The show breaks the two-hour mark for the first time despite big no-shows Audrey Hepburn (sore throat) Sophia Loren (anxiety) Jackie Gleason (fear of flying) and Judy Garland (son had earache). Celebrities begin a spontaneous dance party onstage that NBC stays with until it subs in a film about pistols. The show ends 20 minutes early forcing host Jerry Lewis to fill the time. NBC keeps the show to its allotted time by cutting off the final presentation of the Irving Thalberg Award to legend Cecil B. The Oscars' TV debut is hosted by Bob Hope. In anticipation of the 77th Academy Awards show airing Sunday (and into Monday no doubt) her is some history on Why It Runs So Long. These Oscar viewers all contribute to the seemingly never-ending show. There are the awards for Sound Effects Editing winners who apparently must thank their agent's dog walker and those show numbers (don't get us started on Debbie Allen). But it's not just the clappity-clapping that regularly takes the show well past midnight. Five minutes? Today's Oscar shows have standing ovations that last longer.
In 1929 the first Academy Awards ceremony lasted five minutes in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
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