# 78th Oscars Thread (unboxed spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198 "2006-03-06T00:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/181 "2006-03-06T03:13:30Z")
I was really really hoping Jake would blow a kiss to Heath, just for kicks. And Jon hasn’t been too bad. I laughed out loud at the giant statue joke. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/182 "2006-03-06T03:13:45Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > What’s a chulomami? Actually I mean a [chulo’s](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chulo) mami not a mami chula. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/183 "2006-03-06T03:16:25Z")
Robert Altman is cool. His speech was actually pretty engaging, and I liked the last bit about him getting the award under false pretenses. I hope he’s right about having 40 more years left on it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/184 "2006-03-06T03:16:55Z")
Far and away the best moment of the night: Tomlin and Streep’s utterly brilliant intro, followed by Robert Altman’s acceptance of his lifetime achievement award. Very moving. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/185 "2006-03-06T03:17:22Z")
Man, that was a long way to go for an American Express ad. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/186 "2006-03-06T03:20:07Z")
I believe I heard a bleep before the song even got going. Anyone else hear it? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/187 "2006-03-06T03:20:08Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Man, that was a long way to go for an American Express ad. painfully long. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/188 "2006-03-06T03:20:29Z")
…aaaaaaaannnd we have a new winner for “Worst Oscar Song Ever!” ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/189 "2006-03-06T03:20:43Z")
Somebody help me out here. Is it: “It’s hard out here on a _pent_, when he’s trying to get his money for the _rent_.” or; “It’s hard out here on a _pimp_, when he’s trying to get his money for the _rimp_.”? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/190 "2006-03-06T03:21:03Z")
I usually like Academy Award shows, even those that are widely panned afterward. But this is one dull sumbitch! I’m switchin’ to Flaavor Flaaaaav! ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/191 "2006-03-06T03:21:45Z")
Am I the only one who really likes montages? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/192 "2006-03-06T03:22:00Z")
It’s hard out there for a pimp, but just think how hard it is for his mama. Jessica, you could have done better baby. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/193 "2006-03-06T03:22:54Z")
Good God, in a long history of crap songs nominated for Oscars, this years’ may be the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/194 "2006-03-06T03:23:54Z")
That was a fairly crappy song alright. ---
**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/195 "2006-03-06T03:24:03Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > …aaaaaaaannnd we have a new winner for “Worst Oscar Song Ever!” It was actually better in the context of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/196 "2006-03-06T03:25:21Z")
> [@Nuveena](#): > > It was actually better in the context of the movie. God, I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/197 "2006-03-06T03:25:29Z")
This thing on a five-second delay or something? And I think Jon speaks for us all. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/198 "2006-03-06T03:25:45Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Good God, in a long history of crap songs nominated for Oscars, this years’ may be the worst. And I was shocked when _Eminem_ won the Oscar a couple years back. Geez. What a bad song. I like a rap every now and then, but even for a rap that was bad. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/199 "2006-03-06T03:25:52Z")
The performance of “Pimp” was disappointing. I can’t believe how much they sanitized and pussified the lyrics. I’m glad it won, though. Did they thank Terrence Howard? Good line from Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/200 "2006-03-06T03:26:41Z")
The whole evening was worth it to see the words “HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP” on the marquee, but “a whole lot of **w** itches jumping ship”? WTF. Lame. Why couldn’t Terrence Howard sing it? Taraji Henson was singing the hook, wasn’t she? Loved her screaming out the word PIMP at the top of her lungs. And the skit dance in the front, why do they even bother with that? Queen Latifah was pretty funny. Best Song: **"Hard Out Here for a Pimp"** Sweet. Oscar’s got class, y’all. Thank you Jesus! I felt like I was at the Grammys for a second. Kidding, though it was the best song nominated, for sure. And when else can you get an Oscar winner with a skull and crossbones tattooed on his neck? I’d like to see the 3-6 Mafia get into it with Itzhak Perlman’s posse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198.md?page=11)