Top 10 WORST Oscar Win Announcements OF ALL TIME

[@Leo-pt9dm]

Joaquin Phoenix is just an awkward person in general.

[@ultraviolettas]

Perfect for Rooney Mara

[@richardherdman2121]

Yup, just Joaquin being Joaquin.

[@arlequinacontostavlos2100]

​@@ultraviolettas Poor woman. She deserved better

[@LUCCI_25]

@@arlequinacontostavlos2100they are basically the same person, they are perfect for each other

[@kitsworld]

Yep. Speaking as someone with autism I've spent my life being mocked and derided for my awkwardness. Low-hanging fruit. Whether or not Joaquin is on the spectrum, he is awkward and that's not his fault. Many people gravitate towards acting to overcome social awkwardness, and without a script and director they're flummoxed.

[@petrvarfolomeev1993]

A fun fact: it was the "Titanic" soundtrack that blocked Madonna's "Ray of Light" from reaching number 1 in the Billboard 200. Maybe that's why she was a little mean about this win.

[@thevaultofvintage72]

She wasn't mean whatsoever, my GOD the MADONNA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME is in full effect here.

[@rolandogonzalez9734]

But also she was a fan of Elliot Smith who was also nominated in that category

[@flazeda8743]

Madonna was often a little mean in her career. 😅

[@jeanoboyle2439]

@@rolandogonzalez9734 Yeah, Madge was quite obsessed with Elliot at the time. She & Rosie O were also pressed about Titanic the movie for various reasons ...

[@liampatrick3110]

Madonna is a notorious diva.

[@cpcathy]

Since Connery said “Catherine,” I can always pretend that I won an Oscar.😂

[@leospencer2077]

Congratulations😂

[@lorib.4735]

lol love it!! Here's your award!! 🥇

[@ombrenightcores]

And you’ll never be the worst winner, so that’s a plus!

[@nickxyx2879]

Why would Kathy Bates be confused when Catherine isn't even her full name? This one is far-fetched, there's nothing bad about this announcement.

[@lollol-ox6it]

I think it is. It’s not the worst so it’s only at 10. But without looking at other nominess I already thought of Kathy Bates for a second. I think a lot of ppl might. It could have been more professional if he just say full name even if there’s 99% chance he meant Catherine Zeta Jones

[@supremelymontgomeryclift3453]

Wikipedia says her full name is Kathleen Doyle Bates. But she did look confused a little bit, maybe for a moment she thought her name was Catherine?

[@gauravw6947]

As much as I like this channel, the recent videos/rankings with absurd topics seem quite implausible and pretentious to me… I feel it lowers the standard of the channel…

[@JustinHenryfan]

If you don't listen that carefully, you can mistake Sean Connery's mumbling for "Kathy" instead of "Catherine". Perhaps in the room it sounded even more muffled?

[@florgamary]

Any time there's confusion about who actually won...is not a good announcement.

[@tylerkochman1007]

We all know that the reason Smith’s speech was even able to go on for six+ minutes was that the band was to scared to even attempt playing him off

[@Nishanth_mementomori]

"my eyes see Oppenheimer"... The worst ever 😂

[@Jcz487]

I honestly thought he would then say 'But the card says The Zone of Interest!'

[@dj71162]

Yes, I have to wonder what he was on that night.

[@don860]

He is in his 80s, and I can't really blame him.

[@gauravw6947]

He’s in his 80s and isn’t the only one in Oscar history who presented the winner without announcing the nominees because the nominees were already showcased throughout the ceremony and the producers wanted to cut time…

[@JumbleJammyJokes]

It was very much a moment of “I’m Al Pacino and I can do whatever I want!”

[@CalTheHogNosedBat]

I think Warren was showing Faye being like "is this right?" and she just straight up said the first movie title she saw.

[@bkynbiker19]

That's how I saw it also

[@LucyLioness100]

Yeah that’s what I got from seeing the clip over and over after that debacle

[@bobthebear1246]

Looks like old Warren threw Faye under the bus there.

[@davidthieroff9452]

Yep, you can see he caught the mistake right away. It was a big moment and happened fast. He's not exactly young. He was struggling with how to proceed. Faye just ripped it off of him.

[@heymistercarter.]

Another thing that causes the whole "Jack Palance saying the wrong name when announcing Marisa Tomei" to not make sense: as we saw with the whole La La Land/Moonlight fiasco, if Palance had read the wrong name, someone would've gone onstage and announced that it was a mistake. And the fact that we didn't get a Steve Harvey Miss Colombia Vs. Miss Philippines moment, kinda proves that Tomei did, in fact, win it.

[@chigthequig]

People were bent see won back in the day and couldn't believe it because it was a comedy. If you watch the movie she is good In it. She holds her own when everyone is stealing scenes. She deserved her win IMO.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@chigthequig George Costanza likes this comment.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I actually liked Madonna’s. It was a foregone conclusion that Horner would win, with about 85% of the vote. She was presenting because she sang the song that won the year before from Evita, You Must Love Me.

[@dearjessie83]

Madonna has no business being on this list. Titanic was sweeping everything that award season, she simply stated the obvious.

[@nah....6151]

exactly. It was a no-brainer My Heart Will Go On was going to win the Oscar, Titanic mania was in full effect at the time and it was sweeping, Madonna basically just said what everyone thought lol

[@ATLcentury334]

@@nah....6151 She should be on the worst dressed list.

[@gaylefranklin]

@@ATLcentury334 I disagree

[@johnjones3813]

It was condescending.

[@gaylefranklin]

@@johnjones3813 was it? 🙄

[@neutral7786]

I don't blame Joaquin phoenix for announcing Anthony hopkins as the winner in such a quick and anticlimactic manner. I loved that it was like that, not only because Anthony hopkins was the one who really deserved the Oscar, but also to teach the Organizers a valuable lesson about not disrespecting traditions for stupid reasons. The Oscar for Best Picture is the last one to be awarded, no matter if it is predictable or if another Category is unpredictable or exciting. Harrison ford announcing Shakespeare in love as Best Picture Sammy davis jr. announcing the Music Categories Sean penn announcing Hillary swank as Best Actress

[@brentandrew2419]

Yes. It's not Phoenix's fault the Academy did such a bone headed thing (I think they were awkwardly trying to virtue signal/celebrate the year of BLM and then it fell flat on its face) but Brian is punishing him wrongly for their sins.

[@gaylefranklin]

@@brentandrew2419 who tf is Brian?

[@tobolulo]

Travolta's gonna show up at your door someday, and I'm all for it.😂😂😂

[@Leo-pt9dm]

Marisa Tomei Oscar win has definitely aged well.

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

It's such an outlier, a comedy, a solo nominee and a newcomer.

[@tucucciolo1]

Completely agree!

[@JeremyBearimy913]

It helps that Marisa Tomei has also aged well...

[@gheller2261]

Yep. Look at the list of nominees. Hers was the best, most truthful performance.

[@latissimusdomsi]

Thank you law schools

[@danijel83]

There was nothing wrong with Madonna's announcement

[@barbraseville8984]

It's easy to take cheap shots at The Queen.

[@danijel83]

@@barbraseville8984 exactly

[@tylerkochman1007]

Came across a bit snide

[@johnjones3813]

It was petty and condescending.

[@sacha7293]

Exactly

[@BeatrixKiddo_SK]

Why's Madonna on this list? Doesn't make any sense. She literally announced the award as Madonna would do it.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Yes, she was just being herself, and she knew better than to play up a very obvious win.

[@Turuncan]

Because she sounded bitter and jealous. Her album could not top “Titanic” soundtrack back in the day and stalled at #2.

[@robbyk5343]

@@Turuncanbitter and jealous? don't worry, I'll switch the lights off 🙄

[@vitorriccardo445]

@@TuruncanNot the album, it was the single ‘Frozen’, and it was number 1 all over the world, so who cares?

[@josephkatz1982]

This whole list is weird

[@SoulKnightKing]

You're reaching with Catherine via Kathy Bates. Her name is Kathleen. Why would Kathy ever be confused about Catherine?

[@MrMcsia]

"Catherine" can easily be missheard as "Kathleen". Also he swallows the "rine" a bit. Kathy probably just heard "And the Oscar goes to .... CATH..." She definitely looked confused for a moment.

[@poett8875]

@@MrMcsiait still a reach. It doesn’t sound like he said Kathleen at all😂😂

[@brentandrew2419]

Because Brian has an unnatural stanning for Kathy Bates and thinks Sean Connery/CZJ can suck it in comparison to her lmao

[@johnjones3813]

In the moment it's easily confusing. I'd never heard of this moment, but once I saw Bates was there too, I was confused.

[@grahammaio9801]

Thank you for saying Moonlight's moment was robbed. Such a shame.

[@davidstevenson404]

Stupid La La Land film--lolol

[@nathanielwilson3369]

I agree with you about Will Smith's speech. And then he tried to portray himself as a "protector of women." I was so disgusted.

[@nathanmitchell958]

The Joaquin one is underrated I feel. Just the rearrangement of actor and picture with people expecting Boseman to then be Hopkins who wasn’t there like I imagine the energy in the room was so awkward it’s just “oh ok the Oscar’s are over lol”

[@Story2ScreenMovieReviewPodcast]

Maybe their heads were full of Covid19.

[@raywallacefan7786]

The COVID Oscar ceremony sucked in general! That was just the cherry on top!

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@raywallacefan7786 It was COVID mixed with BLF virtue-signalling. A question I have. How could BLF protest if we are in lock down?

[@davidthieroff9452]

It restored my faith that the Oscars actually AREN'T rigged or known ahead of the ceremony.

[@senorgato70]

I think the criticism of Madonna is ridiculous. What and how she said it was fine.

[@johnjones3813]

No it wasn't. It was condescending and petty.

[@senorgato70]

@@johnjones3813yeah snowflakes think like you

[@christophermilroy5198]

Meryl Streep looks really annoyed that Daniel Day Lewis won.

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

She just looks unsurprised

[@EvaSofie]

go watch the whole thing she obviously isn’t she just gets nervous presenting

[@summeroflove394]

I don’t think Madonna was condescending. “My heart will go on “ was the biggest song that year and everyone probably knew the song was winning it.

[@rafininjatv92]

The worst thing for me about the will smith win is that everyone after acted like nothing happened and praised him, and not a single person behind the scenes said were not going to let you have a speech after he just assaulted someone for just making a joke that he laughed at when he first heard it.

[@pseudonymous9153]

Cope

[@donniehagy5125]

@@pseudonymous9153 Cope? Why don't you admit to piss-poor behavior by Willie boy?

[@BFA100]

Laurence Olivier just announcing the winner for Best Picture to Amadeus without announcing the rest of the nominees in that category, at least Saul Zaentz the producer of Amadeus was gracious enough to mention that category's nominees,

[@lopezfan24]

Didn’t he have dementia or something similar?

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Hey, Academy, how about not getting senile old men to announce the most important winner of the night?

[@kitsworld]

@@lopezfan24 He was dying, yes, with a whole lot of things going wrong with his body and mind. Jack Lemon nearly burst into tears introducing him because he thought his introduction might be more of a eulogy. Olivier lived a few more years after this, but he had been given only a few months to live about ten years previously, so he really was on his last legs. He can be forgiven for his fumble here, I feel.

[@kitsworld]

@@AtlasBlizzard Are senile old women allowed? I'm confused, are we offended at their gender or their declining mental health? Perhaps *you* should be in charge of determining who is fit enough and for what role. You seem quite an authority.

[@markelijio6012]

Sadly this was his final Oscar appearance before he died in 1990.

[@missdeejay]

1. Madonna can say anything she wants, and in the way she wants it. She was obviously ahead of her time, and knew we were gonna get tired of listening to "My Heart Will Go On" in the airwaves over and over and over again. Celine Dion has much better songs than that one (which, is not a bad song), but, of course, "My Heart Will Go On" was shoved down our ears as a marketing maneuver. 2. Meryl Streep does open the envelope. When she hugs Daniel Day-Lewis as he walks up to the center of the stage, you can clearly see the card, and she's holding both the card and the envelope with one hand. 3. You forget that when Joaquin Phoenix presented that Oscar, it was 2021, and we were in the MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC! No one wanted to be there, there was no vaccine yet, and people were wary of each other. 4. Many of the moments you're criticizing involves elderly actors presenting awards. You say "Warren Beaty should've said this...", but you forget, not only is that moment really awkward, but Warren's thought processing is probably not the same as it was 10, 20, or 30 years ago. It's not only a big deal for them to be standing up in front of Hollywood's best, but it is also a huge effort they're physically and mentally making to be there. It doesn't take away the fact that it was a bad moment, but, don't expect elderly people to say what you're thinking.

[@Dennisanyone-]

Exactly regarding Phoenix. They managed to get all four acting winners back from the previous year, yet he gripes about it.

[@brentandrew2419]

Good point about Warren- I guess he can't act like a human being because Moonlight was such a wonderful, special, important movie and he needed to be superhuman in the moment.

[@lorib.4735]

Get it!! Loved EVERY single one of your points made! U nailed them all!!! 👍

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@Dennisanyone- No one should have been there because they should not have had a ceremony that year. Do what I think the Emmys dud and present it online or say who won online. Then have the winners give their speech via Zoom. It was in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and no vaccines. They were being put at risk having it. I watched a big of that ceremony. It was the worst ever. It seemed no one wanted to be there.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@brentandrew2419 No one has mentioned the film since.

[@TonyRocha-gp3cv]

I loved The way Madonna announced My Heart Will Go on. God knows It was a dull moment.

[@FrakkinToasterLuvva]

I sympathize with Madonna, because I was sick and tired of that song. It was everywhere!

[@vanessaa7602]

​@FrakkinToasterLuvva Totally agree! Nothing snarky about her delivery, just spot on.

[@gauravw6947]

Many say that she was snarky because it was sung by her “rival” In the music industry, Celine Dion… But I did find her quite off-putting, because it tries to take away the moment from the winners…

[@gabbyb7347]

​@@gauravw6947you're wrong. It had nothing to do with Celine. Madonna was rooting for Elliot Smith

[@TonyLeadholm]

​@@gauravw6947I don't think it had anything to do with Celine...particularly because she was not the actual winner since she didn't write the song.

[@MichaelofTheVillages]

I would include Cher for Musical Score in 1974 - she completely mutilated Marvin Hamlisch’s name not once, but twice.

[@vinnym5607]

Now I have to find it.

[@gfgall]

Hamelschmish!

[@GeeNoniGee]

Cher has dyslexia.

[@ad-sd-vids5332]

When salma Hayek presented best visual effects at the 2023 oscars, she should have said “and the avatar Oscar goes to avatar the way of water”

[@dhenderson1810]

Salma Hayek is great visually herself.

[@AlvinZorDi]

Jack Palance paused as it's obviously because he's not sure how to pronounce Marissa Tomei's last name.

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

Understandable

[@frederik3783]

Adèle Dazeem was robbed.

[@VasudevAnandCVA]

I agree with the list mostly but cannot get behind Sam Jackson, Uma Thurman and Travolta being on the list. I loved the Pulp Fiction reunion so I'm willing to overlook the awkward happiness tbh 😅 But I do think that Will Smith's speech was terrible

[@je8607]

I always think of the LaLa Land/Moonlight debacle; like what if they would’ve had the Best Actor envelope??? Would they have said Manchester By The Sea; THEN we would’ve really been confused!

[@JumbleJammyJokes]

A very good point. If they had been holding the Best Supporting Actor envelope, maybe nothing would’ve happened

[@dhenderson1810]

Fact is, if "La La Land" had won, like it should have, it wouldn't have happened. Instead, it went to a movie no one has talked about since.

[@mgeek1]

​@@dhenderson1810 - Maybe no one's talked about Moonlight to you, but it is talked about. No one talks about La La Land. It's a forgettable movie.

[@irina1296]

Madonna is Madonna. She likes attention. I can't blame her. Plus she was a huge fan of the Good Will Hunting song. I'm sure she was rooting for it but Titanic was swepping awards. As for Meryl Streep, I think she didn't like the fact that Daniel Day Lewis won the 3rd Oscar as Lead Actor. Her career started much earlier but she didn't have that achievement

[@markelijio6012]

She’s got it all with a real sense of humor!

[@gabbyb7347]

I support madonna on her announcement. She wasn't shading Celine btw. She was secretly rooting for Elliot Smith.

[@agnessofiacastrocarvalho774]

I was rooting for Elliot Smith too, even if i wasn't alive at that time

[@MJC_227]

The Kathy/Catherine thing reminds me of at the 2002 Daytime Emmy Awards when two ladies named Susan (Lucci, Flannery) were nominated for Lead Actress. Flannery won but the presenters only said "Susan!!!!" and they played the wrong theme music so people thought Lucci won. It was a very embarrasing moment for daytime Emmy.

[@86am]

I thought of the same moment. I believe that Flannery's costars did say her last name, but the crew backstage insisted that Lucci (who was backstage) walk out. Lucci even mouthed "Susan Flannery?"

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

I remember that. The confusion stems from the presenter, Adrienne Frantz, and her shrill shrieking excitement over Susan Flannery (a castmate and real-life friend) winning. She said the full name but was literally shrieking it so you couldn't understand. The soap press took her to task for causing the confusion and "humiliating" Susan Lucci.

[@TonyLeadholm]

OMG I just posted the same thing without reading your comment first. But YES that's the first thing that came to my mind too!!!

[@dhenderson1810]

Being in a daytime Soapie is embarrassing though.

[@AkbarJr-p1h]

11:02 thank you so much brian!! Finally we will talk about Moonlight vs La La Land.. i’m actually team La La Land but I have to be honest that moonlight is a gorgeous and brilliant movie.. cant wait to hear your POV about these 2 movies

[@postmodernrecycler]

I still think Moonlight was the better movie for strictly aesthetic reasons (image but also editing and style) and originality. Anyway, Warren throwing it to Faye was a hot potato/bomb about to go off.

[@arlequinacontostavlos2100]

La la land = just another movie with white people dancing

[@arlequinacontostavlos2100]

La la land = just another movie with white people dancing

[@dondivillanueva]

you need to have a sharper sense of humor about madonna

[@branagain]

Good choice for #1. I would add when Paul Newman presented best cinematography in 1995. He didn’t read the nominees. The winner John Toll in his speech named the other nominees. It was really awkward for Newman. I’m sure that’s why the nominees are now recorded beforehand.

[@RobertScott-v3f]

This is the greatest info of all time! Hope to see more!!? So thoughtful and FUN!! Many thanks!

[@JhonAlexanderVargasFigueroa]

Meryl Streep of course opened the envelope and see the winner of Best Actor. She just did it way before the end of the announcement of the nominees. That's not bad at all. It's even better because it takes less time.

[@chriswald7700]

I don't find Madonna's reaction disrespectful at all. She just spoke out what everyone knew from the moment the nominations where announced. B the way "My Heart Will Go On" kept her Single "Frozen" and the Titanic soundtrack kept her album "Ray of Light" from entering the No.1 spot on the Billboard Charts.

[@dhenderson1810]

Madonna is a bit bitchy though.

[@Lady.B.ellinor4971]

Marissa tomei was a well deserved winner with the natural talent to do any genre of film

[@dhenderson1810]

George Costanza likes this.

[@Lady.B.ellinor4971]

@@dhenderson1810I thought no one cared about George costanza but here you are trying to still make him relevant 😂

[@Wmsmovies]

Props to guy who stopped everything to tell moonlights cast

[@nursen2106]

I think, your choice with Madonna is a bit exaggerated. it is a nice add lip in a year, where it seemed all clear. if that is bad, then this means, the chance of doing it wrong is 99%. What should people say then, to not get it wrong ? just plain read the name and with not too much excitement and not too board? that by itself is boring

[@johnjones3813]

It's condescending to the winner. As if, "Of course you won, it's from Titanic" instead of their individual effort.

[@nursen2106]

@@johnjones3813 not in my ear. and II doubt this was so for the winner either

[@aysada]

Of course you would misinterpret Madonna‘s reading there. Because one thing I will say for most of your videos somewhere there is something you say that is so off base and so stupidly interpreted that it makes me want to turn off your channel forever and block you. She wasn’t being condescending, It was candid and quite a common reaction that most people would’ve had. As if anyone thought that that award would go any other way. So what you interpret as condescending probably says more about how you feel about Madonna than it does about how Madonna felt about that award.

[@tinderbox218]

lol please don’t go

[@aysada]

@@tinderbox218 that’s what your daddy said last night

[@dhenderson1810]

Madonna does come across as a bit of a bitch though. Although, I will admit that I have never liked her.

[@alexanderminchin6094]

I don’t know if that moment is entirely Joaquin Phoenix fault for how things ended during the 93rd Oscar ceremony. While I do think the way he presented the award didn’t help matters, but the ending structure of the show and the change of switching the categories around were the main issues above Phoenix’s presentation.

[@dhenderson1810]

Plus it being doing the pandemic.

[@alexanderminchin6094]

@@dhenderson1810 yes it was. But regardless if it happened during the pandemic or not, there are some Oscar tradition's you simply don't just change. And presenting the award for Best Picture last is one of those traditions you don't change.

[@mitsukai7192]

I agree that the Best Actor announcement finishing up the Oscars was super awkward, but not because of Joaquin. It's pretty well known that the way he was on stage is simply how he is in big crowds at events. I can understand feeling awkward in that environment, even if your career puts you there often.

[@richardpodnar5039]

Thank you for sharing the Will Rogers story. I had heard about it decades ago and filed it in my memory banks since then.😅😂❤

[@danielely3807]

The Oshkar goezh to Catherine

[@chrispa9573]

You put Madonna on a worst list on her birthday . lol

[@BeckyLStoutWriter]

I heard that Madonna wanted Elliott Smith to win and that's why she was so 'whatever' about the whole thing.

[@nathaniel4780]

If Warren and Faye (really Faye) is among the worst, then I think Jordan Horowitz (the La La Land producer who grabbed the envelope out of Beatty's hand to prove that Moonlight really did win) should be among the best.

[@dannielleburrus6117]

He is a hero. He clarified in the moment critical information and allowed Moonlight to take center stage.

[@dhenderson1810]

Why? "Moonlight" shouldn't have won.

[@bobbylibby]

The funniest part of the "Adele Dazeem" thing was how they tried to make a moment out of it the next year by having Travolta and Idina Menzel present something together, and he was extremely strange and uncomfortable for that presentation too -- weirdly touching Idina's face?? Worth a revisit.

[@actfray]

When Denzel Washington won Best Actor for 2001's "Training Day," the insufferable Julia Roberts opened up the envelope and prefaced the announcement with "I love my life"! It was obnoxious and unnecessary. She made it all about her.

[@muggle4real]

The John Travolta one gets me all the time 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevennieves3327]

I don't think Kathy was confused. Her full name is Kathleen, not Catherine. I think she was just looking for Catherine to see her get up to accept her Oscar.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I mean, Sean practically mumbled the name, so she might've been unsure what she heard.

[@stevennieves3327]

@@AtlasBlizzard that's a fair point. I didn't think about that.

[@jgorgchav3553]

I have also heard or read somewhere that Will Rogers first called the actresses who had not won, and then announced the real winner for Best Actress 🤦🏽, the first two actresses thought they had won in a tie. 😱

[@dhenderson1810]

I assume he wasn't asked back.

[@latissimusdomsi]

I read that Frank story last month and thought it would be on here 😂

[@ad-sd-vids5332]

Here’s an idea- worst Oscar nominated performances by great prolific actors What’s the worst nominated role from people like Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis?

[@markelijio6012]

I won’t go anywhere that far

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

He has rankings for those. Meryl and DeNiro have gotten one and Al Pacino may get one

[@greenteadiet]

Meryl had already opened the envelope. She's holding the card with Day-Lewis's name and the envelope is behind the card. You can see the card. She literally looks down at the card as she says his name and does the thing you complain about her not doing.

[@starryknightlight]

Palsnce paused because he was unsure of pronunciation.

[@mandycaz5562]

That's what I was thinking.

[@53snuckplum]

Your choice of Kathy Bates and Catherine Zeta- Jones is YOUR worst moment. You are the only one - including Kathy Bates , I bet - who thought it could have been her. Ridiculous choice on your part.

[@psb1969]

I soo agree about Will Smith..Awkward, Horrible, Icky and I reacted the same way about the standing ovation... Really??!!!

[@filthybonnet]

The fact that they let him talk for so long too! Like they cut off other people sooner that didn't just slap someone. The only person I loved that they didn't cut off during their acceptance speech was Leo. Like they all knew the meme was over so they just let him talk.

[@johnjones3813]

Absolute low point in the history of the awards. And the standing ovation was sickening.

[@champreviewer5572]

Please do a video about Tomei’s win.

[@Dorthyturner]

SHUT UP I LOVE THE CONNERY ONE it’s so cute and personal😂😂😂😂

[@brentandrew2419]

Same, one of my fave moments and a sweet one I somehow always remember, like a wink and a nod to people that they were in Entrapment. No one gaf about Kathy Bates besides Brian lol

[@johnjones3813]

I can't stand when stars name the winner by first name. It's too Hollywood to me n

[@chriswald7700]

To include the announcement of Catherine Zeta-Jones just because Brian guesses Kathy Bates may perhaps, for some reason, for a fracture of a second have believed she might have won is far-fetched. I found it very sweet of him how he just said "Catherine" when he announced his former co-star with whom he obviously got along very well. Her response towards him also was very warm. I think that Kathy Bates glanced over to Catherine Zeta-Jones because she wanted to see her reaction. Zeta-Jones was the frontrunner an her win no surprise at all.

[@brentandrew2419]

You said it perfectly. Brian just has his pet favorites and turns his lists into opinion pieces about them.

[@tomabuelis]

This is nitpicking just to create a content. Sad.

[@sorenthefilmbrony]

Even though it's not Oscar-related, but worth mentioning is in 2001 when Elizabeth Taylor was fumbling with the envelope when presenting Gladiator as Best Picture - Drama in the Golden Globes, as well as during the 2019 Annies when Francis Fisher didn't even know how to pronounce Michael Giacchino's name after he won Best Original Score.

[@kotch35]

Another fantastic video! Never heard about that Will Rogers Oscar moment but to be honest it's kind of hilarious.

[@ILoveMisty1985]

Good call on number 1. I was thinking about that moment when you opened the list with the Catherine confusion incident. Then I was wondering what could have topped the Moonlight/La La Land fiasco, but then you put the "Come up and get it, Frank" in its proper place at number one. Kudos.

[@mitsukai7192]

I remember the Adele Dazeem incident spawning an internet generator where you could "Travoltafy Your Name" 😂

[@anomaly05]

Well researched, thought out, and explained as always.

[@davidkaplan5507]

Joaquin Phoenix also gave the worst speech when he won… what did drinking cow’s milk have to do with anything.

[@KK-hw7od]

Do I understand this correctly? One person makes jokes about the consequences of another person's illness and is called to account by their partner. And the first person (C. Rock) is defended and "excused", while the partner is "ostracised"? A good 120 years ago, there would have been a pistol duel between the two men! Incidentally, Smith only acted as shown in 99% of US action films: With instant vigilante justice.

[@main9613]

1) of the 100+ years of the oscars every presentor does that. They make silly jokes, and move on. Some are even worse. Jada's a tip of the iceberg. 2) will smith fucking laughed at the joke. He fucking laughed at the joke. What kind of sick demented individual, laughs at the jokes about his wife, then when he saw his wife visibly upset, he then started assaulting a comedian, who was there to do his fucking job.

[@johnjones3813]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[@duanein3d]

I’d LOVE for you to do a video about the Marisa win. Always found that situation FASCINATING

[@gailcaldwell1512]

I agree that Madonna’s snide attitude was so bad, and I don’t even know why she was even presenting. And the Will Smith entire MESS was just completely DESPICABLE. I mean the presenters HAD to act the way they did. And remember, THEY ARE ACTORS.

[@johnjones3813]

Agreed, and agreed.

[@RabbiJoeInJerusalem]

#1 was a real surprise. I also liked the symmetry with #10.

[@TZ61]

To be fair, Madonna doesn't need much motivation to act like a 4-year-old.

[@johnjones3813]

Thank you.

[@BroadwayGuy]

"Tired, bored, does not want to be there"... Well... That's me EVERY year.

[@vincentcadena7651]

I think the academy leadership should have gotten together on a call and declared Smith ineligible due to assaulting a presenter and gone with the runner up ie the actor with the second most votes. Then they award him and it’s pretty sucky to see people standing and applauding.

[@scottibrown3274]

With regards to the Sean Connery one, if the actress names are submitted as Kathy Bates and Catherine Zeta-Jones…Kathy Bates being confused would make more sense if she went by Katherine Bates

[@nacida007]

The voice's commentator is so tedious. And his comments are too loooong.

[@amywantland5359]

No shock with Madonna, she has Zero class .

[@johnjones3813]

Finally, someone said it. I like her music, but she's known as an A-1, well.

[@tccrowe3192]

Cmon bro. You got to know that slap was staged. Look how Chris is already bracing for it.

[@michaelnorris6280]

I think Beatty was handing Dunaway the envelope to show her what was happening. I don’t think he expected her to read it out loud.

[@sallygreenfield6991]

Idina Menzel has talked about what she was thinking, which was about a thousand things at once. She said she barely registered the mistake, though mostly on purpose because she had to sing and didn't have time to get upset. Afterwards, she was a little upset until she realized that it actually was great publicity for her. :)

[@gailcaldwell1512]

Sorry, I disagree 1000000% on #1. I think you’re trying to imply something that SIMPLY IS NOT THERE. I DO NOT in ANYWAY AT ALL, think that Kathy Bates thought Sean Connery meant HER, while naming new Oscar winner. When he simply said “Catherine”. Kathy Bates had always been known by, as she still is to this day, January 1, 2025. And to me, and probably about half a billon other people that night, and to this day, knew he meant his former Co-Star, Friend, and fellow UK Dweller, Catherine Zeta Jones.

[@johnjones3813]

Part of the point for me is this whole I'm famous, she's famous, I made a movie with her, so we're first name basis, instead of being professional and announcing first and last name.

[@johnjones3813]

There's a couple things going on with the La La Land Moonlight. First, you have two presenters way past their prime and looking borderline senile. Second, the lady backstage who was overseeing the envelopes was apparently texting and not doing her job. This is a symptom of our current world, where people simply cannot concentrate on anything for more than five seconds.

[@jonathandooley5872]

Thanks for going way back in the Oscar archives. That’s always fun! 😎

[@outinsider]

While it wasn't an announcement, there has been worse violence take place at the Oscars than the Will Smith/Chris Rock slap. There's John Wayne wanting to physically attack Sacheen Littlefeather for Marlon Brando's refusal of his second Oscar win that he had to be physically restrained backstage. Add Clint Eastwood's passive aggressive defense of the white savior western later in the ceremony. I am not saying the above to excuse the slap. When white men allegedly defend white women, it's chivalrous. When Black men defend Black women, it's a double down criminal offense that is his and hers fault because why would anyone want to defend a Black woman? Black women need more than just Black men defending them, but its pathologized. That ten year ban when Will Smith has made numerous apologies too, no one factors in at all. Just "bad behavior." Black people have to account harder than any white person does, and that's wrong. I'm not sorry your white feelings were upset, but check your own peer group. White men slap other white men on television every day, but get no accountability. There's lots of alleged chivalrous actions that are just as if not more violent than that slap. Really, check your privilege man. For the record, this is a good list. Some of these are reaching, like Meryl's announcement of Daniel Day-Lewis' third Oscar winand giving credence to the urban legend regarding Marsa Tomei's Oscar win. But most of these make sense.

[@yeahiagree1070]

blah blah blah.. i'm a victim.. blah blah.. black people are allowed to hit each other at the oscars.. blah blah.. if you have a problem with that, your wayycist .. blah blah

[@missdeejay]

*Sacheen Littlefeather

[@outinsider]

@@missdeejay Thank you for that correction. I will edit my comment.

[@KevinTRod]

I'm SO GLAD you picked the Frank debacle for the number one choice! It has been brought up in several books about the Oscars I've read and it never ceases to be painful to read about.

[@alejandra-diaz-3]

One of the worst winner announcements in my opinion is when Denzel said “by a nose!” To Nicole Kidman. He was probably trying to make a joke but it has the connotation that she won because of her prosthetic and not her acting. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@LucyLioness100]

Given Nicholson made fun of her prosthetic nose at the GGs (high on Valium kind you), it’s not shocking that Denzel was gonna make a joke; you can see though he was happy for her win

[@AtlasBlizzard]

That annoyed me too, glad to see others have had the same thought. Felt a bit tasteless.

[@bobbibaker4685]

I love that the closed captioning calls him Walking Phoenix.

[@that1guy335]

I really love this channel

[@jamesm654]

Jack Palance couldn't pronounce her name.

[@ultraviolettas]

Has this become a Jack Palance hate channel? 😭😭😭

[@miguelsantos-cd9tu]

13:14 You find Al Pacino's i see Oppenheimer, amusing?

[@fritzler87]

100% agree with the Meryl Streep choice, it was a major category and it's live TV. Even if you're Meryl Streep you should honor that pace and that climate.

[@EvaSofie]

the cameraman didn’t cut to her in time it wasn’t her fault, she puts her glasses on at some point so she obviously did open it

[@fritzler87]

@EvaSofie The camera director (not the cameraman) was counting on her opening the envelope, with those seconds in mind. That was rehearsed. Meryl can go wrong too.

[@EvaSofie]

@ they spent too long on Denzel that isn’t her fault

[@fritzler87]

@@EvaSofie Yes it was. She opened the envelope before she was supposed to. Let it go.

[@EvaSofie]

@@fritzler87 she was smiling, laughing and happy for him during his speech, some people are being really awful towards her for something so insignificant that’s the problem

[@christopherhopkins949]

You are being very picky. Jack Palance, he was likely making sure he pronounced Tomei correctly.

[@meropale]

Yeah, it's all a bit over thought.

[@johnjones3813]

Maybe he should have read thru the nominees before going on stage?

[@sammykewlguy]

I don’t know why but the most awkward for me was when Jack Nicholson announced Crash as the winner in 2006. I can’t say anything about that win that hasn’t already been said, but it was simply a devastating loss for Brokeback Mountain.

[@johnjones3813]

Agreed, I think that film was the best film that year by far. Robbed.