Anne Hathaway and James Franco’s Oscar Buzzkill with Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber | 25

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

For the 83rd Academy Awards, producers wanted hosts that were "young and hip." But when they nominated Anne Hathaway and James Franco to run the show, they ended up with "nervous and bored". What followed was one of the most catastrophically awkward nights in Oscars history.

Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber from Who? Weekly join Misha for a peak behind that famous red curtain.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad-free.
0:05.3	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:20.6	It's the week before the 83rd annual Academy Awards.
0:25.9	Unlike past Oscar ceremonies, emceived by veteran comedians and presenters,
0:31.9	this Oscars is hosted by two young people with virtually none of those skills.
0:38.3	James Franco and Anne Hathaway, rising Hollywood stars,
0:42.5	are supposed to bring in a new, younger audience and raise the freaking ratings.
0:49.1	But they suck.
0:52.3	The two have had zero to know chemistry since they've started rehearsing,
0:57.4	and now the producers and writers are in a state of panic.
1:03.3	The night before the show, skits and jokes are being hastily rewritten.
1:09.4	Nothing seems to be working for the two of them.
1:12.6	But then, a glimmer of hope.
1:15.6	On a closed circuit TV monitor,
1:17.6	a writer spots James on stage all perked up,
1:21.6	flashing his delightful grin at his co-host,
1:24.6	his performing partner, his on-air collaborator.
1:28.2	Has the ice melted?
1:29.6	Has the stoner jock fallen for the dorky cheerleader after all?
1:34.1	Is this actually going to be a good show?
1:37.9	Then the camera pans and the writer's stomach drops.
1:43.8	Anne is backstage.
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