CMG Comments on The Oscars

And The Winner is 'THE PIE'

Ellen w/Big Mama Deliverer

Brad goes for  the 'works'

Harrison grabs a slice

The best moments of this year's Oscar Awards was when the pizza was doled out to the celebs. Having scrounged $300 from several of the luminaries, Ellen D. sent out for some pies from Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza - a Hollywood pie palace. Unfortunately, Mama's never got paid for their pies although plenty of tinsel town's glitterati feasted.  Not to worry, Mama's got a ton of free publicity as the eating went on for 8 minutes, and at $1.8 million for a 30 second Oscar prime-time spot, Mama Mia!


Who The Academy Forgot

The Academy, as it does every year, pays tribute to a long list of people in the 'In Memoriam' part of the show. Unfortunately, this year several that should have been honored were not, so CMG will honor them here:

Dennis Farina - Actor/former Chicago Police Officer.  Played in over 35 films and numerous TV films, episodes, and series, including over 46 episodes of  'Law and Order'.  For CMG his best role was as Ray "Bones" Barboni in 'Get Shorty'.

Tom Clancy - Writer. Copies of Clancy's books have sold over 100
million copies, with 17 being best sellers. A number of his books became very successful big screen and TV movies, as well as. TV series or mini-series.  His Jack Ryan and John Clark characters are common names in action films and his storylines have been used in a number of video game series, such a the Ghost Recon series - which have sold in the tens of million of copies.

Jean Stapelton - Actor. Best known for her role as Edith Bunker of the '70s TV hit 'All In The Family', Stapelton was a consummate actor. Starting with stage performances she starred in many Broadway and off-Broadway productions.  Then moved to movies and TV shows. Several of her movie credits included: 'Klute', 'Cold Turkey', 'You've Got Mail', 'Michael', and 'Cinderella'.  Stapelton had earned three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and was an inductee to the American Theatre Hall of Fame and the TV Hall of Fame.

Jonathan Winters - Comic/Actor. A multiple Grammy and Emmy winner Winters' career spanned over six decades, appearing in literally hundreds of TV shows and series including: 'Mork and Mindy'.  His movies included: 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World', 'The Russians Are Coming', 'Swing', and 'The Flintstones'.  Winters also did voice overs for such films as 'The Smrufs'.  He was a multiple Emmy winner and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  He was a very, very funny dude.

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Jim Lavorato