5. THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE, WE SALUTE YOU
Ahh, the Honorary Oscar. The "You did such a good job throughout your career and we're sorry we kept ignoring you" award. It didn't start out that way, though. The first Honorary Oscar went to Warner Bros., for The Jazz Singer. The second, to Charlie Chaplin, so he wouldn't get four for The Circus (writing, acting, directing and producing...should have made it twice the size at least!). Chaplin would, eventually, get a competitive Oscar (Best Score, Limelight). This is for those who didn't even get that lucky.
Name a recipient of an Honorary Oscar who was nominated for, but never won, any competitive Oscar.
You may have noticed a peculiar rule regarding a cutoff date for awards. Well, the reason is the Honorary awards for the 2012 Ceremony get handed out early, so I wanted to ensure one recipient would be valid. (Due to the next remark, two ended up being valid.)
I originally planned to explicitly exclude the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Irving G. Thalberg Award, but I just plum forgot. Good thing too, as our sheep received just the Thalberg.
Alfred Hitchcock (4)
econgator
opusthepenguin
RandyG
seaborgium
Peter O'Toole (3)
bomtr
Vanya
WRV
Blake Edwards (1)
mitchparov
Cary Grant (1)
goforthetie
Judy Garland (1)
Peggles
Kirk Douglas (1)
Woof
Robert Altman (1)
fowlerism
Sasheen Littlefeathers (3)
debramc
Paucle
teapot37
Patton Slap (0)
amorris525
billy pilgrim
gamawire
MarkBarrett
Turd Ferguson
Woppy T
xxaaxx
Incorrect
Adaptation (Got his categories mixed up ) - ayeembored
Barbara Streisand (Won two competitives, no honoraries) - oddsox
Bob Hope (5(!) Honorary Oscars, never nominated) - Bamaman, Rackme32
Eli Wallach (Never nominated competitively) - barandall800
Shirley Temple (Never nominated competitively) - cheezguyty
Notable omissions
Fred Astaire
Maurice Chevalier
Gene Kelly
Mickey Rooney
James Earl Jones (2011 recipient, Honorary Oscar)
Lauren Bacall
Greta Garbo
Deborah Kerr
Barbara Stanwyck
Oprah Winfrey (2011 recipient, Jean Hersholt Award)
George Lucas
Sidney Lumet
King Vidor
Scores after Round Five
Code: Select all
xxaaxx .......... 7 = 2 + (1 - 1) + 3 + 2 + 0
billy pilgrim ... 8 = 2 + (3 - 1) + 1 + 3 + 0
MarkBarrett ..... 8 = 4 + (1 - 1) + 2 + 2 + 0
amorris525 ...... 9 = 2 + (1 - 1) + 3 + 4 + 0
gamawire ........ 9 = 1 + (4 - 1) + 2 + 3 + 0
teapot37 ........ 9 = 1 + (4 - 1) + 1 + 1 + 3
Woppy T ......... 9 = 4 + (1 - 1) + 1 + 4 + 0
bomtr .......... 10 = 2 + (1 + 0) + 2 + 2 + 3
Vanya .......... 10 = 3 + (1 + 0) + 2 + 1 + 3
RandyG ......... 11 = 2 + (1 + 0) + 2 + 2 + 4
opusthepenguin . 12 = 4 + (1 - 1) + 3 + 1 + 4
Paucle ......... 12 = 2 + (3 - 1) + 2 + 3 + 3
Bamaman ........ 14 = 0 + (1 - 1) + 2 + 3 + 9
goforthetie .... 14 = 1 + (2 - 1) + 2 + 9 + 1
Peggles ........ 14 = 2 + (2 - 1) + 1 + 9 + 1
econgator ...... 16 = 4 + (4 - 1) + 2 + 3 + 4
mitchparov ..... 16 = 4 + (9 + 0) + 1 + 1 + 1
Turd Ferguson .. 16 = 9 + (4 - 1) + 3 + 1 + 0
WRV ............ 16 = 1 + (9 + 0) + 2 + 1 + 3
barandall800 ... 17 = 4 + (3 - 1) + 1 + 1 + 9
fowlerism ...... 17 = 9 + (2 - 1) + 3 + 3 + 1
seaborgium ..... 17 = 3 + (1 - 1) + 1 + 9 + 4
Woof ........... 21 = 9 + (1 - 1) + 2 + 9 + 1
cheezguyty ..... 22 = 4 + (1 - 1) + 8 + 1 + 9
ayeembored ..... 24 = 2 + (2 - 1) + 3 + 9 + 9
debramc ........ 27 = 9 + (9 + 0) + 2 + 4 + 3
Rackme32 ....... 27 = 4 + (9 + 0) + 1 + 4 + 9
oddsox ......... 38 = 3 + (9 + 0) + 8 + 9 + 9