On the Origin of EGOTs

There isn’t any organizing physique that awards EGOTs, and no ceremony at which a trophy is handed out. But there are hazy areas of eligibility, similar to lifetime achievement awards. There are additionally EGOT enhancements, just like the PEGOT, for both a Peabody Award or a Pulitzer Prize. Some say the G ought to as an alternative signify a Golden Globe, or that the EGOT ought to turn out to be an EGGOT.

Menken is pleased with the truth that he additionally has a REGOT — the 4 conventional awards, plus a Razzie, also called a Golden Raspberry Award. The ignoble prize was for worst authentic track from the movie “Newsies,” the identical mission for which he received a Tony. “The Razzie puts everything in perspective, frankly,” he stated.

At least with the Razzies, there’s a ceremony and a bodily award. Cannon thinks there must be an identical ceremony for EGOTs, if solely a mock model. After all, even “Saturday Night Live” commemorates the event when somebody hosts the present for a fifth time. “You become a member of the Five-Timers Club, they give you a jacket.”

Who’s not throwing away their shot?

Over the years, artists have turn out to be extra comfy expressing their EGOT desires. In a section for the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards, the composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda rattled off his scorecard: “Got a Grammy, got a Tony, got an Emmy,” he rapped, including, “Somebody show me the way to the Oscars.”

Miranda’s dream might come true subsequent awards season: He has written new songs for the live-action “The Little Mermaid” film, which shall be launched in late May.

Menken, Miranda’s collaborator on the three new “Little Mermaid” songs, mused about whether or not he ought to take his identify off them to present Miranda a greater shot. “I have eight Oscars,” he stated. “They’re probably going to go, ‘Alan, man, no.’ So I feel guilty.”