The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced changes to their annual Academy Award ceremony this week. The changes were not met with much enthusiasm by the entertainment industry. In this special episode, Danny and Mike react to the bizarre changes announced this week.
The pizza is all gone, the selfies all taken. The Oscars are history. Mike and Danny discuss the big show, the winners and losers, and discuss Mike's epic Oscar pool losing streak. Seriously, 15 years is a long time with a win. Mike is the Susan Lucci of Oscar pools. He is the Susan Lucci of most things, however. So this fits him well.
The audio isn’t as stellar on Mike’s feed since he had to borrow a conference room at DFW airport to chat with Danny, but we touch on the recently-wrapped 2014 drunkfest that is the Golden Globes, and react to this week’s Academy Award nominations. For anyone keeping score at home, that’s Oscar nods for ‘Rush’, ‘All is Lost’, and ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’: ZERO, and ‘Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa’: One. If you take one thing away from this episode, make it this: While Mike has never won the Oscar pool at Danny’s annual party, he has most consistently been at the top of all finishers, making him (arguably) the best. After all, Peter O’ Toole, one of the most celebrated actors in the world, never won an Oscar, despite being nominated eight times. Sure, Danny has won the pool a couple times, but he’s also been WAY below Mike on several occasions. Hell, Jean Dujardin and Roberto Benigni have each WON an Oscar with their respective ONE acting nomination, but nobody is calling them celebrated actors. In case it wasn’t clear, in this comparison, Mike is Peter O’ Toole, and Danny is Jean Dujardin or Roberto Benigni (take your pick). Scratch that, I’ll pick. He’s Roberto Benigni.