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What do Lily Tomlin, Snow White, and Kenny Ortega have in common? They were all part of the 61st Academy Awards, a broadcast now remembered as the worst of all time, and masterminded by Allan Carr (lover of spectacle and producer of Grease). But awards season correspondent and New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman is here to argue that the tackiest, most disastrous Oscars of all time might just be... unfairly maligned. And to tell us what's bringing you joy and excitement right now, send us a voice memo (three minutes or shorter) at sloppyandalive (at) gmail (dot) com. We can't wait to hear from you. Michael's book Oscar Wars https://www.harpercollins.com/products/oscar-wars-michael-schulman?variant=41063519387682 Michael's New Yorker page https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/michael-schulman the video of the opening number https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw the video of Pee-wee and RoboCop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFHeMSIMGc&t=63s And the book Michael mentioned about Allan Carr, Party Animals, is here https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/robert-hofler/party-animals/9780306818943/ Support You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch Where else to find us: Sarah's other show, You Are Good Links: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/oscar-wars-michael-schulman?variant=41063519387682 https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/michael-schulman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFHeMSIMGc&t=63s https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/robert-hofler/party-animals/9780306818943/ http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good Support the show