Feb 21, 2009

Top 2 - David Niven shocked by Streaker

At the 46th annual Academy Awards (1974), just as David Niven was about to introduce Elizabeth Taylor, a naked man ran across the stage holding up two fingers for peace.

The streaker, a guy by the name of Robert Opel, was a photographer and art gallery owner. He allegedly had the help of the show's producer Jack Haley Jr. in order to pull the stunt off.

Niven didn't miss a beat, quipping, "Well ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen! But isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?"

Opel had opened a nude male art gallery the year before. This little stunt earned him a great deal of exposure. But security was locked down forever thereafter at the Academy Awards ceremonies.
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