Anthony Anderson's Mom Heckled Emmy Winners Offstage — And It Got Mixed Reviews
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The comedian’s mom served as the “play-off mama” to get people off the stage if they went over their allotted speech time.
Comedian Anthony Anderson might’ve hosted the 75th Emmy Awards on Monday night, but it was his mom, Doris Hancox, who stole the show.
At the awards ceremony at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Anderson, 53, kicked off the show with a nostalgic monologue about classic TV shows, including “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Good Times” and “Miami Vice.”
Anderson revealed that this year’s show would be sans traditional orchestral play-off music whenever a winner went over their allotted speech time.
Explaining that 27 Emmys would be handed out through the evening and that winners would need to forgo long acceptance speeches to keep the show on schedule, he revealed he’d tapped Hancox to be the “play-off mama” to good-naturedly heckle people to wrap it up if they talked too long.
“Tonight, my mama, she is going to be the Emmys’ ‘play-off mama.’ When you see my mama coming, just thank Jesus and your family, and wrap it up,” Anderson joked to the crowd.
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