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Host Conan OBrien missed his cue to take the Oscars stage to perform his opening monologue.
He needed a few seconds, it seems, to climb out of Demi Moores back a laThe Substance.
Broadly, the jokes were solid.
OfThe Brutalist, he joked I didnt want it to end, and luckily, it didnt.
An, on that note, the host very much served up the entree his fans expected.
The turn started with a bit about Amazon purchasing the007franchise: They just announced the next James Bond.
Did you know that?
Its Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Affairs, Steve Belsky!
Cut to: a graphic of a nondescript business executive accompanied by theJames Bondtheme music.
Cut to: Lithgow wearing a perfectly crestfallen expression.
I am not going to waste your time tonight, he said, piano keys clinking softly beneath him.
Now, for no good reason, sand worm fromDune 2playing Chopsticks on the piano!
The whole thing was indeed a gigantic waste of time, but no one was impatiently checking their watch.
