I confess to having watched the introduction to the Academy Awards, mostly to see what kind of wisecracks host Jon Stewart would come up with. He didn’t disappoint. In his typically sarcastic tone he said (paraphrasing): “Before we spend the next four or five hours giving each other little gold trophies, let’s first take a moment and applaud ourselves” (while clapping his hands quite vigorously).

I didn’t detect any laughter from the audience, but I suspect a few million people got a good laugh.