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No Time Was Wasted in Conan O’Brien’s Oscars Monologue


True to form, the host brought the silly, with bits about Jeff Bezos getting kidnapped by a package thief and a giant, superfluous musical number.

Host Conan O’Brien missed his cue to take the Oscars stage to perform his opening monologue. When he eventually did hit the stage, though, he jumped straight into a series of jokes about the year in film in classic awards-show host fashion. It’s Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Affairs, Steve Belsky!” Cut to: a graphic of a nondescript business executive accompanied by the James Bond theme music.

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