C.J.: Sheletta's extremely funny, but her husband wasn't laughing
So did the look on her husband's face.
The KSTP-TV assignment editor, host of Channel 45's "CrossRoads" and self-proclaimed "Funniest Woman in the Twin Cities," won an Upper Midwest Emmy for her independent blog.
"I want to thank my family over at Hubbard Broadcasting for employing me even though I'm not living up to my résumé. Thank you, Mr. Hubbard. I want to thank my webmasters Justin and Susan Piehowski for having the idea to do sheletta.com.
"I want to say thank you to my husband, who's here, who allowed me to tell all our business on the blog. I can't believe that I won with all the competition - Flak Radio, HealthEast. You know they're doing surgeries online," she said, "I did remove my husband's spine when we got married. The video is on my website at sheletta.com."
Laughter rolled.
"Girl, I looked out into the audience and everybody was laughing but him. He was wearing that look that said, Hey, that wasn't all that funny. Seeing that expression on his face I thought, 'I'm going to need a ride home.'"
Asked what he thought of the joke, Shawn Brundidge said: "I told her about that. I told her I didn't like it. But it's cool."
When KSTP's turn to handle the regional Emmys rolls around, Sheletta should host and KSTP-TV reporter Bob McNaney should not be allowed on stage unless he's winning another award.
Boo-worthy behavior
After McNaney's turn at the mike as a presenter, along with unfortunate colleague Beth Jett, he had a couple of new nicknames. One was McNasty, which could very easily be spelled with an extra "s"; another was McLamey.
Without name-calling, Teresa Vickery, exec director of this Emmys chapter, called out McNaney on Monday: "I guess I would have to say I was less than pleased with some of his off-the-cuff remarks."
McNaney, who did not return my call Monday, must think he's funny.
"He can't hold a candle to Sheletta, who's just absolutely the cutest thing ever," said Vickery. "I was talking to the darling Jason Matheson [of Fox 9], who I thought did a terrific job [as host]; he was very upset. [McNaney's] colleagues in the industry didn't find the comments appropriate. And in front of the guy who owns the company? Stanley and Karen Hubbard were there to honor Harold [Crump, a Hubbard exec, who received a Gold Circle Award]. I guess I would have played it a little straighter in front of my boss."
Where to begin with the idiocy from Mr. McNaney ...
Taking a bite out of the chocolate dessert, he averred: "Let's thank the servers, not the chef."
There were boos from the audience, because the dessert was great.
"I had the banquet staff down at the fabulous Graves asking me, after the fact, if everything had been OK," said Vickery. "They heard the comment as well. I have to say it's very difficult to prepare and serve a meal for 380 people, all at once. I could not say enough nice things about Graves."
McNaney also took a shot at the woman running the TelePrompTer. "I would call it an inappropriate shot," said Vickery. "I can tell you at the end of the evening when I was helping her pack up, she was very upset about it.
"You know, being a presenter is invitation only. You don't call me up and say 'I want to be a presenter.' We ask people to," said Vickery, who finished that sentence with a soft laugh.
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