Daily Show host Jon Stewart had some oka-a-a-y bits at the Oscars, but I can't say he slayed me.

Personally, I thought he started flat and uncertain. He was trying to read the crowd and failing.

Go big or go home, Jon.

One gag I liked was his praise for Good Night, and Good Luck and Capote as films that dealt with journalism's relentless pursuit of the truth. "Needless to say, both are period pieces."

Taken from George Clooney's acceptance speech after he was awarded an Oscar as best supporting actor:

"We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood, every once in a while, I think.

"It's probably a good thing.

"We're the ones who talk about AIDS when it was just being whispered. And we talked about civil rights when it really wasn't popular. We bring up subjects ...

"This group of people, this academy, gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theatres. I'm proud to be part of this academy, I'm proud to be part of this community and I'm proud to be out of touch."

Clooney won for Syriana, a movie I blogged about and didn't like.

While I wasn't a huge fan of the movie, I'm glad to see someone like Clooney is trying to educate the American public about certain issues that clearly haven't been canvassed by the U.S. educational or journalistic establishment.

I saw Crash, but I didn't see it becoming named best picture at the 2006 Academy Awards. Yet there it is!

I didn't see Brokeback Mountain (for certain reasons), but it now seems to be very close to Overrated Mountain.