Ramy Youssef received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and for Directing for a Comedy Series, and sadly he lost both to Schitt’s Creek last night. We saw what happened when Eugene Levy, Andrew Cividino, and Dan Levy won, but we didn’t see what happened when Youssef lost.
The comedian showed us what happens when you lose during a pandemic, and the award show is being done virtually. There is a person in a hazmat suit outside your house waiting to give you the gold statuette. Then when your name is not called, they go away.
As the host of TV’s big night said, “No one goes home empty-handed, they are already home.”
I would not know whether to laugh or cry when the award holder left. Thankfully, Ramy laughed like we laugh with his show that I have never seen. Just like I didn’t see the Emmys.
