He is great. But Ricky Gervais would be even better. Lawl. Though the Acadamy would never dare to let him host. Honesty is something not liked in Hollywood :P
I didn't know who he was but after watching 2020 Oscar Nominations came out and I start watching this guy. Man! He is real deal. The best host I even watched.
look how the Oscars today have turned into a Freak show compared to these... how sad!!! These were the days when it was classy and funny. Now all these emptied shell plastic Barbie dolls are nothing more than walking, talking marshmallow peeps.
+Kasino80 I agree with you. It's no more about celebrating the movies, it's celebrating how much money these clowns get for promoting some stupid product.
this video is as old as i am. and surprisingly nothing much has changed. america is still in war, hollywood studios are still in a coma, and billy crystal is still just as funny. :)
20 years since Academy Awards Telecast No. 63 in 1991 - seems like it was yesterday! A big difference between the Shrine Auditorium in LA and Oscars' new home at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Wasn't the 63rd Academy Awards Telecast on ABC the telecast that had Charlie O'Donnell as the announcer? A lot of things have happened over a span of 20 years since the 63rd Annual Academy Awards, but these memories from the previous telecasts need to be preserved for its historical value.
Towards the end of 2024 i find myself back watching this reminding myself how insanely good Billy Crystal was and how much better the Oscars were back then. It would have been awesome if they brought him back one last time so he made his tenth time as host.
I was in junior high that year I still remember when I watched dances with the wolves on the big screen and watched it countless times on tv Most of these films then had a quality script quality acting, and now they became classic Sure someone says this about the Hollywood era of the 60 50 40s but the difference is 1991 was a modern year with modern technology and without the whole social media and reality tv everywhere madness Billy crystal to some boring but so much better than jimmy kimmel Brings memories specially seeing al Pacino at a younger age and the impressive Glenn glose These were the true A list stars of that time 😊
Back in the day when the competition to win an Oscar was hardcore, Everyone of those movies are top notch, they all should be Oscar winners! Be lucky to get even one decent oscar movie these days
Billy always seemed to luckily spoof the movie that ended up winning. He must have been tipped off, or had a really good sense of how the members think. He's a stand-up comedian so he probably knows how to read an audience and that's my guess. I really wish they'd bring him back. I really think some of the other hosts struggle.
The joke about Billy having lunch with "Julia Phillips" was a Hollywood in-joke about the very real fact Julia was a top time Hollywood producer of the 1970s and wrote a tell-all best selling book in 1991 about the culture of Hollywood surrounding it's drug abuse, casting couch activities etc. Many of the names she wrote in the book were people in the audience.
Billy Crystal, the greatest host ever! Bring him back....
Billy is an amazing performer! Fearless on stage! His accent puts it all together with his witty mind and Broadway voice!
I love you Billy....I've been watching all the old Billy openings ...there treasures....❤️😇
where?
@@danielprovost Here. Just look up Billy Crystal Openings
@@colleen4ever Nah it's because he said 'there' instead of 'they're'. My lame attempt at a joke fell shorter than a shoeless Billy Crystal.
So brilliant. A walk down memory lane in 2022
Me too on 2022
Very clever stuff, done with style and humor.He is about 74 now, but maybe they could get him back one more time. He can save that train wreck
2023
You can't top Billy Crystal. He is and will always be the best in my opinion.
Brian Exley agree
Him and Whoopi Goldberg !
He is great. But Ricky Gervais would be even better. Lawl. Though the Acadamy would never dare to let him host. Honesty is something not liked in Hollywood :P
Brian Exley he’s a legend his comedy is spot on please bring him back to next years Oscars he was brilliant
Not close. Best was Bob Hope by a landslide
The days when the Oscars was fun and witty.
They literally weren’t before Billy.
@@MrRufusRToyotaBob.Hope.
Lol you virgin
This guy has a talent from out of this world !!!
Billy Crystal is to my generation's Oscar host what Bob Hope was to the last generation.
Oh yeah!
Johnny Carson as well when I was growing up
Bob hope was boring. Corny.
Bob Hope wasn't our last generation. There was Johnny Carson before Billy and perhaps the greatest host of the Oscars there's ever been.
But who is this generations Billy Crystal?
BILLY is a stellar entertainer...Marvelous!!
Awesome performer with great talent. Kudos, Billy!
I can't believe I still watch it in 2018. I forgot that the actors and actresses were real and natural back then...wow
❤️Billy is the best. I never wanted to miss the opening from the Oscar’s specially when he was on.😀
"This man killed everyone, so now he's home alone."
:DD
Billy Crystal is amazing! Can't wait for Oscar 2012 to watch him again.
Come back one more time, Billy - please. The Oscars need you desperately. Sally Lou Th., 8/15/19
Yes yes YES!!!!
I miss you Billy one of the best Oscar hosts ever!
+Debra M He should be made permanent Oscar host.
Yes, yes he should. What's the deal with JIMMY FRIGGING KIMMEL this year?!?! Does no one remember the disaster that was David Letterman?!
@@colleen4ever They clearly haven't learned their lesson...
No one can't top Billy crystal....best host ever
I didn't know who he was but after watching 2020 Oscar Nominations came out and I start watching this guy. Man! He is real deal. The best host I even watched.
oh the old days. I miss them. So innocent in the delivery, no politics, no hating, just good old fashioned funny entertainment.
Oh, with the invention of social media, some nut outthere would find a way to make that opening political, had it been done today.
So talented Billy crystal , he is amazing
Very!!!❤
I just watched this on 7-7-18 for the first time since it aired live and 27 years later I still remembered it was funny as hell.
BILLY CRYSTAL IS THE BEST HOST “EVER”!!!
I agree 1000%!!!👍🏼
Just saw Billy in Here Today. He’s amazing, as always!!
Best host! So glad you're back Billy!
wow what a difference. so elegantly done without being crass but forever classy
Billy Crystal....the most underused, underestimated man in show business.....I wonder who he pissed off?
I bet he's turned down a lot of shit,
Well, if I starred in Parental Guidance, I would turn down a lot of stuff too.
Sous Chef 👩🍳👨🍳
He's a conservative and refused to slam politics....
Jinka1950 maybe not slam but he’d make jokes about the politics be world news throughout the year
he was back for the next 2 years plus MANY more years after that and before hes one of the best oscar hosts ever
So good to watch Billy. One of a kind. No agenda. So refreshing
Billy is the best!
SO delightful what a great opening
Billy Crystal will always be my favorite host. He makes it look so effortless and he's hilarious!
No other was as GREAT as the MC for the Academy Award shows than Billy Crystal! T
Ghost
Goodfellas
God Father III
Dances with Wolves
Awakenings
Now that’s what you call an Best Picture Oscar lineup.
yes except for Godfather 3 and Ghost lol
No Miller's Crossing.
@@purefoldnz3070 Dances With Wolves was trash... I prefer Godfather III over that crap ANY DAY.
@@ComandoPadentro ahahahaha Godfather 3 was a good comedy true.
@@purefoldnz3070 Ghost is a very good film, and Godfather 3 although not great as previous 2, solid trilogy
Entrada epica. Jamas se repetira.
This is a real hosting. Oscars needs this kind of show, not that crappy political censorship that it has become
AMEN!!
Eu adoro este cara. Ele reúne tudo que é bom.
The best host everrrrrrr... its in our memory forever.❤
2:01 A Trump joke before Trump jokes became fashioned
@DooDooBumMan And wanting his money, of course.
Btw, "fashioned"? More like stale, frankly.
Lucas Ferreira da Silva 161,682 Covid deaths in the U.S.
@@photonotavailable7936 TDS.
And somehow even more true now😂
I cracked up when I got to the part in the medley about GoodFellas.
The one and only ... The Master Entertainer .. Billy Crystal.
This was a really excellent opening number. My favorite so far. The Godfather Part III was damn funny.
Wow! Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas, Ghost, The Godfather III. What a year!
MrConstantine02 amazing!!!!!!
Whatta year! Whatta host!!!
Misery too.
I'm so happy they are bringing Billy back this year, we certainly need something extra brilliant after last year's disasterous Franco and Hathaway!
look how the Oscars today have turned into a Freak show compared to these... how sad!!! These were the days when it was classy and funny. Now all these emptied shell plastic Barbie dolls are nothing more than walking, talking marshmallow peeps.
With ridiculous obvious product placement. Ellen's twitter thing her second time, was cringe worthy overly long.
+Kasino80 I agree with you. It's no more about celebrating the movies, it's celebrating how much money these clowns get for promoting some stupid product.
One of the reasons I will NOT be watching it this year. The other is...of course...Jimmy Frigging Kimmel!
i like how he leads up to the song, he does it everytime
BRILLIANTE!
Kathy Bates looks amazing, in so glad she won best actress that night for her role in Misery!! and Jodie Foster sitting in front of her! Wow
Jodie Foster looked hot as hell.
billy crystal is the best oscar host ever
BILLY such a gift
The best of times!
this video is as old as i am. and surprisingly nothing much has changed. america is still in war, hollywood studios are still in a coma, and billy crystal is still just as funny. :)
Missed those good old oscar shows!
I unironically like the billy crystal's oscar meledies
Absolutely the best host
He is the Best
Bring hım back.
Save oscars
20 years since Academy Awards Telecast No. 63 in 1991 - seems like it was yesterday! A big difference between the Shrine Auditorium in LA and Oscars' new home at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Wasn't the 63rd Academy Awards Telecast on ABC the telecast that had Charlie O'Donnell as the announcer?
A lot of things have happened over a span of 20 years since the 63rd Annual Academy Awards, but these memories from the previous telecasts need to be preserved for its historical value.
00:32 I love when Billy says: "sorry i'm late, i was having lunch with Julia Phillipps, and we were talking about youuuuuuu"
Towards the end of 2024 i find myself back watching this reminding myself how insanely good Billy Crystal was and how much better the Oscars were back then.
It would have been awesome if they brought him back one last time so he made his tenth time as host.
BILLY CRYSTAL IS THE BEST HOST OF ALL TIME!!!!
Billy Crystal should just host the Oscars every year.
This Is The Story about a Man named Corleone. He Killed Everyone So Now Hes Home Alone. XD
I was in junior high that year I still remember when I watched dances with the wolves on the big screen and watched it countless times on tv
Most of these films then had a quality script quality acting, and now they became classic
Sure someone says this about the Hollywood era of the 60 50 40s but the difference is 1991 was a modern year with modern technology and without the whole social media and reality tv everywhere madness
Billy crystal to some boring but so much better than jimmy kimmel
Brings memories specially seeing al Pacino at a younger age and the impressive Glenn glose These were the true A list stars of that time 😊
The greatest host ever.
Billy Crystal won a special award for this medley, did he not?
6:00 - 6:46 OMG He perfectly summarised The Godfather Trilogy in its Theme Music 🤣🤣🤣
Crystal is right up there with Hope and Carson.
Back in the day when the competition to win an Oscar was hardcore, Everyone of those movies are top notch, they all should be Oscar winners! Be lucky to get even one decent oscar movie these days
fabulous best host ever
Billy is the best
So excited that he's coming back!!!!!
Just damn good.
A true master of his craft.
Watching in 2024. Billy's the GOAT. Great to see my love, Al Pacino, the best! :D
Talent!
4 Emmy's total. 2 for this one: writing and individual variety show performance.
Billy was just absolutely the best ever
can he do a medley for the best picture nominees for this year?
Billy always seemed to luckily spoof the movie that ended up winning. He must have been tipped off, or had a really good sense of how the members think. He's a stand-up comedian so he probably knows how to read an audience and that's my guess.
I really wish they'd bring him back. I really think some of the other hosts struggle.
The best of the best oscar host ever! Funnyy. Hope he will host 2020😊
Billy crystal said he was done hosting the Oscars. He said writing it is a pain in the ass.
This year’s Billy medley is my favorite.
Genius!
Very charismatic. Im exfited fir these ones :)
Crystal is diamond 🙂.
Freakin genius.
this year is great
Finally, took forever
why can't I find Madonna's Sooner or Later performance :-(
billy cristal the a grade best ever host no one ever better , if you agree give me a thumbs up
このオープニング大好き！
Legend.
Best Oscar opening in my lifetime.
Oh man. Beat Oscar host in history. They don’t make em like that anymore.
Love Billy Crystal.
4:48 Annette Bening‼️😘 ...with that lovely gown from Bugsy ❤️
that oscar songs always feels like something from a Mel Brooks film ;)
Billy is the best.
I love his song about the Godfather, Awakenings, Dances with Wolves.....hilarious stuff
He's a savant (not an idiot savant) Just a plain old savant!
all I see when I hear Billy crystal is Mike
The joke about Billy having lunch with "Julia Phillips" was a Hollywood in-joke about the very real fact Julia was a top time Hollywood producer of the 1970s and wrote a tell-all best selling book in 1991 about the culture of Hollywood surrounding it's drug abuse, casting couch activities etc. Many of the names she wrote in the book were people in the audience.
What a OG Donald Trump joke.
No-one could have imagined what would happen 26 years later. For that matter I don't think anyone could have imagined it 26 months ago.
Even then
What do ya have ta say now, Billy? Oh right, you probably wouldn;t say anything...cause you have class.
Number one