Through a fortuitous series of events which don't merit comment here, I was able to view a "tape" of last night's Oscar Awards.
Highly disappointing, to say the least. The Academy elected to go in another direction this year, apparently deciding that wit was no longer a needed attribute in the host. Give me the days of "Ol' Ski Nose" Bob Hope, reeling off one side-splitting quip after the other. Or "The King of Late Night", Johnny Carson. Johnny would have come up with some real rib-ticklers.
Johnny: "It was so hot in Burbank, today . . ."
Star-Studded Audience: "How hot was it?!?!?!"
Johnny: "It was so hot . . . that chemically unbalanced, over the hill, female pop singers were shaving their heads to try to stay cool!!!"
And the audience would have roared and appreciated Johnny's topicality, having a bit of a good-natured humorous go at Britney Spears and her descent into madness.
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