Billy was back and I really did enjoy him. But before I get too far into the post, what was with the tinny feedback on seemingly every microphone? Or was it just me?
Was that Sheila E. working the percussion in the band?
Why and when did they switch the order of the awards?
Yes, I’m happy for Christopher, but damn, Kenneth got dissed every single time.
I love that so many people kept their speeches really brief. I loved Billy’s opening number. I laughed my ass off at the “focus group” for The Wizard of Oz. Thank you, Catherine O’Hara for saying to millions what I have been saying for years. Glinda’s got a wee bit of wicked in her for not telling Dorothy earlier about clicking those heels together.
Billy Crystal made it feel like it was a ten or fifteen years ago. What a difference compared to how I used to watch the Oscars. With a party, pools on who would win, and I would actually have seen the movies that were nominated. Now I was just glad the boys were practically ready for bed when it started.
I wonder if I will one day reconnect with the Oscars as I did in the past. The one nominated movie I saw this year was The Muppets. Tells you where I am in life. Now I catch movies on demand as I am able. Sadly, I still think movies from the 1990s are recent. The other night I was enjoying my good friend Keyser Soze and noticed the year it was made. 1995? Really, 1995? When I realized The Usual Suspects is as old as it is, I realized I need to get some new lines to quote. How did time fly away and the movies with it?
Perhaps one day I’ll re-embrace my desire to go to a large dark room filled with strangers and watch movies. I do love the movie theater experience, but there are so many other things to do. But as my sons get older, they too will embrace the experience. Won’t that be fun. As you wish.
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“The Muppets” is also the only one I’d seen! So it was cool that I actually could relate to ONE winner, somewhere in there.
I didn’t watch the Oscars, as Luke was the only person in the nation watching the NBA All-Star Game. I’ll have to see if I can find some videos of Billy Crystal–and I agree with what Catherine O’Hara said as well. There was no good reason for Glinda to withhold that information from Dorothy. It’s been too long since I read the book; did it make more sense in the novel than the movie?