I forgot to mention in my write-up yesterday about the worst parts of the Oscarcast — the retrospectives on past song-and-dance numbers and past MPAA president speeches.

Everyone hates song-and-dance numbers (last night had only one, accompanying the performance of the original song from “Chicago”), yet somehow they wasted precious minutes on screen showing us all of Oscar’s past “glories.” A trip down bad memory lane, an astute friend called it.

And the MPAA president speeches?! That’s the time everyone uses to go to the bathroom or get another beer or whatever. The MPAA president never says anything of note and just takes up space and time. A tribute to past speeches is like doing a retrospective on mold, only less interesting.

What were they thinking?