Here’s the Mel Brooks Oscars Acceptance Speech You Didn’t See on the Academy Awards

Plus: 21 Gaping Plot Holes in Beloved Movies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 March 12, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=Here%E2%80%99s%20the%20Mel%20Brooks%20Oscars%20Acceptance%20Speech%20You%20Didn%E2%80%99t%20See%20on%20the%20Academy%20Awards%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2Fheres-mel-brooks-oscars-acceptance-speech-didnt-see-academy-awards) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about the Oscars, trivia, funny tweets, hilariously bad tattoos, and much more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [Here’s the Mel Brooks Oscars Acceptance Speech You Didn’t See on the Academy Awards Broadcast]( At this year’s Oscars ceremony, the film world celebrated comedy legend Mel Brooks by awarding him an Honorary Oscar — without Brooks. The damn thing started at 7 p.m. Brooklyn time, you think a 97-year-old is staying up for that? Brooks earned his first Academy Award in 1969 for a win in the Best Writing, Story and Screenplay category for The Producers. He’d earn a couple more nominations during his historic career for writing and for Best Original song in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles respectively, but the genre-defining director would have to wait another 55 years to hoist a second gold statue. At the Governors Awards. Two months before the Oscars. [READ MORE]( [Larry David and Nathan Fielder Ignoring Each Other at an Oscar Party Is Peak Awkwardness]( After spending more than three hours laboriously praising one another and enduring the stress of distributing miniature gold nudist statuettes to their friends, celebrities were able to finally get some downtime following the Academy Awards broadcast at the annual post-show Vanity Fair Oscars Party. Judging from the red carpet design, the theme of this year’s event was: “I sure could go for some McNuggets right now.” This swanky function taking their decorating cues from a garish clown who hawks garbage food wasn’t the only thing that captured the attention of the internet. The party hosted major Hollywood stars like Sydney Sweeney, Margot Robbie and Chris Evans. Also walking the red carpet? The 76-year-old man who both popularized [masturbation contests]( and [viciously assaulted a belovedÂ]([Sesame Street]([muppet](. [READ MORE]( 33 Hidden Details From TV and Movies That Only Reveal Themselves to Alpha Film Dorks 36 Bits of Trivia That Are Only Available on the Super-Secret Menu 34 Money Facts To Stuff Into Your Brain Wallet 30 Things That Are Way Larger or Smaller Than You’d Expect 37 Bits of Trivia That Are Nearly Spoiled so We Mashed Them Up Into a Loaf of Dessert Bread 30 Celebrity Stunts That Failed Miserably (Or Brought Joy and Order to the World) 32 Lies That Have Become Canonized As Fact 30 Hilariously Bad Tattoos 21 Gaping Plot Holes in Beloved Movies TWEET OF THE DAY [ARTICLES | PICTOFACTS | VIDEOS]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2024 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2023 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. 190 West St. Brooklyn, New York 11222, United States of America