So I got to "accept" an Oscar on my tour of Warner Bros. studios two days ago...

[CTyankee]

It's cool. I've never had an Oscar in my hand. But on the studio tour they have a staffer in soft white gloves handing to people as they passed by and wanted to have their photo taken of the event. My daughter took the pic.


Naturally, I said "I'd like to thank the Academy."

P.S. they are heavier than I thought...

[wryter2000]

1. I've held an Oscar

A friend's father won it for best song...Zippity Do Dah

[CTyankee]

2. Ah, yes "Song of the South." Nice movie and great song...

[SoCalNative]

3. I have too

was unpacking boxes one year after an office move for a performer that I worked for at the time, took something out of the box, unwrapped it and went, "Holy crap!"

[Polly Hennessey]

4. Song of the South was

one of my favorite movies growing up. I am still a Zippity Do Da kind of girl.

[2naSalit]

5. I used to live in the town

where they are made in Illinois.

[CTyankee]

6. Do you know what they are made from (that makes them so heavy)?

[2naSalit]

7. Different things over the years

including plaster during WWII but now according to Google/wiki

The statuettes presented at the initial ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze. Within a few years the bronze was abandoned in favor of Britannia metal, a pewter-like alloy which is then plated in copper, nickel silver, and finally, 24-karat gold.

I had heard differing stories back when I was there.

[kwassa]

8. I've held an Olympic gold medal ....

suspended around the neck of Steve Timmons, Olympic volleyballer. Heavy!

and later at the same event I shook hands with Mark Spitz.