I don't know why I did it, but I watched what seemed to be all 82 hours of this year's Emmy telecast Sunday on FOX. The creative arts Emmy show (a two-hour affair Saturday on E!) was much breezier -- they cut out the lists of nominees, most of the speeches and thankfully all of the singing numbers.

Anywho, I was interested to see Al Gore win an Emmy for his broadcast baby, Current TV. As I watched the audience's resounding ovation, I wondered what was next for the former vice president.

Since he's already won an Oscar (for "An Inconvenient Truth") to go with his Emmy, what is his next entertainment conquest? I think he should form a barbershop quartet and go for a Grammy.

What do you think? A Grammy? I don't think Al will go for an American Music Award because it's not classy enough. Perhaps a Tony for a Broadway production of "An Inconvenient Truth"?

Heck, if they can turn "The Producers" and "Hairspray" from cult films to top-rated musicals, who knows what they can do to an environmental documentary. I can't wait to see a musical "Truth" come back to movie cineplexes.

I've got a topical joke, but I know it won't go further than this blog:

The U.S. military is working on a futuristic anti-mob energy beam that makes people think their skin is on fire. Unfortunately, the military refuses to deploy it because some might view it as a torture machine.

The military's had this problem before -- the device's first name was TortureBeam 5000.

That's my time. Thanks, folks. You've been great.