The 80th Annual Academy Awards Honor 'The Sopranos'

When ABC cut to black just as Harrison Ford was about to announce the winner of Best Original Screenplay during Sunday night's telecast of the Academy Awards, I was surprised how long it took me to realize that it was not a technical glitch, but a deliberate (albeit somewhat dated) homage to the 'Sopranos' series finale.

It was strange enough that I suddenly found myself in the back of an ambulance, but the situation has grown even weirder: every time I ask someone to tell me who won for Best Original Screenplay, time seems to jump forward and I find myself in another location--all within Cedars-Sinai Hospital, at the time of this writing. I still haven't found out, and it's starting to get annoying. (Not nearly as annoying as that poorly-written movie Juno, naturally, but annoying nonetheless.)

So, seriously...who won?

"I Went Ahead and Ordered Some for the Table."

Some people were disappointed by it, but last night's series finale of "The Sopranos" made me feel quite vindicated, for I've said since the show's beginning that it was, at its core, about one thing above all else:

--SPOILER ALERT--

The deliciousness of onion rings.

(But seriously, spoiler alert. Don't watch the clip below if you haven't watched the final episode yet but plan to, AND you don't have a computer with internet access. But then how are you reading this? Crazy.)



UPDATE: "This video is no longer available," HBO? My TiVo says otherwise! I gave the whole episode "Save Until I Delete" status, just to drive you mad with impotent rage over the fact that I can watch it again and again and again...but I only paid for it once! Technically!