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Last night, millions watched as Leonard Nimoy along with show host Jane Lynch, opened the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards with a prerecorded sketch comedy segment.
Nimoy, who played the role of “President of Television” in the skit with Lynch was joined by Jeremy Piven and Rex Lee from Entourage, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco from Big Bang Theory, Kevin Nealon, Andy Richter, Eric Dane from Grey’s Anatomy, the cast of Mad Men and several other stars.
Watch the embedded clip below.
James Cormier
September 19, 2011 at 5:22 pm
So awesome!
Jared
September 19, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Well, that retirement sure didn’t last too long. :/
Caleb Meyer
September 19, 2011 at 9:28 pm
I believe his retirement was from conventions not acting.
Caleb Meyer
September 19, 2011 at 9:29 pm
While I thought most of the show was pretty boring, I definitely enjoyed seeing Nimoy at the beginning.
Lynn
September 20, 2011 at 1:05 am
I hadn’t heard about this. So cool!