# Official 83rd Academy Awards thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857 "2011-02-27T23:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [February 28, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/41 "2011-02-28T01:59:09Z")
Heh. Pretty sadistic the way Kirk dragged that out. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/42 "2011-02-28T01:59:39Z")
Kirk Douglass just kicked all kinds of ass. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/43 "2011-02-28T01:59:42Z")
Oops! ---
**Author:** ![florilegia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@florilegia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florilegia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/44 "2011-02-28T01:59:52Z")
this show sucks ---
**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:** [February 28, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/45 "2011-02-28T02:00:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What did Kirk Douglas say about Franco? > > “You look even better out of the…” > > cage? > > cape? > > What was it? Cave. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/46 "2011-02-28T02:00:23Z")
Kirk Douglas was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/47 "2011-02-28T02:00:28Z")
they should have had Dick Clark out there with Douglas. That was painful. I don’t understand why they do that to these people. It’s just painful ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/48 "2011-02-28T02:01:43Z")
Aw, the old dude’s earned it. Kay Howard won an Oscar. Yay! “It’s the Unhip Oscars!” Uh huh, Anne. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/49 "2011-02-28T02:01:50Z")
Um, he may be hard to understand, but Kirk Douglas is made of awesome tonight. Yanno… ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/50 "2011-02-28T02:02:46Z")
And the Oscar for best decolletage goes to… ---
**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:** [February 28, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/51 "2011-02-28T02:04:10Z")
Animated Short: The Lost Thing ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/52 "2011-02-28T02:04:42Z")
I don’t believe for a second that Melissa Leo was surprised. Awful, rambling “acceptance” speech. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/53 "2011-02-28T02:05:43Z")
Feel like the banter among the hosts and presenters has not been that great so far. Put these people back on a script!! ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/54 "2011-02-28T02:06:05Z")
Hey, one nice thing about watching the stream - live F-bombs! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/55 "2011-02-28T02:06:43Z")
Sweet cracker sandwich, this is one badly done awards show. They’ve honed the awkward banter to a razor edge. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/56 "2011-02-28T02:06:43Z")
Biggest shocker of the night [/sarcasm] Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/57 "2011-02-28T02:06:51Z")
Yay Toy Story 3!!! ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/58 "2011-02-28T02:07:12Z")
Toy Story 3 - that was a gimme. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/59 "2011-02-28T02:07:24Z")
Lee Unkrich looks sorta like Ed Helms ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857/60 "2011-02-28T02:09:56Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Aw, the old dude’s earned it. Kay Howard won an Oscar. Yay! > > “It’s the Unhip Oscars!” Uh huh, Anne. I believe she actually said “The young & hip Oscars.” I always hate the pained skit they do for the Animated awards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857.md?page=4)