personally, I thought Billy Crystal did a very good job...
I still remember the year he came out on the two wheeler with the mask and restraints on from "Silence of the Lambs" LOL
Academy Awards Show Hosts-
2nd Awards (April 30, 1930) : William C. DeMille 3rd Awards (November 5, 1930) : Conrad Nagel 4th Awards (November 10, 1931) : Lawrence Grant 5th Awards (November 18, 1932) : Conrad Nagel 6th Awards (March 16, 1934) : Will Rogers 7th Awards (February 27, 1935) : Irvin S. Cobb 8th Awards (March 5, 1936) : Frank Capra 9th Awards (March 4, 1937) : George Jessel 10th Awards (March 10, 1938) : Bob "Bazooka" Burns 11th Awards (February 23, 1939) : Frank Capra 12th Awards (February 29, 1940) : Bob Hope 13th Awards (February 27, 1941) : Walter Wanger 14th Awards (February 26, 1942) : Bob Hope 15th Awards (March 4, 1943) : Bob Hope 16th Awards (March 2, 1944) : Jack Benny 17th Awards (March 15, 1945) : John Cromwell & Bob Hope 18th Awards (March 7, 1946) : Bob Hope & James Stewart 19th Awards (March 13, 1947) : Jack Benny 20th Awards (March 20, 1948) : Dick Powell & Agnes Moorehead 21st Awards (March 24, 1949) : Robert Montgomery 22nd Awards (March 23, 1950) : Paul Douglas 23rd Awards (March 29, 1951) : Fred Astaire 24th Awards (March 20, 1952) : Danny Kaye 25th Awards (March 19, 1953) : Bob Hope in Hollywood, Conrad Nagel in New York 26th Awards (March 25, 1954) : Donald O'Conner in Hollywood, Fredric March in New York 27th Awards (March 30, 1955) : Bob Hope in Hollywood, Thelma Ritter in New York 28th Awards (March 21, 1956) : Jerry Lewis in Hollywood, Claudette Colbert & Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York 29th Awards (March 27, 1957) : Jerry Lewis in Hollywood, Celeste Holm in New York 30th Awards (March 26, 1958) : James Stewart, Bob Hope, Rosalind Russell, David Niven, & Jack Lemmon 31st Awards (April 6, 1959) : Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl, Laurence Olivier, & Jerry Lewis 32nd Awards (April 4, 1960) : Bob Hope 33rd Awards (April 17, 1961) : Bob Hope 34th Awards (April 9, 1962) : Bob Hope 35th Awards (April 8, 1963) : Frank Sinatra 36th Awards (April 13, 1964) : Jack Lemmon 37th Awards (April 5, 1965) : Bob Hope 38th Awards (April 18, 1966) : Bob Hope 39th Awards (April 10, 1967) : Bob Hope 40th Awards (April 10, 1968) : Bob Hope 41st Awards (April 14, 1969) : The Friends of Oscar (Ingrid Bergman, Sidney Poitier, Jane Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, Walter Matthau, Diahann Carroll, Tony Curtis, Rosalind Russell, & Burt Lancaster) 42nd Awards (April 7, 1970) : The Friends of Oscar (Claudia Cardinale, Elliott Gould, Myrna Loy, Barbara McNair, Jon Voight, Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Ali MacGraw, Cliff Robertson, Katherine Ross, James Earl Jones, Candice Bergen, Raquel Welch, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, & Bob Hope) 43rd Awards (April 15, 1971) : Burt Bacharach, Harry Belafonte, Richard Benjamin, Joan Blondell, Jim Brown, Genevieve Bujold, Glen Campbell, Petula Clark, Angie Dickinson, Melvyn Douglas, Lola Falana, Janet Gaynor, Goldie Hawn, Bob Hope, John Huston, James Earl Jones, Shirley Jones, Sally Kellerman, Burt Lancaster, John Marley, Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Sarah Miles, Ricardo Montalban, Jeanne Moreau, Merle Oberon, Ryan O'Neal, Gregory Peck, Paula Prentiss, Eva Marie Saint, George Segal, Maggie Smith, & Gig Young) 44th Awards (April 10, 1972) : Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., & Jack Lemmon 45th Awards (March 27, 1973) : Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, & Rock Hudson 46th Awards (April 2, 1974) : John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, & David Niven 47th Awards (April 8, 1975) : Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, & Frank Sinatra 48th Awards (March 29, 1976) : Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, & Gene Kelly 49th Awards (March 29, 1977) : Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, & Warren Beatty 50th Awards (March 29, 1978) : Bob Hope 51st Awards (April 9, 1979) : Johnny Carson 52nd Awards (April 14, 1980) : Johnny Carson 53rd Awards (March 31, 1981) : Johnny Carson 54th Awards (March 29, 1982) : Johnny Carson 55th Awards (April 11, 1983) : Walter Matthau, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, & Richard Pryor 56th Awards (April 9, 1984) : Johnny Carson 57th Awards (March 25, 1985) : Jack Lemmon 58th Awards (March 24, 1986) : Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, & Robin Williams 59th Awards (March 30, 1987) : Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, & Goldie Hawn 60th Awards (April 11, 1988) : Chevy Chase 61st Awards (March 29, 1989) : NO HOST 62nd Awards (March 26, 1990) : Billy Crystal 63rd Awards (March 25, 1991) : Billy Crystal 64th Awards (March 30, 1992) : Billy Crystal 65th Awards (March 29, 1993) : Billy Crystal 66th Awards (March 21, 1994) : Whoopi Goldberg 67th Awards (March 27, 1995) : David Letterman 68th Awards (March 25, 1996) : Whoopi Goldberg 69th Awards (March 24, 1997) : Billy Crystal 70th Awards (March 23, 1998) : Billy Crystal 71st Awards (March 21, 1999) : Whoopi Goldberg 72nd Awards (March 26, 2000) : Billy Crystal 73rd Awards (March 25, 2001) : Steve Martin 74th Awards (March 24, 2002) : Whoopi Goldberg 75th Awards (March 23, 2003) : Steve Martin 76th Awards (February 29, 2004) : Billy Crystal 77th Awards (February 27, 2005) : Chris Rock |