DON'T DO IT, DR ELMORE3003!!
DR MATTH - I am loving your WOO pages much more than the Harry Potter ones!
Can you hear me laughing heartily? No? When I'm pissed, I have no sense of humor and at the moment I have none.
I also apologize for being snippy today.
For fans of Peter Cook AND Gerry & Sylvia Anderson:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMbDbpXBJg
It really annoys me that Lou Gossett Jr. and Jessica Lange won the supporting Oscars over Robert Preston (especially) and Lesley Ann Warren. Even Lange admits her Oscar that year was a consolation prize for not getting it for FRANCES (up against Meryl Streep's unassailable SOPHIE'S CHOICE).
It really annoys ME that the real Frances didn't get a supporting actress nom (she was too new for a Best Actress nom, though she was the lead) for Come and Get It, one of the all time greatest performances (literally, she plays two characters) of the Golden Age. The fact that Brennan was nommed (and won) for his hammy work just makes it all the worse.
Well, Brennan won his three Oscars almost certainly because the extras were allowed to vote during those years. He began as an extra, and with one of their own getting a nomination, they voted for him every time he was nominated. By the time he got his fourth nomination for SERGEANT YORK, they were no longer allowed to vote, and he lost.
Oy, the atonality.