The Opening of the Academy Awards: 1979 Oscars

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8 жыл бұрын

Host Johnny Carson opens the 51st Academy Awards in 1979, featuring an introduction by Academy President Howard W. Koch. Featuring red carpet arrivals with Kim Novak, Bruce Dern, Yul Brynner, Mia Farrow, Marsha Mason, Neil Simon, Telly Savalas, Bernadette Peters, Steve Martin, Gary Busey, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Jon Voight, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Maureen Stapleton, Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Jane Fonda and more.

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@44032 8 жыл бұрын

My all-time favorite Oscar joke: "I see a lot of new faces out there, mostly on the old faces".

@petergivenbless900 Жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of a variation on the same joke from another awards show, I can't remember which, which was something like, "Looking out at this star studded audience tonight, I am reminded of all the great work done this year... by plastic surgeons!"

@TheAverageYoutubeConsumer 2 ай бұрын

@@petergivenbless900yes that joke was done be Ricky Gervais

@MerkinMuffly Жыл бұрын

John Williams, still going today, amazing.

@mzscottishlass 8 жыл бұрын

These were some of the best years of the Oscars/Academy Awards! Amazing conducting for opening number!

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

That opening number in particular was conducted by composers/arrangers/conductors Allyn Ferguson and Jack Elliott, who are best known for composing the Charlie's Angels theme song, which was still airing on ABC at the time and was in its third season, which would ultimately be the final one for Kate Jackson, as she would be replaced for the fourth season by Shelley Hack and by Tanya Roberts for the final one.

@citizen1163 4 жыл бұрын

I was so impressed by the orchestra & conductor I had to research him. Allyn Ferguson.wow..prolific! Died 2010.

@IanPunter Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. A great mix of the old guard from the classic decades with many new young talent who are still around now!

@janetkozlowski3640 Жыл бұрын

I was a mere junior in high school but always watched all the awards shows then. These were the best years in entertainment.

@susanpage8315 Жыл бұрын

I was a senior that year. I watched them, too.

@misskitty4296 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! So much fun to see all these film icons so young! I was only 24 when this aired. I didn’t realize until now just how young we all were!

@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142 10 ай бұрын

We will always be young.

@rizmid 3 жыл бұрын

Great overture presentation! A fan and an admirer of Oscars from Pakistan!!

@misskitty4296 5 жыл бұрын

Oh.....if only we could go back, even just one day!!!

@sergeiatanasov1833 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@OikPoinFive 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergeiatanasov1833 agree

@mr.throwback4875 3 жыл бұрын

Same here! We need a time machine, quick!

@janetkozlowski3640 11 ай бұрын

Yes!

@daisyluna9385 4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Reeves 😍 and Margot kidder rip

@bluetickfreddy101 5 жыл бұрын

The gosh darn Good old days

@bwayland1290 7 жыл бұрын

When the Orchestra starts playing the theme from "Heaven Can Wait ; it took me back to how much I wanted WARREN BEATTY to win. He got 4 Nominations for it, 1st time since Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane." When he lost all 4 I was a wreck !

@mr.balloffur 8 жыл бұрын

Jack Haley Jr was a genius! Oscars don't seem classy anymore.This was the first time an Oscar producer ever won an Emmy for producing and it was well deserved!

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Jack Haley, Jr., son of the original Tin Man, Jack Haley, Sr.

@martinpascoe5904 11 ай бұрын

the Oscars are crap nowadays, people stuffing up announcements, people slapping each other onstage etc etc

@juanmonge8 5 жыл бұрын

I believe this was John Wayne’s last public appearance.

@jeremiahtubbs136 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was

@jl3322 2 жыл бұрын

Natalie Wood as usual looked gorgeous

@jandreidrn 5 жыл бұрын

I love that the audience started applauding once The Boys from Brazil kicked in.

@schonkable 7 жыл бұрын

Boy, disco was pretty inescapable back in '79!

@jeshkam 8 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly. 😂😂

@mca1218 6 жыл бұрын

9:48- "two hours of sparkling entertainment...," etc. One of *the* greatest Carson punchlines in televised Oscar history.

@angelacarleton9575 8 жыл бұрын

How true - the academy was more classy back then - today it's about whose wearing what and who is the best dressed? Funny - it shouldn't matter as long as they all look presentable for an affair like the academy award.

@JunebugPresents 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, and presentation is more pretentious now in a way to convey the political woes of the day. Back then, it was really all about the nominees. Now they seem to be ashamed of the whole thing and it shows. And the music! The music, the Oscar melodies mostly from Bill Conti, gave the show magic, unlike any other award show. Now, it is any other award show. To think, it is only getting worse with their silly Oscar for the most popular film coming in the 2019 Oscars. It will only get worse until they stop trying to please everyone and stick to what made the Oscars special.

@citizen1163 4 жыл бұрын

Every year the so called fashion on the red carpet, gets worse.

@janetkozlowski3640 Жыл бұрын

And yet people looked better back then.

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

This was the first of three Academy Awards telecasts to have two musical directors (Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson), the other two being the 72nd Academy Awards (Don Was & Burt Bacharach) and the 84th Academy Awards (Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer).

@jillianferguson4202 6 жыл бұрын

I shed a tear every time I see my father, Allyn Ferguson conducting this medley...I miss him like crazy...what an incredible man he was...thanks.

@juanjose7313 6 жыл бұрын

¿Podría darme los nombres de las canciones que integran el popurrí?

@richardyoung1053 2 жыл бұрын

That must have been difficult for those musicians on the two revolves at the front of the stage. Whilst they could see the conductor for the opening number the Musical Director for the rest of the evening was high up at the back of the stage. I can only assume they had monitors so they could see what was going on?

@juanmonge8 5 жыл бұрын

Meryl Streep’s first nomination!

@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142 Жыл бұрын

Olivia Newton John should have been nominated for best actress.

@apoorvasolanki8124 4 жыл бұрын

Why is MARGOT KIDDER not even nominated in any Academy Award she is such a Terrific Actress

@MerkinMuffly Жыл бұрын

They're not handing out any oscars for play Lois Lane, ever

@edmund184 Жыл бұрын

Superman was a great movie. It's score was better than Midnight Express. There was probably some snobbery in ignoring a "peoples' favourite"

@martinpascoe5904 11 ай бұрын

tdont be too sure. they gave someone one for playing The Joker@@MerkinMuffly

@PakRT48 3 жыл бұрын

Back when Gary Busey was still terrestrial

@hll1980 10 жыл бұрын

I love this, thanks.

@everythingclassic1705 5 жыл бұрын

Wondering why the TV announcer covering the arrivals described Audrey Hepburn as "former Oscar winner." It's not as if she had relinquished her Oscar. She along with other winners of the previous years will always be Oscar winners. The obituaries got it right . (i.e "Oscar winning star Audrey Hepburn succumbs to cancer")

@jimmichaud8487 8 жыл бұрын

I love Carson's Christina Crawford remark.

@richardmills1505 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@nymet2454 7 жыл бұрын

Raquel Welch was a perennial 1970's Oscar Presenter. That night she was accompanied by her then boyfriend Andrea Weinfeld.

@LannieLord Жыл бұрын

He was quite UGLY.

@JunebugPresents 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing Natalie Wood and Wagner made me feel a kinda way... 😡

@RovingRoy 4 ай бұрын

Like you were to fall off a boat?

@danalong1237 8 жыл бұрын

Hank Simms didn't announce the 51st Oscar telecast due to illness; The late John Harlan (RIP 1925-2017), who was announcing The $100,000 Name That Tune at the time, took Simms' place instead, although Simms would return the following year and continue to announce until 1988, when he retired.

@zangolli1963 4 жыл бұрын

back then it wasn't about what you wore or how much jewelry you were swimming in

@lourdesajramos6774 3 жыл бұрын

Yul Brynner - my crush forever 💜💛❤💙💚😘😘😘😘😘😘

@MULTILIAM92 2 жыл бұрын

This was actually the 50th Anniversary of the Academy Awards

@craigdavidson5613 Жыл бұрын

Actually it was the 51st. The 50th Anniversary occurred the year prior.

@MULTILIAM92 Жыл бұрын

@@craigdavidson5613 Wrong! The 51st Annual Academy Awards marked the 50th Anniversary of the Academy Awards. The 1st Academy Awards was in 1929 and the 51st was in 1979 making it the 50th Anniversary. Any couple who married in 1929 celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1979. The Academy Awards is no different. In 1978, the Academy Awards was into its 50th year but was still 49 years old. Hope that was clear enough

@danielupsdell2697 Жыл бұрын

when the academy awards were worth watching

@pauldudakadanielthomson8890 5 жыл бұрын

Notice how good the Symphony was back then? Back then , we did not live in a Politburo Police State. So musicans did not have to have a background screening to get hired for this event. Today if someone has a ten year old DUI on their record , they can not get an extra job despite their great talents . Sometimes no job at all because of a DUI or a reported domestic argument with their parents etc..

@mrnocal 5 жыл бұрын

I love how the orchestra was on stage rather than in a pit like nowadays.

@citizen1163 4 жыл бұрын

That's harsh!

@richardmills1505 2 жыл бұрын

So fucking true! Hollywood and it's woke bullshit. Hollywood sucks ass now. I don't pay for their shitty films anymore. I just don't bother because it's just fodder for SJW assholes to cancel and pick apart. I can't stand actors anymore because they all feel they have the right to tell us how we're supposed to live. Like actors with $100 million+ net worths know anything about REALITY. FUCK them.

@allenjones3130 Жыл бұрын

As per the announcer, a 100-member ensemble known simply as The Orchestra provided the music for this telecast, and they played superbly under the skilled direction of Maestro Allen Ferguson.

@susanpage8315 Жыл бұрын

So many cultural references! Takes me back to that time.

@sendrakes4203 6 жыл бұрын

OMG! This is Carson's funniest!

@citizen1163 4 жыл бұрын

His opening lines relevant to 2019

@martinpascoe5904 11 ай бұрын

he mustnt have been very funny then as his jokes are all rehearsed, nothing ad-lib about it, hes Ok but hes out of his depth, and his jokes are very old and dated

@creates100 5 жыл бұрын

Yul brynner AND telly savalas.

@der22672 7 жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson was absolutely brilliant.

@bwayland1290 7 жыл бұрын

der22672 Johnny had a hard act to follow after Bob Hope & he knew it ; &. he came out with flying colors.

@billanthony7896 6 жыл бұрын

F. Friedrich Kling- Dude, he wasn't forced out... Exactly. By 1992 he was burned out and ready to go. And although Jay Leno was no Carson, he kept the show afloat pretty decently. It was after Leno left that it REALLY nosedived. I think the problem is that Carson/Leno always aimed at middle America. Since Carson/Letterman/Leno have gone, late night has become a lovefest of left wingers pushing their agendas. That seems to be, in my opinion, where it all went south!

@mrnocal 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny, Bob Hope and Billy Crystal were the absolute best Oscar hosts!

@plissken2156 3 жыл бұрын

14:22 - Actor George Cheung. In 1985's Rambo: First Blood Part 2, Sylvester Stallone blew him up real good with one of his explosive arrows.

@OikPoinFive 3 жыл бұрын

😭

@abitapj3897 2 жыл бұрын

Que linda que estaba Meryl streep que jovencita cuando hizo la peli kramer & kramer

@seqaagenesis23 6 жыл бұрын

Classy!

@soapwonder2284 4 жыл бұрын

Real stars!

@suzyq4982 Жыл бұрын

Yul Brynner ❤ Chris Reeves ❤️ Natalie Wood ❤️

@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142 10 ай бұрын

Elvis, The Village People,Donald Trump John Wayne.

@cassandraschmitz9627 4 жыл бұрын

Meryl Streep, a first time nominee!

@eduardofagundes4793 5 жыл бұрын

When Hollywood was Hollywood.

@nowdid 6 жыл бұрын

14:39 He said "Order number fourteen is ready"

@xmm103 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny!!!

@paytonmiller8515 Жыл бұрын

The best of the best!

@bleepiestofbloops 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson talking about the new style of movies vs. Bob Hope doing the same is night and day.

@billanthony7896 6 жыл бұрын

Monologue starts at 9:12.

@oscarmalibu5215 6 жыл бұрын

GREAT! :)

@williamdunphy352 5 жыл бұрын

John Harlan is the announcer.

@ricardomoncayo7345 4 жыл бұрын

Que lastima que este filmada solo la apertura y no la entrega completa.

@edmund184 Жыл бұрын

Back in the days when following movies was at least worth it

@jshepard152 5 жыл бұрын

9:48 Love this joke.

@GringoLatino941 5 жыл бұрын

I was in the stands/bleachers this year in 1979, on vacation for one month, but don't know where I was sitting. I met steve martin twice, and met robin Williams, Raquel welch at lax, jon voight 4 times (JFK twice, at huntington townhouse NY, and at Oscars 1986), met jane fonda at lax, and dom deluise at book store in Huntington NY, george burns at lax, rick Schroeder at GOP victory party 1988, Gregory peck at JFK in 1983, You see a white light at the very back , against the wall, up in the top tier, in the balcony, very last row? That's where I sat for 20 minutes in 1986. Stage was very tiny, could not see anyone clearly. BUT most of the show, I was walking around, in "basement" near bar at bathrooms, was able to hold an Oscar on one floor when the 5 guys who won for special effects passed me (asked if could hold), there was a portable bar on each floor in the Dorothy chandler pavilion. See where Letterman is standing? (*I met him in 1983 at JFK airport, when worked for airline; I got his dog BOB for him). At end of 1986 Oscar ceremony, after the show and everybody left to go to parties, and hardly anyone remaining inside, I stood where letterman is standing after the show: William hurt and angelica Huston were at bottom of the stage, conversing with friends after they both had won, and I listened. they left; I stood on stage, looking up. As I left to go down the stairs at the left, towards the exit doors, man ran by me up the stairs with another man following him, saw whom it was, turned around, caught him in the middle of the stage; I said to him, "I AM A BIG FAN, PLEASE KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK, MR SPIELBERG", WE SHOOK HANDS, and departed. Richard Dreyfus was an ahole. during the night, standing next to me at urinal, was Hickey (from PRIZZIS HONOR), and we talked afterwards when done! Mel Brooks was at downstairs bar. Said hi twice that night to Anne Bancroft. Sydney Pollack came out one door when I was going into auditorium. Donald OConnor was behind me, when standing on side near exit doors, asked him if he wanted to stand in front of me, since I am tall, and he did. WHAT A NIGHT! *one thing, I will never be able to do this again: I was able to sneak in; usher was busy taking tickets when I came into front entrance, got in free. Have program and napkins to prove it. BUT abc program , you can see me go behind whoopi Goldberg and Michael j fox, when looking for my photos I dropped on red carpet - which were for Jon Voight. And behind Ally Sheedy when coming back the other way. In 1987, walked red carpet again but did not go inside, my parents were on the bleachers. I walked with held my 5-month old son on the red carpet; he was in a tuxedo; australian camera crew interviewed me. i stopped in front of Goldie hawn and kurt Russell with my son and we all laughed, no words exchanged. I heard I was on Entertainment tonight, March 1987, which I missed, but my parents were videotaping it. I have always said I have had a Forrest Gump life.Read more Show less

@citizen1163 4 жыл бұрын

You had good times! Hope you're still having them👍

@antonella_1001 Жыл бұрын

Lol , incredible 👍

@GringoLatino941 Жыл бұрын

@@antonella_1001 THANK YOU!

@GringoLatino941 Жыл бұрын

@@citizen1163 thank you! I wish!, but, not really having the fun anymore; that was the last century; times have changed, times are different now, and it is a new century. BUT thanks!

@LannieLord Жыл бұрын

Are you from Long Island ? The Huntington Towhouse used to be "the classy place" to have a reception . It's been gone for 30 years plus. It's now a Target .

@susanpage8315 Жыл бұрын

If you took a drink for every celebrity who has passed, you’d be very drunk.

@asgwarriorscricket 5 ай бұрын

Christopher Reeves ❤️ look at his presence 👌🏻

@katerinazeriti7702 Жыл бұрын

Ah, those were the days... I was 4 years old then, but I still like to see these Oscars vs the last ten years when the Oscars' night lost its dazzle and became a total and utterly crap 😢

@oobrocks 3 жыл бұрын

Opening w scores: 👍

@vikkorheel9966 3 жыл бұрын

Drumroll please

@Cunninghamily 2 жыл бұрын

11:01

@oobrocks 3 жыл бұрын

Listing the stars before any show sucks

@johngoldenbritt5112 3 жыл бұрын

Damn! No Wonder Dolemite made his own flicks! Whiter than a bowl of grits in there.

@JavierU.S66 Жыл бұрын

🤔🤔It feels weird dude.!!! That almost all the actors/actress from the 51 Oscars 1979 Are death/going 🙏🙏 now on 2023. Lire is too short 🥺😳🥺 Even if you are a Rich and Famous. Rip to all the deceased Hollywood Stars.🥺🙏🥺🙏😳😳♥️🙏♥️🙏