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Ramona — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:31:29 +0000

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Ya got me, Ramona; he only

Aaron Carine — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:51:41 +0000

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Ya got me, Ramona; he only did it once. I must have confused him with somebody else.

Both? When was the first

Ramona — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:49:00 +0000

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Both? When was the first one?

Your's is definitely a

Aaron Carine — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:51:08 +0000

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Your's is definitely a minority opinion. Both of MacFarlane's Oscar gigs have been widely praised.

I didn't see the Conan joke,

Doctor Cleveland — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:16:15 +0000

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I didn't see the Conan joke, so I can't comment on what went might have misfired there. As far as "too soon" goes: I've seen comedians get successful laughs out of the Kennedy assassination, which is a much rawer wound, and something that happened in living memory. But they sure as hell aren't sloppy with how they put jokes about that together.

I certainly agree that it was

Doctor Cleveland — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:09:06 +0000

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I certainly agree that it was a mistake to go with a juvenile and down-market MC in a year when grown-up film was having a triumph. This was they year that the Academy could point to a whole raft of high-quality and basically thoughtful nominees, most of which were making whole rafts of money.

As for Bob Hope ... I recall being baffled by him when I was growing up. Why was this person famous? Why was this considered funny? Only later when I saw some of his very early work did I realize what a sad thing it was that he had let his original, ferocious talent turn into... whatever that was.

I watched maybe 45 minutes of

Donal — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:19:18 +0000

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I watched maybe 45 minutes of the Oscars. I did see the Lincoln joke, and Conan told a milder form of the same joke a few days ago. I groaned both times. Was it too soon? Yes, it will always be too soon for me.

I went back and watched the Shatner bit online. I do agree that the opening bit could have been tightened up. I didn't object to I Saw Your Boobs because Hollywood has been all about playing peek-a-boob for a long time. If Jennifer Lawrence had shown her boobs while tripping, no one would remember what MacFarlane did.

You make some excellent

MrSmith1 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:51:58 +0000

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You make some excellent points. I think McFarlane seemed nervous and unsure of his material, and then expected to get over the weak stuff by counter-punching, that is, he expected not to get laughs from the material so much as from his reaction to the material not going over. I thought the Lincoln / Booth joke was a good example of that; the joke itself was mediocre, but designed to get a reaction, just so that he could do the 'too soon?' comeback, which he thought would be the real laugh-line.

You're right too that he has the necessary comedic skill-set, heck, he can even sing! But the material and his commitment to delivering the material just wasn't there.

So television's Seth "Family

EmmaZahn — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:39:05 +0000

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So television's Seth "Family Guy" MacFarlane was too crude for the take-themselves-too-seriously Oscar's. Who could have possibly predicted that.

Well, me, I guess ... even though I cannot recall ever being able to watch either show straight through. There is their different mediums, of course. Television versus film -- not simply movies, mind you, film. But really all you have to look at is their respective demographic audiences to see the mismatch.

Struck me very much as Bob

artappraiser — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:10:51 +0000

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Struck me very much as Bob Hope reincarnated for the 21st century. Same exact type of humor and presentation (very lame in both cases, mho), adjusted only slightly for more risque times. Those who don't think so haven't been subjected to enough of Bob Hope's performances as an emcee of various shows (also mho, of course.)

It was kind of strange and sad that in a year that Hollywood seemed to have finally gotten its act together as far as furnishing some innovative contemporary pop culture choices for everyone (and not just the 16-21 yr. old male demographic, ) that the Academy show producers felt it was time to make a statement about vaudeville never dying.....