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tonyb
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Any you guys suffering Oscar night ? The wife and her girlfriend have gotten together every Oscar night for the last 20 years.

Love that dress, hate that dress, those shoes are horrible, earrings don't match, do they own a mirror, she looks terrific, she looks horrendous....blah blah blah. Then the awards, no way....they sucked, cinematography....there wasn't any, B.S.. Then comes the after party. How many times a night is that bi##h gonna change ? Is that a slurpee they're drinking ?

Someone shoot me please, think I'll take the dog for a walk to Indiana and back.
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  • tonyb
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    BANG BANG! Damn I missed....sorry Tony.

    Figures, call a Dago when ya want it done right. lol
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  • honestaquarian
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    Oy yew $chmucks ah goweeng straight ta hell ya know! >:)
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  • Willow
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    No cable, no problem !
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  • Toolfan66
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    I spent the night catching up on Billions.. Left the girls down stairs to watch the so called non diversity awards...
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  • MrBuhl
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    Shipped the wife off to the neighbors for an Oscar party with a bottle of Vino.

    I stayed home, cooked some pasta with red sauce and linguica for the kids (pasta is always a hit) and we watched the pilot for the new Shannara series.

    Priceless escape.
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  • westmassguy
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    I gave up watching all the award shows decades ago. A bunch of narcissists stroking each others egos.
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  • lightman1
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    westmassguy wrote: »
    I gave up watching all the award shows decades ago. A bunch of narcissists stroking each others egos.

    Bullseye! Could give a rats patootie about them. Just keep making movies that are worth watching and give the actors an Atta Boy at the end. Good enough for me.
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  • tonyb
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    Key there being "worth watching".

    Sometimes I get confused watching the Oscars, have to look to make sure I didn't hit MSNBC by mistake. So I only tune it for 5 minutes, go do something for an hour, come back for 5 min. National Geographic channel is much more interesting. Maybe we can bring back Mad magazine and give them their own channel. Closest thing we have is Archer, isn't it ? Love that show....
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  • lightman1
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    Archer is fargin hilarious! :D The DVR is loaded up for when I need a good laugh.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
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    The Oscars will soon be the, everybody wins a Oscar award show.
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  • miner
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    Maybe you should have an AVA watching party for the gang.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,107
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    I think I've mastered the Oscars -- two minutes of sound bites on "Morning Edition" the next morning. Done.

    I am more and more approaching the primary season the same way :-P
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  • tonyb
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    LOL.....tell ya what Mr. H, the older you get the more you look at everything in 2 min. sound bites.
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  • Moose68Bash
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    The Academy Awards show?

    Absolute drivel punctuated with narcissistic intellectual masturb8tion!
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  • Polkie2009
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    About made me sick to hear Ennio 's Oscar was his first. Are you kidding me??? What is wrong with these idiots over the past 50+ years who pick the winners? Ennio has written some of the most beautiful and memorable movie soundtracks since the 1960's.
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  • Polkie2009
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    And why was Abe Vigoda not included in the Memoriam?
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  • mhardy6647
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    yeah, especially given that he's finally already actually dead this time around?
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  • gce
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  • Upstatemax
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    gce wrote: »
    Mad Max-6 Star Wars-0


    The categories that Mad Max won in, it should have. Star Wars was a good movie, but it was not really stellar in any technical aspect.

    IMO, Mad Max was visually and sonically stunning.
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  • txcoastal1
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    Agree, everywhere you turned at CEDIA Mad Max was the demo in the HT rigs

    Didn't think much about it till then...ran home and rented it, was well done
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  • F1nut
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    Do they hand out wieners at this thing or is just a bunch of bologna?
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  • Upstatemax
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    F1nut wrote: »
    Do they hand out wieners at this thing or is just a bunch of bologna?

    Wieners get handed out at the after parties...
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  • oldmodman
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    I only watch for the commercials.

    No wait. That's the Superbowl. It's the T & A at the Oscars.
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  • steveinaz
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    lightman1 wrote: »
    Archer is fargin hilarious! :D The DVR is loaded up for when I need a good laugh.

    Amen to that. I stumbled onto Archer some time ago, while doing some late night surfing---now I'm hooked. Hilarious.
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  • steveinaz
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    I normally don't bother because liberal hollywood can't pass up a chance to politicize the entire evening; but I thought Chris Rock was hilarious. I think he handled it well with just the right mix of making a point, without making it a whinefest. Just my 2 cents.
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  • mhardy6647
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    He is both very talented and very funny, I'd opine.
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