If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:44am
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:47amWhy did those make me laugh so hard?
#2If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:50am
Bento Tinderbox.
L O L
#3If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:52amLisa Manila Envelope. Ahhh ha ha ha ha ha ha!
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#4If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:54am
I haven't stopped laughing since Travolta screwed up...
What a night!
#5If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:54amUgh. One of my socially progressive Facebook friends had to ruin it for me. Apparently, Travolta is dyslexic?
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#6If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:56am
(No excuse. He should have practiced).
And, he has claimed that Scientology helped cure him of his dyslexia.
Adela Dazeem would beg to differ...
#7If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:56amAddy, I'm still laughing about Adele Dazeem also! Cannot stop.
#8If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:57am
Okay, if he claimed that Scientology cured him of his dyslexia, I'm okay with continuing the laffs.
All-in-all, this is great news for Idina. I hardly think she'd be trending this much if things had gone smoothly with that introduction. I'm sure the If/Then producers aren't upset.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#9If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:57am
I think I'll be giggling about it forever. 
#10If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 12:58amHe could've introduced Liza, giving her the chance to launch into a spirited chorus of "Liza with a Z". Maybe next year. Idina had no song. That was her downfall.
#11If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 1:02amVery funny. I still can't believe he did that. It's not like Menzel is a difficult last name. Idina could be mispronounced, I guess, but it certainly does not look or sound like Adele. Imagine if he had a harder name like Lupita Nyong'o. Or if Quvenzhane Wallis was nominated this year.
#12If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 1:06am
He didn't say something wrong, but expected, like Eye-deena Menzle.
He said this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECG1Wlb-lA
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#13If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 1:09amYeah, I kind of don't buy the dyslexia bit much. First, all he had to do was ask to be sure of who he was presenting. And he also didn't seem to struggle with anything else and don't recall that from past events either.
#14If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 1:27amGoes to show you Mr. Kotter was not much of a teacher after all.
#15If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 2:37amI'm glad I'm not the only 1 who can't stop laughing about this. I've literally had little girl giggle fits since he said it.
#16If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 5:58am
John has dyslexia. It's Tom Cruise who claims Scientology cured his. John has just said that it helped him with his. One would think it would cure them both, but Scientology is funny like that. Regardless, it should have been memorized. Cher is dyslectic and says she absolutely cannot do a cold read. When doing anything from auditions to presenting an award, she memorizes anything she needs to say. Anyone who has lived with dyslexia should know that.
#17If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 6:10am
Yeah, they have rehearsals and stuff, so he should've known how to pronounce it. Plus, if there was "a special place in my heart for musicals," as he claims, he should've been familiar with her.
I want him to take a stab at 'Chiwetel Ejiofor.' 
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#18If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 6:26am"A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm Dazeem."
#19If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 7:27amIt wasn't just the mispronunciation, it was that weird way he said it like she was some Egyptian singer.
#20If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 7:37amI can't stop laughing.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#21If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 7:39am
I woke up giggling.
It's going to be a source of entertainment for me for years to come.
#22If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 7:45amand what's up with the way he says WI-kidlee? What planet is this guy from?
#23If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 7:53am
If John has Dyslexia then there's really no excuse for his flub.
Unless he suddenly developed it for the first time on camera, he should have rehearsed her name many times in advance. If you know you have the disease, you don't read from a teleprompter in front of a billion people.
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NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#24If John Travolta Had To Pronounce Everyone's Name At The Oscars
Posted: 3/3/14 at 7:55am
Exactly.
I admit to laughing at the 'loop' that was posted in the BWW article... he said it with such authority! I suppose if you're going to blow something, you may as well do down in flames.
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