To quote Patton Oswalt from his great KFC Famous Bowls routine, ?America has spoken,? and for Oscar pundits bemoaning Lincoln?s loss to Argo, this Oscars truly was a ?failure pile in a sadness bowl?: A reported 40.3 million people tuned in to the Oscars telecast, making it the most-watched entertainment show in three years, Entertainment Weekly reports. (Suck it, Golden Globes.)
Host Seth McFarlane achieved what Anne Hathaway and James Franco could not: He helped put young adult asses in the seats. Ratings for the key 18-49 demographic were up a reported 11 percent. It does help that most of the movies nominated for Best Picture were those that the general public went to see, but McFarlane was undoubtedly a draw. So, kudos. But more tradition-bound Oscar aficionados may wonder if we perhaps lost something along the way:
Bob Hope: ?Welcome to the Oscars, or as we call it at my house, Passover?
Johnny Carson: ?I see a lot of new faces here, especially on the old faces.?
Seth McFarlane: ?We saw your boobs? (which, by the way, could be the new official theme song for the website, Mr. Skin).
Monday morning quarterbacking the Oscar telecast is a tradition in itself. If the producers couldn?t wrangle all the men who would be Bond onstage, why not gather the Bond women? A 17-minute opening? That?s like 119 in TV minutes, especially when you?re making jokes about The Flying Nun. At the Oscars.
But this is not about Seth McFarlane (try telling him that). This is about the Oscar pundits who have been on this long strange trip since the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals. It has been…
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