And YOU picked a bunch of the categories!

***This is a Mostly, Kinda Sorta a Spoiler Free Episode***
Look, we make stronger allusions to things that happen in these films than we do in the typically non-spoiler segments of our podcast. You can certainly follow some things we say into some spoilers. But then again, you’ve come this far. Listen to our year end celebration. Listen to the Mike, Mike, and Oscars!

Explanation/Show Layout - Top of Show

THE CATEGORIES (Actual Oscar Categories in CAPS):
Best Fall - 3:55
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - 6:01
Best Facial Hair/Hair Combo - 7:41
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - 10:36
Best Wig or Hair - 11:12
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - 12:54
Best Scene Stealing Prop - 13:56
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - 16:03
Film That Needed Tom Hanks the Most - 16:41
BEST SOUND EDITING/MIXING - 20:33
Scariest/Funniest Sound Effect of the Year - 21:13
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - 22:24
Scariest Setting - 22:56
BEST FOREIGN FILM - 24:51
Best “Liquid” Scene - 25:01
Actor Most Out of Place in a Movie - 26:28
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - 27:59
The Babysitter Categories - 29:24
Best Screaming Scene - 33:29
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM - 34:55
Most Appetizing Animated Food - 35:20
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - 36:26
Best Performance by a Pet or Animal - 36:54
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - 39:06
Stunt Categories - 40:08
BEST FILM EDITING - 41:55
Best Crying Scene - 42:39
BEST DOCUMENTARY/LIVE-ACTION SHORT - 44:38
Best Product Placement - 46:44
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - 49:14
The Jordan Peele Question - 50:52
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - 51:50
Best Unintentional Hilarity - 53:14
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - 55:45
Best Food Cinematography - 55:55
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - 57:31
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - 58:50
BEST DIRECTOR - 1:00:24
Best Life Directing - 1:01:52
Unrecognized Performance of the Year - 1:02:35
BEST ACTOR - 1:04:49
Best Superhero - 1:06:59
Best Child Performance - 1:09:12
The Amy Adams Award - 1:10:36
BEST ACTRESS - 1:12:32
The Bigger Budget Award - 1:15:45

BEST PICTURE: 
Set up - 1:17:22
10 - 6s - 1:18:35
5 - 2s - 1:21:40
1s - 1:25:57

Rest of Oscar Week Plans - 1:28:18
Words of Wisdom/Thank You/Social Media - 1:29:46

It’d be impossible for us to have a better time watching the actual Oscars. That’s probably the best I can sell this, since, as you know, I am someone who dedicates most of his life to analyzing, predicting, & watching those Academy Awards. Mike & I started laughing the minute we began on this MMO Award show, and we haven’t stopped yet (lol). (Ok, sorry. Even that joke is too cute for my taste, but I’m leaving it in cuz it’s the best I can think of now). This has been a joyous, yet grueling week where we Mikes are burning the candle at both ends & then lighting ourselves on fire to bring you daily episodes. In that mixture of love & hate, joy & terror, the highest of adrenaline highs & the lowest of exhausted lows, we’ve been so happy to escape into the MMO’s.

Now a lot of that love, joy, & adrenaline is due to your participation. We did something a little different this year and incorporated a bunch of your submissions for category questions, and you did not disappoint. 

As is the case with much of our catalog, the MMO’s can have a shelf life long after these Oscars on February 24th. Hopefully, you’ll put that notion to the test and seek out some of our past programming. We nearly tripled our production in the episode count this year, and we think the reps have paid off because we’ve more than tripled our audience. So if you’re just coming to our show now, please do check out that catalog.

As always, let us know what you think. Who would you nominate & pick? Let us know! We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!

The Mike, Mike, and Oscars - MMO's 2nd Annual Awards Reward Actual Bests of 2018 - Ep 168

MMO is talk radio for movie fans with weekly news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. If you love cinema, if you love showbiz, welcome home.