''I Wanna Be An Oscar Winner'' production number - 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989)

Walter Matthau introduces Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, who will present the Young Hollywood production number: "I Wanna be an Oscar Winner." Features: Keith Coogan, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Feldman, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Savion Glover, Carrie Hamilton, Page Hannah, Ricki Lake, Matt Lattanzi, Chad Lowe, Tracy Nelson, Patrick O'Neal, Corey Parker, D.A. Pawley, Tyrone Power Jr., Holly Robinson, Christian Slater and Blair Underwood.
Music and Lyrics by Marvin Hamlisch, Fred Ebb (among others)
This was the last public appearance of the first lady of television, Lucille Ball. She died a month later on April 26.

[@wevegotmoviesign]

Even the video is trying to kill itself during this performance.

[@vesperview]

The worst part about this number is that none of these people have produced even a single nomination.

[@markelijio6012]

They Don't!!!

[@inclaric]

how many nominations are FOR YOU ?

[@markelijio6012]

I'm sorry to say this. The answer is none.

[@laobok]

@@inclaric This is a weak comeback, you know. You don't need to be a toxicologist to know that bleach is poisonous.

[@kirbygene]

I was brought here by the claim that this was widely considered to be one of the worst productions in awards shows history. It did not disappoint.

[@chuckw5762]

Love the guy in the audience pumping his fist at the end, as if this was the greatest number he'd ever seen . . .

[@ssvcraig]

1980's cocane

[@maryhughes6372]

😂

[@apocalypseplough8089]

Patrick Dempsey before his nose job and his perpetual 5 o'clock shadow. None of these people went on to be Oscar winners. Oh, the irony.

[@alanmackie7012]

Oh, the inevitability!

[@markelijio6012]

Well, they're non-Oscar winners, a year later.

[@CopyboyVideo]

So, none of these people has won an Oscar since. Savion Glover, who was possibly the youngest performer at 16, was the most successful person on the stage - he now has a Tony.

[@galvestonduck]

CopyboyVideo Chad Lowe was married to a winner. Not that that really counts. Tracy Nelson is underrated and deserves more recognition that she gets.

[@markelijio6012]

In addition, Savion Glover has directed many episodes of "Girlfriends" and its spin-off, "The Game" for CBS Paramount Domestic Television.

[@markelijio6012]

After being fired off from the Oscars in 1989...Tracy Nelson deserves more recognition that she gets. From the early 1990's - present, she's got her foray into TV directing. Freeform's "Father Dowling Mysteries" was her first assignment from 1990 to 1999 followed by Fox's "Beverly Hills 90210" (1990-2000), CW's Charmed (1998-2006) among others. From September 1994 - present, she's also endorsed Care One Debt Relief Services LLC and Hanes Hosiery, both appearing in print and TV ads.

[@reoreborn1209]

This happened and we let it happen.. -_-

[@markelijio6012]

With the expection of choreographer/TV director Savion Glover - with whom was one of the best in the business, but the motto was "You're Fired" which means they're dismissed from the 1989 Oscars: Blair Underwood, Holly Robinson Peete, Corey Feldman, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Parker, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Tracy Nelson, Melora Hardin, Tyrone Power Jr., Patrick O'Neal, Keith Coogan, D.A. Pauley, Matt Lattanzi, Carrie Hamilton, Page Hannah Adler, Chad Lowe, Christian Slater and Ricki Lake. Savion Glover is simply the best better than all the rest - since August 1992, all of the top nineteen stars in different roles as actors, singers and filmmakers were doing lots of new things here - like getting into new activities such as racing and rehab programs to help these gifted people from around the world - your life will changing the world every day, whether you believe it or not.

[@MegaNuc]

The 80's! EFFIN' love them !!!

[@dsdmugley7385]

The oscar winners of tomorrow never won an oscar

[@markelijio6012]

Those 19 artists were doing new projects now.

[@alanmackie7012]

I wonder how much appearing in this farce, had to do with it.

[@kitkatcouture1]

It was great to see these actors in their younger days but my god this went on forever!

[@heatherhillman1]

Chad Lowe's performance was actually better than his brother's that night! LOL

[@MrCristoforoantonio]

I think it was funny that Lucille got such a laugh out of Bob's jokes. If I'm not mistaken, in real life, they were friends and neighbors.

[@markelijio6012]

But not no more, they won’t. But by 1990, Lucille Ball has passed away and it’s been very hard to say that she will always remember for the wonderful laughs that she gave us. Now CBS Studios has re-created the Lucille Ball Stage in Hollywood, California during the final decades of her career. Her final performance in a made for television movie was Stone Pillow on CBS in 1986. Produced and Distributed by Fremantle America (formerly Fremantle Media North America).

[@guslopez9448]

Insanely EMBARRASSING!! no Oscar winners here as of Sept. 2014! Patrick Dempsey thought he was Fred astaire , Cory Feldman thought he was Michael Jackson, and that holly Robinson girl thought she was patti labelle ...and wth was Ricky Lake wearing...and Chad Lowe was only there cuz he got a ride from Rob to the Oscars!! Them Lowe brothers sure scored that night didn't they!!! Lol!!!!!

[@SEFYH]

Well said, Gus! I couldn't have summed it up better!! LOL!!!!!

[@MrBJG79]

Not even a single nomination among them...geez...

[@vanessak69]

Patrick Dempsey's number wasn't bad, in all fairness, and Holly Robinson could sing. I'm not defending the fact that this number existed though.

[@markelijio6012]

You know what? They're no Oscar winners here as of September 2014! It was insanely embarrassing!!! Since 1993, many former actors were turning their rare talents into TV filmmaking with new material and that will keep them busy like TV producing and directing. They are Corey Feldman, Rob Lowe, Chad Lowe, Christian Slater, Melora Hardin, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Parker, Ricki Lake, Blair Underwood, Tyrone Power, Jr., Patrick O'Neal, D.A. Pauley, Keith Coogan, Carrie Hamilton, Holly Robinson Peete, Page Hannah Adler, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Matt Lattanzi and Tracy Nelson. With the exception of Tony Award Winner Savion Glover who had even more success as both dancer and choreographer for audiences and fans around the world. Several others were moving fast forward into TV writing, producing and directing with new material. But that's my strongest opinion.

[@markelijio6012]

@@MrBJG79 There were non Oscar winners, a year later in 1990.

[@markelijio6012]

Seven years later in the fall of 1994, the people at Hanes Brands will present a wonderful series of print ads and television commercials for both Hanes Underwear and Hanes Hosiery. It features Keith Coogan, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Feldman, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Savion Glover, Carrie Hamilton, Page Hannah Adler, Ricki Lake, Matt Lattanzi, Chad Lowe, Tracy Nelson, Patrick O'Neal, Corey Parker, D.A. Pauley, Tyrone Power Jr., Holly Robinson Peete, Christian Slater and Blair Underwood. This debuted on Tuesday, September 5, 1994 which was very successful and profitable. And will continue to do so.

[@ugodaboss]

Thank you Double Toasted for directing me to this video!

[@gypsysdaddy21]

Flashback! I haven't seen this in almost 25 years. I had it on VHS, but my dad recorded over it almost immediately. I remembered it vividly. Thanks! And lay off Lucy, she would die the following month.

[@billanthony7896]

I don't know... I think this was more cringe worthy than the Snow White number!

[@weedliftlefty5425]

now they all work at mcdonalds

[@latifamoumen6967]

People at McDonald's work hard😄.

[@markelijio6012]

Between the years from March 28, 1985 thru today.

[@deathlarsen7502]

it doesn't end. it just goes on and on and on. So embarrassing to watch. I'm sitting here with my mouth open wondering they really did this?

[@eugenesmith5173]

On and On and On and On and On.............. An absolute train wreck.

[@PJVids83]

This would've been more accurate if it featured: Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Astin, Jennifer Connelly, Ethan Hawke, Henry Thomas, Christian Bale, and Winona Ryder.

[@rockhero2274]

Philip Zamora River Phoenix too. Even though he was nominated and sitting in the audience that night for Running on Empty. I wonder what he was thinking watching this.

[@leejones8582]

@@rockhero2274 Probably thinking thank god I am not up there

[@markelijio6012]

Sean Astin, River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder were receiving Academy Award nominations but both Jennifer Connelly & Christian Bale won Oscars for their supporting roles in "A Beautiful Mind" in 2002 and "The Fighter" in 2011. Their confidence pays off.

[@alanmackie7012]

Like the worst school prom ever. All it needed was a bloody Sissy Spacek to complete the mood.

[@markelijio6012]

If you have seen the Oscar nominated "Carrie" (1976) with Sissy Spacek, there's a good reason why complete the mood which is scary at all times. Even most former stars such as Ricki Lake, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Page Hannah Adler, Holly Robinson Peete, Melora Hardin, Tracy Nelson, Corey Feldman, Chad Lowe, Blair Underwood, Matt Lattanzi, Christian Slater, D.A. Pauley, Keith Coogan, Tyrone Power Jr., Patrick Dempsey and Corey Parker who can do the same thing in any horror genre, so be it.

[@SEFYH]

Cory Feldman annoyed me the most out of everyone on that stage. He was a joke then, and an even BIGGER joke today!!

[@MegaNuc]

relax.

[@SEFYH]

N.F. Craig You relax.

[@rochellebrett1470]

Stfu Corey Feldman is extraordinary. I love him.

[@SEFYH]

Rochelle Brett You shut the fuck up and Corey is a fuckin LOOSER!!! #irrevelant

[@markelijio6012]

@@rochellebrett1470 You know what? I love him too but he's one extraordinary guy.

[@GallifreyExile]

We start out w/two of the Greatest talents of screen & telly, we end w/ "WHO"? This bit is best remembered as Lucille Ball's final appearance, nobody remembers this number. It looked like Ball & Hope were having a good time, so at least THAT was good.

[@markelijio6012]

Like William Goldman says, "Nobody knows anything." Same thing goes for this number.

[@films5555]

You are so right, but the horribleness of the acting and singing is too good to miss for guilty pleasure viewing. I am sure Lucille Ball has a great sense of humor, and she found this unbelievably funny.

[@maryhughes6372]

After reading this I burst out laughing just thinking about Lucille backstage watching this on the monitors and laughing her ass off.

[@kasteman1]

Anyone that can get a sixty second standing ovation at the Academy Awards is truly a celebrity among celebrities. It must have been incredibly intimidating to all the young actors and actresses in the audience.

[@jaybix8933]

Oh God! How bad is it that Patrick Dempsey starts applauding Himself before the audience does?

[@cstoczyn]

HAPPY 85th ANNIVERSARY, OSCARS!!!!

[@TheDarkKnight-2005]

greatest momories i need to watch it all

[@lukas.strautins]

@12:58 what's with the loser shaking his fist? "Yaay! Triumph! YOU, YOU ARE THE STARS!"

[@billanthony7896]

Lukas Strautins- He was probably related to somebody involved in that train wreck!

[@markelijio6012]

Who in the hell cares?

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

That awkward thing where it's all about their future as superstars and you spend the entire number decades later going "Who is that?"

[@markelijio6012]

It just didn't work out. And seven years later in September 1994, everyone at Hanes Brands has created a series of print ads and television commercials for both Hanes Underwear and Hanes Hosiery with Rob Lowe, Corey Feldman, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Parker, Blair Underwood, Tyrone Power Jr., D.A. Pauley, Keith Coogan, Patrick O'Neal, Chad Lowe, Matt Lattanzi, Savion Glover, Christian Slater, Holly Robinson Peete, Melora Hardin, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Tracy Nelson, Page Hannah Adler, Carrie Hamilton, Ricki Lake and Eileen Bowman. From September 27, 1985-present, an all new slogan was "Just wait'll we get our Hanes on you."

[@richardwha]

It was years of sitting through this that nurtured my hatred for award shows

[@TheRationalRage]

I remember thinking this was bad watching this as a kid. Who's saying children cannot be critics? It was a child who understood "the emperor's new clothes" in the famous fairytale.

[@films5555]

Yes, she did. Plus, her comedic timing was still on point.

[@niceman929]

That quality gave me cancer

[@klausweasley]

Well, Chad Lowe used to be married to a 2-time Oscar winner. Does that count?

[@markelijio6012]

But not anymore! Now he's married to Kim Lowe!

[@markelijio6012]

That's Hilary Swank!!!

[@markbrown4039]

An interesting note...to date, none of these performers have been even nominated for an Oscar. Ricki Lake and Chad Lowe have won Emmys, Blair Underwood NAACP Image Awards, and Patrick Dempsey a couple of People's Choice Awards.

[@markelijio6012]

Yeah!

[@films5555]

Good point.

[@devans00]

Pretty good predictions. Of the ones still alive, about 1/3 have TV and/or movie career in the 2010s. I never heard of about 1/3 of the group.

[@PIXPromosMore]

This was the same year they did the infamous "Snow White" opening number with Rob Lowe...You might as well flip a coin to find out which is the worse performance of the ceremony.

[@ultimatebigbreak]

RING RING Corey Feldman it's MJ from the grave asking for his moves back as you are making them look so wack LMAO

[@nathanforester5993]

Oh that Corey Feldman. He never grew out of his Moves like Jackson phase.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

I miss when people used to call movies "pictures".

[@SR71GBOAC27]

You know its bad when the best part of the night is two people walking on stage (Ball and Hope).

[@somethingcar77]

This is back during a time when winning an Oscar really meant something.

[@dolphinron]

Corey and that michael jackson phase of his..ugghhh To think the minutes they put in practicing and to not get a standing ovation hurts me. I heard that the most overheard statement in crowd was, "who is that fat one up there?" Ricky Lake, I dont care how much weight you lose, Please dont ever ever dance again. I beg you.

[@RockinDaBoombox]

They got a standing ovation. Look harder and look up at the balcony. This wasn’t any worse than Lady Gaga’s horrendous Sound of Music crap that Steven Sondheim condemned.

[@jasonstarks3796]

Corey Feldman's Michael Jackson phase never ended.

[@markelijio6012]

Please, folks. Don't you ever do that dance again. We warned you, okay?

[@markelijio6012]

Well I care. Because Emmy winner Ricki Lake definitely shows off her 30-pound weight loss in this new picture for 2024 - "I Feel Amazing!" Also, Ricki Lake is giving fans a first-hand look into her journey. From September 1994-present, she endorsed Hanes Silk Reflections Plus' line of pantyhose, appearing in print & TV ads. Its lovely slogan was "Bigger is Better" from November 7, 1985-present.

[@ta21l]

Sadly some of these people will never come close to get an Oscar, but most do have a successful career in TV

[@markelijio6012]

So many people were finding an remarkable success in their careers as writers, producers directors and consultants in TV with new material but never looking back as former stars. They're all going fast forward, not backwards.

[@harrenhal206]

Wow!! Melora Hardin also appeared in this train wreck??

[@markelijio6012]

I don't know and I don't really care. But at least Melora Hardin just got of the hole a year later in the early 1990's. Today, she's married to Gildart Jackson and have two daughters since June of 1997 and now focusing to TV producing and directing on such shows like CSI, CSI: Miami, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans and more. Since 1977, with a number of genres on her resume and earning an Primetime Emmy nomination for Transparent, Melora Hardin currently resides in California.

[@alanmackie7012]

And this was years after her first trainwreck, the Quincy punk episode.

[@hcombs0104]

If nothing else, the last glimpse of Lucille Ball.

[@eugenesmith5173]

WOW!!!! This is beyond embarrassing. The song is horrible! Most of the actors don't have much singing talent. Most importantly, they are singing about being "Oscar Winners" and, 25 years later, not ONE of these "stars of tomorrow" has even been nominated for an Oscar, let alone win. Most of them don't even appear to have much of a career anymore. A really, really, really, really....... TERRIBLE idea for a "show filler" at the Oscars. I

[@markelijio6012]

I have a better idea. Nineteen actors were doing several new projects that thrilled and excited audiences over the world, because I think this is something that can changed many people's lives which I think for the better.

[@Joaquin1962]

Well, I liked it! I really LIKED it!

[@melodysafo5437]

My middle school musicals look like Broadway smash hits compared to this

[@NoTengoDinero69]

Joe DeRosa on the Un-Informed podcast drove me here. What a mess lmao

[@Alanb1980]

Lucille Ball wasn't wasted here. She was recovering from a stroke.

[@markelijio6012]

Sadly, she died in 1990, a year later.

[@Alanb1980]

@@markelijio6012 actually she died in 1989. On Carol Burnett’s birthday.

[@Alanb1980]

@@markelijio6012 nothing to be sorry about. I wish that she had made it to 1990.

[@chadshere]

blair underwood and patrick dempsey and tracy nelson became most famous for tv dramas

[@markelijio6012]

In addition, they were also famous TV directors from the early 1990's -present with spectacular shows like NBC's L.A Law (1986-1994), Freeform's Father Dowling Mysteries (1989-1999), Fox's Melrose Place (1992-1999), NBC Late Night's Sunset Beach (1997-2000), CBS' SWAT (2017- present), NBC's Law & Order (1990-present) and ABC's Grey's Anatomy (2005-present).

[@ultimatebigbreak]

That AWKWARD moment when none of the young Hollywood hopefuls have a hope in hell of getting an Oscar. Maybe only Patrick Dempsey has a chance with a good script and Oscar worthy storyline. Patrick Dempsey is hilarious looking here. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED if Bob Hope and Lucille Ball had continued to do their skit...funny as hell

[@markelijio6012]

My family wouldn't go that far.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

There were plenty of young actors working then who WOULD go onto be movie stars and Oscar winners.... It's just NONE of them were in this performance! River Phoenix was a nominee that year, I'd love to know what he thought of this!

[@POLITIMICOST]

REALLY! OMG ! I didn't recognize Ricky Lake or Patrick Dempsey!!!

[@markelijio6012]

I'll recognize Ricki Lake 'cause she has great qualities than anybody else.

[@homegrowntomatoe90]

How about Patrick Dempsey?

[@markelijio6012]

On June 15, 1975, Mercury Nashville has released "Does Your Heart Beat for Me?" as a classic single with Patsy Cline (dubbed by Alison MacKenzie) & the Jordanaires, music arranged & conducted by Bill McElhiney under Universal Music. Audiences and fans were very happy and pleased with the song. As Miss Pat Carroll of Disney says in the fall of 1994: "Because bigger is better."

[@babygreens4]

Oye vey. What a HOT mess!

[@markelijio6012]

Yikes! That was one hell of a mess alright!

[@christopherxu1993]

Matt Lattanzi, famous for being the husband of Olivia Newton-John, just disappeared after taking his last role in a soap opera in 1993.

[@markelijio6012]

He retired in 1995.

[@markelijio6012]

Sadly Olivia Newton-John passed away this week in August of 2022.

[@hannahlee8126]

oh come on everyone has those regrettable things they do when they're young and weird, giving these guys the benefit of the doubt i bet most of them would pay to have this destroyed forever lol...this is some terrifyingly hilarious stuff tho...

[@markelijio6012]

Sometimes you have to understand why some of their careers were not only being jinxed but also given them some bad luck in some cases if everything else goes wrong - they will look for something else like television producing and directing - which they’re very good at everything and a whole lot more than acting.

[@emperorcupcake]

Worst prom ever.

[@markelijio6012]

Those 19 artists were doing all-new projects right now.

[@Thebestever441]

Lucy still sounded pretty good.

[@markelijio6012]

She's so damned good and that's what makes Lucille Ball the legendary lady in show business.

[@MrKTVM]

And to watch Ellen DeGenneres host the Oscars is painful to watch. Bob Hope, the Oscars, humor and humanity misses you.

[@nyahleon3548]

Does anyone know where I can find Rob Lowes Opening performance? plzz I need to witness it with my own eyes.

[@PJVids83]

videos.sapo.pt/lKZQghUeztLnH6Q2mWhl Enjoy the disaster!

[@alanmackie7012]

Well don't say you weren't warned.

[@vinmeister1]

Most of them are no longer around.

[@markelijio6012]

That's why they don't want to do this!

[@markelijio6012]

Nineteen artists are doing new stuff today!

[@oohtruck]

Spoiler: They weren't

[@Rouben19]

according to the book Ball of Fire, this was a train wreck, with Ball fumbling over names an her words,, so much for star Bios, this was one of the worst acad. pres. they used couples from the screen to make intros that seemed forced and unfunny, this went on all night

[@choklatgoddess88]

Omg.... Just awful lol 😂😂😂 That coke is a deceiver and a master of lies.

[@markelijio6012]

Fourteen years later in 2003, a master of TV's biggest hits were One on One, Girlfriends Half & Half and The Parkers were done by Paramount Domestic Television, a Viacom Company and featuring many of Hollywood's gifted artists: Savion Glover, Holly Robinson Peete, Chad Lowe, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Parker, Erin Hamilton, Melora Hardin, Corey Feldman, Keith Coogan, D.A. Pauley, Tracy Nelson, Tyrone Power Jr., Patrick O'Neal, Matt Lattanzi, Blair Underwood, Christian Slater, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Page Hannah Adler and Ricki Lake along with Emmy winning actress, writer, producer and music supervisor Linda Hope and Grammy nominated pianist Marcia Ball. Those programs were dedicated to the memory of Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Allan Carr and Carrie Hamilton.

[@pconde619]

LOL. You didn't miss anything, trust me.

[@Sassycastpodcast]

This worked out well........right?

[@markelijio6012]

Wrong!

[@anastasiagirl1342]

Does anyone have the momorial part of the oscars?

[@wevegotmoviesign]

It's sad to think that Lucy's final appearance was wasted introducing this horrible musical number.

[@lukas.strautins]

Sweet Jesus.... There is no God.

[@DaleRobby]

This was pretty boring.. The only thing that was interesting was Patrick Dempsy's dance routine. He was very good.

[@gizmoeve6705]

i myself loved the show

[@films5555]

You are not right, but you are funny.

[@Amasloth]

she looked so healthy here what happened :[

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Ugh someone shoulda told Corey Feldman that the Michael Jackson moves were outta place.

[@CJODell12]

That was so fucking bad that it was hilarious.

[@ArtGirl82]

Am I the only one who's wondering how they had the gall to call Corey Feldman "a star of tomorrow" when they sent him out on that stage, with that choreography and music, and in that costume? The ONLY viable outcome for this shit show was a ruined career. I wouldn't be surprised if this was why Ricki Lake started doing shitty talk shows instead of actual acting.

[@markelijio6012]

At least, I'm an big fan of Emmy winning filmmaker Ricki Lake, who now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and her husband, Ross Burningham since 2016. They had both children. She's an fun loving artist that's for damn sure. But I've chose her instead.

[@supertenor2767]

LOLLLL pretty much

[@chadshere]

why was corey feldman trying to be michael jackson?

[@markelijio6012]

We don't know!

[@bencamp18]

corey feldman and ricky lake. the only two i kind of heard of...

[@markelijio6012]

I'll choose Ricki Lake instead! She's healthy here in extraordinary ways. Be there!

[@AllenMQuinn]

Ricki Lake was surprisingly good. This was cringeworthy bad, BUT I'd much rather have this over the tragically horrible intro number.

[@markelijio6012]

But Ricki Lake was very sexy and smart. And she's moving forward with her own life. She's not going back - because she's moving fast forward on her own two feet.

[@chikFromMTL]

wow, that sucked!

[@films5555]

The director / choreographer of those lousy High School Musicals choreograph this crap. No wonder I never saw High School Musical.

[@facedownchuck]

God, this was bad.

[@Cookiebutterspunk]

This is so cringy

[@butterflyjamjar]

Omg... .. cringe!

[@TygaAustin]

worst thing IVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markelijio6012]

Fourteen years later in 2003 when "The Stars of Tomorrow" were reunited together for the last time especially the legendary Emmy Award winner Aaron Spelling was served as exec producer along with his longtime partners E. Duke Vincent, Douglas S. Cramer and Sarah Kernochan Lapine were also served as co-executive producers on the long running hit TV series "The Parkers" for Paramount Domestic Television, a spin-off of "Moesha." Special guest appearances by Savion Glover, Blair Underwood, Holly Robinson Peete, Chad Lowe, Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Corey Parker, Corey Feldman, Tracy Nelson, D.A. Pauley, Matt Lattanzi, Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Melora Hardin, Erin Hamilton, Keith Coogan, Tyrone Power Jr., Patrick O'Neal, Page Hannah Adler and Ricki Lake. Kenny Ortega directed the musical numbers sequences were shot perfectly. This show was dedicated to the memory of Carrie Hamilton, Lucille Ball and Allan Carr.

[@ultimatebigbreak]

Yep teh great Lucille Ball was wasted here. Tsk! Tsk!

[@markelijio6012]

Everything's just wasted of everything. Nobody cares about anything. By 1990, a lot of that has changed for the better. While Allan Carr, Army Archerd, the hosts, writers, directors and other crew members were all been fired for good and then Gilbert Cates, Bruce Vilanch and their key of great collaborators were hired. After all things were signed, signed & delivered with ABC's modest ratings for the 1990 Oscars with Billy Crystal were doing much better than the 1989 one did.