The Worst Oscars Ever?? with Michael Schulman

What do Lily Tomlin, Snow White, and Kenny Ortega have in common? They were all part of the 61st Academy Awards, a broadcast now remembered as the worst of all time, and masterminded by Allan Carr (lover of spectacle and producer of Grease). But awards season correspondent and New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman is here to argue that the tackiest, most disastrous Oscars of all time might just be... unfairly maligned.

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Michael's book Oscar Wars (harpercollins.com/products/oscar-wars-michael-…)

harpercollins.com/products/oscar-wars-michael-…
Michael's New Yorker page (newyorker.com/contributors/michael-schulman)

newyorker.com/contributors/michael-schulman
the video (youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw) of the opening number

youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw
the video (youtube.com/watch?v=ETFHeMSIMGc&t=63s) of Pee-wee and RoboCop
youtube.com/watch?v=ETFHeMSIMGc&t=63s
And the book Michael mentioned about Allan Carr, Party Animals, is here (dacapopress.com/titles/robert-hofler/party-ani…)
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