Funniest moment of the Oscars - Tom Hanks getting pounded by a Violin

[LynneSin]

Seriously, we all want to pound him with a Violin from time to time - it was our fondest wish come true.

Actually, it was an amusing bit and Hanks played a great sport with showing how they were going to deal with long acceptance speeches this year!

[Catchawave]

1. I loved the entire show.....

...from the opening to the Crash upset !

Just wondering, was I the only one who "got" Ben Stiller's visual effects lampoon?

:rofl:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

2. Stiller's bit was hilarious

I was watching with my daughter and she didn't get it until right before it ended.

[LynneSin]

3. I'm not sure if I get it

I mean, was he there trying to make a point that sometimes there's just way too much special effects in movies?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

4. No, it was a sight gag

He was acting as if there were a "green screen" behind him, which is how they film most special effects; the actors stand in front of a bright green screen and the background effects are put in later.

The gag was that if he were in front of a green screen, you would have only seen his "disembodied head." He was acting as if that were the case.

I thought it was classic Stiller stuff, wacky and embarrassing.

[LynneSin]

5. Then I got it

I thought maybe there was something else there I was totally missing!

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6. That and the fake attack ads for some of the nominees

Funniest moments of the telecast.