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Oscarcast: Where was Don Knotts?

They take the only nominee with a sense of humor and a near-permanent smirk (George Clooney) and they have him introduce the “In Memoriam” portion of the broadcast. (That’s the one where they show slo-mo clips of all the movie type people who’ve died in the past year.)

Then… they don’t include Don Knotts! Where the hell was Don Knotts? Or Darren McGavin? Or Dennis Weaver? All three made movies. All three were well-known. What, did they die too recently? Was it too much of a problem to edit them into the clip reel? (They’ve got a town full of professional film editors! You would think the deadline for the dead reel would be a matter of hours before the broadcast!)

At least they included the two expired comedians– Pat Morita and Richard Pryor.