Billy Crystal and Milton Berle were among the comics who shunned making jokes about President Clinton's sex life at Sunday night's Emmy awards. Asked backstage whether he had read Kenneth Starr's report, Crystal said somberly, "This is not the place. It's such a horrible thing. It's not funny to me. It's sad." Berle said he also hadn't read the report and didn't want to discuss it. Chris Rock, however, made a joke about a cigar, which the report claims played a role in one of the sexual encounters between the President and Monica Lewinsky.
The Rich Get Richer at the Emmys
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The Emmy show on Sunday night was as familiar and
predictable as a late summer rerun. "Frasier" won its fifth straight award,
breaking a record held by "The
Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Hill Street Blues."
"Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer picked up his
third award, and costar David Hyde Pierce won his
second. Helen Hunt, who won an Oscar in March
for "As Good as It Gets," took her third
consecutive Emmy for her work on "Mad About
You." The first-time winners included "The
Practice" for best drama, Christine Lahti of
"Chicago Hope" and Andre Braugher of "Homicide:
Life on the Street."