1. Lucille Ball, 1975
The iconic comdienne forgot to bring her glasses on stage with her to present the winner of an outstanding comedy series. She exclaimed that she was "really in trouble" as the crowd howled with laugher. Ultimately, Milton Berle jumped on stage with an empty wine glass for Ball to look through (hilarious) and saved the day.
2. Alan Alda, 1979
To demonstrate his glee and delight with his Emmy win, the actor jumped out of his seat and cartwheeled down the aisle on the way to the podium.
3. Ellen DeGeneres, 2001
We couldn't pick our favorite moment from Ellen's hosting gig, so here is a reel chock-full of all the highlights.
4. Helen Mirren, 2006
While accepting her lead actress award, Helen Mirren exclaimed, "My great triumph is not falling ass-over-tit as I came up those stairs."
5. Ricky Gervais, 2010
The comedian joked about "keeping things clean" before delivering a Mel Gibson zinger.
6. Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, 2011
The talk show hosts entertained the audience with a bit of a scuffle on stage. And by scuffle we mean full blown wrestling in tuxes.
7. Outstanding lead actress nominees, 2011
The lead actress nominees stood on stage, padgent style awaiting the winning announcement.
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8. Merritt Wever, 2013
The world's best (and shortest) acceptance speech. WINNER.
9. Julia Louis Dreyfes, 2013
The Veep actress had her costar Tony Hale remained in character throughout the entire speech.
10. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, 2013
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler heckled Neil Patrick Harris, suggesting he take off his pants and twerk to keep the audience's attention.
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