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Episode 56: Riding on the Water (1988)
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Jan 22, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Only three songs were nominated for the Academy Award in 1988, the first time the list of nominees was that low since the 1930s. An Academy rule forced the list to be cut to three in that year, and the ones that made the final list gave Oscar voters a tough choice over which should be picked as the best of the year. Host Jeff Commings details those three songs, and mentions a comeback song from The Beach Boys that might have finished in fourth place in nominations voting.
Released:
Jan 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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