EMMY SHOWCASES ONE-LINERS

A special “catch phrase” opening number featuring numerous television stars and their respective one-liners that have become part of the language added a touch of nostalgia to the 38th annual Emmy Awards telecast Sunday night on NBC.

Among the celebrities appearing live to utter their famous lines were Beatrice Arthur of “The Golden Girls” (“God will get you for that,” from “Maude”); Walter Cronkite (“And that’s the way it is”); Allen Funt (“Smile, you’re on ‘Candid Camera’ ”); Don Johnson of “Miami Vice” (“OK, pal”); Ed McMahon of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (“Heeeeeere’s Johnny!”); Jack Parr (“I kid you not”); Joan Rivers (“Can we talk?”); William Shatner (“Beam me up”); and Herve Villachaize, (“De plane, boss, de plane”).

Other performers scheduled to appear in the segment included Bob Barker, Milton Berle, Gary Coleman, Bill Dana, Sammy Davis Jr., Barbara Eden, Ralph Edwards, Peter Falk, Peter Graves, Don Knotts, Bronson Pinchot, Telly Savalas, Dick Van Dyke and Adam West.

Stars and characters appearing on archival taped inserts included Alfred Hitchcock, Don Adams, Billy Crystal, Ed Sullivan, Steve Martin, Jack Benny, Flip Wilson, Jack Webb, Ted Knight, Jim Nabors, Jack Lord, Polly Holliday, Michael Conrad, Carroll O’Connor, Phil Silvers, Rod Serling, Ted Cassidy, Bugs Bunny, Robin Williams, Tony Randall, Mary Tyler Moore, Lou Costello, Fred Flintstone, Mr. Ed, Lucille Ball and Art Carney.