Times-man David Carr has some suggestions for a writerless-Oscars: YouTube Oscars maybe? ("Imagine Cate Blanchett doing her LonelyGirl15 thing"!) And one of his commenters recalls the disaster that was the 1991 Clio awards—we can only hope the Oscars will be that fun. On that fateful night, the caterer served as master of ceremonies—and the winner's list went missing. Oh if ONLY.

Alterna-Oscars [Carpetbagger]