Forget Honor; He Wanted That Emmy

Sure, he was a longshot up against Rosie O'Donnell's show, but he allowed himself a glimmer of hope.

By CRAIG TOMASHOFF, Special to The Times

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You see, I was an Emmy nominee thanks to my days as a part of the production team behind the now-defunct "Martin Short Show." And as I sat in Radio City Music Hall last Friday watching a pair of anonymously attractive actors ripping open the envelope for our best daytime talk show category, I realized that this whole honor-to-be-nominated thing ranks right up there on the all-time greatest lies list with "The check is in the mail," "This will only hurt a little bit" and " 'Battlefield Earth' as a movie? It'll sell through the roof!"