What will you do instead of watching Oscar? [and now Oscar discussion]

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Thanks for reminding me of that wonderful moment. Made me all misty-eyed when it happened. I can be such a sap.

That made me cry. Father-daughter moments always get to me.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Agreed. Bill Maher is a total douche. He can't help himself being a douche. And it's long since it stopped being funny. It wasn't even just whining about his fecking un-nominated douche-fest of a film (granted I haven't seen it, but if it's Bill Maher and he believes in it, it's a douche-fest), he couldn't help taking an open crack at religion while he was at it. I didn't even know about prior whining, and I still thought it was pretty douche-y.

Yay for the pointless religion swipes!

But I find odd the assumption that his comments were unscripted. Pretty much everything said by someone not holding an Oscar in their hands is pre-written. His comments weren't funny (or insightful) but that may not be entirely his fault.

[innerSpaceman]

Meanwhile, Tina Fey's swipe at religion was among the funniest and most brilliant things of the entire show ... so it all depends on how it's done.


I don't know if she wrote her's either. And it was all but lost in applause already in progress. But it was f'in brilliant.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Meanwhile, Tina Fey's swipe at religion was among the funniest and most brilliant things of the entire show ... so it all depends on how it's done.


I don't know if she wrote her's either. And it was all but lost in applause already in progress. But it was f'in brilliant.

I wouldn't say it was lost in the applause - the crowd's reaction was for the joke, which didn't need the punchline. We all knew what they were talking about, though her actually saying that made it more of a "oh no she didn't" moment. Those two together are like dynamite, ka-pow!

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Kate Winslet inadvertenly brit-accenting "FV<K YOU, ACADEMY" Hahahahahaha!

YAY! We're not the only ones who heard that.... even after playing it back a few times. LOL!!

[lizziebith]

LOL, I thought by the original title that this thread was really about NOT watching the Academy Awards Show. Whoops! Well, I didn't. Watch the show. I didn't even know who was nominated (except for one friend in make-up, who lost to B. Button ). We were out of town, and got back hoping to have dinner at a local place...and when we arrived, fully 3 hours before closing, they were packing it in due to "the Oscars" and the entire city being basically holed up in front of the TV. So, we went home and I made nachos. We went on our balcony and watched searchlights in the sky over Hollywood. We felt sad for our friend (I'd googled the results and saw his loss). That is what we did instead of watching.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

YAY! We're not the only ones who heard that.... even after playing it back a few times. LOL!!

When did she say that? I missed it. I'm assuming it was bleeped.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

When did she say that? I missed it. I'm assuming it was bleeped.

She didn't. She said "Thank you", but with the British "th" that sounds like "f". It was at the very end of her speech, she was turning from the microphone, so the full enunciation of "thank" got a little lost and it ended up sounding like "f*ck you".

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

They skipped Anita Page, one of the last silent film stars.*

They seem to have skipped a lot of people this year, though I don't know if this year was unusual in that regard.

Not appearing in the montage:
Patrick McGoohan
Estelle Getty
Earytha Kitt
Harvey Korman
George Carlin
Don LaFontaine
Mel Ferrer
Edie Adams
Ann Savage
Robert Prosky
Arthur C. Clarke
William Gibson

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Tom

They seem to have skipped a lot of people this year, though I don't know if this year was unusual in that regard.

Not appearing in the montage:
William Gibson

Wouldn't that be because he's not yet dead?