In a surprising turn of events, former Oscars host Conan O'Brien revealed the Academy's surprisingly rigid rules regarding their iconic statue. On his podcast, Conan Needs a Friend, O'Brien recounted how the Academy rejected his team's creative promotional ideas, which involved some rather unconventional uses of the Oscar statuette.
O'Brien pitched a series of ads depicting himself and a nine-foot-tall Oscar in a humorous domestic partnership. One idea involved a scene with the Oscar statue lounging on a couch, prompting O'Brien to playfully complain about its posture. The Academy's response? A resounding "No."
"We're fighting about things couples fight about," O'Brien explained. "At one point, I thought, wouldn't it be great if it's just on the couch? Let's lay it on a really big couch and I'll be vacuuming and say, 'Could you at least lift your feet? Or could you at least get up and help? Load the dishwasher?' We wanted to do it and they just said, 'No, no, no, that can't happen.'"
The Academy's staunch refusal to allow the Oscar to be depicted horizontally, or even clothed (another rejected idea involved the statue wearing an apron), surprised O'Brien. He humorously compared the statue's treatment to that of a religious icon.
"One of the people from the Academy came forward and said, 'Oscar can never be horizontal.' And that blew my mind," O'Brien added. "Like, wow, this is like the thigh bone of St. Peter. This is a religious icon." He also mentioned that the Academy insisted the statue remain "always naked," thus nixing the idea of the apron-clad housewife.
The History of Comic Book Movies at the Oscars
Previous article：Warlock Tetropuzzle takes Tetris-likes to the next level, with magic (and tile-matching)
Next article："Face Nightmare in New Squad RPG: Marvel Mystic Mayhem Now Available"
Latest Downloads
Downlaod
Top News
