You can’t do any better than starting off the Oscars with an award for Brad Pitt. “Once upon a time in Hollywood, ain’t that the truth.” Well said by the Best Supporting Actor winner. All of it.
Also, while we’re here, Chris Rock’s best line from the non-hosting monologue with Steve Martin. “Mahershala Ali has TWO Oscars. You know what that means when the cops stop him? Nothing.”
Also good from Rock: “I own a Ford AND a Ferrari and it’s no contest.”
These may be remembered as the Joey Tribiani Oscars, what with all the sandwich salutes. This from the Independent Spirit Awards Saturday night:
“To the moon, Alice!”
–Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), The Honeymooners, 1955
“Hold my milkshake”
–BYU cheer squad, 2020
Cosmo the Cougar gets parabolic during a timeout. Remember back when BYU didn’t even play games on Sundays because it was against their religion to do so? They’ve come a long way. That’s the best thing to involve BYU and a three-pointer since Jimmer was in Provo.
We were wondering how come it is called the coronavirus. Here’s The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (a.k.a. The AJC) with the explanation: ““Corona” means crown in Spanish, and coronavirus is a category of viruses so named because of its appearance — it’s covered with crown-like spikes, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
The AJC is located pretty near to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), so we figure they’d get the scoop.
By the way, has anyone else noticed that the Tesla stock price last week has closely mirrored the coronavirus death totals of the past few days (“500…600…more than 700…over 800…what the hell, topping 900!”)? Alas, Tesla’s price went back down to the 700s. There’s only one direction for the coronavirus death toll to go. It’ll be over 1,000 by the end of Monday, sadly.
The Democratic debate cold open from Saturday Night Live was sharp and hilarious. Our favorite moment was when Mikey Day (as George Stephanopoulos) announced that the New Hampshire debate was “sponsored by Bloomberg.”
Our vote for top three actors in this sketch:
1. Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden. The SNL alum got handed the best material and knew exactly what to do with it.
2. Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Warren: “I’ve got an answer for that: elect me.”
3. Larry David as Bernie Sanders: Is he even acting? Who cares?
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