But the chance to watch off-camera actors as they marinate in the love of their peers can lead to some memorable moments, even if there was no caustic host like Ricky Gervais to rock the house. As a twinkly eyed Betty White put it, "Let's cut the B.S. and get to work":
Scoring points. The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies, best actress in a drama series, made sure to thank some important people who don't often get appreciated — especially on awards shows. Namely, her in-laws: "Ken and Jane Lieberthal, thank you for producing truly the most spectacular human being whom I get call my husband" (Keith). Hilary Swank, who famously forgot to thank her now ex-husband, Chad Lowe, after winning an Oscar for 1999's Boys Don't Cry, mouthed, "That's so sweet."
The union rules. And not just SAG. First, Margulies — whose series is shot in New York — thanked "all the Teamsters, who have been digging us out of the snow for weeks." Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock, best comedy actor in a series, continued the theme: "Thank you to the Teamsters. When you work in New York and you've got to go to work ... you don't want to take a cab or the subway. It's very nice to have these people to drive us to work every day." Maybe the Teamsters deserve their own awards show, too.
Betty fever, the sequel. The SAG voters do love them some Betty White. Last year, the lifetime achievement winner brought down the house, naughtily telling her fellow actors in the audience, "I actually know many of you and I've worked with quite a few. Maybe had a couple. And you know who you are." This year, she beat out the likes of 30 Rock's Tina Fey and Glee's Jane Lynch to take home best actress in a comedy series for Hot in Cleveland. "I cannot believe this — and they had to get the old broad up those stairs, and that's not easy," she said after a long, winding trek to the stage. White, 89, still managed to lasciviously stroke her naked man statuette not once, but twice.
A McHale-and-hearty salute.Tim Conway, 77, did the honors of introducing lifetime achievement honoree Ernest Borgnine, 94, who was Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale to his bumbling Ensign Charles Parker on the nautical sitcom McHale's Navy for four seasons in the early '60s. "Ernie and I have known each other so long, even Methuselah would be jealous." He noted that his buddy's latest film, RED— "an AARP action film" — was his 164th. He then mentioned other notable films, including Borgnine's Oscar-winning role as a lovelorn butcher in 1955's Marty. "He was also in a musical. Just the one musical."
From the heart. Borgnine played it straight and sincere, reminding his colleagues how lucky they are. "We are a privileged few who have been chosen to work in this field of entertainment. ... I hope that we will never let our dedication to our craft fail. That we will always give the best we possibly can in our profession, so that people may enjoy us in our later years."
Dicky and Dicky. Perhaps inspired by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on Saturday Night Live with Jesse Eisenberg, the actor who plays him in The Social Network, boxer Dicky Eklund got up onstage just as Christian Bale, who plays him in The Fighter, accepted his supporting honor.
Final word.Geoffrey Rush, speaking for the winning King's Speech ensemble: "It shouldn't be the SAG Award. It should be called the Uplifting Award."
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