Live blogging the Oscars!
I have decided to live blog the Oscars! (This was Dan's idea, so blame him if you don't like it). What does it mean to 'live blog'? Well, I will be posting my thoughts to this post live as the Oscars happen Sunday night starting at 6pm.
Make sure to come back and check it out!
Update 15:55, the night of: So, here are my predictions for the night:
- Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger
- Best actress: Kate Winslet
- Best supporting actress: Amy Adams
- Best animated feature film: Wall-E
- Achievment in art direction: Benjamin Button
- Cinematography: Dark Knight
- Costume design: The Duchess
- Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
- Documentary feature: Man on Wire
- Documentary short subject: Smile Pinki
- Film editing: Dark Knight
- Foreign language: Waltz with Bashier
- Makeup: Benjamin Button
- Original score: Slumdog Millionaire
- Original song: Down to Earth
- Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire
- Animated short: Presto
- Live action short: The Pig
- Sound editing: Iron Man
- Sound mixing: Dark Knight
- Visual effects: Iron Man
- Adapted screenplay: Doubt
- Original screenplay: In Bruges
And best dressed is going to be George Clooney and worst dressed will be your mom! Hahaha!
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Sailing Master Keri
21 February 2009 05:17pm UTC
But what time does the Red Carpet coverage start? You should definitely live blog during that!!
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
21 February 2009 05:20pm UTC
Saweet!
Boatswain The Fool
21 February 2009 06:13pm UTC
And what about the pre-Red Carpet build-up, with all of those blogs and fake news personalities posting their predictions, and what about the post-Oscar wrap-up?
Basically, I think that you should spend the rest of your life commenting on this post with Oscar-related news.
The Anonymous Poppy
22 February 2009 10:02am UTC
Are you going to post an entry and edit it, or post an entry and then make lots of comments?
(P.S. I do not dislike you, Benj! :P)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
22 February 2009 09:51pm UTC
I'll be updating this post! In fact, I'll write an update right now!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
22 February 2009 10:59pm UTC
I've changed my mind! I am going to write updates in comments to this post, so that anyone else watching can post comments live as well!
2 hours to go!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:13am UTC
Greetings! Just turned the TV on, we are a little late, we had to pick up our incredibly cheap pizzas. Black Jack's for $5.
And Mike is here! Woo! Woo! Woo!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:16am UTC
We just saw the whole cast of Slumdog Millionaire. One of the kids was hoping to see Mylie Cyrus!
Oh and there was Zac Efron. Not looking as cute as he does in his movies. His hair was wet.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:16am UTC
We just saw Mylie Cyrus, Mike says he heard she was a meanie face. We weren't impressed.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:17am UTC
We just saw Amy Adams, Mike totally has a chance with her!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:24am UTC
Still on the red carpet. We haven't seen Leo or Brad Pitt, yet.
Oooh, Jack Black. He is fantastic! "Wrap it up?! Ooh some one more famous is walking up"
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:27am UTC
They are doing a little piece on making the oscars happen. This is boring. Show us some stars!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:28am UTC
More commercials! I am going to make some juice!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:35am UTC
We just saw Brad Pitt!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:38am UTC
Well, Hugh is no Billy Crystal, but he is doing pretty good!
Okay, he was just cracking up in the middle of his song. That is one sure way to my heart!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:38am UTC
Mike and Keri are eating this up!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:42am UTC
Okay, Merryl just showed us her guns! Maybe she is more fun than I have been giving her credit for all these years!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:46am UTC
Best supporting actress nominee is up. Tilda Swinton is competing for worst dressed, apparently.
I predicted Amy Adams. There she is!
They aren't showing clips. Whoever decided to make the Oscars more interesting by not doing clips made a mistake.
Amy is wearing a HUGE necklace.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:49am UTC
Penelope won! Mike got it right, Keri and I didn't.
Keri: 0, Mike: 1, Me: 0
And that Penelope has quite the accent!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:54am UTC
First commercials. We are about to open up our candy. We have Oreos, Swedish Fish and Sour Punch straws!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 01:57am UTC
Tina Fey just got a bigger cheer than Steve Martin!
We have orginial screen play up next. Mike and I chose In Bruges. Keri chose Milk.
And it is Milk!
Keri: 1, Mike: 1, Me: 0.
Shucks.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:02am UTC
Best adapted screenplay is up next!
Apparently Tina and Steve are hilarious! Who knew?
Damn it. Keri got it right with Slumdog Millionaire. I had Doubt and Mike had Frost/Nixon.
Keri: 2, Mike: 1, Me: 0
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:05am UTC
Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black. Interesting combo.
They just showed Angelina Jolie. Poor taste. Plus, who likes her?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:07am UTC
Best animated feature. We all voted for Wall-E.
We got it! Jennifer Anniston tried to say Wall-E like Eva! She is so cute! What was Brad thinking?
Keri: 3, Mike: 2, Me: 1
I'm on the boards!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:10am UTC
Animated Short. Who has seen any of these!?
And the winner is... something I can't pronounce. Or remember. None of us got it.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:13am UTC
"Domo Arrigato, Mr. Roboto"! That was great!
(The guy who one Animated short said it! In his speech!)
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 02:13am UTC
Hahaha! My roommates are watching in the other room, and I just heard my roommate Cat ask "So, is that someone that he actually knows??" regarding the winner for best animated short thanking Mr. Roboto.
(Does this violate the rules of live blogging? Should I not comment?)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:15am UTC
So, the story behind the Oreos was that I thought Mike liked them a lot, but that was actually chips ahoy. I messed up.
Keri thinks Sour Punch Straws are better than Sour Patch Kids. I am conflicted. Sour Patch kids are sourer. But harder on your tongue.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:18am UTC
Art Direction is up now. We all chose Benjamin Button. And we got it!
Keri: 4, Mike: 3, Me: 2
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:18am UTC
And Poppy, comment as much as you want!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:19am UTC
We are bored with this one. Sorry art direction guys. I'm sure you put in a lot of good work!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:20am UTC
Daniel Craig (James Bond!) keeps stumbling over his lines. It is making us love him more.
Costume design. Mike and I guessed The Duchess, keri guess Benjamin Button.
And the winner is...
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:22am UTC
The Duchess! Keri is going to fall and crumble like a weak tower made out of incredibly heavy but brittle bricks. Mwa hahahahah!
Keri: 4, Mike: 4, Me: 3
I'm planning on being the underdog that comes from behind.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:24am UTC
Make up now! I guessed Benjamin Button, Keri guessed Benjamin Button, Mike guess Benjamin Button.
And we got it! I'm sticking in there!
Keri: 5, Mike: 5, Me: 4
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:29am UTC
The Mamma Mia girl! The Twilight boy! Apparently the Twilight boy is still pretending to be a vampire And the Mamma Mia is looking a little sickly.
Video montage of romance in 2008! The more video montages, the better!
It was fun! Commercials now. Stay tunned for an actor who has made more than 4 billlion dollars world wide. Who we think it is?
Leo? Brad?
Mike thinks Sam Jackson...
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:35am UTC
And it was Ben Stiller! And he has a big beard! I think it is fake though.
Cinematography is up.
Ron Howard is loving this skit!
Natalie Portman is actually not being painful!
Mike and Keri went for Slumdog, I went for The Dark Knight!
Crap. Falling behind more....
Keri: 6, Mike: 6, Me: 4
This party sucks.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:43am UTC
Keri, Mike and I are reminiscing about the good ol' days. Back when I was Mike's wing man.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:45am UTC
James Franco and Seth Rogen are Hilarious!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:48am UTC
Best live action short. I think pig is going to do it. I can feel it.
Shoot. Nope, something else. But James Franco butchered the guys name!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:53am UTC
Its Beyonce!!!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:55am UTC
A dance number! I am loving it! Mike is loving it! Keri thinks it is weird.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:56am UTC
Zac and Vanessa are singing too!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 02:57am UTC
Keri and Mike now both not liking it. I am still loving it!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 02:59am UTC
I heard the HSM song -- was it actually Zanessa? Awesome!
And you can't really ask Hugh to host the Oscars without letting him sing a little, amirite?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:04am UTC
Best supporting actor is up. This is a biggie. Let's go Heath!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:05am UTC
Keri thinks Phillip is going to get it. She's wrong. Heath has it all the way.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:06am UTC
Cuba told it like it is about Robert Downey Jr. getting nominated for Tropic Thunder. "Are you out of your mind?!" And Robert laughed!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:08am UTC
Heath got it!
Keri: 6, Mike: 7, Me: 5
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:15am UTC
Now Documentary is up. We all went for Man on Wire.
We don't like Bill Maher. He is talking too much.
We all got it!
Keri: 7, Mike: 8, Me: 6
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:18am UTC
Documentary short! We all chose 'Smile Pinki" based purely on the name! COme on guys, I can't catch up if we keep going for the same ones!
Keri: 8, Mike: 9, Me: 7
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:27am UTC
Just saw an action movies montage. It was alright. But not Will Smith is up!
Visual effects is up. Keri went for The Dark Knight, I went for Iron Man and Mike went for Benjamin Button. This is getting interesting!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:27am UTC
And Benjamin Button got it! To the shock of everyone!
Keri: 8, Mike: 10, Me: 7
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:29am UTC
Sound editing is next. My enemies chose Dark Knight. I chose Iron Man.
Son of a..
Keri: 9, Mike: 11, Me: 7
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:32am UTC
Mike is developing a lead!
Sound mixing is next. I went for the Dark Knight on this one. If it doesn't come through for me, I'm going to be bummed!
I'm bummed. Slumdog and Keri got it.
Keri: 10, Mike: 11, Me: 7
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 03:34am UTC
How many does Slumdog have now?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:35am UTC
Film editing now. I went for Dark Knight again.
Slumdog and Keri got it again!
Keri: 11, Mike: 11, Me: 7
This game sucks.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 03:36am UTC
Dan: not as many as Benjamin. They guessed Benjamin Button on everything.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:36am UTC
Keri keeps wanting me to mention Titanic. (because it won a lot of Oscars)
So...
Titanic!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:39am UTC
Slumdog has 4 so far. Dark Knight has 2. Benjamin Button has 3.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:40am UTC
More commercials. So, before the Oscars this year they said they were changing things up hoping to increase the ratings. But they haven't performed the original song nominees and they haven't been showing clips about the best picture nominees, so it seems like all they did this year was take out the fun parts and leave the boring parts.
We want more of the stars and more of the movies!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:42am UTC
Mike just had some oreos! He is pretending he likes them so I don't like them. What a trooper!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 03:42am UTC
No. More commercials. I want more commercials!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:43am UTC
This comment brought to you by TSP. Come often!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:43am UTC
How was that 'commercial', Omer?
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 03:44am UTC
Visit http://www.thisurldoesntleadanywhere.com/ for all your non-traveling needs.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:45am UTC
They are doing a very touching, nice bit on Jerry Lewis. Unfortunately it is boring. They should have done a tribute to Heath Ledger.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 03:46am UTC
It was great. But, what the heck is "TSP"?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:46am UTC
Omer, that URL didn't lead any where... I hope they didn't pay you very much!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 03:47am UTC
I want to own that url. And have it go somewhere.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:47am UTC
TSP: Three Stupid People!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:47am UTC
TSP: The Singing Penises!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:48am UTC
(That last one was Mike's)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:48am UTC
(But I liked it)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:49am UTC
So, I think I have lost this Oscar race. Unless I get all the rest of mine right and they get all the rest of theirs wrong.
Maybe it can happen...
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 03:51am UTC
How does Keri feel about that?
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 03:51am UTC
The singing penises i mean
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 03:53am UTC
Keri loves singing penises.
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 03:54am UTC
Did I just head Zac Efron and Alicia Keys?? That's a mismatch if I ever heard of one.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:54am UTC
They are playing bits for the best original score category. Keri and I went for Slumdog, and Mike made a poor choice and didn't go for Slumdog in a category it was nominated for.
Slumdog it is! Keri takes the lead!
Keri: 12, Mike: 11, Me: 8
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 03:54am UTC
Are they throwing these presenters together randomly? And what has Alicia Keys done lately?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:55am UTC
Poppy, I was quite confused about the matching as well. What happened to Vanessa?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:56am UTC
Keri says she liked the singing penises. I think she is lying. I think Omer is lying too.
Though, judging by tonight, I wouldn't trust me about anything!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 03:57am UTC
Maybe she's... busy. Doing something.
Um, backstage.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 03:57am UTC
Yeah, the singing penises have won more Oscars than the Dark Knight. You really shouldn't have picked that for so many.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 03:57am UTC
Maybe she has a duet with some singing penises...
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 03:58am UTC
Well, it would be a quartet.
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 03:59am UTC
Oh, I guess I got the Three and the The mixed up and assumed it was Three Singing Penises. It could be a whole choir!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:01am UTC
They are playing all the best song nominees now. We are all routing for "Jai Ho" for Slumdog. Keri and I unfortunately voted for the Wall-E song.
And Jai Ho got it!
Keri: 12, Mike: 12, Me: 8
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:02am UTC
That would be a whole lot of penises!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:04am UTC
So, who are we all rooting for? Keri or Mike?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:04am UTC
I have been doing this with Keri for the last 4 years and I lose to her every year.
I'm for Mike!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:06am UTC
I'm rooting for Slumdog Millionaire. They haven't done any guessing yet, so their score is 0, but they seem to win everything.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:07am UTC
Foreign Language film is up next. None of us got it!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:11am UTC
In typical TV fashion the commercials are coming more often now.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:11am UTC
They are doing the saying goodbye montage now. I always really like these.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:12am UTC
In typical Omer fashion, you avoid having to root against someone by not rooting for anyone!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:14am UTC
If everyone's a loser, there can be no winners.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:15am UTC
Speaking of which, http://www.intypicalomerfashion.com/
Don't you wish your fashion could typically be Omer's?
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:16am UTC
Is it the "In Memoriam" montage? I like those, too. But they seriously will never be more touching than the year that Walter Matthau died.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:16am UTC
They are butchering this by not just doing a slideshow. They were flying in and out and showing Queen Latifa singing. We don't care about Queen Latifa signing. We want to see the faces and the names. Geez.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:18am UTC
We officially just broke the 100 comment mark!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:19am UTC
Reece Witherspoon is coming out!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:20am UTC
I know! I feel a little like we cheated though...
Well, you didn't cheat. I cheated. I'm a cheater. A big one. That's why I'm winning this contest.
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 04:20am UTC
That empty spotlight on stage at the end of the montage was creepy but touching.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:21am UTC
Best director is up! We all got Slumdog right!
Keri: 13, Mike: 13, Me: 9
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:22am UTC
Is she?? (Is that the real reason her marriage didn't work out?) Well, I can't think of a better place to do it than the Oscars.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:22am UTC
I was too upset about not being able to read the names. You are a better man Dan!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:22am UTC
That was excessively silly of me....
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:23am UTC
Speaking of which, I just wanted to let everyone know that I've made every prediction correctly so far, including those that aren't televised. So, I've got a score of 3,819.
Eat that, Keri and Mike!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:24am UTC
Poppy, I didn't get that pun until three sentencing into a comment in response!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:25am UTC
Well, it would have worked so much better if we weren't all commenting so fast!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:26am UTC
I didn't know there were 3,819 categories! I only voted on 24!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:27am UTC
You had no chance!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:28am UTC
Best actress is next! We all guessed Kate Winslet! No suspense here!
Let's hope 'Rose' gets it!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:30am UTC
If you want to beat all of your friends at Oscar Predictions, try http://www.beatallyourfriendsatoscarpredictions.com/ - we cover all 4,000 categories!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:32am UTC
So, past best actresses are saying nice blurbs about the nominees.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:33am UTC
Kate Winslet got it! I think this is a mack up for her not getting one Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:34am UTC
I wish I could write a mack up comment for that horrible spelling error in my last comment!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:34am UTC
So, Kate Winslet had her dad whistle loud so she knew where he was. It was awesome.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:35am UTC
(I wish I could whistle loud)
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:35am UTC
Yeah, you totally macked it up there.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:35am UTC
So, Kate didn't say anything about Leo. Poor guy!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:37am UTC
I mean she gave like a 5 minute thank you speech!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:37am UTC
She also neglected to mention Benjamin Thomas!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:37am UTC
Even from the other room, that whistle was so amazing.
And she didn't need to say anything about Leo. He just knew.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:38am UTC
Omer, come over here and I'll mack you up. I'll mack you up baaad.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:38am UTC
Yeah, that's right she didn't! What a bitch!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:39am UTC
Oh, I'm at your door already. And, I've got my whole mack here with me.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:39am UTC
(Just kidding! I love you Kate!)
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:39am UTC
They're ready for a mack-down.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:40am UTC
Or is it a mack-up?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:42am UTC
I'm not answering the door. I know all about you and your mack.
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:42am UTC
Look, would you guys stop macking on each other? Some of us are trying to watch the Oscars!
(I mean, I'm not actually one of those people. But you know what I mean.)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:42am UTC
Oh! I love you Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:43am UTC
Omer, maybe we should go mack-up, mack-down, macksideways poppy?
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:43am UTC
That's right you do! My mack has herpes. And, unlike Poppy, it's trying to watch the Oscars.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:44am UTC
Sean Penn got it!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:45am UTC
I never perfected the art of mack-sideways-ing. I mean, grammatically alone...
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:45am UTC
Keri: 15, Mike: 14, Me: 10
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:45am UTC
Sean Penn!! Nate Silver had Mickey Rourke at, like, 80%!
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:46am UTC
Okay, I just checked and it was only 71%. But still. I thought he was a shoe-in!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:46am UTC
So, Sean Penn is being a total sweatheart right now. His hands are shaking!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:47am UTC
The three of us all guessed Slumdog for best picture so this means Keri has won.
What a bitch.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:47am UTC
(Just kidding! I love you Keri!)
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:48am UTC
Nate Silver is prejudiced against public officials.
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:49am UTC
And he... loves wrestlers?
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:50am UTC
He feels the same way everybody feels about wrestlers. Yes, he loves wrestlers.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:52am UTC
This best picture montage is fantastic. Finding clips from other best picture winners related to the best picture nominees.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:53am UTC
Slumdog Millionaire won!
(No one is surprised!)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:53am UTC
The whole cast is going up!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:53am UTC
Nate Silver predicts that wrestling will win best picture twice at a statistically significant 300%.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:54am UTC
Well, shoot. I was too late.
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 04:54am UTC
How many is Slumdog at now?
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 04:54am UTC
Are we approaching record territory?
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:55am UTC
Nate Silver didn't predict that!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:55am UTC
The record is held by wrestling, which wins 1500 Oscars every year because it is so mack.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:56am UTC
Slumdog won 7 of the 10 it was nominated for!
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 04:56am UTC
"So mack," eh? Man you have been living in L.A...
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 04:57am UTC
Since the show is wrapping up, I'd just like to say that this has basically been the best Oscars ever.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:58am UTC
Boy, Dan, read comments 118-138. For mack's sake.
Speaking of which, http://www.formackssake.com/, for all your macking needs.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 04:59am UTC
Seriously. I didn't even watch it, and I had tons of fun.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 04:59am UTC
I agree! Thanks guys!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 05:00am UTC
And, no offense meant, Dan :)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 05:01am UTC
Wait, scratch that, Slumdog got 8.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 05:01am UTC
Alright, I am signing off! You guys are awesome!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 05:01am UTC
Thanks for the idea Dan!
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 05:02am UTC
Have a good night! Bye!
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 05:06am UTC
And it is 10 o'clock so I can get to bed (mostly) on time!
Querulous Quartermaster Dan
23 February 2009 05:08am UTC
OMG-- I slipped away from the comments for a little bit -- perhaps I'll catch up next time before trying to be funny...
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 05:42am UTC
So, Keri wanted to get in on the Oscar action and did some dancing to the Oscar winning score from Slumdog Millionaire!
She doesn't dance very often! We're lucky to get it caught on tape!
Sailing Master Keri
23 February 2009 06:07am UTC
Wow, that was a lot of fun! I'm sorry I missed out on all the live blogging action. I guess I was too busy actually watching the Oscars.
And for the record, Slumdog won 3 fewer Oscars than Titanic. Just wanted to point that out.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
23 February 2009 06:07am UTC
So, I don't think anyone else is going to read all the comments. And I am not in bed even close to on time.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 06:14am UTC
Ouch. And, I was going to give you the Oscar for being in bed on time. I guess I'll have to give it to Jimmy the 10-year-old.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 06:16am UTC
But, I will give Keri the Oscar for Dancing.
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 06:29am UTC
I have it on good authority that Jimmy has special permission to stay up late so that he can see the end of the Oscars, even though it is a school night.
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 07:37am UTC
She's not lying:
The Anonymous Poppy
23 February 2009 07:45am UTC
Um, it seems to me that that particular certificate is still lacking one crucial signature....
Boatswain The Fool
23 February 2009 07:46am UTC
Actually, it isn't. The International President's name is:
(for security reasons)