Topic: AND THE WINNER IS... (Read 71199 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:04:53 AM »

I have the Banana Splits album as well - and a great CD of songs from THE BEAGLES, thanks to DR RODZINSKI.

I also have the Lancelot Link LP - their music video to Rollin' In the Clover made me laugh and Laugh and LAUGH!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:05:21 AM »

Oh mighty Isis.....turn around and around and around!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:10:36 AM »

Favorite Oscar Moment:

Several, but they include:

Louise Fletcher signing her acceptance speech so her deaf parents could read it.

Jane Fonda's acceptance speech for KLUTE.

The year they had ALL the past winners sitting on a dais in chairs....although it was sad, too. $:-\$

WORST OSCAR MOMENTS:

A very sad looking Deborah Kerr coming out onstage after a showing of a LOT of clips of her looking young and beautiful.

ANY moment with Dustin Hoffman.

The "coincidence" of Luise Rainer making an appearance at the ceremony the year that FRANCES was nominated in several categories, the movie which portrayed her ex-husband's affair with Frances and put her in unflattering light.

Two great musical moments;
Ann-Margret dancing to BACHELOR IN PARADISE

And Isaac Hayes' performance of SHAFT the year it was nominated.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:14:06 AM »

And of course, we must dress accordingly for the HHW OSCAR BASH.

Page Two Oscar Dance For the gentlemen:

Jrand74 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:14:27 AM »

Page Two Oscar Dance, For the Ladies:

Michael · « **Reply #35 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:32:41 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on March 05, 2006, 06:14:27 AM

Page Two Oscar Dance, For the Ladies:

BTW that is Julie Andrews holding the oscar

Matt H. · « **Reply #36 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:42:20 AM »

Good morning!

Beautiful but nippy day here. And the temps are goping to plunge later in the week which really surprised me! Maybe that'll kill that grass that's been growing and asking to be mowed. I'd rather Jack Frost do it for me.

Matt H. · « **Reply #37 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:43:46 AM »

Sure does look like what Julie wore the year she won for MARY POPPINS.

Matt H. · « **Reply #38 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:44:27 AM »

I remember Angela Lansbury tearing the house down doing "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at the Oscars. One of the all-time best song and dances ever staged there.

Matt H. · « **Reply #39 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:50:12 AM »

Yes, that streaker happened in 1974. David Niven was just about to announce Elizabeth Taylor who was coming on to present Best Picture (THE STING won that year), and after it happened and Liz came out, she claimed she was jealous of the attention that fool had just gotten.

I remember Liz wearing a stunning yellow gown that made her violet eyes pop on color TV. She looked amazing that night.

Matt H. · « **Reply #40 on:** March 05, 2006, 06:53:12 AM »

One memorable speech I recall was Howard Ashman's lover who came up to accept the Oscar for Best Song for "Beauty and the Beast." Howard had already died, and it was a very brief but moving moment hearing him speak of the love they shared.

Matt H. · « **Reply #41 on:** March 05, 2006, 07:00:00 AM »

After suffering through DOGVILLE last night, I started doing some surfing on the net last night finding out how others felt about it (I seem to definitely be in the minority). One thing that shocked me was how much was spent making this movie.

Now, granted, it had several big name actors in major roles, but still, this was a single studio set with minimal costume, set, and prop requirements. This film cost $83 million!

Who in their right mind would think this kind of parable story done in a very muted style, lasting three hours would ever be able to make back anything like what it cost to make?

It grossed $2 million.

Jennifer · « **Reply #42 on:** March 05, 2006, 07:14:32 AM »

I am looking forward to the oscars, even though i have not seen many of the movies or performances. I am curious though why so many people are saying Reese Witherspoon will beat Felicity Huffman for Best Actress. I really hope Felicity wins (even though i like reese). And I actually think she will win.

Btw, I am also looking forward to seeing the dresses!

Matt H. · « **Reply #43 on:** March 05, 2006, 07:44:53 AM »

Reese has won quite a few awards recently for WALK THE LINE including beating Felicity at the SAG Awards and at the BFATA (British Academy) Awards a week or so ago. She's also in a much more seen movie than Felicity's.

You have to remember that Oscars quite often aren't awarded just on the basis of quality but rather a combination of many factors.

That said, I do think this will be one of the closer contests of the evening.

Matt H. · « **Reply #44 on:** March 05, 2006, 07:52:30 AM »

Well, I'm all alone here once again!

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Michael · « **Reply #45 on:** March 05, 2006, 07:59:34 AM »

I am soooo over the oscars. Have been for the last 10 years or so.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:03:33 AM »

Hi DR MATTH!

I am on my way to work. I have five cd's of movie music. We will be wearing our 1999 Academy Award hanging badges that a friend who worked for E! then had when he was at the ceremony...and I will put up a board so the customers can vote on their favorites.

I will have the World of Wisdom results this evening.

IT is Academy Award Day at World Of Wisdom Bookstore.

Thanks for the JA info, DR MS....I didn't know that! I thought they were newly posed photos! Interesting!

FJL · « **Reply #47 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:14:13 AM »

Oddest Oscar moment that i remember was when Fay Wray was asked to stand up in the audience and she looked like the proverbial deer staring into headlights.

Also when no songs from SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER were nominated, didn't they do a very very strange dance routine to a discoed-up version of "How Deep Is Your Love?" - or was that in another year when they were doing songs that weren't even nominated?

One of my favorite Oscar moments was when they were doing a schtick about stars' internal thoughts and they focused on Judi Dench and her supposed internal thought was "This thong is killing me." The joke was OK but the good-sport reaction on the Dame's face was simply priceless.

Were both of the above Billy Crystal moments? I can't quite remember.

FJL · « **Reply #48 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:22:11 AM »

Re the Rob Lowe moment with Snow White - I had just seen BEACH BLANKET BABYLON in Las Vegas not too long before that Oscars show, and I remember thinking it was odd that they were giving that kind of exposure to that show, so i wasn't focusing on the awfulness, just my bewilderment about the fact of what show they were giving such a big worldwide plug. Having just seen the show in Vegas, I didn't appreciate while watching the Oscars that I was watching one of the great camp moment of the late 20th century. I was surprised that it became such a hot topic for so long and had such an effect on Rob Lowe's "reputation." So glad he's able to laugh it off at this point.

Matt H. · « **Reply #49 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:22:30 AM »

I mentioned this last year, but it still makes me laugh to thnk about it.

The year Miss Piggy wasn't nominated for Best Actress for THE MUPPET MOVIE, she was asked to introduce "The Rainbow Connection" on the show. Before she did that, host Johnny Carson came over to talk with her a little bit. She was miffed, of course, about not being nominated.

Miss Piggy: "But tell me, Jonathan, don't you think I deserve an Oscar"?

Johnny: "Oscar Meyer, maybe."

Miss Piggy: "Watch it, Carson."

TPunk · « **Reply #50 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:23:55 AM »

Good morning everyone! I can't believe I slept in so late today- Rodzinski is still conked out but that makes sense when I see how late he was up posting.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #51 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:26:21 AM »

Good Morning!

Catching up from late last night...

Ah... Michael Gray played Billy Batson on "Shazam"...

And Jackson Bostwick (any relation to Barry?) played Captain Marvel in the first season, and John Davey played him in the second and third seasons.

Ah, the joys of Google!

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/shaz.htm

Ginny · « **Reply #52 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:26:37 AM »

Sunday greetings! Getting ready to go to Dayton's Victoria Theatre for the matinee of the touring Thoroughly Modern Millie. We have to get there early enough to go to the box office and try to change our tickets for the next show, Movin' Out. Our assigned time is 2pm on April 9, which is the day I'm going with my mom and my aunt and their retirement community neighbors to Erich Kunzel's 40th anniversary concert with the Cincinnati Pops.

TPunk · « **Reply #53 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:26:57 AM »

I would say I'm pretty "over" the oscars- and most other award shows for that matter- the only exception is when I have an opportunity to watch with friends, as I do tonight!

Matt H. · « **Reply #54 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:27:25 AM »

Well, I doubt I'll ever be over the Oscars despite how angry I get sometimes at the ridiculous choices or how disappointed I sometimes am by what gets looked over.

I've watched them ever since I was old enough to stay up that late, and I guess that will probably never change. It's a fun guessing game, and I guess I have to keep reminding myself that it is, like such much in our competition-hungry culture, just another contest.

Nice thing for ABC that they don't have to worry about DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES oir GREY'S ANATOMY stealing audience from the Oscar telecast. It's the same network so those shows aren't on tonight!

Ginny · « **Reply #55 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:28:58 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on March 05, 2006, 06:53:12 AM

One memorable speech I recall was Howard Ashman's lover who came up to accept the Oscar for Best Song for "Beauty and the Beast." Howard had already died, and it was a very brief but moving moment hearing him speak of the love they shared.

That year had my favorite moment, too, DR MattH - the performance of that song (or was it "Be Our Guest"?) with Jerry Orbach as Lumiere.

TPunk · « **Reply #56 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:29:17 AM »

Rodzinski and I usually make a bet with eachother where we pick our winners for the major categories (who we think will will, not who we think deserves to win- not always the same). The person who gets the most right wins, and the loser buys the winner the CD of their choice. It's nice to be able to add a new CD to my collection at this time every year.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #57 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:29:42 AM »

OH! And the main page is quite informative too!

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/

AH!!! How could I have forgotten "The Bugaloos" (now there's a theme song that sticks in your head!), and "Sigmund & The Sea Monsters"!

....With more info here:

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/howto.htm

Matt H. · « **Reply #58 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:30:18 AM »

Other odd Oscar moments. Susan Hayward and John Wayne each made their last public appearances presenting Oscars at the ceremony mere weeks before they died.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #59 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:34:56 AM »

As for Favorite and Worst Oscar Moments....

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