# Oscar Categories you'd like to add. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170 "2002-03-26T13:01:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/1 "2002-03-26T13:01:48Z")
Not really Café Society material, unless my colleagues beg to differ. We’ve all seen them. Oscar Categories that seem to be rather far-fetched. Here’s the deal: we’re gonna invent some of our own, as far-fetched as possible. I’ll start! [ul][li]Best Espresso Machine on the set[/li][li]Best parking facilities[/li][li]Best use of soft-edge focus combined with violin music in a motion picture[/li]Best dolly gaffer key grip rigger (I always see those in the end credits, and don’t know what the hell they are :))[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/2 "2002-03-26T13:15:23Z")
[ul] [li]Best extra in a battle scene.[/li][li]Best **Three’s Company** reference.[/li][li]Best accounting.[/li][li]Best film over 12 hours.[/li][li]Best ambience.[/li][li]Best acting person with XXY chromosomes.[/li][li]Best shrubbery[/ul][/li] _Best use of vB coding - CF. 😉_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/3 "2002-03-26T13:27:34Z")
The World’s Stupidest Bottom Burp. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/4 "2002-03-26T13:47:29Z")
Best Overacting Best Actor for Always Acting Angry (Oh, Denzel won that already) Best Movie Destroyed by Horrible Music Feel Good Movie of the Year (make it an award already) Most Self Ingratiating Star Award ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/5 "2002-03-26T14:08:32Z")
Best Attempt By A Hack Actor Trying To Get Himself Taken Seriously (or “The Jim Carrey Award”) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/6 "2002-03-26T14:12:20Z")
Best Product Placement Best Nude Scene Best Use of a Movie Cliche’ Best Catering Best Acceptance Speech from the Previous Year’s Ceremony Best Performance by an Animal Best Performance by a Plant Best Best Boy Best Actor/Actress in a Mentally Handicapped, Physically Handicapped, Clinically Insane or Terminally Ill Role. Best Performance by an Actor/Actress We Expect to Die Before They Make Another Film Special Award for Someone the Academy Feels Bad About Not Giving an Award to That Other Time Most Gratuitous Use of the Word “Belgium” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/7 "2002-03-26T14:25:51Z")
Stop me now! I jus’ can’t help mahself! Best Use of a Phallic Symbol in a Film Best Movie Trailer Best Celebrity-Endorsed Cause Best Campaign to Lobby the Academy for an Award Best Movie Industry “In-Joke” Best Seat Filler ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/8 "2002-03-26T14:50:56Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* \*\* [ul] [li]Best dolly gaffer key grip rigger (I always see those in the end credits, and don’t know what the hell they are :))[/ul] \*\*[/li][/QUOTE] Gaffer - Lighting technician. Grip - Basic laborer responsible for moving lights/ladders/equipment etc. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/9 "2002-03-26T15:10:24Z")
Best Bonding Scene Involving a Parent Singing A 70’s Motown Standard With His/Her Kids Best Heavy Metal Accompanyment To A Wesley Snipes Fight Scene Best Picture That’s An Outrageous Ripoff of “Aliens” Best Picture That’s An Outrageous Ripoff of “Die Hard” Best Montage Of Falling-In-Love Clips Set To A Love Song Best “Matrix” Reference Best Soundtrack Involving Alterna-Punk Bands Nobody Has Ever Heard Of Best Performance By a Fashion Model Best Performance As a Cop On The Edge Best Performance as a Hooker With a Heart Of Gold Best Performance As a Fashionable, Sweet But Jaded Young Woman Who Can’t Find Love In The Big City Best Performance As a Retired Elite Commando Who Must Fight One Last Time To Save His Child/Old Army Buddy/Love Interest Best Straght-To-Video Animated Sequel Best Original Song By Someone Who Used To Be Cool But Is Now a Hack (Elton John, Sting and Phil Collins would be annual nominees) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/10 "2002-03-26T15:24:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Best Product Placement > > Best Performance by an Animal > > 😉 \*\* I think they have this already. Can someone confirm. Their reality is as silly as our parody of them. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/11 "2002-03-26T15:35:55Z")
Well, they already have these: > [@](#): > > Best Actor/Actress in a Mentally Handicapped, Physically Handicapped, Clinically Insane or Terminally Ill Role. A.k.a. Best Actor/Actress (Geoffrey Rush, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks…) > [@](#): > > Best Performance by an Actor/Actress We Expect to Die Before They Make Another Film A.k.a Best Supporting Actor/Actress, or occasionally Best Actor/Actress (Jack Palance, Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy…) > [@](#): > > Special Award for Someone the Academy Feels Bad About Not Giving an Award to That Other Time Which covers everybody who doesn’t fall into the above two categories. Sad, really. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/12 "2002-03-26T15:41:17Z")
Best wet street at night scene. Best car crashing into vegetable stand scene. Best fight scene where our hero doen’t get a scratch but all 1,000,000 of the CGI beasties get slaughtered. Best performance as a boyfriend who was dumped by the cute girl because she met a guy who was just so sexy (award named after Bill Pullman). Best performance by an animal that was “not harmed in the making of this film”. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/13 "2002-03-26T15:44:33Z")
Best Stirring Vision of the Triumph of the Human Spirit That way, we can start giving Best Picture to movies that are good, and don’t just make us feel good. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/14 "2002-03-26T20:59:57Z")
I’d just merge the Golden Raspberries with the Oscars – I want to see big-stage production announcements for Worst Movie, Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actress, the whole nine yards… ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/15 "2002-03-26T22:24:17Z")
1. Best Explosion 2. Best Series of Explosions 3. Best Series of Explosions Incorporating Depictions of Flame in An Oxygen-Free Environment 4. Best Perfomance by a TelePrompTer 5. Best Performance by a Costume 6. Best Performance by a Surgical Procedure 7. The Walters-Streisand Memorial Award for Most Vaseline Applied to a Lens ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/16 "2002-03-26T22:29:35Z")
1a. Best scene in which a character is able to outrun a huge explosion ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/17 "2002-03-26T22:46:19Z")
Thanks Coldie! [ul] [li]Best stereotyping. (This one **could** be a Razzie)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/18 "2002-03-26T23:10:03Z")
Best Kiss Best Onscreen Duo Best Fight Best Action Sequence Best song used in a movie(not like best song that’s written specifically for the movie). ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/19 "2002-03-26T23:29:21Z")
**Best quote** , so movies such as American Pie can win.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170/20 "2002-03-26T23:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*The World’s Stupidest Bottom Burp. \*\* Rick, Britain. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-categories-youd-like-to-add/100170.md?page=2)