For Your Consideration: Emmy Contenders And The Menu Items They Should Sway Voters With
Now that I live in Los Angeles, where most of the relevant voters live, I am very aware of this year's For Your Consideration campaigns. Some of them are expected, like the Homeland billboard I pass on my way to the gym. Many of them are hilariously misguided in their support of shows that have no shot, like the one I saw for Dallas on Deadline.com earlier today. But by far the smartest are the ones that appeal to Emmy voters through their stomachs. Netflix's House Of Cards, for example, made over the Rollin' Rib BBQ truck with the signage from Freddy's BBQ, as frequently seen in episodes of the show; Dexter has a signature ice cream sandwich at Coolhaus (above): cherry swirled vanilla between one Double Chocolate cookie and one Snickerdoodle. And while we haven't heard whether any of the following show/food item pairs are actually real...they should be.
30 Rock: Criss's Man Hogs
Cougar Town: Coffee Bucks pastries
Kroll Show: Chikk Klub
Nashville: SUBWAY
Happy Endings: Steak Me Home Tonight sandwiches
Veep: Selina Meyer Lemon tarts
Parks & Recreation: Smorgasbord of Sweetums candies, beverages, and "energy bars" and/or Paunchy's burger combos
RuPaul's Drag Race: Serving you fish in the shade
Hannibal: That really nice chicken soup with star anise and stuff from the last episode
Downton Abbey: Bates's candy canes
Call The Midwife: Baby back ribs. (Free delivery.)
Bunheads: Head-shaped buns
The Newsroom: A ham sandwich, but the girl whose job it is to bring it to you falls and spills it EVERYWHERE, haha, girls
The Walking Dead: Burgers from Krystal
Boardwalk Empire: Saltwater taffy that will REALLY fuck up your teeth
Kitchen Nightmares: You don't even want to know
Doomsday Preppers: A full carload of MREs
Best Ink: Squid ink pasta
American Horror Story: You are held down and a sack with a live bat, anglerfish, and hairless cat are placed directly into your mouth. Please vote AHS.
Bob's Burgers: Burger Of The Day: Emmy Wiener (burger with a hot dog on it)
Catfish: You order catfish, but you get shrimp
The Ricky Gervais Show: Reheated leftovers
The Americans: Skittle-filled dessert pierogi
Game Of Thrones: Jon Sno-Cones
Hoarders: What is either a can of chili covered in extremely furry mold, or an actual cat corpse
Homeland: 24 half-baked falafels
Family Guy: Remember the time you were held down and a sack with a live bat, anglerfish, and hairless cat were placed directly into your mouth?