KPMG Still Hyper Over the Tony's Thing

KPMG is feeling pretty damn good about snatching the Tony's from a small local firm that had been counting the votes for 50 years.

Since loyalty is obviously not being one of the virtues of those running award shows, the House of Klynveld is confident that it will be able to pick up more award shows and will dominate the dorks that get on TV for 15 seconds market.

In an internal announcement obtained by Tramp, the team is brimming with confidence, "They liked our ideas on providing analytical data about the voting, and our views on controls over the counting"

Who knew that counting votes for an awards show was so analytically demanding and needed rigorous controls?

"We're getting calls from partners in Los Angeles very interested in how we secured the win".

We'll be interested in how KPMG manages to miscount the votes and end up in a lawsuit when James Gandolfini doesn't win for God of Carnage. Tune in Sunday... Sphere: Related Content

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Bloomberg is reporting today that KPMG will be taking over the counting of votes for the Tony Awards ousting long time bean vote counters Lutz & Carr.

When asked why the change was made, Alan Wasser, an executive with the awards said, "It gives the Tonys the imprimatur of credibility".

Ok, a couple of comments on that quote:

1. OUCH, Lutz & Carr - did an artsy-fartsy executive just call you out as not being good at vote counting?

2. Since when does KPMG give anything the "imprimatur of credibility"?

Regardless, I'm sure Tim Flynn is busting out the show tunes out of the speakers at 345 Park right now.

KPMG Takes Over Vote Counting for Tonys, Ousting 50-Year Firm [Bloomberg] Sphere: Related Content