DonRocks Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 This is the best article I've found explaining what happened, and it makes sense that it comes from BBC, since PriceWaterhouseCoopers is an English firm. "Oscars 2017: Truth behind 'Envelopegate' Emerges" by Neil Smith on bbc.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 How do you think this 'gaffe' stacks up against Chief Justice Roberts' flubbing the oath of office (written into the U.S. Constitution) at Barack Obama' first inauguration? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxdrop Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Figure it's fully adjudicated at this point, but Bill Simmons had Jimmy Kimmel on his podcast a few days after the show for an insider's look at how it went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 I cannot believe Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to host the Oscars next year. I don't see how anyone could have done any worse than he did, especially during the Best Picture flub, but even aside from that. I should add that I simply do not like Jimmy Kimmel, so perhaps that's biasing me, but I thought he was just awful. (Yes, I feel sorry for what happened with his child - anyone would - but I have no problem compartmentalizing that.) Maybe for 2019, we can get Howard Stern or David Letterman to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 David Letterman did it before and he was pretty awful at it. Most hosts are lousy at it with a few notable exceptions (Billy Crystal). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Um...Johnny Carson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I was sort of thinking about Johnny, too, but I must say I simply don't remember if he was actually good at hosting them or if there was so little for comparison that he ended up on top for that sort of thing. Remember, he was in the age of 3 broadcast channels and no cable, with 3 awards shows per year (Oscars, Emmys, Tonys) and the next closest comparable at that time was probably the Miss America pageant. Was he good, or was he just somewhat better than a very small pool of fish? I don't know or can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Johnny Carson was a whole lot better than Bob Hope. He was, actually, the best. (At practically everything he did. Johnny, we hardly knew ye.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 On 5/20/2017 at 5:19 AM, The Hersch said: Johnny Carson was a whole lot better than Bob Hope. He was, actually, the best. (At practically everything he did. Johnny, we hardly knew ye.) I think you were just so happy that Ed McMahon wasn't there, that you thought Johnny Carson was better than he actually was. (I honestly don't remember either Carson or Bob Hope hosting the awards, so I have no real opinion.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 On 5/22/2017 at 4:28 PM, DonRocks said: I think you were just so happy that Ed McMahon wasn't there, that you thought Johnny Carson was better than he actually was. (I honestly don't remember either Carson or Bob Hope hosting the awards, so I have no real opinion.) I don't think I watched the Oscars after Johnny Carson's last stint, which I can't be bothered to look up. On a related note, I never saw a James Bond film that didn't star Sean Connery, and I didn't even see all of his. I best remember the late Roger Moore as the Mavericks' English cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 On 5/20/2017 at 2:19 AM, The Hersch said: Johnny Carson was a whole lot better than Bob Hope. He was, actually, the best. (At practically everything he did. Johnny, we hardly knew ye.) When John Holmes died, Playboy did a retrospective called, "Johnny, We Hardly Blew Ye." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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