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[Ron Pulliam]

Custard pie.  No one ever makes custard pies anymore.

Not true.  My Aunt Doris made one at Christmas (primarily for my cousin Butch, her first-born, but she still let me have some).

[Ron Pulliam]

Some thoughts about last night's singing:

Shirley Bassey:  I was a bit distraught that she seemed to favor only her lower register.  I feared the worst....until she hit those last notes.  She obviously had been "saving" her voice for the money notes.   I was very glad for her.  Good show!

Jennifer Hudson:  I'm not fond of the arrangement, but she was powerful.  Sorry many of you did not think so. 

Barbra Streisand:  I thought it unusual that they would linger over Marvin Hamlisch. It seemed to say he was the most important of all they managed to memorialize (to the exclusion of such folks as Andy Griffith).  But...the song and the singer are so inextricably linked to Hamlisch and his Oscars for song and score ("The Way We Were") that it was more than forgivable.  And Streisand has powerful pipes.

The "Les Mis" number:  Loved it.

[Jennifer]

I totally disagree with what BK said last night re: Kristin Chenoweth.  I did not watch all of the Red Carpet on ABC. But what I saw of her I loved. Maybe she got better as the show went on. But I thought she was very sweet to the people she interviewed. She seemed to know about their movies. She made them feel comfortable. I loved her. I also enjoyed Lara Spencer but could have done without any other interviewers (dislike when there are so many).

I also loved Kristin's closing number. I thought she was great!  I don't think it can be bad if 1 billion people now know who you are.

[Jane]

Custard pie.  No one ever makes custard pies anymore.

You need to come to San Antonio. Buttermilk pie, chess pie and a favorite of mine, lime chess pie are all available at numerous places around town.

They sound good but they aren't custard pie which is a very English dish.

[Jane]

Custard pie.  No one ever makes custard pies anymore.

Not true.  My Aunt Doris made one at Christmas (primarily for my cousin Butch, her first-born, but she still let me have some).

How was it?

Oddly, Johnson's frozen custard pie was rather good.   When we lived in Michigan one of the markets sold a delicious custard pie and I haven't seen it since.

[Jane]

DR John, pie or no pie I would like to see San Antonio.

[Jane]

I totally disagree with what BK said last night re: Kristin Chenoweth.  I did not watch all of the Red Carpet on ABC. But what I saw of her I loved. Maybe she got better as the show went on. But I thought she was very sweet to the people she interviewed. She seemed to know about their movies. She made them feel comfortable.

I also appreciated the way she treated the people she interviewed.

[bk]

I totally disagree with what BK said last night re: Kristin Chenoweth.  I did not watch all of the Red Carpet on ABC. But what I saw of her I loved. Maybe she got better as the show went on. But I thought she was very sweet to the people she interviewed. She seemed to know about their movies. She made them feel comfortable. I loved her. I also enjoyed Lara Spencer but could have done without any other interviewers (dislike when there are so many).

I also loved Kristin's closing number. I thought she was great!  I don't think it can be bad if 1 billion people now know who you are.

Different strokes, as they say.  I love Miss Chenoweth as a person.  I thought she did not come off well last night, and I'm certainly not alone in that assessment.  But I'd guess you loved her long before the Oscars and that she can do no wrong in your eyes - you're not the only one to feel like that, either.

[Jennifer]

Re: Kristen Stewart.

Well most people love her because of her Twilight role.

I think she was actually in pain last night. She said on the after show that she had cut her foot open (which was why she was hobbling).

[bk]

I went to the bagel place to get two simple onion bagels.  They have EVERY kind of bagel in there - and plenty of each.  But onion bagels?  Not a one.  I stopped going to this place because it was always like that.  Perhaps they should just wise up and make nothing but onion bagels or at least make enough to last the day like they do for every other single type of bagel they sell.  If you know onion sells out every day, make fifty more, make a hundred more.  How stupid are these people?

[bk]

They asked if I wanted another kind and I said no and that I would not be back for the ongoing reason explained above. 

[Jennifer]

I do like Kristin Chenoweth a lot. But if I thought she sucked at interviewing I would have said so.

It was totally different from the Ryan Seacrest style. But I still found it enjoyable (and I do tend to get annoyed with some interviewers).

[Jane]

I read this morning that Andy Griffith was not mentioned in the memoriam tribute, along with others.  Really, who decides which actors are included and are they all too young to remember his fine movie career?

[Jane]

I went to the bagel place to get two simple onion bagels.  They have EVERY kind of bagel in there - and plenty of each.  But onion bagels?  Not a one.  I stopped going to this place because it was always like that.  Perhaps they should just wise up and make nothing but onion bagels or at least make enough to last the day like they do for every other single type of bagel they sell.  If you know onion sells out every day, make fifty more, make a hundred more.  How stupid are these people?

Which bagel place?  Can you call ahead to hold bagels before you go?

[Jennifer]

My chest is still hurting (congested). My sister gave me some Vick's vapor rub to try. Never tried it before. Hopefully the smell won't bother me. I think if it's pepperminty or like ben gay i will be fine.

[Ron Pulliam]

I read this morning that Andy Griffith was not mentioned in the memoriam tribute, along with others.  Really, who decides which actors are included and are they all too young to remember his fine movie career?

The academy has a committee which goes over the lists.  The claim they have to make hard choices and eliminate some folks, perhaps because they weren't as well-known for their movies as much as they are known for their TV appearances.

They tend to show a lot of folks no one "out here" has much knowledge of.  Given the time factor (i.e., they always go OVER), they could include all the names without any problem.   TCM Does this sort of thing SO much better!

[bk]

I went to the bagel place to get two simple onion bagels.  They have EVERY kind of bagel in there - and plenty of each.  But onion bagels?  Not a one.  I stopped going to this place because it was always like that.  Perhaps they should just wise up and make nothing but onion bagels or at least make enough to last the day like they do for every other single type of bagel they sell.  If you know onion sells out every day, make fifty more, make a hundred more.  How stupid are these people?

Which bagel place?  Can you call ahead to hold bagels before you go?

Western Bagel - as far as I know they don't reserve bagels.

[Jane]

I read this morning that Andy Griffith was not mentioned in the memoriam tribute, along with others.  Really, who decides which actors are included and are they all too young to remember his fine movie career?

The academy has a committee which goes over the lists.  The claim they have to make hard choices and eliminate some folks, perhaps because they weren't as well-known for their movies as much as they are known for their TV appearances.

They tend to show a lot of folks no one "out here" has much knowledge of.  Given the time factor (i.e., they always go OVER), they could include all the names without any problem.   TCM Does this sort of thing SO much better!

Maybe they should drop it if they can't include everyone.  It would be very easy to cut out a few jokes and add the extra names.  It is just wrong when they leave people out.

[Jane]

I went to the bagel place to get two simple onion bagels.  They have EVERY kind of bagel in there - and plenty of each.  But onion bagels?  Not a one.  I stopped going to this place because it was always like that.  Perhaps they should just wise up and make nothing but onion bagels or at least make enough to last the day like they do for every other single type of bagel they sell.  If you know onion sells out every day, make fifty more, make a hundred more.  How stupid are these people?

Which bagel place?  Can you call ahead to hold bagels before you go?

Western Bagel - as far as I know they don't reserve bagels.

You might ask.  I like their egg bagels and they freeze well.

[Jane]

I looked at their website and I can order bagels shipped to me, only there is a $20 minimum.  That is way too many bagels for my freezer.

[John G.]

I read this morning that Andy Griffith was not mentioned in the memoriam tribute, along with others.  Really, who decides which actors are included and are they all too young to remember his fine movie career?

Sounds like they left out a lot of people, especially those who started in movies but did a lot of TV work, such as Larry Hagman and Lupe Ontiveros. They'll never get those things right, but, seriously, there are numerous places online that log which celebrities died in the preceding year. You'd think they would use something like that.

[Jane]

It doesn't matter if $20 worth of bagels are too many, egg bagels aren't on the shipping menu.

[bk]

Apparently the place where they were really trying to do what we do on Oscar night was Twitter.  Note to idiots on Twitter - we were here first, we do it better, and there you are.

[Jane]

I read this morning that Andy Griffith was not mentioned in the memoriam tribute, along with others.  Really, who decides which actors are included and are they all too young to remember his fine movie career?

Sounds like they left out a lot of people, especially those who started in movies but did a lot of TV work, such as Larry Hagman and Lupe Ontiveros. They'll never get those things right, but, seriously, there are numerous places online that log which celebrities died in the preceding year. You'd think they would use something like that.

And yet they included Michael Jackson when he never did a movie, not that I know of anyway.

[bk]

Emily Skinner, who was unfriending people and chastising her friends because they were snarky about the Oscars - she's surprisingly silent today, now that everyone is posting how terrible they were.  Funny that.

[bk]

Michael Jackson was in The Wiz.

[Ron Pulliam]

Custard pie.  No one ever makes custard pies anymore.

Not true.  My Aunt Doris made one at Christmas (primarily for my cousin Butch, her first-born, but she still let me have some).

How was it?

Oddly, Johnson's frozen custard pie was rather good.   When we lived in Michigan one of the markets sold a delicious custard pie and I haven't seen it since.

It was good-ish.  I was "off the sweets" at that time, unfortunately.  Had no taste for them much.  This was the gestation period for my pneumonia!

[Jane]

Emily Skinner, who was unfriending people and chastising her friends because they were snarky about the Oscars - she's surprisingly silent today, now that everyone is posting how terrible they were.  Funny that.

How did you manage not to be unfriended

I've seen some silly reasons people have unfriended other people.  Over the Oscars rates with the silliest of them.

[Jane]

Custard pie.  No one ever makes custard pies anymore.

Not true.  My Aunt Doris made one at Christmas (primarily for my cousin Butch, her first-born, but she still let me have some).

How was it?

Oddly, Johnson's frozen custard pie was rather good.   When we lived in Michigan one of the markets sold a delicious custard pie and I haven't seen it since.

It was good-ish.  I was "off the sweets" at that time, unfortunately.  Had no taste for them much.  This was the gestation period for my pneumonia!

I can image though I might have found the custard part soothing.

[Jane]

Michael Jackson was in The Wiz.

Forgettable