# Hold up guys - I know who's getting the oscar for best picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531 "2010-03-06T16:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/101 "2011-03-12T09:20:36Z")
Well we all had a lot of laughs about this film - so if you want to give it the accolade it deserves then you can vote for it to be best viral video here: [http://www.thecomedyawards.com/categories/viewers-choice/best-viral-video](http://www.thecomedyawards.com/categories/viewers-choice/best-viral-video) ---
**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 12, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/102 "2011-03-12T10:11:25Z")
[Post chuckling about how I read this old thread and kept agreeing with a poster, and then realized they were my own posts] [And a Happy Rhodes reference] ---
**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:** [August 24, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/103 "2011-08-24T05:30:16Z")
[Post lamenting that my Happy Rhodes reference killed the thread] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/104 "2011-08-24T05:53:19Z")
[Weak zombie joke] ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/105 "2011-08-24T12:37:01Z")
[Moderator stating that zombie threads are allowed in Cafe Society so carry on] ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/106 "2011-08-24T13:16:01Z")
[post suggesting that the film would have been a lot better with more boobies] ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/107 "2011-08-24T13:44:06Z")
{Post in fancy brackets to show my support for the clearly gay message of the film.} ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/108 "2011-08-24T13:53:23Z")
I haven’t read the entire thread yet, but [Something that’s already been said earlier, maybe several times, that shows that I probably did in fact read the thread and I just want to pretend like I thought of it on my own] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/109 "2011-08-24T13:54:56Z")
Yeah, if there’s a reason to revive a zombie, we allow it. There’s no such reason here. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/110 "2011-08-24T15:36:27Z")
[apologetic note from mod who got called out in ATMB for unnecessary closing of semi-zombie thread] ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/111 "2011-08-24T16:55:05Z")
[understanding expression of gratitude for re-opening the thread] ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/112 "2011-08-24T16:59:08Z")
[Noting how easy and sensible it is to prevent a shitstrom] mmm ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/113 "2011-08-24T18:38:11Z")
[stumbling by with nothing better to do but an over-fondness for the use of square brackets] ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/114 "2011-08-24T20:55:27Z")
[post lamenting all the copy-cat movies since this one was released.] ---
**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:** [August 24, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/115 "2011-08-24T21:28:11Z")
[Dio show] ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/116 "2011-08-24T22:27:19Z")
[Link to Pit thread regarding latest Dio hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/117 "2011-08-24T22:41:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > [Dio show] > [@JohnT](#): > > [Link to Pit thread regarding latest Dio hijack] [Post wondering why we all have to be audiences to the Dio show and asking why we don’t just ignore it and watch it get cancelled] ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/118 "2011-08-24T22:42:14Z")
[Gratuitous comment pointing out that **Chefguy** was actually using braces–not brackets–in post #107, thus demonstrating my skill at the language and my obviously oversized sexual organs while adding nothing useful to the discussion regarding the film] ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/119 "2011-08-24T23:40:24Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:118, topic:531531”] [Gratuitous comment pointing out that **Chefguy** was actually using braces–not brackets–in post #107, thus demonstrating my skill at the language and my obviously oversized sexual organs while adding nothing useful to the discussion regarding the film] [/QUOTE] [verbally assaults Mr. **Wombat** , calling into question his parentage, all the while being obsequious in order not to get my ass banned] ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/120 "2011-08-25T00:10:35Z")
[Patronizing comment to **Chefguy** , pointing out that I certainly did have parentage.] [Attempt to pull thread back on track by pointing out that the waitress who spilled wine on the lead actor in the fourth scene was played by the actress who portrayed the little girl in an Oscar-nominated film 34 years ago] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=7)