Billy Crystal's Opening: 1991 Oscars

[@nathelondon3719]

Billy Crystal, the greatest host ever! Bring him back....

[@tennisjiujitsu]

Billy is an amazing performer! Fearless on stage! His accent puts it all together with his witty mind and Broadway voice!

[@jaynehaught9715]

I love you Billy....I've been watching all the old Billy openings ...there treasures....❤️😇

[@danielprovost]

where?

[@colleen4ever]

@@danielprovost Here. Just look up Billy Crystal Openings

[@danielprovost]

@@colleen4ever Nah it's because he said 'there' instead of 'they're'. My lame attempt at a joke fell shorter than a shoeless Billy Crystal.

[@rachelgarber1423]

So brilliant. A walk down memory lane in 2022

[@sheilahooper3112]

Me too on 2022

[@MrJamberee]

Very clever stuff, done with style and humor.He is about 74 now, but maybe they could get him back one more time. He can save that train wreck

[@ap499bn]

2023

[@brianexley8875]

You can't top Billy Crystal. He is and will always be the best in my opinion.

[@vegasbaby3669]

Brian Exley agree

[@sierrarichardson330]

Him and Whoopi Goldberg !

[@blavviax9438]

He is great. But Ricky Gervais would be even better. Lawl. Though the Acadamy would never dare to let him host. Honesty is something not liked in Hollywood :P

[@TheAutisticGamer11]

Brian Exley he’s a legend his comedy is spot on please bring him back to next years Oscars he was brilliant

[@georgelewko3416]

Not close. Best was Bob Hope by a landslide

[@KyleCorwith]

Billy Crystal is to my generation's Oscar host what Bob Hope was to the last generation.

[@gemmab8626]

Oh yeah!

[@donnalombardo1135]

Johnny Carson as well when I was growing up

[@hninzilwin3288]

Bob hope was boring. Corny.

[@mrjones29]

Bob Hope wasn't our last generation. There was Johnny Carson before Billy and perhaps the greatest host of the Oscars there's ever been.

[@thebrinksf69]

But who is this generations Billy Crystal?

[@larschristensen9367]

The days when the Oscars was fun and witty.

[@MrRufusRToyota]

They literally weren’t before Billy.

[@chriswright4677]

@@MrRufusRToyotaBob.Hope.

[@shanewilliams5150]

Lol you virgin

[@luishumbertovega3900]

This guy has a talent from out of this world !!!

[@carlyjolie5051]

I can't believe I still watch it in 2018. I forgot that the actors and actresses were real and natural back then...wow

[@rhondafortson5205]

BILLY is a stellar entertainer...Marvelous!!

[@Runningsuperman]

"This man killed everyone, so now he's home alone." :DD Billy Crystal is amazing! Can't wait for Oscar 2012 to watch him again.

[@sanfernandovalleyfinehomes3880]

Awesome performer with great talent. Kudos, Billy!

[@freddyfaze25tiktok48]

❤️Billy is the best. I never wanted to miss the opening from the Oscar’s specially when he was on.😀

[@johnnargis]

I didn't know who he was but after watching 2020 Oscar Nominations came out and I start watching this guy. Man! He is real deal. The best host I even watched.

[@sallymerrison4979]

Come back one more time, Billy - please. The Oscars need you desperately. Sally Lou Th., 8/15/19

[@colleen4ever]

Yes yes YES!!!!

[@Kylefassbinderful]

Billy Crystal will always be my favorite host. He makes it look so effortless and he's hilarious!

[@thebrinksf69]

oh the old days. I miss them. So innocent in the delivery, no politics, no hating, just good old fashioned funny entertainment.

[@pHD77]

Oh, with the invention of social media, some nut outthere would find a way to make that opening political, had it been done today.

[@princeydhillon9388]

No one can't top Billy crystal....best host ever

[@purejoy1985]

wow what a difference. so elegantly done without being crass but forever classy

[@billlaspin1277]

I just watched this on 7-7-18 for the first time since it aired live and 27 years later I still remembered it was funny as hell.

[@marypeyton2461]

BILLY CRYSTAL IS THE BEST HOST “EVER”!!!

[@simoneleles5147]

I agree 1000%!!!👍🏼

[@debram8741]

I miss you Billy one of the best Oscar hosts ever!

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+Debra M He should be made permanent Oscar host.

[@colleen4ever]

Yes, yes he should. What's the deal with JIMMY FRIGGING KIMMEL this year?!?! Does no one remember the disaster that was David Letterman?!

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@colleen4ever They clearly haven't learned their lesson...

[@geoffreymuller4858]

So talented Billy crystal , he is amazing

[@simoneleles5147]

Very!!!❤

[@Jackie-dm1ye]

Just saw Billy in Here Today. He’s amazing, as always!!

[@MICHELEM-k1k]

"This is the story of a man named Corleone..." Priceless!

[@spokeshole]

Best host! So glad you're back Billy!

[@SousChef77]

Billy Crystal....the most underused, underestimated man in show business.....I wonder who he pissed off?

[@jackiechun9793]

I bet he's turned down a lot of shit,

[@PJVids83]

Well, if I starred in Parental Guidance, I would turn down a lot of stuff too.

[@rodrigoaldreteavila6408]

Sous Chef 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

[@Jinka1950]

He's a conservative and refused to slam politics....

[@treyoftriphorya]

Jinka1950 maybe not slam but he’d make jokes about the politics be world news throughout the year

[@alessiapugliese1896]

he was back for the next 2 years plus MANY more years after that and before hes one of the best oscar hosts ever

[@gregdavidl647]

So good to watch Billy. One of a kind. No agenda. So refreshing

[@scottof83]

It is sad he doesn't have a home now. Hope you and your family is okay Billy.

[@QuijotePublicitario]

Entrada epica. Jamas se repetira.

[@theopoiesis]

This is a real hosting. Oscars needs this kind of show, not that crappy political censorship that it has become

[@colleen4ever]

AMEN!!

[@webster4549]

SO delightful what a great opening

[@vegasbaby3669]

Ghost Goodfellas God Father III Dances with Wolves Awakenings Now that’s what you call an Best Picture Oscar lineup.

[@purefoldnz3070]

yes except for Godfather 3 and Ghost lol

[@bookezra]

No Miller's Crossing.

[@ComandoPadentro]

@@purefoldnz3070 Dances With Wolves was trash... I prefer Godfather III over that crap ANY DAY.

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@ComandoPadentro ahahahaha Godfather 3 was a good comedy true.

[@retroraider5313]

@@purefoldnz3070 Ghost is a very good film, and Godfather 3 although not great as previous 2, solid trilogy

[@angelacarleton9575]

No other was as GREAT as the MC for the Academy Award shows than Billy Crystal! T

[@katcot947]

Billy is the best!

[@eu_lucasfer]

2:01 A Trump joke before Trump jokes became fashioned

[@Wired4Life2]

@DooDooBumMan And wanting his money, of course.

[@Wired4Life2]

Btw, "fashioned"? More like stale, frankly.

[@photonotavailable7936]

Lucas Ferreira da Silva 161,682 Covid deaths in the U.S.

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

@@photonotavailable7936 TDS.

[@seanforshey]

And somehow even more true now😂

[@pandorazbox9659]

He is the Best Bring hım back. Save oscars

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

The one and only ... The Master Entertainer .. Billy Crystal.

[@tiagoboanova1559]

The best host everrrrrrr... its in our memory forever.❤

[@thehappywanderer4230]

look how the Oscars today have turned into a Freak show compared to these... how sad!!! These were the days when it was classy and funny. Now all these emptied shell plastic Barbie dolls are nothing more than walking, talking marshmallow peeps.

[@Kasino80]

With ridiculous obvious product placement. Ellen's twitter thing her second time, was cringe worthy overly long.

[@davidgsolid]

+Kasino80 I agree with you. It's no more about celebrating the movies, it's celebrating how much money these clowns get for promoting some stupid product.

[@colleen4ever]

One of the reasons I will NOT be watching it this year. The other is...of course...Jimmy Frigging Kimmel!

[@celleo89]

Billy Crystal should just host the Oscars every year.

[@veepeecee]

I'm so happy they are bringing Billy back this year, we certainly need something extra brilliant after last year's disasterous Franco and Hathaway!

[@Justice74Lammer]

Eu adoro este cara. Ele reúne tudo que é bom.

[@nickmesafilms]

billy crystal is the best oscar host ever

[@queenshelley420]

i like how he leads up to the song, he does it everytime

[@MichaelChapman18]

I cracked up when I got to the part in the medley about GoodFellas.

[@rainbowthrustars]

Towards the end of 2024 i find myself back watching this reminding myself how insanely good Billy Crystal was and how much better the Oscars were back then. It would have been awesome if they brought him back one last time so he made his tenth time as host.

[@TabithaUjang]

this video is as old as i am. and surprisingly nothing much has changed. america is still in war, hollywood studios are still in a coma, and billy crystal is still just as funny. :)

[@Schnitzengruben]

The best of times!

[@katherynemero9355]

This was a really excellent opening number. My favorite so far. The Godfather Part III was damn funny.

[@interestingvids-hx2sq]

I was in junior high that year I still remember when I watched dances with the wolves on the big screen and watched it countless times on tv Most of these films then had a quality script quality acting, and now they became classic Sure someone says this about the Hollywood era of the 60 50 40s but the difference is 1991 was a modern year with modern technology and without the whole social media and reality tv everywhere madness Billy crystal to some boring but so much better than jimmy kimmel Brings memories specially seeing al Pacino at a younger age and the impressive Glenn glose These were the true A list stars of that time 😊

[@Zenobiadream]

Kathy Bates looks amazing, in so glad she won best actress that night for her role in Misery!! and Jodie Foster sitting in front of her! Wow

[@billrhoasts5456]

Jodie Foster looked hot as hell.

[@MrConstantine02]

Wow! Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas, Ghost, The Godfather III. What a year!

[@임홍순-x7k]

MrConstantine02 amazing!!!!!!

[@simoneleles5147]

Whatta year! Whatta host!!!

[@nenadmilovanovic7283]

Misery too.

[@wagakamakoyo7309]

BRILLIANTE!

[@stephenfermoyle1498]

BILLY such a gift

[@rhondafortson5205]

BILLY CRYSTAL IS THE BEST HOST OF ALL TIME!!!!

[@henrybelman7424]

I unironically like the billy crystal's oscar meledies

[@jcoltrane8976]

Crystal is right up there with Hope and Carson.

[@gg00777]

Back in the day when the competition to win an Oscar was hardcore, Everyone of those movies are top notch, they all should be Oscar winners! Be lucky to get even one decent oscar movie these days

[@robertluna8993]

Absolutely the best host

[@meirwise1107]

The greatest host ever.

[@himanshusisodia7065]

6:00 - 6:46 OMG He perfectly summarised The Godfather Trilogy in its Theme Music 🤣🤣🤣

[@themegagamesgamer]

This Is The Story about a Man named Corleone. He Killed Everyone So Now Hes Home Alone. XD

[@leafyutube]

Billy Crystal won a special award for this medley, did he not?

[@vincentlim348]

Missed those good old oscar shows!

[@missuniworld]

00:32 I love when Billy says: "sorry i'm late, i was having lunch with Julia Phillipps, and we were talking about youuuuuuu"

[@EdwardRingwald]

20 years since Academy Awards Telecast No. 63 in 1991 - seems like it was yesterday! A big difference between the Shrine Auditorium in LA and Oscars' new home at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Wasn't the 63rd Academy Awards Telecast on ABC the telecast that had Charlie O'Donnell as the announcer? A lot of things have happened over a span of 20 years since the 63rd Annual Academy Awards, but these memories from the previous telecasts need to be preserved for its historical value.

[@mariateresacruz1381]

Watching in 2024. Billy's the GOAT. Great to see my love, Al Pacino, the best! :D

[@michaelireland7239]

billy cristal the a grade best ever host no one ever better , if you agree give me a thumbs up

[@lwc1029]

4 Emmy's total. 2 for this one: writing and individual variety show performance.

[@rickydaum3818]

Billy was just absolutely the best ever

[@emantabrizi]

A true master of his craft.

[@juliemcarthur3004]

Billy is the best

[@88mphsss]

Billy always seemed to luckily spoof the movie that ended up winning. He must have been tipped off, or had a really good sense of how the members think. He's a stand-up comedian so he probably knows how to read an audience and that's my guess. I really wish they'd bring him back. I really think some of the other hosts struggle.

[@sonny9054]

This year’s Billy medley is my favorite.

[@sheilaettingoff773]

fabulous best host ever

[@theresiatheresiaaa7919]

The best of the best oscar host ever! Funnyy. Hope he will host 2020😊

[@mpdalyful1]

Billy crystal said he was done hosting the Oscars. He said writing it is a pain in the ass.

[@cinemaker006]

So excited that he's coming back!!!!!

[@flyingbob297]

Just damn good.

[@jayherzog7683]

Talent!

[@heavnnnsent]

I love his song about the Godfather, Awakenings, Dances with Wolves.....hilarious stuff He's a savant (not an idiot savant) Just a plain old savant!

[@bryansarracino8623]

Oh man. Beat Oscar host in history. They don’t make em like that anymore.

[@Gintoned7]

4:48 Annette Bening‼️😘 ...with that lovely gown from Bugsy ❤️

[@leafyutube]

Best Oscar opening in my lifetime.

[@nenadmilovanovic7283]

Crystal is diamond 🙂.

[@mrjones29]

The joke about Billy having lunch with "Julia Phillips" was a Hollywood in-joke about the very real fact Julia was a top time Hollywood producer of the 1970s and wrote a tell-all best selling book in 1991 about the culture of Hollywood surrounding it's drug abuse, casting couch activities etc. Many of the names she wrote in the book were people in the audience.

[@mentonerodominicano]

Genius!

[@shillabarquet]

can he do a medley for the best picture nominees for this year?

[@StanleyBradshaw]

Very charismatic. Im exfited fir these ones :)

[@0017Bulldog]

Freakin genius.

[@Lolly1122dooda]

Love Billy Crystal.

[@EncouragementToGo7IME]

Billy is the best.

[@JamaicaSugar]

Reversal of fortune, the Donald Trump story is GOLD! wow that aged well.

[@mrjones29]

Legend.

[@adamwhit1868]

all I see when I hear Billy crystal is Mike

[@Fcblover]

that oscar songs always feels like something from a Mel Brooks film ;)

[@DaBigChalk1991]

Finally, took forever

[@sakyu1831]

このオープニング大好き！

[@davidmitchell443]

"Not a very nice guy...shot Moe Green in the eye..."