I only watched through the monologue. I give Kimmel a solid double, not a home run for that. Generally good stuff but he also played it safe. Early indications are that it is the lowest-rated Oscars ever.
http://ew.com/awards/2018/03/05/oscars-2018-ratings/ Not sent from an iPhone On Mar 4, 2018, 9:07 PM, at 9:07 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >I watched the whole thing. The Jet Skis did not save time, but he used >it >for moderate comic effect a few times throughout and at the end. > >What I really liked was something I assume the director did: One of the >speeches had gone long, and the orchestra (despite what Jimmy promised) >did >start to play him off. But within a second or two it was clear he was >referencing his mother who had just died from cancer, and the music got >cut >off immediately (so quickly and cleanly that I think it must have been >someone cut the audio, and not the conductor telling them to stop). >This >kind of thing happens pretty often, and they just play right through >it. It >seemed to me someone had paid attention and was ready to react >appropriately. > >Jimmy seemed to have soft peddled much of his stuff tonight - not bad, >but >not much bite. I think the bit about visiting the theater next door to >thank the real people (didnt they do something like that before?) fell >kind >of flat. > >Still, there was enough of inherent interest to make it a pretty >compelling >show - and I won my Oscar pool (well, tied or first - damn those >shorts). > >On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:52 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I only watched the first 1/2 hour and the last hour, but I liked the >> Kawasaki(TM) Jet Ski idea. But I have no idea if it saved time. >> >> I was impressed with the behind-stage scenery -- which I assume was >> largely very-high-definition LED panels. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >-- >Sent from Gmail Mobile > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
