The Webby Awards
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Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards are given to "the world's best websites". Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times, the Webby Awards are the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The awards started in 1996.
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Honors
- Disney's Muppets.com - Nominated for "Best Celebrity Website" (2005)
- Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony - Won People's Voice Award for "Comedy: Long Form or Series" (2007).
- Beaker's "Ode to Joy" music video - Won People's Voice Award for "Online Film & Video: Music" (2009)
Apperances
2007: Statler & Waldorf
In 2007, the webseries Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony won a People's Voice Webby Award. The series' nomination, in the "Comedy: Long Form or Series" category, was Movies.com's first nomination for a Webby. On May 1, 2007 it was announced that From the Balcony was the winner of the People's Voice 2007 Webby for "Best Comedy Long Form or Series."[1] As such, all 34 episodes of the original series have been archived as a permanent part of the video collection of the Museum of Moving Images.
The Muppet duo accepted the honor at the live awards ceremony on June 4, 2007 -- Statler appeared live at the event, while Waldorf reported in "live" from vacation.
At the ceremony, the traditional five-word acceptance speech was made: "Not bad for two geezers." [2] The Webbys traditionally have 5-word acceptance speeches.
 Statler, live at the 2007 ceremony |
 Waldorf reports from his vacation |
 Statler live at the event |
 Statler joins Waldorf on his vacation |
2009: Beaker
The Muppets' "Ode to Joy" music video (featuring Beaker) won the People's Voice Webby Award for "Best Music Video" in 2009. [3] Soapbox Films created two additional videos to help raise awareness of their nomination and encourage voting. Beaker appeared live to accept the award at the June 8th ceremony. Beaker gave the traditional five-word speech with his typically catastrophic results. He was also interviewed on the red carpet.[4]
References
- ↑ Webby Awards website
- ↑ "Archived speeches", Webby Awards, 2007.
- ↑ 2009 winners
- ↑ Beaker Interview on the Red Carpet at the 13th Annual Webby Awards
