Worst Oscars EVER!!!

I can't ever remember an Oscar show that sucked as bad.

Solitary Sunshine...

I am so glad I opted not to watch. I did , however, catch a glimpse of
the host when I was getting out of the tub. He was about to introduce
someone and he made a joke about "I didn't know we could wear jeans".
It was so UNFUNNY and pointless. When the camera panned to the audience
you could see several celebs looking at each other and shaking their
heads. Literally. Was that how Stewart was all night?

ANIM8Rfsk...

The jeans joke wasn't the low or high point. It was somewhere in the
middle.

jayembee...

No, it wasn't. Some of his jokes fell flat. That was one of them.
Some were hilarious. Stewart wasn't as good a host as I was hoping
he'd be, but he was far, far better than just about any other host
in recent memory.

I'm pretty sure I remember last year or the year before making history
as the worst Oscars ever and got something like the lowest viewer
ratings ever. Was it even worse this year?

Wyle Coyote...

You watched it and you're not ashamed to admit it on the international
NET?
All I know of the show is on the cover of this mornings newspaper were
two gold Oscar statues w/cowboy hats on.
Please say it isn't so!

The host fell flat. The comedy was not funny. He picked on the
actors in the audience and made them uncomfortable throughout.

lionelhutz6...

I thought he was really funny. What actors did he pick on? I thought
he struck an excellent balance between being funny without insulting
anyone there.

cloud dreamer...

I suggest they try Robin Williams as host. I'd watch that one.

Steven L....

Linda Harms...

Sure, if you want to see 3.5 hours of manic, self-serving, childish
drivel.

Agreed.
Jon Stewart is terrific at Comedy Central. But even his fans must admit
he flopped last nite.

Kathy...

Just saw a poll on MSNBC.com which asked if Jon succeeded as host.

72% said yes

18% said no

Apparently you're out of step with Oscar night viewers.

Wyle Coyote...

That's right! Who knows better than the MSNBC pollsters???

Lincoln Spector...

I'd say he started out horribly, but improved as he went along.

anotherwriter...

All 10 of them.

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Dr. Sooz...

Taylor...

lol Vin Diesel and The Rock together. lol Now THAT would be a riot!!!!!!

Jimmy...

Brokeback Mountain Redux?

(um, for completely different reasons)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD that would be HORRIBLE.

The actors were boring nobodies. No one really exciting, no one that
really stood out of the pack.

The movies were all special interest pics that appealed only to a
small limited segment of the population.

The was no "Oscar moment" that will be replayed and talked about for
years. There was no highlight of the evening.

EGTea...

No "Oscar moment?" I beg to differ. The joyful exuberance of the hip-hop
crew that collected the Best Original Song award for "It's Hard Out Here for
a Pimp" pumped some fresh blood into the proceedings.

Derek Janssen...

And the "Crash" number, which (like the "Triplets of Belleville" number
years before) reminds us that production numbers aren't so "evil" after
all, and Beyonce' doesn't *have* to do every Song.

Derek Janssen...

(Case in point--
Just relax and think of the first subconscious association that comes to
mind when I say "Oscar production number":

<...>

David Matthews...

Eddie Fisher singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - just after his breakup
with Elizabeth Taylor.

Dave in Toronto

deering24...

Dammit, Derek, why'd you have to bring those memories up? :)

...Okay, now raise hands, how many answered "Debbie Allen choreographs a
dance tribute to 'Saving Private Ryan'" from '99?--

deering24...

Huh? What about Rob Lowe partying with Snow White? That bad boy was a
watershed because it not only was lousy (and got Disney irate), but the
Oscars noticeably cut back on production numbers afterwards.

Derek Janssen...

No, Rob got the OPENING musical numbers permanently retired, replaced by
the red-carpet stuff and montages before the monologue. And rightly so.

The Best Song and midpoint-miscellanea production numbers, OTOH, took a
considerable bash from Debbie.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

That particular trauma seems to have lasted a good SEVEN YEARS in our
collective memory...We must learn to face our fears and move on.)

Derek Janssen (finally reading the book about "Carrie: the Musical")

deering24...

Have fun...g!

C.
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ejanss@comcast.net

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

You just know that at least one of those guys as, as we speak, fitting
his Oscar with a gold chain so he can wear it around his neck. The ultimate
Hollywood bling-bling!

oj...

I have no idea what any of those people said. They could be happy and
still say something you could understand.

To top it all off the whole boring painful sordid affair went horribly
over schedule, prolonging the misery for all involved.

Jim Beaver...

I'm fairly sure that the event actually came in a couple of minutes under
schedule.

Derek Janssen...

And that, remember, was *including* letting Best Sound winners walk up
onstage...

Derek Janssen (the best of both worlds)
ejanss@comcast.net

Jim Beaver

In summary: Worst Oscars *EVER*

Lefty...

You have got to be kidding. Stewart was hilarious, and I don't even
normally find him funny. George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Reese
Witherspoon and Rachel Weisz are "nobodies"? Where have you been?
I presume you generally refer to small budget, quality films as
"special interest" pictures. What a philistine.
The Oscars are supposed to award ~excellence~, not popularity. For once
they actually did.
Best year ever.

Mason Barge...

Sorry. You blew your credibility at "Stewart was hilarious".
Mason Barge

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee."
-- Abraham Lincoln

nellie123123...

I agree I loved Stewart and never having watched "Daily Show" (don't
know why) I had no opinion whatsoever beforehand. He was much more at
ease than past hosts and less predictable and I didn't have that
annoying sense that he's working his ass off to be funny and not making
it. I didn't think he made anyone more uncomortable than any other

Howard Brazee...

That was the first time I ever saw him. He certainly was better than
Whoopie or David.

host has. I guess Robin Williams would be good but I doubt I could
have liked him more.

Lefty...

Yeah, you're right. He seemed completely at ease and enjoying himself.
Loved the dig at the Academy about Martin Scorcese.

Hoffman (my favorite), Witherspoon and Clooney are NOT nobodies.

Lefty...

Particularly Clooney. He's huge.

FDR...

You can stop watching then.