Why the Emmys are Garbage

Three words.  Remedial Chaos Theory.  Those three words make up the title of Community writer Chris McKenna's brilliant episode that deals with how one small change in the world, such as the rolling of a dice, can completely change everything.  It had anything and everything one could hope for in a 22 minute episode of comedy.  It showcased various character dynamics and interactions, and how they differed by removing one of the central cast members from the room.  It gave us the notion that in order to have a fancy party, you need to have toilet olives.  It gave us this brilliant piece of physical comedy by Donald Glover.  It created the darkest timeline, a running bit throughout the season that showed us what could happen in a world where everything. I could go on and on listing what made this episode great.  Instead, here's a link to a review by AV Club's Todd VanDerWerff which says everything more eloquently than I could.

Now why would I bring up the show that lost for the best writing for comedy?  Because the episode that won wasn't really that great.  As anyone who has kept up, Louis CK won for the first episode of the second season of his show Louie, entitled Pregnant.  To sum it up, Louis's sister comes to visit and she's pregnant.  While the journey from the start of the episode to the closing moments is great, I just can't get over the ending.  His sister is in pain, they take her to the hospital.  Instead of a baby, she gives birth to a fart.  One big smelly fart.  For me, it really took away from a great 22 minutes of television.  When Louis CK was announced as the winner, it just felt like that fart.  Like the Emmys just pushed out one long smelly fart.  How can you award someone for writing a 20 minute setup for a fart joke when there are some more funny and thought provoking episodes up for nomination?  Then again, I'm not a member of any group that votes on anything of importance, so this is just the opinion of a regular Joe who enjoys watching television.