Twitter had a field day with the Oscars Best Picture mistake
People responded to the historic gaffe with jokes about the election, Super Bowl, and more.
In one of the most bizarre twists in Oscars history, La La Land was briefly announced as the winner of the Best Picture award before Academy Awards officials hurried to the podium to inform the people onstage and the audience that Moonlight had actually won the top prize.
Naturally, people began making jokes on social media seconds later.
The most immediate — and obvious — comparisons likened the situation to when Steve Harvey accidentally announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe pageant in 2015.
https://twitter.com/riyasharma266/status/836233766267822080
Steve Harvey watching the #Oscars
“So, that’s how it feels” pic.twitter.com/Vz0bMAU22B
— Javierhalamadrid (@Javierito321) February 27, 2017
Steve Harvey somewhere right now… #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bQK1q0sP42
— Marielle (@TheNolaChick) February 27, 2017
Have your people call our people – we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017
The comedian eventually responded to the jokes with a few of his own.
Good morning everybody! Went to sleep early last night. So… what I miss? #Oscars
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) February 27, 2017
Call me Warren Beatty. I can help you get through this! #Oscars
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) February 27, 2017
Others noted the similarities between Moonlight‘s surprise win and the Patriots’ historic comeback in Super Bowl 51.
I can’t believe the Super Bowl and the Oscars were both decided in overtime for the first time this year.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) February 27, 2017
Moonlight with the biggest comeback since Super Bowl LI.
— The Pickle (@sportspickle) February 27, 2017
— Madeline Hill (@mad_hill) February 27, 2017
The #Oscars are my Super Bowl and that was the most thrilling overtime I’ve ever seen. Also the only overtime.
— Mary Cella (@mary_cella) February 27, 2017
Perhaps most commonly, people compared the Oscars result to that of the recent election of President Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
OMFG MOONLIGHT ACTUALLY WON AND HILLARY CLINTON IS PRESIDENT! #Oscars
— Travon (@Travon) February 27, 2017
Amazing ending. Wish that had happened on Election Day.
— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) February 27, 2017
Most nights, I have a dream in which what just happened at the #Oscars actually happened on election night.
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/836083833330028544
La La Land should have campaigned more in Wisconsin.
— Rahul Thathoo (@thathoo) February 27, 2017
Always wait until the #Oscars ballots come in from crucial Waukesha County.
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) February 27, 2017
time is a flat circle pic.twitter.com/G9KKRkF7kg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 27, 2017
‘La La Land’ Spotted on Brisk Morning Hike in Chappaqua: https://t.co/v6fOayGv7l pic.twitter.com/pXhvERhYzk
— Reductress (@Reductress) February 27, 2017
Some people went for all of the jokes above, drawing connections between the Oscars, the Super Bowl, the election, and more.
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/836085336027455489
World Series, election, Super Bowl, Oscars… matrix is feeling very glitchy these days. Honestly, I’d love for something to just be boring.
— Jody Avirgan – mostly on threads (@jodyavirgan) February 27, 2017
The election, the Super Bowl and the Oscars are like a collective slap in the face to people who like to turn in early.
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) February 27, 2017
With so many people riffing on the same subject at the same time, however, some people got pretty tired of the torrent of unoriginal jokes.
The deadline for ending all your jokes comparing the #Oscars to the election is …. now.
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) February 27, 2017
Staying off Twitter until “Oscars = The Election” ends. See you…Wednesday? April? Never?
— Alex Schmidt 🦬 (@AlexSchmidty) February 27, 2017
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