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Jeron Oscar® Winner	I wouldn't doubt if that's the first time EVER Mr. Conti has been labeled as the "stick man." That's really hilarious... I'll never forget it. Jeron
posted 03-25-2001 08:32 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Between Julia calling Conti the Stick Man and Goldie giggling through the nominations (at least she pronounced Ennio's name right), it's obvious that film music deserves a better forum than the Oscars.
posted 03-25-2001 09:21 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	I must hand the award for COURAGE to Mr. Conti. His annual position as conductor of the orchestra at the Oscar broadcast is a thoroughly thankless one. Not only is he under incredible pressure to perform, he also must endure heckling from the award winners! I'd like to see his paycheck...
posted 03-25-2001 10:13 PM PT (US)

BMUSTANG Oscar® Winner	As much as I love Conti, I actually thought Julia's speech was pretty funny. I have had a bad week,and the comment she made about the Stick Man I though was funny.
posted 03-25-2001 10:46 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Bmustang is probably right, a good joke is worth it. I'm sure Conti can take it. I don't know, given how little work Conti gets during the year, this is his once in a while reminder to everybody that he's still alive.
posted 03-26-2001 03:04 AM PT (US)

Greg Bryant Oscar® Winner	quote: Goldie giggling through the nominations (at least she pronounced Ennio's name right) I don't think she had any excuse to mispronounce - all the name announcements were pre-taped, so there were no gaffes like Ennio's name mispronounced at last years Golden Globes.
posted 03-26-2001 06:25 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	For me, the "Stick Man" joke was kid's play compared to some of the stuff Steve Martin was dishing out! Loved his comment about who Russell Crowe was hitting on....
posted 03-26-2001 08:37 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Lou Goldberg: (at least she pronounced Ennio's name right) She pronounced it about as incorrectly as "Zimmer". NP: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Janowitz, Stolze, Fischer-Dieskau; Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum)
posted 03-26-2001 09:29 AM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	Steve Martin is the best Oscar host I've seen. Not to mention that I also think he has the best sense of humor of any person alive today. Loved the comment where he said he thought of Tom Hanks as an Opthomologist. Classic Steve Martin absurdity. Three cheers!
posted 03-26-2001 09:53 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	I was laughing so hard, it was great! --Brian Writer & Film/Video Editor
posted 03-26-2001 10:08 AM PT (US)

wistiti Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Al: Steve Martin is the best Oscar host I've seen. Not to mention that I also think he has the best sense of humor of any person alive today. Loved the comment where he said he thought of Tom Hanks as an Opthomologist. Classic Steve Martin absurdity. Three cheers! I agree. This is the first time I've enjoyed watching the Oscars in years. I had planned to tape it and then fastforward through most of it, but Martin's opening decided for me: stay, watch, and laugh.
posted 03-26-2001 10:28 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Martin absolutely rocked. He even got surly old Russell Crowe to laugh, which I don't think has EVER happened at an awards show. I thought the stick-man comment was funny, and knowing what I do about Conti's personality, he probably enjoyed it. He knows he's in a somewhat thankless position (the producers always in his ear begging him to hustle someone offstage, as disgracefully happened the year Martin Landau won). He probably feels the way the audiences in general seem to: the show's producers often don't allot the winners enough respect and time. I don't know what Conti gets paid for this gig, but I suspect it's a LOT, and actually IS the reason he doesn't work that much in a given year: he doesn't have to. Anyway, this was the most entertaining and sometimes surprising Oscar show in many years.
posted 03-26-2001 12:22 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Last year, I saw a documentary about the awards show, and a surprisingly long segment of it was about Bill Conti. I'm pretty sure they revealed how much he gets for it, but I can't remember anymore. What did they do to Landau when he got his award? NP: The Perfect Storm (James Horner)
posted 03-26-2001 12:41 PM PT (US)

Greg Bryant Oscar® Winner	quote: What did they do to Landau when he got his award? I seem to remember Mr. Landau got cut off by the orchestra. I don't think it's so much Mr. Conti timing the speeches, it's the voice in his headphones (namely the producer and director) saying "cue the orchestra, we gotta keep this show moving..." Ol' Louis Horvitz and Gil "Boring as I wanna be" Cates have so homogenized and mediocracized the Oscar shows over the past decade that there is no spontaniety (like years previous to this past decade - Jack Palance, Cuba Gooding, Jr., or Roberto Benigni the only recent exceptions). They cut off the acceptance speeches so quickly, and it's been like this for years, it's actually embarassing that these people are receiving the highest acolades of their peers and they can't even get a minute or two to revel in it.
posted 03-26-2001 01:28 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Greg Bryant: I seem to remember Mr. Landau got cut off by the orchestra. Rocco's comment sounded like they were particularly harsh to him. Isn't cutting them off musically the common practice?
posted 03-26-2001 01:44 PM PT (US)

webjedi Oscar® Winner	Landau won for "Ed Wood" in 1994 (actually in 1995). Best Supporting Actor
posted 03-26-2001 01:45 PM PT (US)

webjedi Oscar® Winner	Also to note... no one bothered mentioning the work that Marc Shaiman put into the musical numbers when Billy Crystal hosted. Granted, after meeting Marc, I think it'd take him all of about 5 minutes to come up with the parodies, but still, it's hard work too!
posted 03-26-2001 01:47 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Marian, I was particularly offended by what was done to Landau because he wasn't even running long, and as I recall it, the orchestra cut him off mid-sentence. Whoopi Goldberg even made a joke about it as host the following year ("LET Martin Landau FINISH!") There was a similar moment a few years later -- I THINK the victim was almost Miep Gies, who was up there because a documentary about her efforts to help Anne Frank had won the Oscar. Somehow, she sternly managed to stand up there and say what she intended (I think they had actually sent one of those begowned stage people to pull her off. And she wasn't running particularly long either. She just wasn't a celebrity. :mad
posted 03-26-2001 02:38 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	Last night's Oscar broadcast was the poorest rated one (Nielsen ratings) since 1986, and perhaps of all time. I really hope that the powers that be don't blame the poor ratings on Steve Martin, and ship him to Syberia. He was a tremendous asset to the show. I laughed the loudest when he ran out to hand Danny DeVito some veggie dip for his carrot. Martin was great! I hope they allow him to return.
posted 03-26-2001 02:39 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by webjedi: Landau won for "Ed Wood" in 1994 (actually in 1995). Best Supporting Actor Yeah, I know. And he deserved it! Rocco, thanks for the info.
posted 03-26-2001 03:27 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Oscar® Winner	That had to be one of the shortest Oscar telecasts I can remember 3hrs and 20 mins. Wow I was in bed before 11:00 pm.
posted 03-26-2001 03:32 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	I think the ratings had more to do with the fact that a lot of the nominated movies weren't really big audience faves. Jeron, we thought about the same kind of thread at almost the exact same time. Odd. Scott the priss
posted 03-26-2001 05:33 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Ennio, it sounded right to me??? Actually, baton, stick, conductor, Bill Conti. Julia was so out of breath and begging for time that she asked for the orchestra not to cut her off the best she knew how under the circumstances. Even if the ratings were low, more people watched the Oscars than had seen any of the films. Pretty strange to see someone pick up an award for a film you've never seen.... [Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 03-26-2001]
posted 03-26-2001 08:14 PM PT (US)

Dave Oscar® Winner	Well everything witty and funny has been said on the topic.....Your all to fast for me. Dave NP Meet Joe Black
posted 03-26-2001 09:09 PM PT (US)

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