Oscars
About Oscars
The Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars, are awards based on artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry, predominantly centered around films produced in Hollywood.
On the show — 88 mentions total
There is a thing about the first ever Oscars: just off the back of Uggie in The Artist, there was a very famous dog called Rin Tin Tin.
from 267: No Such Thing As Mission Impossible For Slugs, 2019-05-03 at 00:14:00 · read transcript
Other times Oscars came up
Named after a person? No. Oh. The Tonys are named after a person. The Oscars are sort of named after. There's all sorts of versions of why the Oscars are called the Oscars. The Emmys, I thought maybe it would be like M.E or something like musical and entertainment awards. It's not, I'll tell you, there are, you know, the Cathode Ray in your television? Yeah.
602: No Such Thing As 'What's My Spoon?', 2025-09-25 · listen
Does anyone know why the Emmys are called the Emmys, by the way? Named after a person? No. Oh. The Tonys are named after a person. The Oscars are sort of named after. There's all sorts of versions of why the Oscars are called the Oscars. The Emmys, I thought maybe it would be like M.E or something like musical and entertainment awards. It's not Artelli. The Cathode Ray in your television? Yeah.
No Such Thing As 'What's My Spoon?', 2025-09-25 · listen
Want this Please take it away but yeah they gave it to him anyway I think Goldie Horn was giving out the Oscar and she opened the envelope and she just went oh my God I've pretty much only researched dogs and Oscars there is Why dogs Why dogs?
No Such Thing As Mission Impossible For Slugs, 2019-05-03 · listen
Just one other thing that I found on computers, specifically in 1982, for the first time ever, a movie Tron had used computers to do CGI, but they weren't nominated for an Oscar at that year's Oscars, because the Academy saw it as cheating to have used a computer, so no nomination.
322: No Such Thing As A Crown Of Willie Thornes, 2020-05-22 · listen
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