LIVE OSCAR BLOGGING! — As I write this, my mailbox is crammed with comments. Here are three picked almost at random. Chuck Sigars writes…
Every one of these seems special at the moment…but I swear Blake Edwards' acceptance speech was the best I've ever heard. 81 years old and 90 seconds, and at the beginning I would have sworn it was going to be 8 minutes of embarrassment.
Chad Riden writes…
Boy, I wish somebody would thank the Academy. They're always the unsung heroes of the Oscars.
Go to your room, Chad. And someone named Rick writes about the Bob Hope montage…
I thought it was eerie to have a clip of him in the audience and standing and waving. It makes it look as if he is still alive and thanking them now.
Hadn't thought of that but you're right. I guess I was just pleased they didn't do the obvious, which was a montage of silent clips scored with "Thanks for the Memories."