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"I have an A-list pass for the day," Griffin joked backstage at the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys on Saturday night in Los Angeles. "Tomorrow I'll be back on the D-list when someone says, 'Congratulations, Miss Gifford,' which they will at the mall. Believe me."
More surprise winners of the night were the lyrical team of Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake, who, along with fellow SNL cohorts, took home a statue for outstanding original music and lyrics for "D--- in a Box."
"I feel like a million 'doll hairs!' " Samberg joked to PEOPLE backstage. "It's fantastic. Very trippy, very cool and surreal and you know, it’s cool."
Though Timberlake couldn't be there as he's preparing for his Sunday night performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas, Samberg assured: "We'll definitely give him a call and let him know."
Comedian Carlos Mencia hosted the show, which handed out 81 Emmys in just under four hours.
Veteran actress Elaine Stritch won for her guest starring role on 30 Rock, and railed on the younger generation.
"I'd love to get a hold of that Paris Hilton and sit down and talk to her. I'd love to talk to her and Lindsay Lohan. She's got everything going and she's going to blow it!" Stritch, a recovering alcoholic, said. "That just makes me very sad. I'd love to talk to those kids. I've been there, done that and got several T-shirts."
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American Idol nabbed two Emmys for its "Idol Gives Back" special, which raised $76 million for foreign and U.S. charities.
The Creative Arts Emmys are a precursor to the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Check back on PEOPLE.com Sept. 16 for live coverage of the awards show!
• with reporting by JED DREBEN
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