This blog was originally published on elkharttruth.com on Feb. 12, 2015, edited slightly to make it good for any year. The 2017 Oscars will air Feb. 26 on ABC.
Remember the game “I spy with my little eye…”?
If you do, you’re in luck, because we’re playing ‘I spy’ for the Oscars.
The winners are usually unpredictable, but some predictable and funny things are bound to happen during the show.
Here are some things to watch for during the awards show:
- Someone’s speech gets cut off by music.
- Someone trips.
- The host sings.
- Someone flubs a name (As in when John Travolta called Idina Menzel “Adele Dazeem” at the 2014 Oscars).
- Someone is bleeped.
- Someone keeps talking even after the cut-off music starts playing.
- More than three people say thank you for one award.
- Someone takes a selfie.
- Host or presenter changes outfits.
- Diversity is mentioned.
- Someone cries.
- Harris does a magic trick.
- The movie with the most nominations wins an award.
- Someone jokes about how long the Oscars are.
- The “in memoriam” segment plays.
And, if you’re like me and love the red carpet, here are some things to look for:
- Someone falls.
- Mani cam sighting.
- Stiletto cam sighting.
- During an interview, someone says how it’s an “honor to simply be nominated.”
- Someone gets pranked (As in when Sacha Baron Cohen as “The Dictator” poured “ashes” on Ryan Seacrest in 2012.)
You can submit your own “I spy” moments, too. Comment here to submit your own “I spy” moments. And don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @ClaraAB2 and tweet along with me. Let me know what you spy.