Amy Poehler and Jon Hamm once hosted an Emmy Losers party
Get in losers, we're going to party.
That was probably what the slogan was for Amy Poehler and Jon Hamm's Emmy Losers party, which, let's be honest, sounds way cooler than any "loser" party we've been to. And by loser party we mean staying at home playing video games. Alone.
But yes, this is an actual thing that happened, according to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt writers/producers Mike Schur and Robert Carlock in an interview with Variety:
Carlock: But Amy had been nominated before, right?
Schur: Amy’s been nominated every year since season two. I think this is her sixth nomination for Leslie Knope. She was also nominated for SNL and a bunch of other stuff. It’s really crazy. She and Jon Hamm did this thing a couple years ago — they had an Emmy Losers party that they announced before the Emmys because they were so sure they would lose. You could only come if you lost. If you won you had to leave your Emmy at the door with a security guard and make a donation to Worldwide Orphans. Julia (Louis-Dreyfus) went and had to make a huge donation to this charity because she’d won. Amy and Jon together are something like 0 for 32.
Carlock: Boy, they stink.
Schur: They’re really bad at acting.
Carlock: It’s so embarrassing for them. I don’t get why they don’t stop.
Schur: It’s weird they even keep trying.
Yes, despite all their critical and commercial acclaim, both Poehler and Hamm have been nominated for about eight Emmys each for Parks and Recreation and Mad Men, respectively, and never won. Yeah, awards season kind of sucks.