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11th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special
I do not like this bird.
— G. Amato, upon witnessing Big Bird
| The 11th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special | |
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| Hosts | T. Amato G. Amato Joey P. |
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| Guests | Gregg Turkington Kaili Amato Joe Estevez Axiom Manuel Giusti Corwin Allard Empty Bottle Players stevie richie Toni Newman ellie casey (via phone) bigbird Hank Friedmann (pre-recorded) konrad (pre-recorded) archie Unnamed AmatoCon attendees |
| Aired | March 10, 2024 |
| Segments | joeyswhiskey heiwindsrewards On Cinema On Location Joey's Take Live! fromthevault hiddenhollywood amatoconidol movielinks |
| Runtime | TBD |
| Video link | HEI (subscription required) |
The 11th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special, also referred to as the AmatoCon 2024 Global Live Stream, aired March 10, 2024, as part of AmatoCon's final day festivities. Funded by The Amato Group, the festivities included major events and seminars hosted by T. Amato, Joey P., and G. Amato, with minor Oscar-related segments from Gregg Turkington. Other events during the special included a tribute to Tim's deceased step-son, Matt Newman, and a competition between T. Amato and the Empty Bottle Players and Dekkar, “amatoconidol”, over the ownership rights for the latter band.
Synopsis
Crap synopsis
Actual convention center, couple of dozen people in the audience, gregg has a small corner for himself with a bunch of tapes. Joey, T. start with a song, G. dances. Gregg unsurprisingly argues. Power of mercy speech delayed to tonight. Waygu hamburger stand left, there's a desert food truck left. Gregg says all 10 best picture noms are perfect. gregg wants to be on stage. the power of rewards, like tim's new dodge charger. mic noise from gregg sorting his tapes. NEW CODING SYSTEM! Psycho 1 (original movie), Psycho 1R (remake), Psycho 2SR (sequel to the remake), T. Amato speech cuts gregg off.
tim has not been getting his sunlight or sleep due to recent events. tim talks about his “holy sh*t moment”, when g announced hei points can be converted to lithium. the gift of drcs.
Trivia
- Richie Onori and Stevie Stewart are not original members of The Sweet, as hinted at by marketing promoting “current members”. Rather, they are a part of one of the two re-formed The Sweet bands out, Steve Priest's Sweet, formerly lead by original band member Steve Priest, who died in 2020. This version of the band has continued to perform after Priest's death.[1]
Observations
- Gregg is wearing an Argo jacket, hat, finish
- T. appears to be watching “24 hours + of pure black screen in HD!” when in the theater setting on his virtual reality headset.
- T. refused to name the headset, but it appears to be a Meta Quest device.
Callbacks
[META]
- The Whiskey tasting segment was similar to the Club Random podcast hosted by Bill Maher, which Tim has parodied before on Office Hours.
- A 2023 Dodge Charger costs around $35,000, so T. being gifted a 2018 model isn't particularly the most impressive.[2]
- Technical issues arose once again, with the stream freezing during the HEI Winds Rewards segment. The stream was then changed from the usual Vimeo-hosted stream to a YouTube embed.
- This is the third of the four HEI Network-era Oscar Specials to this point to have technical difficulties so bad that they had to change sites or providers, with the 10th special being the only one with no flaws.
- Per Justin Gaynor, HEI Network is done with using Vimeo and will be seeking an alternative service for live streams in the future.[3]
- The Robert de Niro montage was produced by vicberger.
Goofs
- The teleprompter for the special is briefly seen when Joe is trying to establish a truce between T. Amato and Dekkar.
- One of the audience members is seen covering their mouth to avoid breaking when Big Bird was shooed away.
- Toni's actor, Terri Newman, is seen laughing during the credits when the camera very briefly cuts to her in the hallways of the convention center.