Oscars 2017: Jimmy Kimmel’s Introduction Of A Hollywood Tour Bus Group Was… Interesting

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The Oscars are great but let’s be honest: They go on for quite a long time.

This makes the job of keeping the crowd (and viewers at home) interested a very tough job, which is why the host needs a few good tricks up their sleeve.

And for Jimmy Kimmel, one of these was the introduction of a Hollywood tour bus full of people, who thought they were seeing an exhibition on the Academy Awards, rather than the ceremony itself:

Watch @JimmyKimmel and the #Oscars audience surprise a bus full of Hollywood tourists: https://t.co/vG5LjQdCo9 pic.twitter.com/1QXrwJZYUQ

— ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017

Sadly, the whole ‘bit’ failed to light up the night, and we aren’t blaming him, but the fact movie fan Gary was more focussed on filming than meeting the celebrities in front of him didn’t help.

He did get to hold an Oscar though:

At this point, we probably would have passed out
At this point, we probably would have passed out
Kevin Winter via Getty Images

And yes, obviously people took to Twitter to discuss the skit...

Whether you liked the tour bus stunt at the Oscars just now is directly correlated to how good your Oscar drinking game is tonight.

— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) February 27, 2017

Ryan Gosling introducing himself to all the bus tour people is the most Canadian thing anyone could do. 🇨🇦 #Oscars

— Stephen Burns (@srossburns) February 27, 2017

Between pranking folks on a tour bus and mean tweets, Kimmel doing good job importing his late night show to #oscars #synergy

— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) February 27, 2017

Gary from the tour bus saved the #Oscars. Legend. pic.twitter.com/lZFerScgmn

— Avish Sood (@AvishSood) February 27, 2017

I do get a kick out of the fact that happened to a group of people who once thought "Pssh, fuck watching the Oscars, I'm gonna sit on a BUS"

— Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy) February 27, 2017

IM SO JEALOUS OF ALL THESE TOURISTS ON THAT BUS I CAN'T EVEN #Oscars

— gmWorldUpsideDown (@SprnkleofSchoee) February 27, 2017

Hats off to Denzel Washington though, for conducting a wedding service at such short notice.

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