I'm just saying, if we came back to this I think people would feel a lot better. Including you guys.

@@evachristine7360 Amen to that, sister.

Yes he is so funny I sure is good

He is an all around entertainer in the old school tradition

Brilliant!!!!!

That’s what I keep thinking about. His timing is impeccable and you can tell he’s just so naturally comfortable up there.

That's why he can host so many Oscar

Forget crowded auditorium, crowded auditorium of Hollywood’s elite and have them engaged and entertained.

The one an only

+Saeed Khan Yeah if you can jump into someone's lap and they don't push you off, that's a pretty solid indication you're bff's

Especially not JIMMY KIMMEL! Honestly, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?!

And we always looked forward to him.hosting.

@@colleen4ever done in by the woke politically correct crowd

@Nicole Maloney ahhh Nicole I hear you, I wish the same... I miss them good old days

Him and Bob Hope as well. They hosted the Oscars too many times

I

+Allen M. Quinn I cannot get enough of his musical numbers, he had thee best opening monologues (can't forget his hannibal entry) and is so much more entertaining and witty than the hosts today (I'm sorry ellen)

+Allen M. Quinn Especially this year, with Chris "I-Can't-Shut-Up-About-This-Controversy-If-My-Career-Depended-On-It' Rock! GOD he was AWFUL!!! BILLY, COME BACK 2012 is forgiven!!! PLEASE come back!

+phil plays He is, I just meant his comedic talents.

+Allen M. Quinn Now that you mention it...yeah I agree a 100%

+Allen M. Quinn Like phil plays says below, he is not underrated, everyone knows just how GREAT he is. He has that audience of egotistical stars in the palm of his hand. He is totally great without comparing him to others, but when one does, and realizes just how crap the others are, his performance seems even better again. As for his comedic talents he is a world renowned comedian, so I'm not sure where you're coming from. The Academy should stop mucking around and just say Billy can host for as long as he feels like it.

So clever..... They need to bring the Oscars back to what they used to be

no. Hugh Jackman was better

KCRyder not even a fraction close to this opening. Aside from the awesome titantic prop and the clever medley of nominated movies, just look at the audience when he ends with his hello dolly version....nothing can top it!!!!!!!!

I like mars attacks !

I also happen to like Mars Attacks

It's a fun movie, but it isn't "good" really. The effects were great, though.

Worst movie i ever see. Ridiculous

Billy makes a moment like that look easy.

Yes he is

Indeed

He's currently still alive.

Same with me. today not as entertaining anymore like Billy!

Bring such happiness/ nowadays the Oscars is depressing

I dare Jimmy Kimmel to try to do this!! Come on, Jimmy!!

@@xshxr I know it depends on the audience that's why the 90-00s were so good. +20y later and it's gone to shyt

He nailed it

Watched it so many times but cannot pick up on the words when going down the stairs to Jack and the down and back up the steps part for LA Confidential

@@jonc3295 He's just listing the characters and what they do in the show- KZfaq CC has it 90% down nowadays!

What's wild is when he mentioned and they showed Gloria Stuart after the Titanic/Gilligan number, who was 87 at the time - she lived for another 13 years, and died having made it to exactly 100 in 2010. She lived through two World Wars, the adoption of the automobile, radio, TV, computers, the internet and died a couple years after the iPhone was launched.

⁠@@jonc3295for the As Goid As It Gets one I think he actually forgets his lines as he’s walking down the steps but he says something about spearmint and then “you won for Cuckoos [referring to One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest] and Terms of Endearment” And during the LA Confidential section, as he’s going up and down the steps he sings “The cop with the libido, the farmer guy from Babe, Spacey and Devito it’s awfully thrilling. A cop who is so moral he thinks he’s honest Abe and when these guys quarrel they make a killing”

Mahvelous!

Always!

The good ol days

And the 80s!

You mean when it was all white. Say what you really mean.

@@reespace the 90s, Denzel, Sidney portier, Witney Houston, Dave Chappelle, Michael Jackson, 90s rappers. The list goes on. You went to a place which I wasn't even thinking about. Can already tell you're a racist. Probs have pronouns in your social bios and get offended by anything that lets you cause a scene just to give you attention.

Two words: Politically Correct.🤨

They never meant anything

mateo reggi I think Danilo Pochini was trying to say they were at least fun back then.

He meant when they weren't political or politics in the show.

Wonderer Traveler Yeah right (Sarcastic in case you were wondering).

AENB2016 You know if I could give you the finger I would. :)

Haha that’s awesome

The opening orchestration? "It had to be you, wonderful you... I wandered around and finally found, somebody who... could make me feel blue, could make me feel true, etc." The end "For nobody else gave me a thrill, with all your faults I love you still, it had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you." It's the song they play at the end of "When Harry Met Sally." Boom!

no way! that’s awesome!

Nooo just because it’s off track doesn’t mean it should go. They can make it awesome again with the right ppl. They need to get back to making it fun and then ppl won’t shy away from hosting.

The most live-viewed Oscars ever. 57.25 million people. Proves that nominating popular movies and having a good host matters. Last year (2016 for the movie year 2015) only 34.43 million watched.

+Joel Caspari so...."like a moron" you mean?

L.A. confidential is the best movie of that year.

As always, I agree! : ) I was originally born in the year 1998 when the Academy Awards presided to the Master of Ceremonies of host Billy Crystal. Thank god for Miser Crystal.