# screw the academy awards. and the grammys, or other awards shows for that matter **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 27, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108 "2012-02-27T02:22:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/1 "2012-02-27T02:22:19Z")
the last thing I want to waste my life on is watching a bunch of egotistical narcissists tell each other how awesome they are. fuck the lot of 'em. and you celebrity worshipers are a huge part of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/2 "2012-02-27T02:24:34Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > the last thing I want to waste my life on is watching a bunch of egotistical narcissists tell each other how awesome they are. fuck the lot of 'em. > > and you celebrity worshipers are a huge part of the problem. OK, so don’t then. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/3 "2012-02-27T02:32:42Z")
Fortunately, you have something called a “remote control” which, get this, _ **changes the channel** _! :eek: Imagine that! You have a _choice_ in what you want to watch. Or just turn the damn thing off and read a book. It’s a free country. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/4 "2012-02-27T02:34:25Z")
I’m sure **jz** has much more meaningful, exciting ways to spend the evening. I don’t care\* much\* about the Oscars, but the show isn’t bad as a background. A few worthwhile bits might show up. Is somebody being forced to watch the show because somebody else controls the remote at their house? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/5 "2012-02-27T02:37:30Z")
I didn’t say I was watching it, I don’t even have the TV on. I just wanted something to bitch about. I despise actors and “celebrities” so here we are. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/6 "2012-02-27T02:58:56Z")
Ohmigosh, jz, did you just see that? Man, Billy Crystal doesn’t care _whose_ nose he tweaks! And that clip from Hugo… **Whoa, Robert Downey-- HI-larious!** Man, you gotta check this out… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/7 "2012-02-27T03:34:13Z")
Yet you post to a message board. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/8 "2012-02-27T03:34:54Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I didn’t say I was watching it, I don’t even have the TV on. I just wanted something to bitch about. I despise actors and “celebrities” so here we are. No, there you are. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/9 "2012-02-27T03:35:52Z")
You guys like something I don’t! Fuck the ever-fucking lot of you fuckers! But the stuff I like? TOTALLY AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/10 "2012-02-27T03:35:59Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I didn’t say I was watching it, I don’t even have the TV on. I just wanted something to bitch about. I despise actors and “celebrities” so here we are. What, all actors? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/11 "2012-02-27T03:47:45Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > What, all actors? Even Mr. Ed? ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/12 "2012-02-27T03:57:31Z")
To paraphrase Billy, _Nothing helps America in tough times like watching a bunch of millionaires give each other gold statues._ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/13 "2012-02-27T04:19:18Z")
I would like to thank The Academy. And all the little people who made this possible. Actors do something no one else can do-- bring dreams to life. We touch the souls of millions, no billions, of people every day. And so I would like to thank the crew, my mother, my step-brother, my half-sister, my brother-father, and my great aunt Bessy. She was a cow, but I love her just the same. But I digress. Here we are tonight, celebrating the greatest artistic achievement of mankind. The _creme de la creme_ of _artistique_ endeavor. And I, representing the epitome of the craft, do humbly accept this award for Best Rolling Credits! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/14 "2012-02-27T04:41:43Z")
Wow, John, when I said I like the way you roll, I had no idea they were going to take it so seriously. ---
**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 27, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/15 "2012-02-27T05:02:03Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I didn’t say I was watching it, I don’t even have the TV on. I just wanted something to bitch about. I despise actors. . . I hear ya. You never know whether it’s really them, or someone else. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/16 "2012-02-27T06:12:31Z")
I heartily concur. The day will come when the Oscar show will be cheapened down to the point where: -the “red carpet” will be a red plastic tarp -the “lavish pre-Oscar dinners/receptions” will be a cup of coffee (in a plastic cup), and a couple of stale doughnuts -the Oscars will be gold-plated plastic-somebody will drop one, and it will shatter -the rental company will come in early and start breaking down the set early THAT would be worth watching! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/17 "2012-02-27T06:47:38Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Fortunately, you have something called a “remote control” which, get this, _ **changes the channel** _! :eek: Imagine that! You have a _choice_ in what you want to watch. Or just turn the damn thing off and read a book. It’s a free country. Yeah, but when they fuck with my Family Guy and Simpsons line up; NOW I’ve got something to bitch about. (All the networks are showing repeats tonight because of the damn Grammys.) ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/18 "2012-02-27T08:02:50Z")
I boycotted the Oscars for many years after 1978 when _Star Wars_ was robbed of best picture. Then the “Prequels” took away Star Wars’ luster for me, and I finally ended my boycott. Now I don’t watch because of lack of interest. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/19 "2012-02-27T09:10:33Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > the last thing I want to waste my life on is watching a bunch of egotistical narcissists tell each other how awesome they are. fuck the lot of 'em. > > and you celebrity worshipers are a huge part of the problem. Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108/20 "2012-02-27T11:59:28Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > the last thing I want to waste my life on is watching a bunch of egotistical narcissists tell each other how awesome they are. Yeah–and I didn’t get to watch _Once Upon a Time_! _sulk_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108.md?page=2)