<p>June 3, 2002 -- A furious Elaine Stritch told CBS to "go f - - -" itself last night after the network cut to a commercial midway through her Tony acceptance speech.</p>
<p>The 76-year-old Broadway star - who won a special Tony for her hugely acclaimed one-woman show, "Elaine Stritch, At Liberty" - was thanking her producers when the orchestra started playing over her speech, a not-very-subtle signal that she had exceeded her two-minute time limit.</p>