment. I can only hope that someone high up at AMPAS will give Amy Poehler a phone call.

Hopefully, the video is still available here.