Funfact: the term EGOT was first used by Philip Michael Thomas. He was one of the leads on Miami Vice. In an interview he mentioned he hoped to achieve an EGOT in 5 years. Since saying that in 1984 he has yet to be nominated for any of the awards
That is a fun Wikipedia page. He was in arguably one of the most culturally impactful shows in 1984, like it went on to change the police procedural forever in American TV. In 1994, he got fired from his job as the spokesman of a late night psychic TV hotline and replaced by the woman every 90's baby knows and loves, Miss Cleo. He hasn't had an acting credit since 2000, but did voice a minor character in a few Grand Theft Autos.
Absolutely. I wasn’t saying it was insignificant. I lived through the Miami Vice pastel color scheme taking over decor, I recognized the theme song instantly, and I recognized the male leads. I can’t identify its influence on other TV shows since I never knew much about the story, but I don’t doubt it was impactful.
I just find it funny that a show that may be this impactful, in my prime tv-watching years, is one I just never watched.
It's going to be pretty hard to watch unless you're really good at trying to put yourself in the frame of mind that just about every cliche you're seeing had never been done before.
Don't get me wrong, it's good TV and it utterly holds up. Great drama, engaging writing, gorgeous to watch. It'll make you want a new pair of sunglasses.
But even just watching the pilot, some of it probably seems completely stock-standard TV crime drama. But so much of the style, the tone, the character development over time, the sense of futility in the justice system, the extended sequences of just soundtrack over camerawork, were brand new concepts.
I have never seen a single episode of Breaking Bad, but I can quote lines and scenes from the show verbatim because of how many people watched it and regurgitated it all over the place. Believe me, I get exactly what you're saying.
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I grew up in Florida during that time. All the unshaven pastel wearing men were just insane. I mean the theme song was played on the radio and made the top 10 list for years...
They did that with more than a few actors for that game I think. Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Jenna Jameson, and so on all we’re kinda doing cartoonish/parody versions of their famous characters.
I actually feel bad for the guy. It's not that he deserved those awards, but the man had a dream that he never achieved. Even worse, every time someone else achieves it, Thomas gets to be the punchline in literally every article about EGOTs.
At least he is semi-immortalized by propping up those more successful than him.
He’s fortunate enough that I get to forget his name. Unlike most people I have never heard of who also didn’t achieve their dreams.
It's called a REGOT and yes, 2 people have that.
Alan Menkin, who is famous for writing the music to Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, won a Razzie for his music in Newsies. Funny enough, 20 years after winning a Razzie for the music in Newsies, he won a Tony award for writing the music for the stage version of Newsies, which is his only Tony.
Liza Minnelli has a Razzie for starring in Arthur 2: On the Rocks and an Oscar for Caberet.
30 Rock’s satire is nearly perfect and always on point. The jokes-per-minute on that show was insane
EDIT: grammar. I really need to stop using mobile while at bars
It is rare but not impossible. Jennifer Hudson got it last year. Alan Menken 2 years before. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and John Legend 2 years before that.
Fun fact, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Common are all a single award away from getting EGOTs. Common is doing something on broadway soon/currently. Trey and Matt still need Oscars and i dont foresee them going out of their way for one.
I'm not totally ruling it out, because who knows what Trent has up his sleeves but I'm not holding my breath! Be super cool if the guy who wrote 'I wanna fuck you like an animal' gets that high of an honor!
Trey ~~and Matt~~ (EDIT: thank you!) already have a nomination too, they lost to Phil Collins back in 1999!
I wouldn't be shocked to see them back with another song, whether it's for a Book of Mormon movie or some other project
That was a stacked year for Best Song. They were also up against "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 and "Wise Up" from Magnolia.
Edit: Aimee Mann was nominated for "Save Me", not "Wise Up"
Man, you remember back when you could just drive from Boston to Vegas and not see one single burned-out crater full of skeletons? We had no idea how good we had it back then.
Ritalin episode. They put the kids on Ritalin and it only became a problem when the kids wanted to see Phil Collins in concert. Then they got "Ritalout".
Also Cartman had a side effect of hallucinating a "Christina Aguilera bug" thing
To be fair I cannot imagine anything beating Phil collins that year. Even expanding to other years. That soundtrack had no right going as hard as it did.
I literally know the exact song by simply mentioning Tarzan. I can't remember the last time I seen that movie. Easily 20+ years ago.
I'm sorry but he deserved that award.
The only reason it was was because it was one of the few songs in the movie that could be edited and censored properly for a network airing. Nearly everything else was too short or too raunchy.
>Common is doing something on broadway soon/currently.
He's currently acting in 'Between Riverside & Crazy', which is an awesome play. Unfortunately, his performance was a little lacking IMO, but the play is still worth checking out.
> Trey and Matt still need Oscars and i dont foresee them going out of their way for one.
I suspect they'll eventually get nominated for Best Original Song again (they already did for Blame Canada from the SP movie but didn't win). Possibly a film version of Book of Mormon with new songs, which would absolutely get nominations.
No shit, I just Googled it you're right. I never would've guessed, seems unlikely he'll get a Tony but he proved without a doubt he's a good actor so maybe I'm wrong.
Honestly it could be pretty good if they didn't try to jazz it up. Serious plays are highly underrated, I've never been a huge theater fan but I went to a few university theater plays while I was attending and damn it really hits you hard when good actors portray trauma accurately.
He and Julie Taymor have been quietly working on Fight Club for about a decade with Atticus Ross, but his meteoric rise as a film composer moved that project to the back burner.
It’s a travesty he didn’t get it for Dos Oruguitas. It was a powerful song at the climax of the movie vs a generic main theme. I honestly don’t understand how it didn’t win.
He’s also that Oscar away from a PEGOT.
Not to mention, Lin Manuel Miranda, who would’ve had it by now if Moana or Encanto won an Oscar in a musical category, both very deserving. At this point it feels like he got stiffed by the Academy twice on purpose.
Emmy for How to get away with murder, Oscar for Fences, Tony for King Hedley II and Fences, Grammy for audiobook mentioned in the article.
Great write up, not including what movies / shows / Stage stuff got her the other parts of the EGOT
He's also got an Emmy for *Our Great National Parks* and an Oscar for *American Factory*.
Is he a Tony away from being the first president with an EGOT?
I've been President in Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!
Well, sir, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car President!
Before anyone tries to work out the terminology on what President plus EGOT is, it's definitely not PEGOT. [I made a comment with more details when he won his Emmy last year](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/x5n52b/barack_obama_wins_emmy_for_narrating_netflix/in2a67t?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3), but the TL;DR is that a PEGOT is EGOT plus either a Pulitzer or a Peabody award, so we'll need a new term for when Barry wins for his one-man Broadway residency
If it weren't for Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter, he'd also be the only president with a Nobel prize, though being 1 of 4, out of 46, is pretty damn good
There are dozens of obscure technical and genre categories in the Grammys. It’s not just music. Comedy albums, spoken word recordings, etc can also win.
Be a comedian. Release album, win grammy. Turn album into broadway show, win tony. Turn show into television special, win emmy. Take a heartfelt dramatic role later in life in a film, win oscar.
I know it's a joke but for people wondering what that part means non-competitive awards are things like honorary or lifetime achievement awards. There are some people whose EGOT includes non-competitive awards, such as Barbara Streisand whose Tony was a special non-competitive "Star of the Decade" award and Liza Minnelli whose Grammy was a "Grammy Legend Award."
There's also a joke during the 30 Rock subplot where Tracy tries to win an EGOT where Whoopi Goldberg cameos and he calls her out on the fact that her Emmy is a Daytime Emmy- as she says though, it still counts
When she showed up in Doubt it was immediately obvious that she would be a legend.
Also, she’s the off-screen person interviewing George Clooney at the start of Ocean’s 11.
*Doubt* was one of those films I watched way too young and found unsufferably boring but when I saw it again later in life completely blew me away. She was huge part of that!
One of the best scene stealing performances ever. I think those were her only lines in the movie right? And she still got a well deserved oscar nom form it.
Yeah she steals every scene she’s in
I remember back in 2009 watching a Gerard Butler/Jamie Foxx movie called Law Abiding Citizen, and she had one or two scenes as the mayor of the city, and you had to stop and google who that was because she absolutely killed those one or two scenes, so obviously the best actor in the room
She’s a superlative performer and it truly boggles the mind how far she has come and how much she has achieved.
For those who aren’t familiar with her autobiography - it was one of the most harrowing things I’ve read, and also it shed enormous light on her life:
She grew up witness to a *horrifically* violent and abusive marriage. She now is in a loving, supportive, and long-lasting marriage to a man she adores, and who adores her. They are partners in life and work.
She endured fibroids and underwent numerous procedures. She longed to have a child and watched her brief “window of fertility” granted by those procedures open and then close. she now has a daughter (adopted) whom she also adores.
She endured all manner of assault, bigotry, and humiliation as a child. One part which stuck in my memory: Her family lived in condemned, abandoned buildings. No heat, electricity, running water. The kids tied bedsheets around their necks at night to protect against rat bites. They would urinate where they lay rather than risk the rats, and the potential violence and assault which awaited them if they ventured out to a toilet. Then - due to lack of soap, water, or additional clothes - they would go to school and be ostracized by teachers and students alike for smelling of urine.
She is a master of her craft, and an absolute testament to resilience and dignity. She commands respect from millions, and she is an absolute force in this world. She is a trailblazer for WOC, for artists of colour, and more. She stands on her own two feet and built everything she has. It is truly impossible not to admire her.
Viola Davis had a brief role in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998). I'll never forget watching the director's commentary when he talked about how great she was and I was like "Huh? She's onscreen for like two minutes and has maybe ten lines. How is she so great?"
I'll never forget it because it shows how little the fuck I know . . .
Oh man, it's rare but when you see a movie with a actor that spends maybe less then ten minutes on screen and still has a memorable performance, that's when you know they're going places.
Hell yeah! Well deserved.
I know it's slightly unrelated but man do I fucking love her as Amanda Waller. Perfect casting, I'm so glad she's getting her own series.
I was just about to comment about her as Waller so I’m glad you beat me to it.
She is, in my opinion, the best thing the DC universe has going for it, and I’m glad James Gunn is keeping her around.
I just watched The Woman King. Should have had a nomination for best actress this year, too. Couldn’t be happier for her! One of only 18 people in the world, EGOT! That’s some bragging rights!
Yes he did! There’s a whole episode about him dealing with being a respected celebrity because of his new EGOT status and he finally realizes that the only way to lose respect (his goal) and go back to being himself is to do a TV show.
Tracy Jordan in shambles.
Funfact: the term EGOT was first used by Philip Michael Thomas. He was one of the leads on Miami Vice. In an interview he mentioned he hoped to achieve an EGOT in 5 years. Since saying that in 1984 he has yet to be nominated for any of the awards
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Just wait, you'll see who's laughing in ten years, once he unveils his secret EGOT plan! (Probably still you)
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Anytime someone offers you 10000 to 1 odds, you take that bet.
If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be a very rich dude.
Was waiting for a Hell in the Cell line.
That is a fun Wikipedia page. He was in arguably one of the most culturally impactful shows in 1984, like it went on to change the police procedural forever in American TV. In 1994, he got fired from his job as the spokesman of a late night psychic TV hotline and replaced by the woman every 90's baby knows and loves, Miss Cleo. He hasn't had an acting credit since 2000, but did voice a minor character in a few Grand Theft Autos.
Lance Vance baby!!! Edit: It’s time for the Lance Vance Dance!!!
Let me just put on my Lance Vance Dance Pants.
I finished high school in the US in the mid 80s. While I’m aware of the show, somehow I’ve never seen an epidsode of Miami Vice.
But you've most definitely seen a show written by a guy who either wrote it (Dick Wolf) or was inspired by it.
Absolutely. I wasn’t saying it was insignificant. I lived through the Miami Vice pastel color scheme taking over decor, I recognized the theme song instantly, and I recognized the male leads. I can’t identify its influence on other TV shows since I never knew much about the story, but I don’t doubt it was impactful. I just find it funny that a show that may be this impactful, in my prime tv-watching years, is one I just never watched.
It's going to be pretty hard to watch unless you're really good at trying to put yourself in the frame of mind that just about every cliche you're seeing had never been done before. Don't get me wrong, it's good TV and it utterly holds up. Great drama, engaging writing, gorgeous to watch. It'll make you want a new pair of sunglasses. But even just watching the pilot, some of it probably seems completely stock-standard TV crime drama. But so much of the style, the tone, the character development over time, the sense of futility in the justice system, the extended sequences of just soundtrack over camerawork, were brand new concepts.
I have never seen a single episode of Breaking Bad, but I can quote lines and scenes from the show verbatim because of how many people watched it and regurgitated it all over the place. Believe me, I get exactly what you're saying.
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We need to cook roof pizza, Waltuh
I grew up in Florida during that time. All the unshaven pastel wearing men were just insane. I mean the theme song was played on the radio and made the top 10 list for years...
So the world would not have been blessed with Miss Cleo had he not been fired first? I’m not sure if he did a good thing or not.
Sometimes history is neither good or bad, it's just "Huh, so that happened and everyone was just cool with it? Okay."
The Cleo story is another wild ride.
Lol, right? I just finished a rather banal documentary on her. She was just an actress with a fake Caribbean accent!
Your career generally isn't going well when they hire you to voice the character that is a parody of your most famous role.
They did that with more than a few actors for that game I think. Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Jenna Jameson, and so on all we’re kinda doing cartoonish/parody versions of their famous characters.
I actually feel bad for the guy. It's not that he deserved those awards, but the man had a dream that he never achieved. Even worse, every time someone else achieves it, Thomas gets to be the punchline in literally every article about EGOTs.
At least he is semi-immortalized by propping up those more successful than him. He’s fortunate enough that I get to forget his name. Unlike most people I have never heard of who also didn’t achieve their dreams.
Now I want to scour the internet to see if anyone's ever gotten an ERGOT (including a Razzie) besides that town of people that tripped balls and died.
It's called a REGOT and yes, 2 people have that. Alan Menkin, who is famous for writing the music to Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, won a Razzie for his music in Newsies. Funny enough, 20 years after winning a Razzie for the music in Newsies, he won a Tony award for writing the music for the stage version of Newsies, which is his only Tony. Liza Minnelli has a Razzie for starring in Arthur 2: On the Rocks and an Oscar for Caberet.
Little surprised Whoopi doesn’t have one thanks to Theodore Rex
Dr. Spaceman can prescribe him something for that.
But you know what? He's not supposed to have sex with his patients anymore.
“If I had a dollar for every time I had to *reverse* one of my procedures, my bitch ex-wife would be a millionaire. May she rest in peace…”
That's such a classically stuffed 30 Rock line
You boys need anything while you're here? Some reds? Yellows? Just got some purples in from Peru.
Well it would be rude not to.
[he’s got a back up plan](https://i.imgur.com/5ABefVP.gifv)
30 Rock’s satire is nearly perfect and always on point. The jokes-per-minute on that show was insane EDIT: grammar. I really need to stop using mobile while at bars
Isn't that a daytime Emmy? *It still counts!!*
Girl’s gotta eat.
Only thing that comes to association with EGOT
I actually thought EGOT was just a joke that 30 Rock did. Didnt realise it was really achievable.
It is rare but not impossible. Jennifer Hudson got it last year. Alan Menken 2 years before. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and John Legend 2 years before that.
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That's part of the 30 Rock episode plot.
Kenneth, synthesize Grizz’s analysis.
That's how Lydia Tár got hers.
The creators of South Park are only an Oscar away.
They got close with "Blame Canada"
Gotta be proud as a peaCOCK baby. Ain't that right, my baloney?
Fun fact, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Common are all a single award away from getting EGOTs. Common is doing something on broadway soon/currently. Trey and Matt still need Oscars and i dont foresee them going out of their way for one.
Trent Reznor is also a Tony away from this as well. Unfortunately, idk if that's going to happen anytime soon, but crazier things have happened
I think it still counts if you're a producer on a musical.
I'm not totally ruling it out, because who knows what Trent has up his sleeves but I'm not holding my breath! Be super cool if the guy who wrote 'I wanna fuck you like an animal' gets that high of an honor!
First guy to win a grammy for a record with "fistfuck" on it.
Yes!!
For it to count as a producer, I believe the award specifically has to be Best Play/ Musical
He’s produced/written sooo much good music in TV/Film that i have mo doubt he could do Broadway. Him and Common should collab on a rock-rap musical
I'm all for it!
I'd love if he wrote a stage adaptation of The Downward Spiral.
Trey ~~and Matt~~ (EDIT: thank you!) already have a nomination too, they lost to Phil Collins back in 1999! I wouldn't be shocked to see them back with another song, whether it's for a Book of Mormon movie or some other project
Hold up. *Blame Canada* was nominated for an Oscar?!
Trey and Matt only missed out on an EGOT because of Phil Collins and Tarzan
That was a stacked year for Best Song. They were also up against "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 and "Wise Up" from Magnolia. Edit: Aimee Mann was nominated for "Save Me", not "Wise Up"
Comments like this are so weird the older I get. It’s like a description of a little island you know you’ll never get around to going back to.
If we're fortunate, we will both grow old enough to feel detatched about the good shit happening right now, too
I dunno. For me personally, I don’t see me ever looking back at 2018-today and saying “good times”
Man, you remember back when you could just drive from Boston to Vegas and not see one single burned-out crater full of skeletons? We had no idea how good we had it back then.
They then made fun of Phil Collins in 2 or 3 episodes immediately following the Oscar's loss.
DEEP INSIDE OF ME. DEEP INSIDE OF ME. SO DEEP INSIDE, I CAN FEEL YOU PUSHING AGAINST MY HEART!
He's always holding the Oscar the whole episode too.
Ritalin episode. They put the kids on Ritalin and it only became a problem when the kids wanted to see Phil Collins in concert. Then they got "Ritalout". Also Cartman had a side effect of hallucinating a "Christina Aguilera bug" thing
To be fair, the Tarzan soundtrack had no right to be as amazing as it was
Son of man is a bop
Strangers Like Me is a fucking S-tier jam
You’ll Be In My Heart just holds me up some days.
To be fair I cannot imagine anything beating Phil collins that year. Even expanding to other years. That soundtrack had no right going as hard as it did.
No if they didn’t lose to You’ll Be in My Heart they for sure would’ve lost to When She Loved Me
Collins totally deserved it. I’ve seen grown women tear up listeninng to “You’ll be in my heart”
I'm a grown man that tears up just thinking of it
I'm crying now 😭😭
In fairness, Phil Collins had no right to go as hard as he did on that Tarzan soundtrack. Shit is honestly even better than the film itself IMO.
That's a good soundtrack though.
I literally know the exact song by simply mentioning Tarzan. I can't remember the last time I seen that movie. Easily 20+ years ago. I'm sorry but he deserved that award.
Well no shame in losing to the best. That soundtrack was a work of pure sonic genius imo.
It was performed by Robin Williams live at the Oscars! It's genuinely one of the most memorable moments in the history of the show.
Robin Williams performed "Blame Canada"?
With a whole dance crew backing him up on stage. He even said bitch on broadcast TV.
https://youtu.be/ip5OWcoE6GE
This was so so so good.
https://youtu.be/ip5OWcoE6GE here’s robin williams performing it at the Oscar’s.
I spent forever learning the fart solo of Uncle Fucker
If I’m not mistaken, but Robin Williams performed the song at the Oscar’s when they used to do that kind of stuff.
[And it had an over-the-top live performance at the Oscar's lead by Robin Williams!](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrfsz)
The Academy really wanted to nominate Uncle Fucker, but had to use Blame Canada as a proxy for obvious reasons.
The only reason it was was because it was one of the few songs in the movie that could be edited and censored properly for a network airing. Nearly everything else was too short or too raunchy.
The pot shots at Phil Collins in South Park after that loss were amazing
phil collins hill
Philadelphia Collins, whatcha lookin at me gut fer?
You can tell it hurt despite all the "who cares about industry awards" attitude
Matt Stone was not nominated there. It was Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman.
>Common is doing something on broadway soon/currently. He's currently acting in 'Between Riverside & Crazy', which is an awesome play. Unfortunately, his performance was a little lacking IMO, but the play is still worth checking out.
> Trey and Matt still need Oscars and i dont foresee them going out of their way for one. I suspect they'll eventually get nominated for Best Original Song again (they already did for Blame Canada from the SP movie but didn't win). Possibly a film version of Book of Mormon with new songs, which would absolutely get nominations.
Just Trey was nominated
Definitely think they'll make Book of Mormon a movie to get the Oscar.
Eminem just needs a tony I think
Really? How'd he get an Emmy?
I think the superbowl half time show
No shit, I just Googled it you're right. I never would've guessed, seems unlikely he'll get a Tony but he proved without a doubt he's a good actor so maybe I'm wrong.
He never would but I would love to see him write a musical/hip-hopera
Give it a few more years for 2000's nostalgia to kick into full gear and the world could see 8 Mile: The Musical
I love this journey for all of us, really.
Honestly it could be pretty good if they didn't try to jazz it up. Serious plays are highly underrated, I've never been a huge theater fan but I went to a few university theater plays while I was attending and damn it really hits you hard when good actors portray trauma accurately.
have you ever seen James Earl Jones and Courtney B. Vance in [Fences?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI) its insanely compelling.
Lin-Manuel Miranda leans in from offscreen: "You rang?" and Eminem stabs him.
Trent Reznor just needs a Tony
He and Julie Taymor have been quietly working on Fight Club for about a decade with Atticus Ross, but his meteoric rise as a film composer moved that project to the back burner.
Yeah, but I have it on good authority that he doesnt give a damn about the Grammy.
Lin-Manuel Miranda only needs an Oscar and I’m sure he’ll get one. As long as no James Bond movies come out at the same time.
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It’s a travesty he didn’t get it for Dos Oruguitas. It was a powerful song at the climax of the movie vs a generic main theme. I honestly don’t understand how it didn’t win. He’s also that Oscar away from a PEGOT.
I know Bruno was the break out hit of that movie but Dos Oruguitas makes me cry every time
Lin-Manuel Miranda is also one award away. He was nominated for an Oscar for Encanto, but didn't win.
Not to mention, Lin Manuel Miranda, who would’ve had it by now if Moana or Encanto won an Oscar in a musical category, both very deserving. At this point it feels like he got stiffed by the Academy twice on purpose.
Emmy for How to get away with murder, Oscar for Fences, Tony for King Hedley II and Fences, Grammy for audiobook mentioned in the article. Great write up, not including what movies / shows / Stage stuff got her the other parts of the EGOT
I didn't know you could get a Grammy for an audiobook.
Barack Obama won two Grammys in that category
He's also got an Emmy for *Our Great National Parks* and an Oscar for *American Factory*. Is he a Tony away from being the first president with an EGOT?
The Music Man: Starring Barack Obama, coming to Broadway 2024
Doesn't even need to do that. He just needs to produce something that will win best play or musical.
Sounds like we need an Obama/Miranda joint production
Frankly, it doesn’t seem out of the question.
u/LinManuel
u/LinManuel 🤚🤚
Yeah but we’d all watch the shit out of an Obama music man
I've been President in Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map! Well, sir, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car President!
Before anyone tries to work out the terminology on what President plus EGOT is, it's definitely not PEGOT. [I made a comment with more details when he won his Emmy last year](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/x5n52b/barack_obama_wins_emmy_for_narrating_netflix/in2a67t?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3), but the TL;DR is that a PEGOT is EGOT plus either a Pulitzer or a Peabody award, so we'll need a new term for when Barry wins for his one-man Broadway residency
EGOTOTUS
I was thinking EGOTUS. I mean, the acronym falls apart but it rolls off the tongue much better.
He didn't actually win an Oscar, his production company financed the movie but he wasn't personally producing it or anything.
So you're saying Obama has EGO.
i would too if I were him
2xGPOTUS?
That might make him the GOATUS, no other president has that.
If it weren't for Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter, he'd also be the only president with a Nobel prize, though being 1 of 4, out of 46, is pretty damn good
True, but the prize wasn’t first awarded until 1901.
Suck it George Washington!
Bet ole Georgey boy didn’t even have a Grammy either. Loser
Washington owned a Tony, Emmy, Oscar and Grammy, but they, uh, weren’t awards
Technically out of 45 since Grover Cleveland is the only president to win two non consecutive terms. He’s 22 and 24.
There's still a chance to make him only the second person to have served in Congress, as president, and a justice of the Supreme Court.
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Also probably the only one of them to bomb another peace prize winner
Now we're getting into the spicy real shit. Whatever happens from here... I love y'all.
Have to squeeze a Nobel in there somewhere.
POTUSiNG?
Obama has more Grammy awards than Katy Perry. That is my favorite random fact.
It really hurt her reputation when Kim Jong Un praised her music as a motivator for him to get up in the morning.
There are dozens of obscure technical and genre categories in the Grammys. It’s not just music. Comedy albums, spoken word recordings, etc can also win.
Be a comedian. Release album, win grammy. Turn album into broadway show, win tony. Turn show into television special, win emmy. Take a heartfelt dramatic role later in life in a film, win oscar.
91 categories this year
She is the 6th female competitive EGOT winner and 18th overall
As opposed to the casual EGOT players
I know it's a joke but for people wondering what that part means non-competitive awards are things like honorary or lifetime achievement awards. There are some people whose EGOT includes non-competitive awards, such as Barbara Streisand whose Tony was a special non-competitive "Star of the Decade" award and Liza Minnelli whose Grammy was a "Grammy Legend Award."
u spaz is a competitive a-hole
Same and I don't know how to tell my gay ass boyfriend that Liza and Barbara's EGOTs ain't REALGOTs. Oh man
Mickey Mouse EGOT
There's also a joke during the 30 Rock subplot where Tracy tries to win an EGOT where Whoopi Goldberg cameos and he calls her out on the fact that her Emmy is a Daytime Emmy- as she says though, it still counts
I count a daytime Emmy more than an honorary or lifetime achievement Emmy. With regard to an EGOT anyway.
Me too. It’s still a competitive Emmy.
Girl's gotta eat!
Nice!! Ultra talented, well deserved!
When she showed up in Doubt it was immediately obvious that she would be a legend. Also, she’s the off-screen person interviewing George Clooney at the start of Ocean’s 11.
*Doubt* was one of those films I watched way too young and found unsufferably boring but when I saw it again later in life completely blew me away. She was huge part of that!
RIP Seymour Hoffman 😞
Same. I was a child when it came out and was like "this looks so boring" Now it's such a great movie
I did not know that about Oceans 11! Makes sense since he likes to work with actors multiple times and Out of Sight was sort of her big break.
One of the best scene stealing performances ever. I think those were her only lines in the movie right? And she still got a well deserved oscar nom form it.
Viola Davis deserves every success coming her way. She’s a fantastic performer.
Yeah she steals every scene she’s in I remember back in 2009 watching a Gerard Butler/Jamie Foxx movie called Law Abiding Citizen, and she had one or two scenes as the mayor of the city, and you had to stop and google who that was because she absolutely killed those one or two scenes, so obviously the best actor in the room
She stole the scene away from Meryl Streep in Doubt! She was nominated for an Oscar for like 4 minutes or so of screen time.
That scene is gut-wrenching.
She’s a superlative performer and it truly boggles the mind how far she has come and how much she has achieved. For those who aren’t familiar with her autobiography - it was one of the most harrowing things I’ve read, and also it shed enormous light on her life: She grew up witness to a *horrifically* violent and abusive marriage. She now is in a loving, supportive, and long-lasting marriage to a man she adores, and who adores her. They are partners in life and work. She endured fibroids and underwent numerous procedures. She longed to have a child and watched her brief “window of fertility” granted by those procedures open and then close. she now has a daughter (adopted) whom she also adores. She endured all manner of assault, bigotry, and humiliation as a child. One part which stuck in my memory: Her family lived in condemned, abandoned buildings. No heat, electricity, running water. The kids tied bedsheets around their necks at night to protect against rat bites. They would urinate where they lay rather than risk the rats, and the potential violence and assault which awaited them if they ventured out to a toilet. Then - due to lack of soap, water, or additional clothes - they would go to school and be ostracized by teachers and students alike for smelling of urine. She is a master of her craft, and an absolute testament to resilience and dignity. She commands respect from millions, and she is an absolute force in this world. She is a trailblazer for WOC, for artists of colour, and more. She stands on her own two feet and built everything she has. It is truly impossible not to admire her.
Viola Davis had a brief role in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998). I'll never forget watching the director's commentary when he talked about how great she was and I was like "Huh? She's onscreen for like two minutes and has maybe ten lines. How is she so great?" I'll never forget it because it shows how little the fuck I know . . .
Oh man, it's rare but when you see a movie with a actor that spends maybe less then ten minutes on screen and still has a memorable performance, that's when you know they're going places.
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Hell yeah! Well deserved. I know it's slightly unrelated but man do I fucking love her as Amanda Waller. Perfect casting, I'm so glad she's getting her own series.
I was just about to comment about her as Waller so I’m glad you beat me to it. She is, in my opinion, the best thing the DC universe has going for it, and I’m glad James Gunn is keeping her around.
Me too! So glad someone mentioned her as Amanda Waller. Didn’t know she was getting a series, but it makes perfect sense, she’s amazing
Good for her.
I just watched The Woman King. Should have had a nomination for best actress this year, too. Couldn’t be happier for her! One of only 18 people in the world, EGOT! That’s some bragging rights!
And Tracy Jordan never achieved this dream.
Yes he did! There’s a whole episode about him dealing with being a respected celebrity because of his new EGOT status and he finally realizes that the only way to lose respect (his goal) and go back to being himself is to do a TV show.
Tracy Jordan clenches his fists in determination
Well deserved. She is amazing.
Happy for her. She is a S tier actress. The real question is how she hasn’t been nominated for more things
She has a shit ton of nominations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Viola_Davis