The 13 Worst Moments in Academy Awards History
and Letterman has me up here watching a dog spin around) ... you could just picture those thoughts in his head. The only funny moment from that bit was when Letterman insulted Hanks a bit, saying "Would it have killed you to wear a tie?"
Academy Award Worst Moment Number 5
From 1977 -- Vanessa Redgrave's controversial acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress for Julia. This is probably the most well known example of an Oscar winner choosing to use their special Oscar winning moment to engage in controversial political discussion. She commented about the "Zionist hoodlums" and her pledge to fight against anti-Semitism and facism. It ignited a huge controversy, and even prompted Paddy Chayefsky to come on the stage later and say how appalled he was by what Redgrave had done.
Academy Award Worst Moment Number 4
From 1988 -- The Rob Lowe/Snow White opening musical number. Not only was this another moment that defied belief, as most of the opening production numbers often are, but it also got the Academy in some legal trouble for using Disney's image of Snow White. They'll be making fun of this moment years and years from now.
Academy Award Worst Moment Number 3
From 1998 -- The musical interpretation of the Best Original Dramatic Score nominees. Meant to be a number of five dancers "interpreting" the musical scores of the five Dramatic Score nominees, it simply was a group of five dancers dancing on stage while the music played from the Dramatic score nominees. The interpretations had absolutely nothing to do with the scores, and it again makes us wish they would simply play brief portions of the musical scores nominated (like they did in 1989) and stop these pointless dance numbers ... there would be a way to save time.
Academy Award Worst Moment Number 2
From 1958 -- Host Jerry Lewis having to fill 20 extra minutes of time after the awards had been presented. The awards were over, and NBC notified Jerry that they still had 20 minutes of air time to fill. So Lewis tried to go ad lib some comedy on stage, and NBC finally gave up on him, ending the broadcast and putting on a short film about pistols! This was still in the early years of the Oscars being presented on television, so it can be forgiven, but again, a very embarrassing moment
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