Friday, June 13, 2008

Less is more

Unlike most awards ceremonies, The Webby Awards limit speeches to just five words. Below are a selection of speeches from the 12th Annual Webby Awards, held in June 2008 in New York City:

"Who let the blogs out?"
- Best Week Ever (Webby Celebrity/Fan Site of the Year)

"Me, me, me, me, me."
- Stephen Colbert (Webby Person of the Year)

"Mr. DJ, can you play another song?"
- David Byrne (Webby Lifetime Achievement)

"Now we know we can."
- will. i. am (Webby Artist of the Year)

"No shit! We beat Facebook?"
- Flock The Social Web Browser (Webby Social/Networking Site of the Year)

"Mah inglish skillz, lolcats b0rkedem."
- I Can Has Cheezburger? (Webby Weird Site of the Year)


The previous night's Film & Video Awards included five-word acceptance speeches by Lorne Michaels and director Michel Gondry, among others.

"Keyboards are full of germs."
- Michel Gondry (Webby Film & Video Person of the Year)