[post_page_title]David Letterman makes Oprah – and the world – cringe[/post_page_title]
It had been seconds into the 1995 iteration of the Academy Awards, and the show had already gone off the rails. First-time host David Letterman started the telecast with a joke so bizarre and unfunny that it found its own place in pop culture.
‘Oprah…Uma. Uma…Oprah…Have you kids met Keanu?’
— David Letterman, Host of the 67th annual Academy Awards (March 27, 1995) pic.twitter.com/XgFfgakrN1— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) March 28, 2019
Making fun of celebrities who have weird names – that’s our best guess for the premise, anyway – he introduced Oprah Winfrey to Uma Thurman. He then introduced them both to Keanu Reeves. The audience laughed, but it was clear they were just being polite.
