Twenty three years ago I was working an off-duty job at the Academy Awards when I was asked to participate in host Billy Crystal's opening monolog. It can be seen on You Tube by searching: Billy Crystal's opening monologue: 2000 Oscars. Make sure you start at the very beginning of you want to see my tiny part.

That was the year that the statuettes were stolen before the show and there had been a recent story about an LAPD officer planting evidence in a recent situation.