# Watch-a-long Oscar thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821 "2004-03-01T01:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/121 "2004-03-01T03:11:30Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > It’s been said before but I’ll say it again: Billy Crystal is really horrible. Not funny. At all. > > By the way, would anyone like to start a petition or something that would enforce a ban to keep Oscar-winners from thanking people during their speeches? I mean, why not say something interesting, for crying out loud? You’re supposed to be creative people, how 'bout something insightful and witty about movies or writing or SOMETHING! Anything but a long and rambling list of names that nobody cares about. It should be stipulated that, yes, we get it: you love everyone you worked with, they were the best team in the world, you’d work with all of them again in a hearbeat, your agents are amazing, your kids, your spouse, your parents, they all supported you and told you to never give up your dream. We understand. (By the way, where are all the parents who ARE telling their kids to maybe give up on those dreams before it’s too late?) !. Agree. Billy Crystal is just horrible. 1. For those of you who watched Chappelle Show last year, I’ve wished I had the _Wrap it up!_ box on several occasions tonight. ---
**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 1, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/122 "2004-03-01T03:11:43Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > What the hell is Blake talking about? Blake Edwards or Frasier’s dad. You decide. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/123 "2004-03-01T03:12:38Z")
[Dudley Moore] “I’ll have you know, my _grandmother_ was one of the… greatest _broads_ of all time.” [/DM] Way to go, Blake! ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/124 "2004-03-01T03:14:41Z")
Charlize Theron’s eyebrows are not where they are supposed to be. They’re all gone. They were there this afternoon. I saw a picture on Yahoo. Now they’re gone ☹ I think that’s why she looks weird. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/125 "2004-03-01T03:15:18Z")
No Oscar tribute so far, the one they always do about the movie folk that’ve passed away during the preceding year. Hope they haven’t forgotten, it’s my favorite part of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/126 "2004-03-01T03:15:21Z")
> [@Annie](#): > > I think they prefer to honor the living. They give better speeches. Yes, that makes sense, but I was put off by Jim Carrey’s intro. “Birdie num-nums” doesn’t exactly leap off the page. Blake Edwards _is_ a freaking genius. (I must admit I thought that he was dead too, though.) His radio show _Richard Diamond_ really stands out. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/127 "2004-03-01T03:15:30Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > It was Visual Effects, sorry. I like the POTC skeletons, etc. OK, I give up. No, I don’t. I’m going to try one more time: I said that I didn’t like the “What are they thinking” sequence. You responded, including my comment, and said that you liked the special effects. I assumed that you meant, since you had responded to my comment, that there were special effects within the “What are they thinking” sequence. You then said that you actually liked the visual effects. Now I’m going to say, “What visual effects?” And I have a feeling you’re going to talk about pirates and stuff… What has this to do with the “What are they thinking” sequence? Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/128 "2004-03-01T03:16:34Z")
I sense some serious future Oscar-hosting potential here. Bill! Bill! Bill! BILL! BILL!! BILL!!! ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/129 "2004-03-01T03:17:17Z")
> [@quiltguy154](#): > > No Oscar tribute so far, the one they always do about the movie folk that’ve passed away during the preceding year. Hope they haven’t forgotten, it’s my favorite part of the show. Um, didn’t Bob Hope die last year? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/130 "2004-03-01T03:17:35Z")
> [@Another Primate](#): > > OK, I give up. > No, I don’t. I’m going to try one more time: > > I said that I didn’t like the “What are they thinking” sequence. > You responded, including my comment, and said that you liked the special effects. > I assumed that you meant, since you had responded to my comment, that there were special effects within the “What are they thinking” sequence. > You then said that you actually liked the visual effects. > Now I’m going to say, “What visual effects?” > And I have a feeling you’re going to talk about pirates and stuff… > What has this to do with the “What are they thinking” sequence? > Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! Sorry. I was responding to you, then the Visual Effects part started up. Commented in the same post instead starting a new one. Hope that helps? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/131 "2004-03-01T03:18:45Z")
Monster wins makeup. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/132 "2004-03-01T03:19:05Z")
I love Bill Murray. And, I’d really love to see him win it. But I don’t see it happening without the committee unclenching. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/133 "2004-03-01T03:19:27Z")
Dunno why, but I get this vibe that in about ten years time Will Smith will be presenting. This blonde is kinda Ditzy. I think POTC should have gotten make up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/134 "2004-03-01T03:19:31Z")
Bob Hope earned a separate tribute as a past Oscars host. The full roll-call-of-the-dead is still coming up. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/135 "2004-03-01T03:19:47Z")
Ooh! Rat boy! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/136 "2004-03-01T03:19:50Z")
And it wasn’t nominated. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/137 "2004-03-01T03:20:53Z")
“I want to thank my gorgeous daughter for just being gorgeous.” Ewwww. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/138 "2004-03-01T03:21:16Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Sorry. I was responding to you, then the Visual Effects part started up. Commented in the same post instead starting a new one. Hope that helps? Immensely. Thank you for taking the time to explain. (On a different subject: Some guy just thanked his “gorgeous daughter just for being gorgeous”. What a jerk.) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/139 "2004-03-01T03:22:34Z")
> [@quiltguy154](#): > > No Oscar tribute so far, the one they always do about the movie folk that’ve passed away during the preceding year. Hope they haven’t forgotten, it’s my favorite part of the show. This is usually toward the end, it’s one of my favorite parts, too. I call it the “Cacalcade of the Dead,” I get all weepy every year. Blake Edwards, IMHO, has earned the right to say whatever the heck he wants. A monumental career, that one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/140 "2004-03-01T03:22:50Z")
It would be funny – and very scary – if the makeup winners came out one year dolled up with full prosthetics and drag to mimic the stars they had worked on to get nominated. Then, the winners could pull off their latex at the microphone… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821.md?page=8)