Great video... Can not believe I found myself laughing really loud at some of the jokes. Loved some of the lines: "Look at those Oscars, isn't it something? It looks like Bette Davies garage", "...since Cecil B. DeMille began rewriting the Bible", and specially "Television, that's where movies go when they die". Amazing, Bob Hope was one of a kind. Love his witty but at the same time respectful humour...
I really like the fact the Academy is constantly finding some "new" (actually old) videos to show. One of the videos that impressed me the most is the handing of Original Screenplay in the 1990 ceremony (in early 1991): Hopkins and Foster presented it, they walked on stage with the now iconic Howard Shore score playing. An uncanny moment considering what would happen 12 months after. (The 1991 ceremony was the very first I saw, so I never knew this happened).
The opening from the first televised Oscar ceremony
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Re: The opening from the first televised Oscar ceremony
"If you place an object in a museum, does that make this object a piece of art?" - The Square (2017)
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Re: The opening from the first televised Oscar ceremony
Nope, didn't see any Oscar broadcast until the 1958 Oscars and then I only remember seeing the last half hour or so.anonymous1980 wrote:The Oscars youtube channel has posted it.
Big Magilla, did you remember watching this?
Re: The opening from the first televised Oscar ceremony
It sounds like Ronald Reagan is doing the opening voice over.
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