Geekologie I Watch Stuff The Superficial

Academy Awards Trailer Knows Allllllll About This Texting Fad

oscars-trailer.jpg

Michael Bay discards Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and William Fichtner, along with Comic Relief figureheads Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, have at last put aside their petty differences and put together a trailer promoting Crystal's gig hosting the 84th Academy Awards. Graciously, the crew also brought along Vinnie Jones, at last casting him as the Arabian bartender everyone always dreamed the ex-footballer would eventually play.

Have a look, and feel alive as you vicariously experience the youthful energy that surges through Billy Crystal's limbs as he proudly, accurately pronounces "texted" into the camera:

Of everyone involved in this, I'm most impressed by the editor tasked with deciding whether to go with this take or Crystal's shrugging "A Facebook, why not?"

  • November 10, 2011
    Lending dismal validity to all of yesterday's cheap jokes, the Academy has confirmed that, in the interest of injecting the Oscars with some much-needed youthful energy and edge, they have selected hot young comic William Crystal to host their 82nd annual awards ceremony. The s... / Continue →
  • February 27, 2013
    The 85th Annual Academy Awards have just wrapped up, but already it's time to start thinking about future Oscars, and who will not be hosting those. Among the people we can officially put in that category: Tina Fey and this year's host, Seth MacFarlane.... / Continue →
  • February 24, 2013
    Hollywood's biggest night of listing things is at last over, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last night giving Argo the year's highest honor, The Best Film Ben Affleck Made Since at Least The Town, in Sunday night's 85th Annual Oscars. Meanwhile, Daniel Day-Lewi... / Continue →
  • There are Comments