Of course you are correct, Billy Crystal was a terrific host, and so was Steve Martin. And the moment with Hal Roach was a good one -- not a giant fuck up, but funny.
Josh! Big fan here but you are forgetting a truly great host and an Oscar fuckup he saved brilliantly. 1992. Billy Crystal, acknowledged an almost 100 year old Hal Roach. The audience gives him an ovation. I guess he was so overwhelmed by the audience reaction that he started to talk. And there wasn’t a microphone near him. This goes on for over half a minute while flapping lips and dead air are going out to the world. Then Billy Crystal made his great comment, “I think it’s only fitting, because Mr. Roach started in silent pictures.”
Of course you are correct, Billy Crystal was a terrific host, and so was Steve Martin. And the moment with Hal Roach was a good one -- not a giant fuck up, but funny.
Josh! Big fan here but you are forgetting a truly great host and an Oscar fuckup he saved brilliantly. 1992. Billy Crystal, acknowledged an almost 100 year old Hal Roach. The audience gives him an ovation. I guess he was so overwhelmed by the audience reaction that he started to talk. And there wasn’t a microphone near him. This goes on for over half a minute while flapping lips and dead air are going out to the world. Then Billy Crystal made his great comment, “I think it’s only fitting, because Mr. Roach started in silent pictures.”