Billy Crystal's Opening Monologue: 1990 Oscars

[@meirwise1107]

Billy Crystal was by far the greatest Oscar host of all time. Bring him back.

[@mpdalyful1]

Not going to happen. Crystal is done with the oscars

[@parisbeech2180]

Yes Yes and YES!!!!!!!!!

[@parisbeech2180]

@@mpdalyful1 damn😢😭

[@colleen4ever]

@@mpdalyful1 Gee, I wonder why?

[@tj6454]

Agreed!

[@lionelraoul]

The good old days when the Oscars had a host. Bring back Billy for his 10th time.

[@fredericmoresmau4303]

she never liked me, she was ordered to hurt me I have it thought through now.... it was a murder attempt disguised as verarsche-...... great work i truly deserved thuis.... after having been abused locally over here.... already by stefania, with her big oger body, emotionally toyed and abused mentally..... I truy deserved it......

[@19leeryan]

They don't deserve him know.

[@charlesallen4821]

It isn't just a host. It is having a good host and who doesn't insult everybody but celebrates the movies.

[@lionelraoul]

@@charlesallen4821 Agree but it must start with a host.

[@charlesallen4821]

@@lionelraoul I don't know. I don't want a bad one.

[@carmendeassis1857]

the only one host that really makes me enjoy the Oscars. He doesn't have a match. I miss him a lot

[@danalong1237]

Billy Crystal: one of my favorite Oscar hosts of all-time; the first of 9 Oscar telecasts he hosted!

[@howardkoor2796]

Love Bill!

[@danalong1237]

Billy Crystal would go on to have the second-most Oscar telecasts behind the late Bob Hope.

[@acquiredtoast]

No bullshit, but Crystal just knows how to command a room. A requirement for any host.

[@parisbeech2180]

Damn right

[@AuntieMamie]

The best most unique and stimulating part of the Oscars? Mr Crystal. He defines iconic.

[@wheninrome345]

This is so amazing because just a few evenings ago, I was viewing "Driving Miss. Daisy" on dvd. And then, I turn on KZbin, and it picks this clip for me. I play it. And there is the great Jessica Tandy is full view. I miss her greatly. She is one of the greatest movie actress of our time. They don't make it like that anymore. R.I.P., Miss. Tandy.

[@danalong1237]

6:24-8:18, Billy Crystal begins his signature tradition of opening every Oscar telecast with an Oscar medley!

[@robertosucci1151]

He always starts with Its a wonderful day for oscars

[@mikeronquillo1451]

The Gorbachev joke was really funny. I was born in '92 and glad to find clips like this.

[@nathelondon3719]

Billy Crystal is handsome, sharp, funny, quick and doesn’t offend! Bring him back. Please. One more time!

[@claytonbaker49]

Thumbs up if you think he should host at least 1 more time!

[@matkodoris9099]

Clayton Baker yes, one more

[@MrGabeanator]

+Clayton Baker yrp

[@janerik9408]

Yeah no.

[@geoprof6993]

In 2021, I vote NO because he's too good for the last 15 years of Hollywood crap!

[@colleen4ever]

@@geoprof6993 Please, he;s the only one who could save it!

[@emjay8161]

Billy's the best host. He should be doing it every year.

[@andresihotang2314]

Bob hope was the best. All following hosts learned from him. Billy is the 2nd best, he was really entertaining as a host in the 90's

[@CalTxDude]

I see why you would say that but I have to disagree. Mostly because I've never been a fan of Bob Hope. To me billy crystal is far funnier Without being so Polished and teleprompter dependent. Crystal is quicker, far more witty and tons more heart.

[@huss1205]

Crystal is pure talent...

[@CurrentlyDisassociating]

When he referenced the berlin wall and nelson mandela, I felt like a tiny child because that was all stuff I only heard or read about in my history books....

[@soaphunks]

It's been 21 years and I'm STILL irritated that "Do the Right Thing" wasn't nominated for Best Picture.

[@ronaldinho5860]

I'm irritated by your comment

[@asteverino8569]

The best, Billy. Thanks

[@maziebunny2]

ah, the sheer love of seeing Billy Crystal hosting the Oscars makes my smile broad and my heart light and giddy.

[@marypeyton2461]

Billy Crystal was the “BEST” host ever!!!

[@vhsrevolution]

Man, he was just amazing. He had the perfect ability to tell a mix of inside-industry jabs and more general audience jokes. And almost all of them got huge laughs. His last few hosting stints were not the best but it's ok because he had some truly classic turns in the 90s.

[@colleen4ever]

BILLY, COME BAAAAAACK!!!

[@rickmachado2005]

Can't help but smile..every time he sings 😇

[@Clivef213]

someone needs to upload the whole show especially oscar 1989 and 1993

[@meirwise1107]

Billy Crystal....the greatest Oscar host of all time.

[@romanr9883]

funny how the meryl streep joke was a joke back then just as it is today at almost every award show. merly is the best

[@ynahp573]

Roman Randhahn LOL I so agree! I wasnt even born that year lol....I was quite shocked that back then Meryl Streep was already a joke about being nominated at the Oscars all the time lol. I love Meryl the Queen so much

[@matkodoris9099]

Roman Randhahn that's exactly what I was thinking, it shows that 25 years ago Meryl Streep was already on the way of being the legend she is today

[@86BarbOmega]

oh Meryl that thought Harvey Weinstein is her god and applauded for roman Polanski lololol your comment only 3 years old? sheesh

[@joeyclemenza7339]

Roman R I loved this too. 30 years later and this joke is still relevant. Meryl is simply one of the greatest of all time - a treasure and a gift.

[@ralphfiligenzi8714]

Gotta love Billy Crystal.

[@mahajanssen]

This is great quality! Most of the other ones are all grainy and near fuzzy but this is good stuff! You should upload more of these - like NickDGass said!!!

[@SakkaraStudios101]

Close your eyes and imagine Mike from Monsters Inc doing the monologue in a bowtie.

[@ynahp573]

You know when its Meryl Streep because even back in the 90s she was already the joke about always being nominated and winning awards.. Love that Brilliant woman shes the best!

[@gonzo77ffm]

he is the best and i can't wait to see him this time

[@joelittorres]

I miss Billy

[@MeganWoodard1984]

This was one of my favorite years!!!! SO many wonderful movies were nominated

[@speedracer1945]

Wow , thirty two years ago this aired and it was a time I still watched the Oscars . Crystal was great as the last of the real stars no Will Smiths slapping the host and cursing out loud shows no class . I had to go back in time to laugh and admire class acts .

[@colleen4ever]

And no Jimmy Kimmel!

[@danalong1237]

My Top 10 Oscar musical directors of all-time: 10. Johnny Green 9. Henry Mancini 8. William Ross 7. Marc Shaiman 6. Alfred and Lionel Newman (tie) 5. Hans Zimmer 4. Quincy Jones 3. Elmer Bernstein 2. John Williams 1. Bill Conti

[@barryjacobs8524]

The best and the only one who keeps the Oscars alive. I don’t watch it anymore, it’s crap. For Billy to stand up there without q cards. Unique the one and only Billy Crystal.

[@colleen4ever]

Especially when you figure one of the hosts this year is...Amy Schumer!

[@jenniferblewer1727]

Best Oscars host ever!!!!!!

[@danalong1237]

This was the first of 9 Oscar telecasts Billy Crystal would host, second to the late Bob Hope, who hosted 22 telecasts.

[@danalong1237]

4:06, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who were married at the time and had two adopted children!

[@mariebdo2703]

"and Meryl Streep wouldn't be nominated for an Academy award" Very surprising indeed!

[@robertacolarette1594]

He’s so at ease on the stage giving his monologue.

[@danalong1237]

5:00, an Australian no longer owns 20th Century Fox; 20th Century Fox is now owned by Disney and is now known as 20th Century Studios, with the Fox name and branding now owned by Fox Corporation, ending an 85-year relationship between 20th Century-Fox!

[@angelface1154]

Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg are my favorite Oscar hosts.

[@danalong1237]

And Anne Hathaway is Izzy's favorite Oscar host!

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

The first time that Billy Crystal performed his Oscars Medley to the audiences in the year 1990.

[@mrnocal]

Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal...the perfect Oscar hosts! Some others do OK, but pale in comparison. Those 3 in their individual, but multiple hosting gigs helped you forget how tediously lengthy the awards ceremony could be with their sharp wits.

[@zacharyjarrells7084]

“Shirley McClaine who is 915 I believe” 😂😂

[@Ilovemovies917]

Honey I shrunk the party lmao

[@pika23]

woo! I was so little when this aired...but to this day I will randomly sing "me and my left foot" just out of no where...that one little part...and then I start thinking about In Living Color My Left Foot of Fury. Finally saw the actual movie My Left Foot, in Highschool. It was soooo inspiring. Like, if you wanna do art or some kinda hobby but suck at first, think of this dude, who used his friggin TOES to paint! You gotta try and not give up!

[@SugarrSnap]

we're always in good hands with billy hosting

[@longmemory1620]

he never would have joked about polanski like steve martin did

[@PeanutsAssorted]

I love that Billy does a parody of the awful Snow White number just to make fun of that idea... and it ends up basically becoming his signature every time he hosts the show

[@ruthanabi]

thanks for all of these. I wish you could also post the montages :D

[@1962HILTON]

Ellen is gret, but Billy is a GENIUS.

[@anjum2008]

1962HILTON Ellen is utter rubbish.

[@retroraider5313]

Ellen is nowhere near GREAT

[@mecongberlin]

Ellen is terrible and compared to Billy she is nowhere.

[@evelynverdejo6926]

You mean “Dory is great, but Mike Wazowski is a GENIUS.”

[@solezuroleman8892]

Best Oscar host EVER!

[@MiTmite9]

Who else is here, trying not to think about the pandemic or that Big Bag of Wind tRump and enjoying bingeing all of Crystal's Oscar monologues? (I started with 1993)

[@catoblepag]

Every time they play Billy's intro music, like a piece from City Slickers or When Harry Met Sally, I love knowing that the original composer/arranger (Mark Shaiman) is there conducting it at the Oscars.

[@marlisamorgan2]

They should have an Oscar for best host cuz Billy Crystal would have all of them! Great host! Best host ever! 🙏🙌🤗💙💜

[@hannejeppesen1809]

I love Billy Crystal, however I think both Bob Hope and Johnny Carson was if not equally as good at least a great second.

[@danalong1237]

5:00-5:25, Billy Crystal mentioning an Australian (now 21st Century Fox) owning 20th Century Fox, an Italian owning MGM and a Japanese company (Sony) owning Columbia Pictures.

[@fatumteam]

and now Disney owns everything

[@milton7851]

4:08 Nicole, the frizz days. However her face looks exactly the same 26 years later🤔

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

It doesn't 😂

[@jv-ep2tc]

1990 self: oh Tom and Nicole sat near the front 2023 self: Tom did not show up in spite of nomination because he did not want to run into Nicole.

[@andyigwe7119]

Interesting that the Berlin wall fell and Nelson Mandela was released that year. Videos are truly a wonderful invention. Imagine if we had video records from the ancient Egyptian, Roman's and Greeks that would have been awesome

[@interestingvids-hx2sq]

I was 13 then saw some of the films on the big screen Brings memories

[@RoryGuetta]

Robin Williams' laugh 4:18

[@archm6618]

AuroraM was it the hahaha or the hohohho

[@RoryGuetta]

Arturo Soto the ohohoh

[@randombrokeperson]

😂😂😂😂

[@purefoldnz3070]

Rodney Dangerfield perhaps

[@eliasashoal8723]

unmistakable. Hoo! Hoo!

[@AnaPaula1785]

Legendary!!!

[@terriselph4100]

Billy Crystal is the master at opening the Oscars.

[@denisespurlock7869]

This is the only thing I watch and enjoy by Billy Crystal.

[@FeelinErie]

Was that Robin Williams' ''ho ho!'' laugh I heard at around 4:18?

[@YouzTube99]

Good ear! I didn't notice it until you pointed it out and I'd bet you're correct.

[@purefoldnz3070]

Rodney Dangerfield perhaps

[@sahinsarieroglu]

actually 04:19

[@vankai06]

if i only saw morgan freeman id think it was from this year.. hes always looked 60

[@TheBigValley]

Billy Crystal: Great entertainer!!

[@GustavoCaceres27]

Billy Crystal = genious... = pure talent! funny too

[@ytcarol]

Billy always knew how to tease without insulting because he loved and respected his fellow actors. Today's presenters don't have that orientation and often make embarrassing remarks that are somewhat humiliating to the poor victim who sits cringing in their seat.

[@interestingvids-hx2sq]

Well good thing about KZbin is you don’t necessarily need to built a time machine to relieve these moments You can watch these moments countless times I was 13 years old then and thought Billy crystal was the best host ever at the Oscar’s ceremony 34 years later I still believe that so 😊 Nothing can beat the 1990s Oscar’s and movies

[@kathleenpapaleo8891]

Best host!!

[@MagnusAnand]

Even in 1990 they were joking about Meryl Streep being always nominated 🤣

[@kimonosobek1]

Bill is amazing

[@tukamagradze3621]

the greatest man alive!

[@robertbowman984]

Billy should come back. I wonder if Facebook can influence him into doing it again? It'd be great

[@herondelaney]

M1995C I know you commented on this 3 years ago, but the joke is in reference to the fact that Driving Miss Daisy was nominated for 9 Oscars and wasn't nominated for Best Director.

[@jaybhatt8205]

Thank you. I was curious about that

[@Trauber7]

+Molly Heron Delaney This comment is EXACTLY why I was reading the comment section. Totally didn't get the joke.

[@Ultraway13]

The Jack Nicholson jokes were great!

[@berimbolo2947]

A time when celebrities in Hollywood still had their mystique. Social media was not around and the Berlin wall came down. Who would have thought that in 2019 , celebrities would have lost all mystery and social media would consume many poor souls and we would be in favor of a huge wall ourselves ?

[@danalong1237]

My Top 10 Oscar set designers of all-time: 10. Alexander Golitzen 9. Bob Keene 8. Andre Michael "Rene" Lagler 7. Derek McLane 6. Steve Bass 5. John F. DeCuir, Sr. 4. David Rockwell 3. J. Michael Riva 2. James Trittipo 1. Ray Klausen and Roy Christopher (tie)

[@alexmullin961]

“When you see shoe lace Joe swinging right” 😔 RIP Ray Liotta. Still can’t believe he’s gone.

[@meirwise1107]

The greatest host of the oscars ever including Hope. He set the bar too high.

[@s.l.3673]

4:45 A story about Mikhail Gorbachev: Honey i shrunk the Party. He's funny.

[@carlyjolie5051]

I still watch it in 2018...😂😂

[@interestingvids-hx2sq]

2024 here 😊

[@VinayakaHalemane]

Damn! After watching this video, I realize how much the time have changed!

[@TheReviewingNetwork]

Parental Guidance was actually not as bad compared to some of the other really bad family movies.

[@sharonjensen3016]

I actually liked that movie. Billy and Bette Midler worked well together.

[@TheChicagoguy]

Now this guy is the definition of funny at the oscars

[@michaelbrush741]

I remember watching this live with my folks

[@ooohnanana]

This was the day I was born.

[@MrCrazypython]

can anyone help with the lyrics? Field of Dreams Cukoo place where ghosts can play Is this heaven? No Jack, it's high away When you see Tulish Joe swingin' rights It's the lockout of the Vincent arbitrations on a night Could only happen in the Field of... 3-Dead Poets Society = We belong to a mutual Dead Poets Society Well Quitman and me... 4-Driving Miss Daisy = WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME (Nat King Cole)

[@kstepko]

Steven H. Spielberg Me and “My Left Foot” Tappin’ down that “Field of Dreams” Cuckoo place where ghosts can play ‘Is this heaven?’ ‘No, Jack: It’s Ioway!’ (Iowa) When you see Shoeless Joe swinging right It the lockout Fay Vincent arbitration kinda night, could only happen in a field of ... We belong to a mutual “Dead Poet’s Society” Walt Whitman and me. ‘Gee, it’s great in a segregated state, “Drivin’ Miss Daisy” back home!’ ‘Make sure there’s fuel to get me to Shul!’ ‘I’m drivin’ Miss Daisy!’ ‘He’s drivin’ me crazy!’ I’m driving Miss Daisy back ... “Born on the 4th of July!” Born on the 4th of July!

[@joshuajohnson2216]

@@kstepko who will it be!

[@scottof83]

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

[@johnnylawrence8883]

Billy is God!! This is hands down the greatest monologue in the history of the Oscars!!! No ifs, ands, or buts!!!!!!

[@bonvea]

WHAT TOOK YOU GUYS SO LOOONG TO UPLOAD THESE...

[@danalong1237]

5:48-6:01, Billy Crystal delivering a Godzilla joke!

[@JohnAmose]

5:30 pure genius

[@abigailmorgan6526]

Aw! What guy! I have a thought and though I love Amy? I have real reluctance to watch her at the Big Show. Love Wanda and Regina. Maybe insert Ricky Gervais or Bon Jung Ho for upbeat international flair?

[@etme1000]

The Oscars are cringe, but Billy Crystal is funny.

[@treyoftriphorya]

Billy Crystal is amazing. In this day in age he couldn’t say this fork if humor without someone trying to sue him.

[@curiouscase0075]

Bring him back!

[@palomavega6494]

Aw, I love Jessica Tandy.

[@danalong1237]

Billy Crystal, musical director Bill Conti, set designer Roy Christopher and producer Gilbert "Gil" Cates: The Academy Awards' version of The Four Horsemen! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnnyballenatl]

+Dana Long Add in then-director Jeff Margolis, and you would've had the Fab Five.

[@danalong1237]

As well as writer Bruce Vilanch and announcers Les Marshak and the late Charlie O'Donnell and you have the elite eight!

[@danalong1237]

And don't forget another legendary set designer Ray Klausen and lighting designer Bob Dickinson.

[@THEprincessFirefly]

i was like 8 going on 9 when this aired. i got this link from my friend who was like 4 going on 5

[@moondawwg]

Only the japanese jokes didn't age well at all, the rest is pure GOLD.