Why Jon Bombed

LA Weekly ^ | Sunday, March 5th, 2006 at 07:22PM | Posted by Nikki Finke

[BenLurkin]

I was thinking of renting "Crash". do you have a recommendation?

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

I don't go to the movies for two reasons: (a) the content leans to the left, but mostly (b) the movies sound boring.

I've got to look hard, but I've found some really enjoyable foreign movies.

Danny Deck Chair.....is a hoot....Australia

Seducing Dr. Lewis......sort of like Doc Hollywood....Canada.

[karnage]

I liked him, too. He took some excellent shots at Hollywood.

[anonymous_user]

He told one Cheney hunting joke that was actually funny (Bjrok couldn't be here tonight. She was trying on her outfit and Cheney shot her - you have to remember that Bjork wore the outfit with the swan on it a few years ago).

That's more of joke about ridiculous fashion than politics. After reading what he said, he "bombed" like a skinny guy telling fat jokes at a Weight Watchers meeting. Funny, but not to that crowd.

[anonymous_user]

Actually, to revise my comments, it's more like another fat guy making fun of fat people at a Weight Watcher's meeting.

[WV Mountain Mama]

I think that most of the problem stemmed from the fact that the jokes were funny to people who had a brain or were free thinkers. That obviously ruled out the audience he had.

[i_dont_chat]

I saw minutes of it -- and I heard Jon's joke about "Cinderella Man -- how difficult it was for Make-Up to make Russell Crowe look like he'd been in a fight."

The camera panned to Mr. Crowe. He looked tentative. And the audience snickered -- they didn't laugh.

Another bomb for Jon -- but I loved it.

That Hollywood group can dish it out -- but they can't take it!

[joylyn]

The funniest Oscar line ever was when Letterman introduced Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins as presenters. He said something like, "Here they come and they're sure to be p___ed off about something, so listen up." Needless to say, he was never invited back.

[SpinnerWebb]

they can't run up the side of a building like spiderman

Actually.... I have personally watched it happen. And, not by a trained martial artist, but by a trained Dallas paramedic. The guy literally ran up the side of our college dorm and into a 3rd story window.

Now, the final battle scene up in the top of the bamboo forest is another matter....

[Spruce]

They should have Triumph, the insult comic dog, host next year.

[Hildy]

When Ang Lee won for Crouching Cowboy Hidden Salami, I understood his view of the old west was colored by his San Fran Chinatown experiences. What's Jon Stewarts excuse?

There are no Jewish cowboys!

[Element187]

Jon Stewart is usually funny, he pokes fun at both parties, even though he is a liberal.. i spent oscar night, watching science channel doing a tribute to Newton, Albert Einestein and Steven Hawkings... but if i knew jon was going to be ragging on hollywood elite, i would have tuned in.

[MizSterious]

I didn't watch. I watched Ollie North's "War Stories" instead, and enjoyed seeing how Hollywood used to behave during a war--and I wished today's Hollyweirdos would have watched, too, and taken notes.

[pabianice]

The mean entertaining the stupid. Not a good start.

[reagan_fanatic]

Crouching Cowboy Hidden Salami

I think you just came up with the new title for 'Brokeback Mountain - The Sequel'.

[jiggyboy]

Plus the fact that Brokeback didn't win, and they are feeling pretty snippy this morning.

I heard on local (SF) radio this morning that they were openly weeping in each others arms when Crash got the Best Picture award.

[jiggyboy]

Oops, at a big party in SF that is, not at the Oscar ceremony itself.

[mcjordansc]

I was thinking of renting "Crash". do you have a recommendation?

I thought it was a good movie. At the time I watched it, I did not get the feeling that it was Oscar worthy, but maybe it was considering the competition.