Oscars 2024: John Mulaney thinks 'Field of Dreams' should have been nominated for Best Picture

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Oscars presenter John Mulaney had a very strong opinion on who should have won this year's Oscar for Best Picture: 1989's "Field of Dreams."

Clip courtesy of A.M.P.A.S.

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[specialk]

John Mulaney MUST host the Oscars next year! In one and a half minutes he got more laughs than Jimmy Kimmel did all night.

[crushingit]

Dude just gave the best 90 second monologue for the whole night without breaking a sweat or staring at a teleprompter.
His talent and his borderline 1930s transatlantic accent just screams Oscar Host.

[axelfoley]

Him presenting an award is like a horse.... loose in a hospital.

[reddy]

There is not a single extra or wasted word in this entire 90 seconds. It's so perfect, I'm in awe. I can't wait for the day John hosts the Oscars

[BetterLifeAhead]

Every presenter you can tell someone else wrote their lines for them. No one could have come up with this but John Mulaney

[Roebey]

If John Mulaney's next special was purely dedicated to him recapping movies he's seen, I would gladly watch it.

[Point]

John is consistently the funniest person in the room, wherever he is. I hope he keeps showing up to these events. His joke about Angela Bassett getting an Oscar nom for a Marvel movie being equivalent to a reddit comment winning a Pulitzer Prize killed me.

[dwilliams]

Between this and his “The Fugitive” bit, I’m convinced I could legit enjoy a series that’s just Mulaney describing movies.

[matthewwasson]

The dig at Madame Web was absolutely amazing

[UzerKerem]

John is the best argument for being sober

[artpro]

David Letterman might have been talking about John Mulaney when he said "there is no 'off' position for the 'genius' switch." Incredible.

[TheSuperchick]

“These people are difficult and insane” 🤣🤣🤣

[brandonfarlow]

I never expected a joke about Madame Web to be part of an intro to a category in the Oscars done by John Mulaney. What a time to be alive

[jesusgalactic]

He was in the Amazon with my mother when she was researching spiders just before she died

[vandebunted]

I would pay $50 to hear Mulaney summarize a movie rather than watch the movie itself.

[darkomaver]

Best audition to host the Oscar’s I’ve seen

[mfredrx]

John Mulaney should be given a shot at hosting. As long as he can write it too.

[mc]

I might be wrong--I usually am--but I don't think they needed the writers for that bit. That sounds like pure Mulaney.

[LarryGonzalez]

A minute and a half of John Mulaney, all the Oscars show I need to see.

[andrewdean]

I love when he goes on a rant. One of his specials he did this bit with a different movie.