Talking of Awards...Where did the name Emmy Awards come from?I bet you, like me, have wondered where the name Emmy Awards came from. Well, we are not alone, for thousands do it every day and put the question to Google and Yahoo. Emmies are the TV equivalent of the Film Industry’s Oscars.Now I bet you, like me, have also wondered where the name Oscar came from. Yet strangely, asking for the origin of the name Oscar is a rare search term…how bizarre
The Emmy answer is straight forward. Quite simply, the statuette is a female (winged woman triumphantly holding up the universal symbol of the electron) and Emmy is a gentler sounding name, more feminine than Immy which was the short name used by TV engineers for the image orthicon camera tubeAs for Oscar the best bet is that Academy librarian (and later executive director,) Margaret Herrick, upon seeing the statuette exclaimed "it looks just like my Uncle Oscar!" Or was it actress and two-time Academy Award winner Bette Davis, who reportedly named it after her ex-husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, Jr. or was it from "Will you have a cigar, Oscar?", an old music hall joke.In the early thirties it was being used by some film celebrities and by 1939 the Academy itself was using the name officially.
Now, on the general subject of Awards I was, while an expat in the Middle East, involved in a mixed doubles badminton tournament which took place over many weeks. At the end of it, all participants were awarded a certificate on which was a short verse, written by me, summarising their performance. This is the collection of all the verses which I read out at the Award Ceremony which some called the Sweaties. In years to come many will be asking Google ‘where did the name Sweaty Awards come from’. You heard it here first
The winners were, of course, Big HughHe’s the one with the sweaty faceAnd Ivonne, she’s the best groomed playerWith not a hair out of place
And then we have the runners upWho did a first class jobMr and Mrs ConsistencyThere names are Anne and Bob
Mike and Gill in third placeProved they're not yet o'er the hillMike might have won with a pint or twoInstead of just a Gill
In fourth, we saw big StevieDrowning in his sweatAnd Liz, who's very big up frontA killer at the net
Next came the lean and mean John H
Who harkened to Nan's pleaBut despite their noble effortsMost matches went to three
And then there's Annie CWho really knows her stuffAnd Peter who likes to tickle itBut sometimes not enough
In seventh place, Chris M
Whose game is slick and groovedAnd Susie Stretchy Long LegsThe player most improved
Madeleine M played her heart outWith fitness and agilityWhile Jon possessed a will to winThat exceeded his ability
(While Jon was absolutely magnificentBut always showed humility)
Mae T played a steady gameAs solid as a rockWhile George was swiping everythingExcept the shuttlecock
Next Tom B, the typical ScotsmanWhose shots were very meanPartnered by Di WThe well known Drop Shot Queen
Then Kate, the "Frilly Knickers" QueenWhose reign was rather shortAccompanied as she was by NiallThe jester of the court
And finallyThere's Colin MWho alas was forced to quitWhen both his lady partnersWere declared medically unfit
This collection of verses come courtesy of ‘Where Did The Name Emmy Awards Come From’
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