Some Notable Facts About the Hosts of the Academy Awards Show

This Sunday (February 27) there is not only another edition of the world-famous DJ Joe D show on The Glow Radio (http://www.theglowradio.com/) starting at 10AM Eastern, but later in the evening is the 83rd annual Academy Award broadcast from Los Angeles.

This year's Oscar show will be hosted by two youthful but popular actors, James Franco, who is nominated for a best actor Oscar this year,  and Anne Hathaway. Last year...the choice for hosts was geared toward an older demographic with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Here are some quick facts about past Oscar show hosts you may find interesting.

• Bob Hope hosted the show the most times, mostly in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's for a total of 18 times
• Billy Crystal hosted the broadcast 8 times while Johnny Carson had this honour 5 times
• Although many are still trying to figure out the logic here, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame hosted the show twice despite not appealing to many the first he hosted. 
• Not asked back for a second try at hosting...David Letterman, Chris Rock and Ellen DeGeneres amongst some others
• Whoopi Goldberg hosting duties in 1994 (one of four times) represented 2 firsts...the first time a women hosted the show and the first time an African-American was named host
• And then there were 5 years where the broadcast had no host at all (1948, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1989)

Let's see how this year's show turns out!