Academy Awards Digest. Best Oscar Hosts!

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David Niven (1974). He co-hosted ceremony with Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross and John Huston. He was on stage, and was about to introduce Elizabeth Taylor. When the orchestra start playing music, a naked “streaker” ran behind him and flashed a peace sign to a shocked audience. But Niven, keeping his cool, quipped: “Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen… But isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?” That was one of the most memorable moments in Oscar history. And this guy was the first and last streaker in the Awards ceremony history.

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