I know there are many more if I really thought about it, but thatīrings me to last night, when Seth McFarlane hosted the 85th AcademyĪwards ceremony. (See? I remember that but can’t remember his name. The little Italian actor who leaped over the seats to get to his Michael Moore talking against the Iraq war. Off-key and danced as if she’d just had knee surgery. Madonna’s astonishing stage fright night, where she sang shakily and Restraints and hidden behind a Hannibal Lecter mask.
Speech, of course, but watching him up there accepting a most deservedīilly Crystal’s opening bit where he was wheeled on stage wrapped in
The year “Gandhi” swept the awards, winning almost all the bigĬategories, and Ben Kingley’s speech. Sammy Davis Jr.’s last appearance on that stage when everybody, including him, knew he was dying.Įlizabeth Taylor talking about aids when nobody was talking about it. Laurence Olivier giving a speech that made me and almost everyone in I remember it was Niven and not the streaker who got the standing The actress in the indian costume un-accepting the award the Academy gave Marlon Brando for some movie.Ī streaker running across the stage, stealing David Niven’s thunderįor a second until Niven recovered and commented on the guy’s physique. John Huston drunk as a skunk accepting a special award for something. ( Pregnant, but nobody said the word out loud then. EspeciallyĬoming from a woman and a PG one at that. Marie Saint blurting “Oh, shit” into the microphone when she won for Off the top of my head, here are my highlights over the years: (I’mĭoing this without looking anything up I just want to see what’s still Like we knew what those stars looked like in color, anyway. But since movies were still mostly in black and white it wasn’t They began televising the awards in color in 1966 but we still had aīlack and white TV, so I missed seeing it in all its glory until much He was the host, and, as you might expect, even the great Bob Hope lost He was just funny enough and perfect for the part.
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Go figure.) Bob Hope was the first TV host and of course we all thought (“The Greatest Show on Earth” won over “High Noon” and “The Quiet Man”. It was the 25th such award ceremony but the first one televised. Since then I have never (and I mean NEVER) missed a White TV set, riveted and no doubt pledging to never forget that momentĪs long as I lived.
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I, a bedazzled 15-year-old movie fan, sat in front of our black and When the first televised Academy Awards ceremony took place on March 19, 1953,
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