OSCARS '91: The 64th Academy Awards

“Jack Palance just bungee jumped off the Hollywood sign…”

CONTENT WARNING: AIDS, grief, death.

Our Oscars ‘91 series comes to an end with the 64th Academy Awards, live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. And what an…Oscars it was. Look, we won’t mince words, this was a boring Oscars. No one looks particularly excited to be there, even Billy Crystal. At least he had an excuse, fighting through the flu to give a lackluster performance. This was the tail end of the Oscars taking itself far too seriously, and it shows. Though there’s some good bits, some memorable jokes, and, if you know literally anything about Oscars history, a big winner for the night. Throw on your tux or gown and get ready for our final discussion of Oscars ‘91 this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..

Excerpts taken from The 64th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal and directed by Jeff Margolis. Aired March 30, 1992 on ABC.