For the 96th Oscars, ABC’s host Jimmy Kimmel chose to pay tribute to the unforgettable work of Robert Opel, the man who streaked the 1974 Academy Award ceremony as David Niven was presenting.
Fifty years later Kimmel enlisted John Cena for a gag he pretended to object to before sidestepping onstage wearing nothing but Birkenstocks and an Oscar envelope. “Costumes, they are so important,” he squeaked. “Maybe the most important thing there is.” Then he said he couldn’t read the winner without exposing his Peacemaker, and the lights dimmed so the nominees’ clips could run.
