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Conan O’Brien Oscars Monologue: Best Jokes, Touching Moments, Adam Sandler’s Shorts And John Lithgow’s Glower


Oscar host Conan O'Brien opening monologue had plenty of highlights.

“That was weird,” O’Brien said about the gross, body-horror special effect – he seemingly left behind a shoe somewhere in the innards of Moore – and got tonight’s opening Oscars monologue off to a fine start. After mentioning A Complete Unknown, A Real Pain and Nosferatu, O’Brien said those were just some of the names he was called on the red carpet; On Wicked: “The perfect movie for anyone who’s ever finished watching The Wizard of Oz and thought, Sure, but where did all the minor characters go to college?” Netflix “leads all the studios with an impressive 18 count – 18 price increases.” “I loved The Brutalist. O’Brien also had a bit of fun with the Amazon-James Bond situation, joking that the new 007 would be played by Steven Belsky, Amazon’s vp of global affairs.

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