Billy Crystal's Opening Monologue: 1990 Oscars

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Billy Crystal's opening monologue at the 62nd Academy Awards.
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@meirwise1107 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal was by far the greatest Oscar host of all time. Bring him back.

@mpdalyful1 5 жыл бұрын

Not going to happen. Crystal is done with the oscars

@parisbeech2180 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Yes and YES!!!!!!!!!

@parisbeech2180 2 жыл бұрын

@@mpdalyful1 damn😢😭

@colleen4ever 2 жыл бұрын

@@mpdalyful1 Gee, I wonder why?

@tj6454 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@TheiMark3000Show 9 жыл бұрын

No bullshit, but Crystal just knows how to command a room. A requirement for any host.

@parisbeech2180 2 жыл бұрын

Damn right

@lionelraoul 5 жыл бұрын

The good old days when the Oscars had a host. Bring back Billy for his 10th time.

@fredericmoresmau4303 4 жыл бұрын

she never liked me, she was ordered to hurt me I have it thought through now.... it was a murder attempt disguised as verarsche-...... great work i truly deserved thuis.... after having been abused locally over here.... already by stefania, with her big oger body, emotionally toyed and abused mentally..... I truy deserved it......

@19leeryan 3 жыл бұрын

They don't deserve him know.

@charlesallen4821 3 жыл бұрын

It isn't just a host. It is having a good host and who doesn't insult everybody but celebrates the movies.

@lionelraoul 3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesallen4821 Agree but it must start with a host.

@charlesallen4821 3 жыл бұрын

@@lionelraoul I don't know. I don't want a bad one.

@carmendeassis1857 4 жыл бұрын

the only one host that really makes me enjoy the Oscars. He doesn't have a match. I miss him a lot

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal: one of my favorite Oscar hosts of all-time; the first of 9 Oscar telecasts he hosted!

@howardkoor2796 8 жыл бұрын

Love Bill!

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal would go on to have the second-most Oscar telecasts behind the late Bob Hope.

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

6:24-8:18, Billy Crystal begins his signature tradition of opening every Oscar telecast with an Oscar medley!

@robertosucci1151 3 жыл бұрын

He always starts with Its a wonderful day for oscars

@claytonbaker49 9 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up if you think he should host at least 1 more time!

@matkodoris9099 9 жыл бұрын

Clayton Baker yes, one more

@MrGabeanator 8 жыл бұрын

+Clayton Baker yrp

@janerik9408 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah no.

@geoprof6993 3 жыл бұрын

In 2021, I vote NO because he's too good for the last 15 years of Hollywood crap!

@colleen4ever 3 жыл бұрын

@@geoprof6993 Please, he;s the only one who could save it!

@nathelondon3719 2 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal is handsome, sharp, funny, quick and doesn’t offend! Bring him back. Please. One more time!

@mikeronquillo1451 5 жыл бұрын

The Gorbachev joke was really funny. I was born in '92 and glad to find clips like this.

@AuntieMamie Жыл бұрын

The best most unique and stimulating part of the Oscars? Mr Crystal. He defines iconic.

@emjay8161 5 жыл бұрын

Billy's the best host. He should be doing it every year.

@andresihotang2314 Жыл бұрын

Bob hope was the best. All following hosts learned from him. Billy is the 2nd best, he was really entertaining as a host in the 90's

@CalTxDude 3 ай бұрын

I see why you would say that but I have to disagree. Mostly because I've never been a fan of Bob Hope. To me billy crystal is far funnier Without being so Polished and teleprompter dependent. Crystal is quicker, far more witty and tons more heart.

@CurrentlyDisassociating 12 жыл бұрын

When he referenced the berlin wall and nelson mandela, I felt like a tiny child because that was all stuff I only heard or read about in my history books....

@romanr9883 9 жыл бұрын

funny how the meryl streep joke was a joke back then just as it is today at almost every award show. merly is the best

@ynahp573 9 жыл бұрын

Roman Randhahn LOL I so agree! I wasnt even born that year lol....I was quite shocked that back then Meryl Streep was already a joke about being nominated at the Oscars all the time lol. I love Meryl the Queen so much

@matkodoris9099 9 жыл бұрын

Roman Randhahn that's exactly what I was thinking, it shows that 25 years ago Meryl Streep was already on the way of being the legend she is today

@86BarbOmega 5 жыл бұрын

oh Meryl that thought Harvey Weinstein is her god and applauded for roman Polanski lololol your comment only 3 years old? sheesh

@joeyclemenza7339 5 жыл бұрын

Roman R I loved this too. 30 years later and this joke is still relevant. Meryl is simply one of the greatest of all time - a treasure and a gift.

@wheninrome345 12 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing because just a few evenings ago, I was viewing "Driving Miss. Daisy" on dvd. And then, I turn on KZfaq, and it picks this clip for me. I play it. And there is the great Jessica Tandy is full view. I miss her greatly. She is one of the greatest movie actress of our time. They don't make it like that anymore. R.I.P., Miss. Tandy.

@SakkaraStudios101 11 жыл бұрын

Close your eyes and imagine Mike from Monsters Inc doing the monologue in a bowtie.

@huss1205 10 жыл бұрын

Crystal is pure talent...

@marypeyton2461 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal was the “BEST” host ever!!!

@soaphunks 12 жыл бұрын

It's been 21 years and I'm STILL irritated that "Do the Right Thing" wasn't nominated for Best Picture.

@ronaldinho5860 13 күн бұрын

I'm irritated by your comment

@vhsrevolution 8 жыл бұрын

Man, he was just amazing. He had the perfect ability to tell a mix of inside-industry jabs and more general audience jokes. And almost all of them got huge laughs. His last few hosting stints were not the best but it's ok because he had some truly classic turns in the 90s.

@colleen4ever 7 жыл бұрын

BILLY, COME BAAAAAACK!!!

@joelittorres 3 жыл бұрын

I miss Billy

@ynahp573 9 жыл бұрын

You know when its Meryl Streep because even back in the 90s she was already the joke about always being nominated and winning awards.. Love that Brilliant woman shes the best!

@ralphfiligenzi8714 6 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Billy Crystal.

@speedracer1945 2 жыл бұрын

Wow , thirty two years ago this aired and it was a time I still watched the Oscars . Crystal was great as the last of the real stars no Will Smiths slapping the host and cursing out loud shows no class . I had to go back in time to laugh and admire class acts .

@colleen4ever 4 ай бұрын

And no Jimmy Kimmel!

@asteverino8569 2 жыл бұрын

The best, Billy. Thanks

@zacharyjarrells7084 5 жыл бұрын

“Shirley McClaine who is 915 I believe” 😂😂

@Ilovemovies917 5 жыл бұрын

Honey I shrunk the party lmao

@jenniferblewer1727 4 жыл бұрын

Best Oscars host ever!!!!!!

@Clivef213 6 жыл бұрын

someone needs to upload the whole show especially oscar 1989 and 1993

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

This was the first of 9 Oscar telecasts Billy Crystal would host, second to the late Bob Hope, who hosted 22 telecasts.

@danalong1237 7 жыл бұрын

4:06, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who were married at the time and had two adopted children!

@barryjacobs8524 4 жыл бұрын

The best and the only one who keeps the Oscars alive. I don’t watch it anymore, it’s crap. For Billy to stand up there without q cards. Unique the one and only Billy Crystal.

@colleen4ever 2 жыл бұрын

Especially when you figure one of the hosts this year is...Amy Schumer!

@maziebunny2 12 жыл бұрын

ah, the sheer love of seeing Billy Crystal hosting the Oscars makes my smile broad and my heart light and giddy.

@rickmachado2005 2 жыл бұрын

Can't help but smile..every time he sings 😇

@meirwise1107 4 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal....the greatest Oscar host of all time.

@mariebdo2703 10 жыл бұрын

"and Meryl Streep wouldn't be nominated for an Academy award" Very surprising indeed!

@gonzo77ffm 12 жыл бұрын

he is the best and i can't wait to see him this time

@RoryGuetta 8 жыл бұрын

Robin Williams' laugh 4:18

@archm6618 7 жыл бұрын

AuroraM was it the hahaha or the hohohho

@RoryGuetta 7 жыл бұрын

Arturo Soto the ohohoh

@randombrokeperson 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@purefoldnz3070 5 жыл бұрын

Rodney Dangerfield perhaps

@eliasashoal8723 5 жыл бұрын

unmistakable. Hoo! Hoo!

@MeganWoodard1984 8 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite years!!!! SO many wonderful movies were nominated

@angelface1154 8 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg are my favorite Oscar hosts.

@danalong1237 7 жыл бұрын

And Anne Hathaway is Izzy's favorite Oscar host!

@PeanutsAssorted 9 жыл бұрын

I love that Billy does a parody of the awful Snow White number just to make fun of that idea... and it ends up basically becoming his signature every time he hosts the show

@pika23 8 жыл бұрын

woo! I was so little when this aired...but to this day I will randomly sing "me and my left foot" just out of no where...that one little part...and then I start thinking about In Living Color My Left Foot of Fury. Finally saw the actual movie My Left Foot, in Highschool. It was soooo inspiring. Like, if you wanna do art or some kinda hobby but suck at first, think of this dude, who used his friggin TOES to paint! You gotta try and not give up!

@mrnocal 12 жыл бұрын

Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal...the perfect Oscar hosts! Some others do OK, but pale in comparison. Those 3 in their individual, but multiple hosting gigs helped you forget how tediously lengthy the awards ceremony could be with their sharp wits.

@danalong1237 4 жыл бұрын

5:00, an Australian no longer owns 20th Century Fox; 20th Century Fox is now owned by Disney and is now known as 20th Century Studios, with the Fox name and branding now owned by Fox Corporation, ending an 85-year relationship between 20th Century-Fox!

@milton7851 8 жыл бұрын

4:08 Nicole, the frizz days. However her face looks exactly the same 26 years later🤔

@A-small-amount-of-peas 5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't 😂

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

My Top 10 Oscar musical directors of all-time: 10. Johnny Green 9. Henry Mancini 8. William Ross 7. Marc Shaiman 6. Alfred and Lionel Newman (tie) 5. Hans Zimmer 4. Quincy Jones 3. Elmer Bernstein 2. John Williams 1. Bill Conti

@s.l.3673 3 жыл бұрын

4:45 A story about Mikhail Gorbachev: Honey i shrunk the Party. He's funny.

@1962HILTON 10 жыл бұрын

Ellen is gret, but Billy is a GENIUS.

@anjum2008 4 жыл бұрын

1962HILTON Ellen is utter rubbish.

@retroraider5313 4 жыл бұрын

Ellen is nowhere near GREAT

@mecongberlin 4 жыл бұрын

Ellen is terrible and compared to Billy she is nowhere.

@evelynverdejo6926 3 жыл бұрын

You mean “Dory is great, but Mike Wazowski is a GENIUS.”

@FeelinErie 8 жыл бұрын

Was that Robin Williams' ''ho ho!'' laugh I heard at around 4:18?

@YouzTube99 7 жыл бұрын

Good ear! I didn't notice it until you pointed it out and I'd bet you're correct.

@purefoldnz3070 5 жыл бұрын

Rodney Dangerfield perhaps

@sahinsarieroglu 4 жыл бұрын

actually 04:19

@MiTmite9 3 жыл бұрын

Who else is here, trying not to think about the pandemic or that Big Bag of Wind tRump and enjoying bingeing all of Crystal's Oscar monologues? (I started with 1993)

@GustavoCaceres27 11 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal = genious... = pure talent! funny too

@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 11 ай бұрын

The first time that Billy Crystal performed his Oscars Medley to the audiences in the year 1990.

@MagnusAnand 2 жыл бұрын

Even in 1990 they were joking about Meryl Streep being always nominated 🤣

@SugarrSnap 12 жыл бұрын

we're always in good hands with billy hosting

@longmemory1620 4 жыл бұрын

he never would have joked about polanski like steve martin did

@mahajanssen 12 жыл бұрын

This is great quality! Most of the other ones are all grainy and near fuzzy but this is good stuff! You should upload more of these - like NickDGass said!!!

@marlisamorgan2 2 жыл бұрын

They should have an Oscar for best host cuz Billy Crystal would have all of them! Great host! Best host ever! 🙏🙌🤗💙💜

@hannejeppesen1809 Жыл бұрын

I love Billy Crystal, however I think both Bob Hope and Johnny Carson was if not equally as good at least a great second.

@TheBigValley 12 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal: Great entertainer!!

@ruthanabi 12 жыл бұрын

thanks for all of these. I wish you could also post the montages :D

@vankai06 12 жыл бұрын

if i only saw morgan freeman id think it was from this year.. hes always looked 60

@robertacolarette1594 4 ай бұрын

He’s so at ease on the stage giving his monologue.

@solezuroleman8892 3 жыл бұрын

Best Oscar host EVER!

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

5:00-5:25, Billy Crystal mentioning an Australian (now 21st Century Fox) owning 20th Century Fox, an Italian owning MGM and a Japanese company (Sony) owning Columbia Pictures.

@fatumteam 4 жыл бұрын

and now Disney owns everything

@Ultraway13 9 жыл бұрын

The Jack Nicholson jokes were great!

@danalong1237 7 жыл бұрын

5:48-6:01, Billy Crystal delivering a Godzilla joke!

@AnaPaula1785 12 жыл бұрын

Legendary!!!

@andyigwe7119 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting that the Berlin wall fell and Nelson Mandela was released that year. Videos are truly a wonderful invention. Imagine if we had video records from the ancient Egyptian, Roman's and Greeks that would have been awesome

@TheReviewingNetwork 11 жыл бұрын

Parental Guidance was actually not as bad compared to some of the other really bad family movies.

@sharonjensen3016 2 жыл бұрын

I actually liked that movie. Billy and Bette Midler worked well together.

@carlyjolie5051 6 жыл бұрын

I still watch it in 2018...😂😂

@interestingvids-hx2sq 4 ай бұрын

2024 here 😊

@robertbowman984 2 жыл бұрын

Billy should come back. I wonder if Facebook can influence him into doing it again? It'd be great

@berimbolo2947 4 жыл бұрын

A time when celebrities in Hollywood still had their mystique. Social media was not around and the Berlin wall came down. Who would have thought that in 2019 , celebrities would have lost all mystery and social media would consume many poor souls and we would be in favor of a huge wall ourselves ?

@kathleenpapaleo8891 6 жыл бұрын

Best host!!

@petrirajaniemi4370 7 жыл бұрын

Any chance of finding anywhere a good quality version of the 1990 Oscars opening montage "100 years at the movies"? Please help. It was the best ever.

@interestingvids-hx2sq 4 ай бұрын

I was 13 then saw some of the films on the big screen Brings memories

@kimonosobek1 6 жыл бұрын

Bill is amazing

@tukamagradze3621 11 жыл бұрын

the greatest man alive!

@herondelaney 9 жыл бұрын

M1995C I know you commented on this 3 years ago, but the joke is in reference to the fact that Driving Miss Daisy was nominated for 9 Oscars and wasn't nominated for Best Director.

@jaybhatt8205 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was curious about that

@Trauber7 9 жыл бұрын

+Molly Heron Delaney This comment is EXACTLY why I was reading the comment section. Totally didn't get the joke.

@ytcarol 12 жыл бұрын

Billy always knew how to tease without insulting because he loved and respected his fellow actors. Today's presenters don't have that orientation and often make embarrassing remarks that are somewhat humiliating to the poor victim who sits cringing in their seat.

@interestingvids-hx2sq 4 ай бұрын

Well good thing about KZfaq is you don’t necessarily need to built a time machine to relieve these moments You can watch these moments countless times I was 13 years old then and thought Billy crystal was the best host ever at the Oscar’s ceremony 34 years later I still believe that so 😊 Nothing can beat the 1990s Oscar’s and movies

@VinayakaHalemane 12 жыл бұрын

Damn! After watching this video, I realize how much the time have changed!

@etme1000 5 жыл бұрын

The Oscars are cringe, but Billy Crystal is funny.

@TheChicagoguy 12 жыл бұрын

Now this guy is the definition of funny at the oscars

@denisespurlock7869 4 жыл бұрын

This is the only thing I watch and enjoy by Billy Crystal.

@michaelbrush741 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this live with my folks

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal, musical director Bill Conti, set designer Roy Christopher and producer Gilbert "Gil" Cates: The Academy Awards' version of The Four Horsemen! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

@johnnyballenatl 8 жыл бұрын

+Dana Long Add in then-director Jeff Margolis, and you would've had the Fab Five.

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

As well as writer Bruce Vilanch and announcers Les Marshak and the late Charlie O'Donnell and you have the elite eight!

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

And don't forget another legendary set designer Ray Klausen and lighting designer Bob Dickinson.

@MartinFarrell1972 11 жыл бұрын

The part containing the 330 films, has anyone uploaded it? Would love to see it again.

@TheHorrorReviewer1 10 жыл бұрын

mike wozozki

@wishesandstarryeyes 12 жыл бұрын

oh damnnn the Berlin wall?!! o__O time rly is different...but meryl streep never changes haha

@meirwise1107 4 жыл бұрын

The greatest host of the oscars ever including Hope. He set the bar too high.

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

My Top 10 Oscar set designers of all-time: 10. Alexander Golitzen 9. Bob Keene 8. Andre Michael "Rene" Lagler 7. Derek McLane 6. Steve Bass 5. John F. DeCuir, Sr. 4. David Rockwell 3. J. Michael Riva 2. James Trittipo 1. Ray Klausen and Roy Christopher (tie)

@jv-ep2tc Жыл бұрын

1990 self: oh Tom and Nicole sat near the front 2023 self: Tom did not show up in spite of nomination because he did not want to run into Nicole.

@moondawwg Жыл бұрын

Only the japanese jokes didn't age well at all, the rest is pure GOLD.

@JohnAmose 2 жыл бұрын

5:30 pure genius

@THEprincessFirefly 12 жыл бұрын

i was like 8 going on 9 when this aired. i got this link from my friend who was like 4 going on 5

@ooohnanana 12 жыл бұрын

This was the day I was born.

@treyoftriphorya 6 жыл бұрын

Billy Crystal is amazing. In this day in age he couldn’t say this fork if humor without someone trying to sue him.

@TimmyTechTV 11 жыл бұрын

I know, it was a joke. "Freeman makes light of death rumour" on Yahoo

@howardkoor2796 8 жыл бұрын

Billy!

@dannydinosaur73 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, I'm so old....I saw this when it originally aired. 😭😂 The Art Buchwald joke at 3:40 was in reference to a lawsuit Buchwald filed earlier in 1988 claiming Paramount Pictures stole his idea for Eddie Murphy's Coming To America.