# Oscar watch-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674 "2010-03-08T00:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/1 "2010-03-08T00:41:30Z")
Mods, if I somehow missed another thread, by all means merge this. Meanwhile: Keanu, eat a cheeseburger and shave. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/2 "2010-03-08T00:51:09Z")
Suzy Amis looks cadaverous. It’s genuinely scary. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/3 "2010-03-08T01:05:56Z")
As I do every year, I’ve taken tomorrow off and got lots of beer and food in. Gonna be a late night for me as it’s already 01:05 here. Looking forward to see how Steve and Alec do. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/4 "2010-03-08T01:09:52Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > As I do every year, I’ve taken tomorrow off and got lots of beer and food in. Gonna be a late night for me as it’s already 01:05 here. > > Looking forward to see how Steve and Alec do. One of the most fun Oscars I saw was when I was living in the UK, since there was commentary during the commercial breaks instead of the irritating US ads. And no stupid voiceovers. And Miley Cyrus: stand up straight! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/5 "2010-03-08T01:13:02Z")
Sky Movies does it now so there are some breaks but they still do the back to the studio thing during the numerous breaks for the US market. Not as good as when the Beeb did it but still quite an entertaining addition. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/6 "2010-03-08T01:13:15Z")
Is that Kathy Ireland doing interviews? She seems so nervous and awkward. I think I’ll watch Amazing Race until 8:30. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/7 "2010-03-08T01:21:23Z")
I’m here for this one. TINA. TINATINATINATINATINA!!! I just want to be the first one to say that Steve & Alec were AWFUL hosts. So unfunny…what were they thinking??? Okay, seriously. Do you have to say the full title for Precious every single time? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/8 "2010-03-08T01:27:18Z")
Grrrr, guess it was too much to hope for getting through the night without hearing from a _Twilight_ douchebag (yes, yes, I’m sure he’s a nice person) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/9 "2010-03-08T01:32:10Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Grrrr, guess it was too much to hope for getting through the night without hearing from a _Twilight_ douchebag (yes, yes, I’m sure he’s a nice person) Who, Robert Pattinson? (Sorry, I’m not watching the Oscars :() If it helps, he hates the rabid fandom as much as any sane person, but it’s making too much money for him to ignore it. When he was on The Daily Show this past week, the number of shrieking girls in the audience scared the hell out of Jon Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/10 "2010-03-08T01:32:21Z")
Annoyed I just started working 7-4 and have a bit of a migraine still, won’t be up late enough to see most of the awards I really care about. Ooh NPH. Didn’t know he was gonna be in this. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/11 "2010-03-08T01:32:48Z")
Is every commercial going to be a movie ad? I admit I haven’t watched the Oscars in several years … since Jon Stewart hosted, maybe? Kathy Ireland rushed every single person she talked to. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/12 "2010-03-08T01:33:21Z")
Is this the Tony’s 😃 ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/13 "2010-03-08T01:33:25Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Who, Robert Pattinson? (Sorry, I’m not watching the Oscars :() If it helps, he hates the rabid fandom as much as any sane person, but it’s making too much money for him to ignore it. > > When he was on The Daily Show this past week, the number of shrieking girls in the audience scared the hell out of Jon Stewart. Taylor Lautner was interviewed for a minute on the pre-show. He’s the werewolf one. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/14 "2010-03-08T01:34:38Z")
I love this! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/15 "2010-03-08T01:34:47Z")
Go Doogie! ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/16 "2010-03-08T01:35:35Z")
Whew! Saw that introduction joke coming from a light year away. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/17 "2010-03-08T01:37:58Z")
Okay,“damn/dame Helen Mirran” did get a pretty big laugh from me. As did the Precious video game joke. I bet nobody in that film got his The Jerk reference… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/18 "2010-03-08T01:39:08Z")
The Helen Mirren joke was funny. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/19 "2010-03-08T01:43:46Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > I bet nobody in that film got his The Jerk reference… Actually one of the woman beside Gabourey got it. She pointed at Steve and said something like ‘yes you did’ while laughing. I’m liking this opening. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674/20 "2010-03-08T01:45:45Z")
I actually thought Baldwin and Martin were pretty stiff together. They don’t seem to have a lot of chemistry on stage. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-watch-along-thread/531674.md?page=2)