The Opening of the Academy Awards: 1984 Oscars

[@thereseember2800]

The highly-professional pre-show expertise of the announcer of actors is deeply appreciated.

[@user-tg3tj2nq6v]

The one and only Jonhnny Carson. No one is even close to his talent and class.

[@alanf.9490]

Bob Hope and Johnny Carson had class. Something Hollywood has lost.

[@thesoultransferprotocol721]

Who comes here to watch how cool TV used to be???

[@53championships]

Johnny was the perfect host for the Academy Awards, probably the best ever.

[@lauraa.dieser7379]

Lonnie Anixt Yesss! .

[@PieFights]

When Johnny Carson came out to host the Academy Awards they should have have played the Tonight show theme

[@cameronjroberts]

Raise you Billy Crystal

[@johntfood66]

Totally!!!

[@pureluck8767]

The king 👑

[@jujuguy2323]

Despite his personal life, Carson was the best night show host ever. Cannot be replaced. Was awesome at all he did. May he Rest In Peace

[@jamesdavison2927]

Amen

[@crivket1235]

Johnny was a KING , longer then most if these winners could even spell HOLLYWOOD !!! A TRUE MASTER !!

[@HardRockMiner]

It's funny how I will come to KZbin and watch Johnny Carson host something from 1984, but I'd rather jump in front of traffic than watch Jimmy Fallon host anything from today.

[@victoryak86]

Though your comment is two years old, it’s still very true.

[@aunch3]

It’s true it wouldn’t occur to me watch anything like this today, but I can see how it was popular back then this isn’t bad

[@richardmills1505]

Amen! And LMAO!

[@lisalbseiso4629]

Absolutely!!

[@pigeonhed13]

@Jimolee's YT add means in addition to. Ad is short for advertising. Perhaps you may learn something

[@lhingsantiago2692]

Omg these icons.What a treasure! Thanks to whoever shared this vid.

[@brendabarber7459]

Well yes, the Oscar's were awesome back then but..... I was so "shook" that as the celebs were entering the venue musical director Quincy Jones was mistaken for future San Francisco mayor Willie Browm 😳 How messed up is that? Do we all REALLY look that much alike? Hell no 👎

[@vs52217]

Johnny was the best Oscar host. Funny and classy.

[@johnstriker480]

suck it, jimmy

[@bobgriffith1810]

Valerie S Johnny was good, Hope was the best

[@brianw.5230]

I'm reading the book by Henry Bushkin, his lawyer. Johnny was a nut off camera.

[@vs52217]

@@brianw.5230 Be specific - what did he do?

[@brianw.5230]

@@vs52217 Johnny was in constant strife with people. He was married 4 times and cheated on all his wives. He barely spoke to his 3 sons. One of them drove off a cliff and killed himself. Johnny was an alcoholic. He was a jerk to many people. He would regularly cut long time associates out of his life and never talk to them. He didn't go to his own Mother's funeral. He was basically a narcissist. Everything was about him.

[@Clm0323]

I grew up in the 80’s! Times were so much better!

[@antoncleaners3640]

Agreed! Me too!

[@Solitude47152]

The 80’s was the best decade.

[@ikarooz]

Can you say "trickle down economics"?

[@Solitude47152]

@@ikarooz Incorrect, Supply Side economics created the greatest economic advance until President Trump took office.

[@scottgross582]

Now this is how you host the Academy Awards. Carson was on.

[@Solitude47152]

You are correct, nailed it.

[@rhondafortson5205]

HERE'SSSSSS JOHNNY!! BRILLIANT, CHARMING, OVERWHELMINGLY HANDSOME MAN. CLASS ACT...NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER!!!

[@bethzacharski2636]

I just graduated high school and these programs were so fun to watch. Haven’t seen the Oscars in over 10 years and probably never will. These days were fun but not now …. No more laughs just hate.

[@MrMuzikProductions]

Back when the Oscars had class and a great host. Back when the ratings were great. Today it appears that no one cares any longer.

[@michael.schuler]

Carson begins at 10:00.

[@Jack-cn6io]

What you didn't want to see the old FAT boring man?

[@Jack-cn6io]

Also Whitecracker

[@timbaktuthankgod2737]

So many many epic memorable jokes in one night! Both Jimmy's and their uncles combined have yet to deliver such a night in their whole career. Here's Johnny! Thank you, sir.

[@AL-ih5mm]

Carson, one of the greats... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@johntfood66]

Yes!

[@biatchp2553]

When Oscars were classy. I was graduating from high school this year. To see Johnny Sammy & others who have passed is a bit sad and surreal but at least we have KZbin to see again

[@cwartelle]

There was a time when the academy awards was actually a celebration of film, not date night at the politburo.

[@pauldudakadanielthomson8890]

Yes they used SECAM or PAL and NTSC back then , today it is all one universal broadcast medium as Edward Snowden found out under the oppressive Bush and Obama regimes !.Of course the Clintons were in on it also !

[@robertsimpson5136]

The politbureau was far more sophisticated. Today...it's more like a gay pride parade in a new orleans alley.

[@douglasmcginity3327]

Charles Wartelle 😂😂😂

[@johntfood66]

I agree!

[@EphemeralProductions]

Shirley's presentation was great!

[@Allie8567]

The person meant Shirley temple!

[@Allie8567]

Yes Shirley MacLaine is 82

[@Allie8567]

Now-2017... not then

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Johnny Carson brought class to the Oscars!

[@curtismoff]

30 years ago. Seems like yesterday I was 20 years old.

[@brookehanley3659]

I miss those days and all the people that have left us like Johnny.

[@maridepp53]

Johnny was class.

[@Allie8567]

Yes so many here have since passed away...34 years later . And Reagan was prez!

[@Allie8567]

Actually Curtis the 1984 Oscars was 34 years ago (now its 2017)... you wrote 2 years ago (32 years later)... anyway I was a 16/17 year old girl in high school... wow. A long time ago

[@baboom007]

Fuck, you got old. What happened

[@BadRonald1]

19 years old and to busy to watch this, 55 years old now and finally found time to watch.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Oh Man - those five original scores that year were amazing.

[@johntfood66]

Weren't they!

[@erinkwalsh]

I Miss Johnny!!!!!!!!!!

[@steveblevins8793]

"And the results are known only to Price, Waterhouse, and a 13-year-old kid in Omaha who patched into their computer last Thursday." Perfect!

[@instigatorobearga]

Just watching Carson, he reminded me of somebody else by his expressions, grin, his eyes, and his language, then it came to me, GW Bush. Crazy.

[@jeffreynolt1710]

I agree with you!

[@stevenedwards2404]

Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, The Candyman. What a way to start a show.

[@BBQFanNo1]

Back when the Oscars still had good Hosts like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope.

[@Allie8567]

Agree those two were the best but billy crystal was a close third....

[@misterhot9163]

Bob Hope yes, Johnny Carson no.

[@Lania99999]

Billy Crystal deserves to be high up there in the ranking too.

[@LampoonGoon]

Steve Martin was quality wit and still cuttingly subversive, without being acidically nasty like most of the running time of Gervais' shockfests.

[@user-vp9zw8is3o]

und onkel big mäck kostete 1 $, jedenfalls in LA

[@ahmedsanishitu9682]

Johnny was the best Oscar host ever

[@albertpeterson5585]

...have you seen Fred Astaire, or Donald O'Connor, or Danny Kaye, or Jack Lemmon, or Frank Sinatra as hosts? All of them were pretty good.

[@denny906]

The elegant Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was the best place to hold the Academy Awards.

[@deckertone]

i was 13 when i saw this live! When Hollywood made actual movies...and the world wasn't a freak show! Glad i grew up in the 80s!

[@johntfood66]

Same!

[@jazzdub4958]

same here

[@davidjoe3368]

Yep, I was 13 also, and I could not agree more.

[@geraldgarner4068]

Pictures or it didn’t happen!

[@YosenBMamma]

Wow. This is the first time, that I can recall, seeing Shirley Temple as a adult.

[@LaDonnaFranklin-r1n]

The ONE, AND ONLY SHIRLRLEY TEMPLE BLACK> we, thank you for your Service.

[@randyrogers8568]

Second best emcee for the Oscars (Hope was the king)

[@bernieudo4399]

Formula for a good host: (1) Johnny Carson & (2) a ten minute monologue w/light roasting of guests. 😇🔥

[@ThinkLascivious]

Interesting watching this in 2016 and noticing how long some of these major stars have been around. Speilberg looks super young... as does everyone, of course.

[@Eleana1981]

LMAO@ "I accept your judgment."

[@robertthomas5736]

With Musical Genius, Mister Quincy Jones

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Rest in peace, Quincy.

[@amyexner]

I would never miss one night watching “the tonight show w. Jonny Carson; that’s when I truly laughed; it all stoped when he left the the show; and sadly to say only get a good love when watching him on-line; can’t beat that; listen to Jonny all of your comedians; got a lot to learn; but sadly they don’t get it.

[@hey_joe7069]

Gosh could you imagine being there, parking the cars that night. amazing!

[@clarissamoll666]

1934 was 40 years old in 1984 and now 1984 is 40 years old in 2024. Amazing

[@keithpurduecroft]

Scary. I recognized the stars and up-and -comers. And those we never heard about back then. And those we still haven't heard about.

[@Archer335]

Johnny Carson could have taught How to Work a Room - 101.

[@OsagieGuobadia]

I think, Mr. Johnny Carson is OK being the best host of the Academy Awards. : )

[@lizf2400]

God bless Shirley..

[@vickisotomayorleroy6147]

That’s not Quincy Jones! That Willie Brown! Former Mayor of San Francisco also Speaker of the California Assembly and was a very good friends with Kamala Harris.

[@CesarClouds]

Yeah, looks like they did a lot of assuming on that one.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Yes,I remember that" relationship."

[@shannon15505]

Did anybody catch the intro when he said Quincy Jones it wasnt Quincy Jones

[@donneesf]

Yes, it was Willie Brown, who was Speaker of the House for the state of California at the time. He looks nothing like Quincy Jones did, at the time. It was a racist error.

[@JFmK-sh5nh]

@@donneesf More likely a stupid innocent mistake by flustered AD or cameraman or whoever. Not everything is racist or has an ulterior motive. Get over yourself.

[@aagold76]

strange that they don't show audience reactions to the jokes like they do now.

[@doubler713]

Thought the exact same thing too lol

[@matthedlund502]

When giants walked the earth...no one can deliver jokes like JC. Miss that dude!

[@skiking226USA]

Why not the whole show? I’d love to watch the old telecast of all the Oscar shows

[@nowdid]

I saw That Hagen Girl on cable television back in the 80's and I was so impressed how attractive Shirley Temple grew up to be

[@nymet2454]

that doesn't look like Quincy Jones.

[@efrem1]

Ooops that was the then-Speaker of the California Assembly, Willie Brown

[@carrrexx7190]

You know what they say.

[@nymet2454]

@@carrrexx7190 laughs, I know what you mean and I'll leave it at that

[@carrrexx7190]

@@nymet2454 bingo babeeee!

[@jeshkam]

@D B Come on guys, of course it was Gary Coleman. It's so simple, maybe you need a refresher course?

[@jamesaffleck5533]

The great Jonny Carson.

[@B38132]

I missed him so much

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

I second that.

[@ignacioorona3458]

14:16 "This is the biggest British invation since the Falkland Islands" Haha! Classic!

[@jujuguy2323]

I’m surprised there was no standing ovation for Sammy Jr!

[@James-x5n4p]

The Master -we miss you Johnny 🌎

[@mariebdo2703]

Johnny mentioning Meryl Streep is the most epic thing for me. How come she was never on his show ?

[@johnking5174]

I think she was good friends of Joan Rivers and when Joan and Johnny fell out, Meryl sided with Joan, so Carson never had her on

[@matteoromenghi]

Johnny Carson, class act.

[@runfast2288]

A time when we weren’t subjected to “stars” vomiting up their half-ass opinions on what’s wrong with...just about everything. This means you Sean Penn. Anyway, this once great ceremony will be replaced by a Netflix special very soon. There hasn’t been anything watchable at movie theaters for years. Unless you count the movies that count computers and green screens as actors.

[@benmaurer163]

U mean like brando???? Any many others????

[@meandwhosearmy5680]

I was 9 when this happened...and probably bored out of my skull watching this in the living room with my folks and older brother. I’m sure I kept myself occupied with my awesome Transformer toys around me 😊

[@JFmK-sh5nh]

Oh, stop it! We all know you were nurturing & caring for your Cabbage Patch Kid child!!

[@jasonmonaghan6606]

I'd say the best host is a tie... Bob Hope and Johnny Carson...!!!

[@danwood4171]

Wow! At the end of Carson's bit they first show John Lithgow and he's in the movie I want to see tomorrow, Conclave!

[@misskatiescarlett6395]

Giving Shirley Temple a pint sized Oscar was an indignant slap in the face. She was so deserving of the true full sized statue. What an embarrassment.

[@JFmK-sh5nh]

Oh, come on. It's funny. She probably knew about it beforehand anyway.

[@brookehanley3659]

Cher looks at her most beautiful here.

[@DA90027]

+Brooke Hanley yep before all the rubber appendages fillers botox and whatever other kinds of shit she shot into her face

[@jazzdub4958]

Tells you how old these times were now when it was just "Price & Waterhouse".

[@JSTONEMUSIK]

1:55 I don't think that is quincy jones, am i wrong?

[@jurgostuff]

9:47 Johnny Carson (finally)

[@ATLcentury334]

That wasn’t Quincey Jones.

[@erinkwalsh]

Johnny looks handsome! He is soooooo funny!

[@FeelinErie]

That was NOT Quincy Jones... 1:54

[@MichaelKnickle]

Shout out to Halifax Nova Scotia at 8:08!

[@James-x5n4p]

10:15 Johnny, the ultimate, understated, consummate King of Late Night comedy.......

[@MediaBuster]

at 1:55 minutes.. that's NOT Quincy Jones.. LMAO!! What a putz..

[@vp200]

Irene Cara won this year, the second Black woman after Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind!

[@ram3621]

That wasn't Quincy Jones

[@oobrocks]

The Right Stuff deserved the best picture

[@TommyT067]

HAHAHHAAHAA did nobody notice they screwed up??? at 1:57 they say its Quincy Jones! WRONG GUY! wasn't him!

[@versonimmanuel2495]

Anyone after that historical slap....

[@margaretbeard6564]

Funny I haven't watched a movie in years but I'll watch the old Oscars

[@carrrexx7190]

I loved when Sammy Davis Jr. kissed Archie Bunker! 😂😃

[@johnluckett3573]

The whole world did. That was the best part of the entire series.

[@danalong1237]

The man conducting the overture of the five Best Original Score nominees is Quincy Jones whilst the actual musical director of the 56th annual Academy Awards is the late Ian Fraser.

[@ravipeiris4388]

My girlfriend was in this Oscar ceremony as a date with Maximillian Schnell.

[@danromero]

Did they really go 25 minutes without ever presenting an award? That would never fly nowadays.

[@doubler713]

And 10 min before the host comes out... smh.

[@djankoulrea3463]

"There are no awards for acting surprised" Epic

[@davetoh]

1:55 - definitely NOT Quincy. LOL.

[@PEDROVEIGA]

1:54 Quincy Jones??!!!! I don’t think so

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Johnny certainly had, "The Right Stuff" 🚀🪂

[@robertarnold9676]

At 1:53 he said Quincy Jones. That Willie Brown former Mayor of San Francisco

[@metropunk2236]

Lol. That wasn't Quincy Jones on the carpet.

[@markswift1382]

"I accept your judgement"

[@markwesley4139]

That was not Quincy Jones on the red carpet

[@jl3322]

They don’t show the audience yet. Wonder which year that started.

[@yellolab09]

Uhhh...Announcer blew it. "There's Quincy Jones" ? No..it was WIllie Brown. Shheesh.

[@elvicare35]

Right on Johnny (He's so astute, natural and awesome!!!!!) , I turned my head in disgust when Johnny came out after/while being introduced and then seeing all of those "script reading" snobs...Go Johnny, Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stuartmcghee1873]

Was there a tribute to Ethel Merman at the end, if so where can I watch it?

[@therightside9237]

10 minutes in for Carson

[@askrhonnie6356]

1:55 That’s NOT Quincy Jones. 😑

[@coololds85]

Put the oscars from 1963. I know you have it. I want to see when Frank Sinatra hosted it and sang luck be a lady. That would probably be my favorite oscar year if I had to chose

[@hakim6158]

+leo rick he refused to perform in venues that don't let the coloured in and made sammy davis jr's career , racist how ?

[@hakim6158]

***** exactly ! what about joey bishop ? aren't italians of the 50's supposed to hate jews ?

[@billanthony7896]

leo rick- Sinatra wasn't a racist. Whatever gave you that idea?

[@kylellikethesmith9879]

Sinatra was far from a racist. If you have the Netflix documentary about Quincy Jones watch it.