# It's the 80th Annual Academy Awards® Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026 "2008-02-25T01:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/61 "2008-02-25T02:48:00Z")
Great pregnancy joke! This Oscars has a light-heartedness that is unexpected to me–and refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/62 "2008-02-25T02:54:09Z")
There seems to be less glamor and more a “We’re regular folks just like you!” feel. The reality-show influence, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/63 "2008-02-25T02:55:06Z")
I love Jon Stewart. I’d have his babies. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/64 "2008-02-25T02:55:15Z")
I suppose I could send her a Bob Marley CD. Legend is generally the album of choice if you’re only going to have one reggae album, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/65 "2008-02-25T02:56:52Z")
I could do without the singing. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/66 "2008-02-25T02:57:53Z")
All right, the Chenoweth showing how it’s done! Nice number, although to be accurate, in my experience, about 90% of the brides you see in Central Park are Chinese-American. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/67 "2008-02-25T02:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I love Jon Stewart. I’d have his babies. [/QUOTE] Me too. \ I don’t think I’ve ever liked the Oscar song. They don’t seem to pick good ones.. ---
**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 25, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/68 "2008-02-25T03:01:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mehitabel] All right, the Chenoweth showing how it’s done! Nice number, although to be accurate, in my experience, about 90% of the brides you see in Central Park are Chinese-American. [/QUOTE] I liked that song and Chenoweth has some great pipes. Damn I hope her and Ellen Green do more duets on Pushing Daisies. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/69 "2008-02-25T03:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Me too. \ I don’t think I’ve ever liked the Oscar song. They don’t seem to pick good ones.. [/QUOTE] I was rooting for “Blame Canada” in 2000. But didn’t they wuss out and go with a montage of all the songs that year? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/70 "2008-02-25T03:02:55Z")
Who ARE these guys who are not Judi Dench and Halle Berry? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/71 "2008-02-25T03:04:46Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] I was rooting for “Blame Canada” in 2000. But didn’t they wuss out and go with a montage of all the songs that year? [/QUOTE] I remember Robin Williams doing an edited version. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/72 "2008-02-25T03:04:53Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] Who ARE these guys who are not Judi Dench and Halle Berry? [/QUOTE] They were in _Superbad_. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/73 "2008-02-25T03:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] Who ARE these guys who are not Judi Dench and Halle Berry? [/QUOTE] Seth Rogan and his clone ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/74 "2008-02-25T03:05:32Z")
And I believe that that is 4. I’m still thinking that the over is looking good. Make that 5. Thanks people from Bourne Ultimatum. (Are those movies any good?) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/75 "2008-02-25T03:06:34Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] But where do the animated shorts (or the live action for that matter) play? I’d love to see them–I can’t even see Persepolis around here! [/QUOTE] I rented a DVD from Netflix with all of the live-action and animated nominated films from 2006, so it’s possible that a DVD will be produced with this year’s nominees. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/76 "2008-02-25T03:06:44Z")
If I were Dame Judy, I’d be pissed that a guy with a beard is supposed to be me. IMO, Ratoutioulle was just not that good a movie. (I am not spell checking that, kay?) ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/77 "2008-02-25T03:06:47Z")
Thanks,\*\* supervenusfreak\*\* for the answer. Seems stupid to me that once they got past the joke that they wouldn’t actually say who they were. Surely I’m not the only person who would not know. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/78 "2008-02-25T03:06:59Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] Who ARE these guys who are not Judi Dench and Halle Berry? [/QUOTE] Jonah Hill and Seth Rogan ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/79 "2008-02-25T03:12:02Z")
So Julie Christie is the fave for Actress, right? Who here has seen this film? ---
**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 25, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026/80 "2008-02-25T03:12:25Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] If I were Dame Judy, I’d be pissed that a guy with a beard is supposed to be me. IMO, Ratoutioulle was just not that good a movie. (I am not spell checking that, kay?) [/QUOTE] I agree on the first sentence and I have to disagree on the second. My kids, my wife and I all really enjoyed Ratatouille. I thought it was remarkable how many great movies Brad Bird has made now. Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-80th-annual-academy-awards-thread/439026.md?page=5)