Cedric The Entertainer Honors TV History And Biz Markie In Short & Sweet Emmy Opening
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deadline.comProducers of this year’s Emmy Awards promised the opening musical number would be short and sweet, and they kept their word.
With Cedric the Entertainer offering a very brief opening monologue about the central role TV has played in his life – he gave a shout-out to his grandmother and their time spent watching “our programs together” – the host then launched into a celebrity rap-along to a rewritten version of the late Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.”With lyrics adjusted to portray TV as an old friend – “Oh TV you, you got what I need” – the opening number made reference to Seinfeld, Ted Lasso, Sesame Street and seemingly everything in between (including, of course, Covid).
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