Re: SBC

Yeah, I know SBC was the original top pick—though I can see why the Academy passed.  As a viewer and general SBC fan, even I would’ve been on the edge of my seat, nervously waiting for the gratuitous nudity.  (Also, since Bruno bombed, I feel like there’s not the popular love for him that there once was).  Still, you’re so right: the format of the Oscars ceremony is so turgid, so lavish, so ridiculously discursive, that it can basically make anyone look nervous and flat.  Maybe they should just run with it and pick Ben Stein next year.