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Bonus Video! The story of the disastrous 1989 Academy Awards (Patreon)

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2023-02-26 17:00:04
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Update: I've heard from a few people that the embedded video isn't working. If you get an error when trying to watch, try this link: https://vimeo.com/mattbaume/birdcagebonus5

Hello there!

The time has come when we must discuss the fiasco that was the 1989 Academy Awards, regarded by many as one of the more calamitous nights of television in American history. I've talked about this delicious disaster in previous bonus videos, but I'm diving into way more detail (with clips!) this time. Also in this video: A few cute little touches that I noticed about The Birdcage (due to having watched it a million times) and a joke about a gay rabbi that seems to have gone missing.

Backup link if the video embed isn't working: https://vimeo.com/mattbaume/birdcagebonus5

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Bonus Video! The story of the disastrous 1989 Academy Awards

The time has come when we must discuss the fiasco that was the 1989 Academy Awards, regarded by many as one of the more calamitous nights of television in American...

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Anonymous

Is this the best Patreon? It might be...

Anonymous

Please consider Portland, OR! I know more than a few places that would love to host you for a reading ❤

Anonymous

I’d love to see you come to my home city of Dallas it’d be so neat.

Anonymous

I've been so confused because I did not realize Alan Carr and Allan Carr are different people

Anonymous

SF bay area!

Anonymous

I was first taken to Beach Blanket Babylon by two native SF women, and it was so much fun and such spectacle that my partner and I took visiting relatives there more than once. I did not see it as a drag show - if that refers to men performing as women, because the women's roles were all (as I recall) played by amazing talented women singers - I was totally stunned by Val Diamond and Nancy Bleiweiss. The women were so glam and wildly costumed, though, that it did have a lot in common with elaborate drag shows. A Dolly Parton type character had a blonde wig that might have been 8 or 10 feet tall. Some headgear was so big and heavy that the actresses actually stood in place wearing headgear suspended from the ceiling. One major theme was setting up clever and silly situations where old standards or show tunes were sung with funny visuals - I recall one where a woman enters a stage populated by people dressed as pine trees and whispering to each tree which would then turn and run offstage. The song was "I Talk to the Trees (But They Don't Listen to Me)" The John Travolta character from Saturday Night Fever in his white disco costume was a major character. I saw the 1989 Academy Awards and assumed wrongly that Steve Silver, the producer of BBB had produced this also. I felt there were misses in the show at the awards but was shocked when I heard how reviled it was. I can't believe that it was bad enough to ruin the career of a man who had made Deer Hunter and Grease and the rest.

Anonymous

The theme of Beach Blanket Babylon was always Snow White looking for her true love. It took off from there. I suppose that's why this number started that way.

Anonymous

You should come to to Florida the book store is called books and books

Anonymous

That’s fascinating. Because even though it sounds incredibly raw 89 was closer to the Sonny and Cher / Paul Lynde variety hour than it is to today. So the format makes sense. And it seems like the template for a classic Billy Crystal or Whoopi Goldberg Oscars by which we still judge contemporary Oscars telecasts! Weird that he ruined his career and also set the standard at the same time!!!

Anonymous

Hold up people! Those particular Academy Awards, were no contest, some of the best drag back in the day, for TV Hollywood. 🤪(I had just ran away from home, Edmonton, Alberta, to Vancouver, Canada, to become….an uneducated ditz of a busboy and so on. I could have won awards. I made great tips. Minimum wages. Got sick. Won awards. And lived. To this day. With. Thespian memories.) Thank you for the bonus, Matt!

Anonymous

Please come to Philadelphia.

Anonymous

Thank you so much for making this! As a huge Oscars nerd (especially when it comes to the iconic moments from the ceremony) I love hearing others talk about the history related to some of the famous blunders. Especially when it comes from your awesome noggin! :)