The Craziest Moments at the Oscars

It may be Hollywood's most glamorous night, but the Oscars have had their fair share of crazy and memorable moments. Before the 86th Academy Awards writes itself into the history books, we take a look back at some of the craziest. -- Derrick Deane

We only have to look back to 2012's Oscars when Melissa Leo won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in The Fighter. Relive the F-bomb moment as Kirk Douglas presents the award. View YouTube Video (the Academy's censored version)

At the opening of the 67th Academy Awards, host David Letterman opened with the Oprah-Uma joke he would repeat over and over again throughout the telecast. He follows that with, "Have you guys met Keanu?" Needless to say, it was Letterman's one and only stint as Oscar host. View YouTube Video

In 1985, Sally Field won her second Oscar for her role as Edna Spalding in Places in the Heart. What followed is a random acceptance speech that would be paraphrased for years to come.  View YouTube Video.

You win your first Oscar and walk up to the stage where Halle Berry is waiting with your gold statuette. What do you do next? You kiss her passionately, right? And then when that annoying conductor starts the get-off-the-stage music, you tell him, "Cut it out!" View YouTube Video

When legendary actor Jack Palance wins the Best Supporting Actor award at the 64th Academy Awards he says, "Billy Crystal, I crap bigger than him," and caps it off with a set of one-armed push-ups and some subtle sex jokes. View YouTube Video.

As he is about to introduce the final presenter (Elizabeth Taylor) at the 45th Academy Awards, Robert Opel streaked across the stage flashing a peace sign. Host David Niven looked on amusedly and quipped, "Isn't it fascinating that the only laugh that man will get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings." That is why David Niven is the man. View YouTube Video

As if the streaker weren't memorable enough, Marlon Brando refused his Best Actor Oscar at the 45th Awards. Instead, a young woman named Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage on his behalf. In reality, her name was Marie Cruz, a Native American activist and actress who would pose for Playboy magazine seven months later. View YouTube Video

For the 1988 Oscars Rob Lowe joined Snow White in a duet showcasing his not-so-hot singing skills in a campy parody of Creedance Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary." Disney sued the telecast since the portrayal of Snow White hadn't been approved, but they later dismissed the suit. View the Youtube video

Cuba Gooding Jr.'s speech was pretty mundane at first, but then the orchestra kicked in and Gooding took his enthusiasm to a new level, thanking people in the crowd while the music swelled in the background.  View YouTube Video

In 1999, the little foreign movie that could was Life Is Beautiful. Best Actor winner Roberto Benigni went nutballs, climbing over seats and shaking hands while sputtering that he would like to build Jupiter and mak love with everybody." View YouTube Video

While walking the press gauntlet at the 68th Academy Awards, Quentin Tarantino dropped F-bombs and spit on a reporter who did a story on Quentin's estranged father for Premiere magazine.  

The liberal documentary filmmaker wins the Best Documentary award for Bowling for Columbine, and takes to the stage to deliver a scathing acceptance speech that gave new meaning to "awkward!"  Moore closes his speech with, "Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you!" View YouTube Video

In 1934, Will Rogers announced the winner for Best Director, saying, "Come and get it, Frank." Capra headed to the stage to accept the award only to realize that the winner was Frank Lloyd. Oops.

With famous Bond villains Dr. No, Odd Job, Jaws and Blofeld (with a fake cat) on stage, Sheena Easton enters stage left in a space ship to perform the Oscar-nominated song "For Your Eyes Only" from the 12th Bond movie. If you ever wondered what James Bond: The Musical would look like, this might be it.

Presenting the Best Song award, Black and Ferrell launch into a rousing song about award winners who spend too much time during their acceptance speech, much to the joy of Sean Connery, Robin Williams and Diane Lane. View YouTube Video