tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post8435950857678445694..comments2024-03-03T10:32:45.969-08:00Comments on Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur: Our Universal LanguageMr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-36403604826408164142009-02-26T08:24:00.000-08:002009-02-26T08:24:00.000-08:00Now there are rumors out there that Billy Crystal ...Now there are rumors out there that Billy Crystal is coming back. My guess is the rumor started at the desk of whoever wrote the piece about the rumor. I'd be surprised if he didn't come back sooner or later. But I just hope that next year they make it a little more about the movies.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-19899432172904941532009-02-25T06:31:00.000-08:002009-02-25T06:31:00.000-08:00I thought that the Oscars was pretty good this yea...I thought that the Oscars was pretty good this year, overall. Not great but not awful either. I'm still hoping that they can convince Billy Crystal to come back and host again.<BR/><BR/>I too was rooting for Mickey Rourke to win, if only for the wild speech I'm sure he would have given. I did love the acceptance speech he gave at the Indie Spirit Awards the day before. I'm sure the network censors were freaking out when they saw that, hoping that he wouldn't win the Oscar.<BR/><BR/>Sean Penn looked genuinely surprised that he won and, as you pointed out, he gave Mickey a shout-out which was nice.<BR/><BR/>The funniest bit for me was the Judd Apatow short film bringing reuniting Seth Rogen and James Franco as their characters from PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. Franco's expression when they showed a clip of MILK was priceless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-17685814695586766042009-02-24T22:51:00.000-08:002009-02-24T22:51:00.000-08:00Thanks guys, glad you liked it. I have to add that...Thanks guys, glad you liked it. I have to add that some names I've seen out there who were omitted from the In Memoriam section include Robert Prosky, Edie Adams, Anita Page, Irv Brecher, Donald Westlake, Sam Bottoms, Ann Savage, Beverly Garland and Arthur C. Clarke, who was only one of the key creative forces behind what is considered one of the best movies ever made. Not that something like that matters, I suppose. After all, they must have decided that he was just a writer.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-16593596164247665952009-02-24T09:09:00.000-08:002009-02-24T09:09:00.000-08:00I like the feel of the old time Oscars, which seem...I like the feel of the old time Oscars, which seem like they convened at a Holiday Inn ballroom, with 40 tables, and one TV camera. It was less about putting on a multimillion dollar entertainment extravaganza with lame jokes and worse dance numbers, and more like a high school banquet, with celebrities. Maybe that just wouldn't work today. <BR/><BR/>Most of my disgust with the Oscars is purely the amount of hype that many, many bloggers - from amateurs to the folks at the L.A. Times - pay to this event nearly 365 days a year. Few writers question why we even need this show and what it's supposed to be about in the way your post did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-57495510404358677572009-02-24T06:23:00.000-08:002009-02-24T06:23:00.000-08:00Great review. Nothing I can really add to it. I ...Great review. Nothing I can really add to it. I was fairly happy with the top winners. I wished Mickey Rourke had won though. I do wish that the Jerry Lewis segment had been longer. I think they glossed over his career too quickly.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832710800680256206noreply@blogger.com