# 79th Annual Acadamy Awards watch along/drink along thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661 "2007-02-26T00:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/81 "2007-02-26T02:28:49Z")
The Coke commercial was horrible ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/82 "2007-02-26T02:29:07Z")
The dancers forming the penguins was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/83 "2007-02-26T02:29:25Z")
You know, the Superbowl is known for the great commercials but you’d think the commercials that go on during the Oscars would be pretty high end too. I’d think companies are paying quite a bit to get their ads during this time slot, wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/84 "2007-02-26T02:31:38Z")
Yeah, I did catch the penguins, that was cool. Scenes from The Departed. Sound Mixing and Sound Editing are two very different things, with different people nominated. They should stay separate. Randy Newman and James Taylor with one of the songs. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/85 "2007-02-26T02:32:35Z")
Jesus…Is it just me or does James Taylor not look any older since he did in, say, 1981? He must have that Dick Clark gene. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/86 "2007-02-26T02:34:09Z")
They’re not going to do all the songs in a row, are they? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/87 "2007-02-26T02:34:30Z")
Ah, was the song from Cars. Now Melissa Etheridge with Inconvenient Truth song. She comes from my hometown (Leavenworth, Kansas). I don’t get to say that very often so now’s my chance. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/88 "2007-02-26T02:34:30Z")
Hillary Clinton sounds a lot like Melissa Ethridge. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/89 "2007-02-26T02:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Alan Arkin! There’s a surprise. I was expecting Eddie. [/QUOTE] I think the Academy is sending him a message about all the other crap he has done recently.\* Norbit \* anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/90 "2007-02-26T02:35:48Z")
Hee hee, the last time Randy and James T. got together, they were playing [Lucifer and the Lord respectively.](http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Newmans-Faust-1993-Concept/dp/B000002MSD/sr=8-1/qid=1172457147/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-5094951-2947040?ie=UTF8&s=music) Wha…two nominated songs in a row? That’s weird. As are the energy-saving suggestions scrolling behind her mixed with greeting-card inspirational urgings. Heh, living in an apartment house without a car, I do half that stuff already! Peace out, man. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/91 "2007-02-26T02:35:54Z")
I wish the cameras would stay on the screen for the “Inconvenient Truth”. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/92 "2007-02-26T02:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] In an ideal world it would be up for Best Picture too. I wonder if it’ll take all the technical categories it’s nominated for? [/QUOTE] Movies are not nominated for technical awards — they’re nominated for artistic awards. The scientific and technical awards were given at a separate, earlier ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/93 "2007-02-26T02:36:27Z")
And the winner for Most Mismatched Pairing to Present an Award goes to… ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/94 "2007-02-26T02:36:37Z")
I have ridden the mighty moon worm! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/95 "2007-02-26T02:36:38Z")
A lesbian folk singer singing about Global Warming while preachy slogans are projected on a screen behind her. Who says Hollywood is liberal? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/96 "2007-02-26T02:37:08Z")
Gore and Dicaprio, announcing that the Oscars are now Green. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/97 "2007-02-26T02:37:25Z")
It would have been amusing if Gore had actually announced. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/98 "2007-02-26T02:37:27Z")
Al and Leo mutual brown-tongue-ing _shot, shot, shot_ ---
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/99 "2007-02-26T02:38:24Z")
Rush Limbaugh must be grinding his teeth right now. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/100 "2007-02-26T02:38:42Z")
If the Oscars really are going ‘green’, doesn’t that mean we should all turn off our TVs and stop watching? Think of all the electricity saved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661.md?page=6)