# Joe Pesci Oscar win **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 28, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110 "2020-10-28T12:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/1 "2020-10-28T12:16:08Z")
He won for Goodfellas but they showed a clip from home alone Did the studio not allow them to show a Goodfellas clip? ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/2 "2020-10-28T13:03:28Z")
Man, I didn’t believe you at first, but I just looked it up on YouTube, and I’ll be damned if they didn’t show a Home Alone clip. It’s made even funnier when you consider the fact that the award was presented by Brenda Fricker, who co-starred in Home Alone 2 the following year. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/3 "2020-10-28T13:08:27Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > It’s made even funnier when you consider the fact that the award was presented by Brenda Fricker, who co-starred in Home Alone 2 the following year. Funny how? What’s funny about it? ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/4 "2020-10-28T13:11:40Z")
Hey, I don’t mean nuthin’. It’s a funny story, is all! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/5 "2020-10-28T13:33:05Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > He won for Goodfellas but they showed a clip from home alone Did the studio not allow them to show a Goodfellas clip? Can you link to what you’re seeing? Because what I see [here](https://youtu.be/O0Q_nyjuEak?t=46) is a still from Goodfellas (preceded by stills from each of the other performances). Where did you see a clip from Home Alone? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/6 "2020-10-28T13:36:38Z")
Here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E_eHmzFIp1E/hqdefault.jpg "Joe Pesci winning an Oscar® for "Goodfellas"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_eHmzFIp1E) I’m flabbergasted. I wonder if that’s why his acceptance speech was 5 words long. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/7 "2020-10-28T13:39:58Z")
Weird. Why is it that the clip I linked to showed only still images? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/8 "2020-10-28T13:40:39Z")
Hang on - I’m reading the comments on that, and it looks like it was edited. They showed the “I’m funny how” clip during the actual broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/9 "2020-10-28T13:42:10Z")
Yeah, if you watch the Graham Greene/Dances With Wolves part of the clip, the subtitles are clearly added (and hilarious): “Do you think I’ll beat Joe Pesci for Best Supporting Actor?” “What, that little twerp?” ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/10 "2020-10-28T13:44:19Z")
The clip I linked to was posted by the academy itself, so I suspect it shows the unedited video. The lesson, I suppose, is to be very careful what you believe based on what some random person posted on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110/11 "2020-10-28T16:17:47Z")
should have realized that was fake