@Leviticus_71: Opposite reaction from me. I've now vowed to watch nothing but football on TV, in case something like this happens during Obama's speech tonight.

WatTooSoon

Wow...I think that just made me gay. Wait...yup, just as I thought... my wallet is suddenly full of rainbows.

Leviticus_71

All it needed was Richard Grieco

WatTooSoon

Seth, Army Archerd the Ghost of Merv Griffin are on the White Courtesy Phone saying what difference a year makes in bad Oscar ideas;
poor Dorothy Lamour...

+ Watch video

Baronzemo

Does this crime trump the Rob Lowe/Snow White duet?

Scout 3.0

I used to have a really weird thing for Keith Coogan.

RocketRockit

I'll be back. I have to go stab my eyes out.

Mymoustache

Fuuuuuuuck, the past was gay.

mcgeorge

I tried.

The outfits...Ricki Lake's horrid feather-laden coat and hat...

Oh, how I tried.

I made it to 2:10, about when Patrick Dempsey startesd singing.

psych101

@WatTooSoon: God, that would be amazing. All the young up-and-comers of the Democratic Party, singing and dancing their little hearts out? Bring it on.

UnindictedCo-conspirator

Satan's lower colon indeed. I guess their Oscar dreams got lost in the plumbing.

- Feldman's signature dance moves was/still is the MJ crotchgrab/moonwalk combo.

- I loved fat Ricky Lake, and who knew, she could tapdance!

God, if the Oscars did more of this they'd be watchable. All the "Classic Hollywood" montage stuff just reminds you how painful the existence of a Dane Cook movie is. At least they went there in the 80s. Let's call a turd a turd, people.

NoWireHangers

You can bet Corey Feldman passed gas while trying to dance.

taraniso

Joely Fisher....or Heidi Montag?

taraniso

There's that small bit of justice that there wasn't one Oscar nomination between the lot of them.

kookla

I like the guy pumping his fist in the audience at the end of the clip. Unfortunately, most people won't be able to make it to the end of the clip.

jwick25

I made it to 1:33 and that was enough of that. Gaaaaaah.
My corneas will never be the same again.

TurdBlossom

further proof that coke (especially in the 1980s) was a hell of a drug.

bess marvin, girl detective

can anyone explain to me corey's odd-ball michael jackson obsession? or is the decade to blame?

Nomi Malone

I made it until 2:04. That said, I can hardly wait for the 2028 Random Drive-By Splash Offs dance number.

Little Mintz Sunshine

The middle section's refrain could not be more appropriate:

"Say what?"

metroville

I wonder how many of the guys in that Alan Carr nailed.

JohnD

WOW, this was bad beyond belief!
Was it another one of Debbie Allen's "masterpieces"?
At least when Teri Garr was accused of dancing like a brick, it turned out a few years later she had a good excuse, she had MS.
None of this group has that excuse.

Greasy Thumb Guzik

All kidding aside, it is nice to see how through the years Patrick Dempsey has honed his fine art of being good looking.

dinalohan

@Nomi Malone: No, Corey is to blame. Blame for the moonwalk, blame for the decade, blame for the mullet. All His.

Mr-Busy

@NoWireHangers: That Satan comment made my laugh so hard my own colon almost went.

Mr-Busy

And I was wondering what gave Carrie Hamilton cancer. To think that the Angel of Death watched this number and chose her instead of Corey Feldman? Go figure.

Mr-Busy

So blurry.....was this filmed by Barbara Walters' cameraman?

Sean

Wait! I wanted to see Geena Davis' dress!

Who'da thought, just a few short years later, Chad Lowe would be at the Oscars again...watching his wife win. Twice.

gadge

@Scout 3.0: It was all on the same telecast.

The best part of the Snow White number was after it, Lily Tomlin was on stage. The teleprompter said something like "A billion people around the world are watching tonight" then she went off teleprompter and said "And they are all trying to figure out what the hell they just saw".

JohnD

hmm...i remember watching this as a kid live on the air, then only a couple of months later, i was put in the psych ward for "treatment". coincidence?

DrAftershave

My colon will never recover from this.

The bright side, there were no gift bags in 1988, so they made asses of themselves for freeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

Decebal

I watched all 9 glorious minutes and came to 3 conclusions.

1. LOL moment: Ricki Lake shouting "Work it!" during Cory Feldman's solo.

2. Worst. Actor's Showcase. EVER.

3. I hate everyone involved in that segment. But worse, I hate myself for having watched it.

Fry_Bread_Power

*weeps into blanket*

Make it stop! Make it stop!

Desk_hack

Two things about the Snow White video:

1. It was almost worth watching just to see Cyd Charisse and her amazing 60-year-old gams.

2. I love the cut to Robert Downey Jr. in the crowd after the end of "Proud Mary". You just know that he's thinking "God, I'm so glad I'm high right now."

whitiris

@whitiris: LMAO. So, so true.

I made it to 4:38, I got you all beat. Chad Lowe exclaiming,
'' I'm a thespeeeyan! '' and Patrick Dempsey tap-dancing with a cane basically made me develop some kind of muscular dystrophy. Be warned people. DON'T PASS 4:38!!!

Calraigh

I just watched the whole thing, and then eternal-sunshined it out of my brain via a chopstick through the nose.

larala

That's 9 minutes of my life I will never get back. Getting kicked in the nuts hurt less than watching THAT.

FuryOfFirestorm

Corey Parker! I loved him in.....nothing.

Dimo

@gadge: Hence the divorce!

kbath10100

@Dimo: Ah, the Corey that never was.

RocketRockit

It hurts.

TillieHarper

Watching the Snow White fiasco, I realize the best moment is the 6:15 mark when, I finally notice that the tables and chairs are dancing in the background.

kityglitr

@Dimo: FYI - at that time Patrick Dempsey was Corey Parker's stepfather... Patrick was married to Corey's mother, who was his manager and like older than his own mother or something. Think about it - back to colon time!

Mr-Busy

It's not Michael.

Fama Est

@jwick25: That was Michael Douglas.

SeaPeople

This is the best video you guys have posted since the Bea Arthur/Nell Carter/Soleil Moon Frye "We Are Family" clusterfuck. Total ecstasy!

diablocody

Incidentally, this was also very effective at Abu Ghraib.

GuyBitchy

The Original HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

kbutterum

Oh BTW where was Bruce Vilanch when all this went down?

kbutterum

I think you are seeing the new lineup for fall on E!, Bravo, and VH!

Reality passed out for all of them l. Like the coke straws back stage at the 88 Oscars

kbutterum