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Anthony Anderson Pays Tribute To Classic TV In Emmy’s Opening Musical Number
Anthony Anderson paid tribute to classic TV shows Good Times, Facts of Life and Miami Vice in the opening musical number on tonight’s Emmys, with the Black-ish star belting out some earworm t…
Anthony Anderson paid tribute to classic TV shows Good Times, Facts of Life and Miami Vice in the opening musical number on tonight’s Emmys, with the Black-ish star belting out some earworm theme songs from behind his piano. “No Good Times, no Black-ish,” Anderson said introducing the former’s memorable “ain’t we lucky we got ’em” theme song, the show’s famous “Black Jesus” portrait hanging in the background). Following the brief opening musical number – just snippets from three theme songs – Anderson, an 11-time Emmy nominee for the ABC sitcom making his Emmy hosting debut, laid down some ground rules (his mother Doris Bowman will usher off anyone who goes too long in their speeches) before welcoming the evening’s first presenter: Christina Applegate.
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