# 85th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-02-24T19:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/481 "2013-02-25T05:11:42Z")
And I just tripped going up the stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/482 "2013-02-25T05:12:09Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Er, did I say something wrong? Not at all. I was playing around with you. I wanted to pretend like I was at a real Oscar party. I had fun in your thread and I wasn’t trying to snark at you. Sorry if I came off that way, El. ETA: Mol, I decided to have a couple shots of tequila myself. Feeling a nice warm glow right now. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/483 "2013-02-25T05:13:13Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > Okay, how did they WRITE this thing so fast?! Most of the lines probably had only two possible endings, so no matter who won, the rhymes would work. > [@](#): > > Amy Adams, Sally Field, Jackie Weaver, Helen Hunt > [Something I forget], and say she is a----dorable! Works for \*any \*actress winning except Helen Hunt if you take a name out and drop Anne Hathaway in. It could have been: “Anne Hathaway, Sally Field, Jackie Weaver, Helen Hunt” So you have another couplet written just in case Hunt wins. (Got news for ya - those “improvised” songs on Whose Line is it Anyway?" and Second City type Improv shows largely work the same way.) > [@](#): > > ETA: Kristen Chenoweth, yay! And who knew Seth McFarlane had such a good singing voice? I didn’t know he could, but considering his awesome vocal control and range in his voice acting work, I guess I’m not too surprised. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/484 "2013-02-25T05:14:22Z")
Channel Nine in Australia just cut off the last ten minutes, so I missed the Loser’s Song. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/485 "2013-02-25T05:14:57Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Most of the lines probably had only two possible endings, so no matter who won, the rhymes would work. > > Works for \*any \*actress winning except Helen Hunt if you take a name out and drop Anne Hathaway in. It could have been: “Anne Hathaway, Sally Field, Jackie Weaver, Helen Hunt” > > So you have another couplet written just in case Hunt wins. > > (Got news for ya - those “improvised” songs on Whose Line is it Anyway?" and Second City type Improv shows largely work the same way.) Huh. I’d always wondered how they did it on Whose Line. Learning all the time. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/486 "2013-02-25T05:16:20Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Not at all. I was playing around with you. I wanted to pretend like I was at a real Oscar party. I had fun in your thread and I wasn’t trying to snark at you. Sorry if I came off that way, El. > > ETA: Mol, I decided to have a couple shots of tequila myself. Feeling a nice warm glow right now. Oh, right, no worries then. I can’t claim the thread though. I was off my game on commentary this year anyway. I’m frankly jealous of all the folks that machine-gun snappy comments ten seconds after something happens on air. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/487 "2013-02-25T05:19:31Z")
Let’s not forget thanking the SDMB hamsters. Obviously well-fed and well-watered ahead of time. The Board functioned with no problems. I was amazed by the updates, just seconds after something occurred. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/488 "2013-02-25T05:20:59Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Oh, right, no worries then. I can’t claim the thread though. I was off my game on commentary this year anyway. I’m frankly jealous of all the folks that machine-gun snappy comments ten seconds after something happens on air. Yeah, I see the source of the confusion now…I thought you had started the thread. Nevertheless, I had fun with all you guys. **takes another shot** ETA: Yeah, Duckster. At the Ghetto board I hang out at, damn thing crashed 5 times! But they are funny as hell in the hood, so I worked with it. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/489 "2013-02-25T05:42:15Z")
To a certain extent, I imagine voters were splitting their votes for Best Picture and Best Director as in: I’ll vote for A for Best Picture and I’ll vote for B for Best Director. This phenomenon would have helped _Argo_ for Best Picture since Affleck wasn’t an option for Best Director. I kind of wish the same kind of phenomenon could have gotten the Screenplay Award for _Moonrise Kingdom_, which I think should have gotten more recognition. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/490 "2013-02-25T06:06:44Z")
So there’s this annoying girl on facebook in California speculating about what’ll win best picture. I’m just dying to respond to her status with “Argo fuck yourself.” But I shant. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/491 "2013-02-25T06:14:18Z")
Is she waiting for tomorrow’s newspaper to find out the news? ---
**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 25, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/492 "2013-02-25T06:15:48Z")
I got 20 out of 24 correct which tied to win the Oscar pool at the party I went to! If only I had gone with my gut feeling and picked Christoph, I’d have won the whole pot! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/493 "2013-02-25T06:17:48Z")
Who was the woman on stage for _Argo_? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/494 "2013-02-25T06:20:45Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > Is she waiting for tomorrow’s newspaper to find out the news? Ha! In California, it feels that way. I remember having to disconnect myself from the world if I wanted to avoid spoiler alerts once upon a time. I can’t imagine why anyone would be on facebook, of all places, if trying to avoid knowing the Oscar results, so… But yeah, I’ll let her be dumb without “spoiling” it for her. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/495 "2013-02-25T06:25:40Z")
wait. The Oscars aren’t shown live in CA? Huh. I guess I didn’t watch it for 10 years, or didn’t notice it wasn’t live. I can’t believe I didn’t realize that. I thought it was just like a sporting event. No wait, I know for sure I watched it in a bar one year! I guess I was too drunk to notice it wasn’t live. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/496 "2013-02-25T06:39:20Z")
Nope! Used to crack me up, especially when they were recorded at the Shrine Auditorium since it was a hop, skip and a jump from my house. I was like, “I can fucking _walk_ to the awards show, but I still have to wait two hours to watch it on TV.” Meanwhile folks in Maine were watching the whole thing live. Craziness! ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/497 "2013-02-25T06:42:06Z")
A bit late to the game, but I had to work tonight so I only saw bits and pieces and didn’t have access to internet. Highlight of the night has got to be the actress’s reactions to We Saw Your Boobs! I think the only real snub was Brave beating Wreck It Ralph, but I imagine that many of the eligible voters didn’t get the latter’s tone at all, while Brave was a pretty universally-understood plot. I really need to see Life of Pi… ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/498 "2013-02-25T06:44:46Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > wait. The Oscars aren’t shown live in CA? Huh. I guess I didn’t watch it for 10 years, or didn’t notice it wasn’t live. I can’t believe I didn’t realize that. I thought it was just like a sporting event. No wait, I know for sure I watched it in a bar one year! I guess I was too drunk to notice it wasn’t live. What? I’m in LA and the awards were definitely live. Started at 5:30. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/499 "2013-02-25T06:53:43Z")
I thought it was rather strange that Michelle Obama announced the BP winner. I suppose in a way it was appropriate given that Lincoln was set in the White House and Argo and Zero Dark Thirty were about operations which required a President’s approval. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/500 "2013-02-25T06:57:04Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > What? I’m in LA and the awards were definitely live. Started at 5:30. Wait, what? For real? When did this start? Now granted, I haven’t lived in LA since 2007 (☹ x 1,000) so I may be out of the loop, but back in my day, Angelinos had to suffer while the rest of the world got to see what was filmed in our back yard before we did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=26)