Forgotten Lines, Laughing Fits, and Wrong Envelopes: A Brief History of the Television Blooper
Sat, 04/01/2017
LA LA-gate! On February 26, 2017, if you were watching the end of the broadcast of the 89th Academy Awards, you were rewarded with seeing a bit of history. If you’re reading this I can’t imagine you don’t know, but Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope, and thus announced the wrong Best Picture winner. Awards show bloopers are all too common. From Christine Lahti winning a Golden Globe while still in the restroom at the Beverly Hilton , to Elizabeth Taylor mangling names...