Best Oscar Moments: David Niven Streaker, Woody Allen, Christopher Reeve (VIDEO)

First Posted: 02/16/2012 4:13 pm EST Updated: 02/20/2013 5:25 pm EST

Part of the requisite countdown to Oscar night is taking a trip down memory lane -- revisiting the moments that supplant any awards won or teary tributes.

Here's the proof: the 1974 Academy Awards might have fallen into obscurity if it weren't for the chutzpah (yiddish pun!) of that naked dude running past David Niven.

So to honor all the best memories of Oscar's past, Moviefone took the liberty of mashing up the most memorable moments of the past 85 years. Take a look at the video above.

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Part of the requisite countdown to Oscar night is taking a trip down memory lane -- revisiting the moments that supplant any awards won or teary tributes. Here's the proof: the 1974 Academy Award...
Part of the requisite countdown to Oscar night is taking a trip down memory lane -- revisiting the moments that supplant any awards won or teary tributes. Here's the proof: the 1974 Academy Award...
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dnrichard
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09:07 PM on 02/26/2012
I knew the David Niven streaker. He died from aids a few years later.
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snuffy smiff
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08:05 PM on 02/26/2012
David Niven: Oscar for best unscripted one-liner, EVER.
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lynniemiller
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07:26 PM on 02/26/2012
I remember the streaker in 1974. It was a blur but hilarious.

The network did not catch him in time. It was a fun tv moment.
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GOODDOC1
"civil war" is an oxymoron
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07:52 PM on 02/26/2012
And David Niven's line about his "shortcomings" will never be surpassed!
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lynniemiller
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10:10 AM on 02/27/2012
It was such a cute adlib

Enjoy your day Gooddoc1
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mimi1201
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06:53 PM on 02/26/2012
You did'nt the clip of David Niven and the streaker. Mr Niven mention something that person's "short comings" . In my mind that makes it a classic.
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flagday45
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06:44 PM on 02/26/2012
Biggest bunch of overpaid phonies ever assembled. Haven't watched in years.
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GOODDOC1
"civil war" is an oxymoron
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07:53 PM on 02/26/2012
So why did you read the article?
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loufalce
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05:56 PM on 02/26/2012
No brainer Geo C Scott and Brando refusing the award.Now thats good TV!
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tbird57lover
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05:43 PM on 02/26/2012
Oh, give me the good old Oscars show when Bob Hope reigned supreme, and stars were stars!
Hepburn, Wayne, Gable etc etc
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jpfmtka
Life is tough.. it's tougher when you're stupid..
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05:54 PM on 02/26/2012
Amen... and I'm not even religious!
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tbird57lover
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06:06 PM on 02/26/2012
:-)
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user598486
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06:43 PM on 02/26/2012
I don't even watch them any more....I'm waiting for the Duke!
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tbird57lover
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09:49 PM on 02/26/2012
I hear you.....I guess we're in for a long wait! :-)
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msmiagiomt
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05:28 PM on 02/26/2012
Sorry, I don't Twitter, I only Huff.....LOL
But you are great people...
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mc81360
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04:58 PM on 02/26/2012
David had the great comeback saying the guy had a small who who .
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jejozi
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05:52 PM on 02/26/2012
A bit wittier than that: "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?"

Too bad it was a publicity stunt, planned out, including Niven's observation, in advance.
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mimi1201
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07:00 PM on 02/26/2012
hey, i just posted something similar...and now you say it was planned?? I'm crushed.
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ae12wrangell
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04:52 PM on 02/26/2012
My Favorite Oscar Moment was when Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin finally got an Academy Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award 20 years earlier, but....
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lightingale199
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06:24 PM on 02/26/2012
Definitely! It was wonderful to see this genius receive his well deserved award! Love you Charlie Chaplin!
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hccharles3
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04:43 PM on 02/26/2012
Why did the video show more of the worst of the moments and only a half nanosecond of the best?
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Nightling
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04:38 PM on 02/26/2012
And yet today we get a five minute delay because of abreast being exposed in a "Wardrobe malfunction." It's like we've gone backward into being more repressive than we were in 1974. That's sad to me.
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jejozi
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05:59 PM on 02/26/2012
It's not so much "we" going backwards, but the small minority of bluenoses making more and more noise and the hypocritical "family values" crowd that kow tows to them. Can you imagine an All In The Family, Maude, Sanford and Son or Chico and The Man on network TV in 2012?
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Christine Pritchett
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04:18 PM on 02/26/2012
Yeah, I remember the streaker, this is really old news. But it was finny at the time.
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acarioti
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07:20 AM on 02/26/2012
The Acadamy Award Show has evolved into a long, boring televised celebrity party. Do we really need al the fluffed up music, bad jokes and 'look-backs' at past Oscar winners? No! Just present the awards. Maybe then we'll watch. Thank goodness for DVR's!
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