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      56th Oscars – The Academy Awards

      1984 Special Interest List
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      The Academy Awards — 56th Oscars

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      Johnny Carson hosts again with diminishing returns and riffs about his latest divorce in a 56th Oscars that hardly endears itself to viewers with its mammoth runtime and lack of suspense.

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      Episode 1 Aired Apr 9, 1984 56th Oscars Details

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      Catherine Rambeau Detroit Free Press Badly paced, badly engineered, and -- most unforgivable -- boring. Apr 17, 2021 Full Review Jerry Coffey Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com Nothing that goes on during an Oscarcast is worth the tedium dumbly endured by the ever-gullible audience for moviedom's annual spasm of gross self-indulgence. Apr 17, 2021 Full Review Mike Duffy Detroit Free Press Johnny Carson, once again the invaluable host, added some much needed spice with well-timed zingers. And I especially enjoyed Jack Nicholson's impersonation of a Blues Brother behind those black be-bopper shades. Apr 17, 2021 Full Review Diane Holloway Austin American-Statesman All in all, it was a better show than last year's, and much of the credit goes to Johnny Carson, who kept things moving when he could and joked about them when he couldn't. Apr 17, 2021 Full Review Patrick Taggart Austin American-Statesman The Oscar went to the predictable choice in every case, and not only were there no surprises among the awards, there weren't even any of those deliciously embarrassing moments that make live television what it is. Apr 16, 2021 Full Review Stephen Hunter Baltimore Sun The show, one of the crispest and most swiftly-paced in recent years, enjoyed its greatest asset in the return of Johnny Carson to the role of master of ceremonies. Mr. Carson was in top form. Apr 16, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      ABC
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      Special Interest
      Release Date
      Apr 9, 1984