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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Ep 181: The Oscars Disaster Recap With Wesley Morris and Sean Fennessey

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.430.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on New York Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris and Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey to discuss the Best Picture fiasco (6:00), Casey Affleck's win (13:00), 'La La Land' losing (19:00), the Oscars voting process (24:00), and the 'Sully' snub (31:00). Then, they talk about 'Moonlight' moments (37:00), the 2012 Oscars (45:00), Netflix's model vs. traditional movies (54:00), and the best movies of 2017 so far (1:02:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's special WTF Oscars edition apologies Mark Maren.

0:05.4

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0:49.6

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0:55.3

Not realizing that this would be like having a live post game show after like

1:01.6

Jack Ruby, Shaat Lee, Harvey Oswald or something.

1:03.7

It was that kind of what the F moment and check that out The Watch.

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1:14.1

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1:15.6

We have Sean Finnecine and Wesley Morris coming up to talk about the craziest Oscars of all time.

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