# 86th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697 "2014-03-02T20:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/121 "2014-03-03T03:33:59Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > wow, is it gonna be a clean sweep for gravity or what? It might not sweep but it will clean up ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/122 "2014-03-03T03:35:11Z")
I like the fact that they’ve referenced The Wizard of Oz. I thought they’d make a little more of the fact that this is the diamond anniversary of Hollywood’s Greatest Year. (I also like Whoopi’s comment on how in those days you only got to see it once a year. That’s something the children of the home video/DVD/On Demand era kind of miss out on…the “specialness” of a once-a-year viewing.) Oh, and good on Pink for including the introductory verse of “Over The Rainbow.” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/123 "2014-03-03T03:35:28Z")
Pink not wearing pink is always a missed opportunity ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/124 "2014-03-03T03:36:02Z")
WHY did they not get lorna and liza up there singing this?? i still teared up a little. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/125 "2014-03-03T03:38:05Z")
I don’t think I’d ever heard the introductory verse of “Over the Rainbow” before. It was still recognizable, though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/126 "2014-03-03T03:38:28Z")
Was there any doubt Lupita was going to win BSFA? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/127 "2014-03-03T03:38:29Z")
Or just Lorna, please. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/128 "2014-03-03T03:38:31Z")
Did I dream this…that the Wizard of Oz is no longer going to be broadcast on TV? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/129 "2014-03-03T03:38:42Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Pink not wearing pink is always a missed opportunity Ruby slippers and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/130 "2014-03-03T03:38:50Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > WHY did they not get lorna and liza up there singing this?? Unlikely they could still carry it. Pink did a fantastic job. ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/131 "2014-03-03T03:39:03Z")
Well, the audience certainly liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/132 "2014-03-03T03:39:11Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > WHY did they not get lorna and liza up there singing this?? If Liza got up onstage, this telecast would still be going on at 3 am tomorrow. I think Pink is great, and she’s got a powerhouse of a voice … but why take a breath between “O” and “Ver”? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/133 "2014-03-03T03:41:31Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I think Pink is great, and she’s got a powerhouse of a voice … but why take a breath between “O” and “Ver”? I agree. She took WAY too many breaths in general. You needed someone with a powerful voice to sing that and sing it loud, she was too artistic with it. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/134 "2014-03-03T03:42:05Z")
yeah, she was good. i just like when those two sing together and it doesn’t happen that often. their voices combined sound like judy. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/135 "2014-03-03T03:43:08Z")
Ellen in a dress? ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/136 "2014-03-03T03:43:33Z")
OK, the Glinda outfit was funny. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/137 "2014-03-03T03:43:44Z")
looks like a pink dress. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/138 "2014-03-03T03:46:00Z")
So, does Catherine Martin leave her other Oscar sitting under her chair, or do they store them back stage? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/139 "2014-03-03T03:46:35Z")
Good for Catherine Martin! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/140 "2014-03-03T03:46:58Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Did I dream this…that the Wizard of Oz is no longer going to be broadcast on TV? Wait, what? No clean sweep for _Gravity,_ after all. (Someone on Wikipedia listed them as the winner for Best Production Design before the winner was announced). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697.md?page=8)