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Presenter, accounted for: Oscar presenter Josh Brolin.
Amy Sancetta, APWinning Caption: "No, really. I'm an actor. Here, I'll prove it: 'STELLA!' 'STELLA!' ... Good, right?" -- Dave McLain
Runners Up:
"Come on - let me in. My dad knows Barbra." - Lisa S.
And the award for Achievement in Air Guitar goes to...Josh Brolin! -- Myron Andes
9:45 PM ET | 02-24-2008 | permalink
Goonies never say die.
"Come on - let me in. My dad knows Barbra."
"Do I have to say it one more time - I am not Ben Affleck."
"I'm gonna hit you so hard that when you wake up your clothes will be out of style"- actual Goonies quote
Oscar, Oscar, wherefore art thou, Oscar?
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I'm incredibly lame.
(muffled speak): I am not a human being! I am an actor!
I try to play air guitar whereever, and whenever possible.
"I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a contender!"
I'm practicing my Oscar grip...please give me one. PLEASE!
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Hey, you want a piece of me
Despite his rheumatoid arthritis Josh continued to express his desire to go on.
Who swiped my Oscar? It was in my hand a second ago!
But your tomato should be over ripe, then you...
I just... how do I say this... I just want to say that, man, I really love you guys.
I really wanted to present at the Grammy Awards. Someone give me a mic!
Geico. So easy a cave man can do it.
The Hollywoods writers return allows actors, like Josh Brolin above, to return to speaking in public. "Witty isn't easy" pines Brolin.
oh no--is that a full moon?
"No, really. I'm an actor. Here, I'll prove it- 'STELLA!' 'STELLA!' Good, right?"
I know, I know, I shoulda been nominated... there's always next year.
i coulda been a contender....
...and then he says to me, "But Josh, you weren't in Dirty Dancing."...
My Brando is just as bad as my Nicholson.
Hey! That's my parking space, pal! Get your own!
The award for Achievement in Air Guitar playing goes to...Josh Brolin!
Don't you know who my father is?
invisible shotgun. i got to use a real one on the set.
Josh Brolin: Thinks he's at the Grammys.
Look! It's a well-groomed Joe Cocker!
"Off balance...head tilting...damn it!"
Josh Brolin once again questions the wisdom of his cosmetic surgeons suggestion he have his head photogenically enlarged.
C'mon. I should be President. I've got the hair.
I feel...I feel...like a natural woman.
Josh: "Hey, here's something I'm good at: air guitar."
I coulda been a contendah!
The Award for Looking the Most Like Senator John Edwards goes to .......
Jost Brolin!
I can sing too! Figaro! Figaro!
I made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
So dad says, here's what an oscar feels like and hands me a corona.
Josh Brolin really wants to be at home playing guitar hero.
"Hey, I was TOO in that 'No Coen for Old People' movie."
Josh Brolin tries for a last-minute right-in vote.
"Fly me to the Moon! Let me Play among the stars. . . "
Damn that rigor moris.
my god is this tie itchy...
So then the doctor tells me to turn my head and cough.
You remember Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom...
Stellllaaaa!!!
Now you see, when presenting an academy award, the right grip is critical. The last thing you want to do is drop someone else's Oscar.
I been to the mountain top. I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land.
For the last time, yes, I was in Goonies!
"I think Carl Kasell from NPR talks with his hands too. It is just so manly!"
She's not the star. I am.
Wanna see my "Tom Cruise in every movie" impression?
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