The baffling ordeal of watching the Oscars this year was made tolerable by three important factors: 1) alcohol, in my case a half a bottle of Crown Royal whiskey 2) Live Tweeting the show 3) Norm MacDonald live Tweeting the show. Norm came out of Twitter exile on fire and ripped into the Oscars the way only Norm can. It seemed like everyone else's live Tweeting paled in comparison to what Norm was doing. Certainly, I felt I was toiling in Norm's mighty shadow. Here's my obnoxious, occasionally funny (I hope) Twitter take on the Oscars:
My #Oscars party tonight will consist of myself and Jameson's Irish Whiskey. My apologies in advance for the impending live Tweeting.
Damn, Out of Jameson's. This is my substitute. #Oscars watching underway. http://twitpic.com/44jez9
Whoa. Warren Beatty's so old! What's old, pussycat? #Oscars
Tonight will the be the first time I've masturbated to an Academy Awards host (Anne Hathaway) since Hugh Jackman. #Oscars
If I find myself with a bag on my head later on, I'm not mimicking @banksyart, I'm just really drunk. #Oscars #Banksy
If I find myself with a bag on my head later on, I'm not mimicking @banksyart, I'm just really drunk. #Oscars #Banksy
The best possible conclusion to the winners of Best Art Direction would have been if that guy vomited from nervousness on stage. #Oscars
Best cinematographer Wally Pfister stole my line! "My master Christopher Nolan." I've been saying "My Master Alex Merkin" for years. #Oscars
Kirk Douglas coming onto Anne Hathaway is as inspiring as Kirk Douglas still being alive. #Oscars
Anyone not following @normmacdonald and his live #Oscars Tweeting is committing a cardinal sin against their own enjoyment.
That #Oscars stagehand is carting Kirk Douglas offstage because the horny old man is literally seconds away from whipping his cock out.
You know, I bet Hailee Steinfeld had a much sweeter, less rambling and obnoxious, and non-profanity-laced speech prepared. #Oscars
All I want to know from Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem is, is my table ready? #Oscars
Aaron Sorkin wins deservedly Best Screenplay for @socialnetwork. Surprisingly he did not walk and talk on his way to the stage. #Oscars
Christopher Nolan's face said it, but I'll Tweet what he was thinking: #Inception doesn't win Best Adapted Screenplay? B-b-bullshit! #Oscars
normmacdonald
well so far so awful.
Nice to see Reese Witherspoon had her chin sharpened for this big night. #Oscars
Christian Bale's beard is a different color from his hair. I hate to ask whether the carpet matches either of the drapes. #Oscars
Christian Bale is the #Oscars winner we deserve, but not the Oscar winner we need right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it.
So many superheroes @ the #Oscars. Catwoman hosting, Batman just won an Oscar, and now Wolverine and the Joker are presenting onstage.
Academy Award winners @trent_reznor and Atticus Ross! I'm too happy to tell a terrible joke. Congratulations, sirs! #Oscars
What's that sound? It's the sound of the douchebag orchestra playing off the winners of Best Sound Design. #Inception #Oscars
Marisa Tomei is so brave to show her face @ the #Oscars after never returning the one she accidentally won for My Cousin Vinny.
As of 10pm, #Oscars winning films include Alice in Wonderland and The Wolfman. Non-Oscar winning films include True Grit and 127 Hours.
normmacdonald
Nice to see Reese Witherspoon had her chin sharpened for this big night. #Oscars
Christian Bale's beard is a different color from his hair. I hate to ask whether the carpet matches either of the drapes. #Oscars
Christian Bale is the #Oscars winner we deserve, but not the Oscar winner we need right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it.
So many superheroes @ the #Oscars. Catwoman hosting, Batman just won an Oscar, and now Wolverine and the Joker are presenting onstage.
Academy Award winners @trent_reznor and Atticus Ross! I'm too happy to tell a terrible joke. Congratulations, sirs! #Oscars
What's that sound? It's the sound of the douchebag orchestra playing off the winners of Best Sound Design. #Inception #Oscars
Marisa Tomei is so brave to show her face @ the #Oscars after never returning the one she accidentally won for My Cousin Vinny.
As of 10pm, #Oscars winning films include Alice in Wonderland and The Wolfman. Non-Oscar winning films include True Grit and 127 Hours.
normmacdonald