The Oscars may be host-less this year, but that didn't stop politics from entering into a quasi opening monologue delivered by Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Maya Rudolph.
“So, just a quick update, in case you're confused,” Rudolph said. “There is no host tonight. There won't be a popular movie category, and Mexico is not paying for the wall.”
EXCERPT:
FEY: “Good evening and welcome to the 1 millionth Academy Awards. We are not your hosts. But we’re going to stand here a little too long so that the people who get “USA Today” tomorrow will think that we hosted.”
RUDOLPH: “That’s great. So, just a quick update for everybody, in case you’re confused. There is no host tonight. There won’t be a popular movie category, and Mexico is not paying for the wall.”
(Cheers and applause)
POEHLER: “That’s right. And we won’t be doing awards during the commercials, but we will be presenting commercials during the awards. So if all the winners could please say “Hellman’s mayonnaise”: We’re on the side of food” instead of speeches, that would be great.”
FREY: “Again, we are not your hosts this year, but if we had hosted, it probably who have gone like this —“
RUDOLPH: “I’m Freddie Mercury.”
FEY: “Buster Scruggs, I hardly know her.”
RUDOLPH: “Hey, Chad. That’s a good one. Hey, Chadwick Boseman, wakanda plans you got later?”