In producing the Oscar selfie-that-broke-Twitter, Ellen DeGeneres also produced one of the funniest minutes of television we've seen in a long time. But if you only watched it once, you probably missed most of the hilarity.
Between Bradley Cooper's fixation on taking the photo (and obvious joy once he finally gets to), Jennifer Lawrence's advice that someone needs to "drop a boob," and Channing Tatum enthusiastically seconding that advice, it's the stuff of comedy gold, even if it was pre-planned product placement from Samsung.
With so much going on and so many stars talking over one another, you probably missed all the ridiculous banter going back and forth. So we painstakingly transcribed it, word for word (or at least the words that we're properly mic'd). But oh was it worth it!
DeGeneres: "Um, Meryl..."
Meryl Streep: "Yes."
DeGeneres: "Here's my idea: OK, so you were nominated ... it's a record breaking 18 times, right? So I thought we would try to break another record right now with the most re-tweets of a photo."
Streep: "OK."
DeGeneres: "So right now, I am going to take a picture of us."
Streep: "OK."
DeGeneres: "And then we'll see if we can break the record for the most retweets."
Streep: (pointing to Julia Roberts) "OK. She's ... get her in here."
DeGeneres: "Yeah, you should get in here, too, Julia."
Julia Roberts: (holding up bunny ears) "I can just do this."
DeGeneres: "No lean in. Lean in. Channing, if you can get in also."
Bradley Cooper: "Do you want me to take it?"
DeGeneres: "Bradley, will you come in, no I want you in it."
Cooper: (pointing at the phone) "I can take it."
DeGeneres: "Jennifer [Lawrence], come in also."
Cooper: "I'll take it."
DeGeneres: "Brad [Pitt], get in here."
Cooper: (reaching for the phone) "I'll take it."
DeGeneres: "No, I'm doing it.
Cooper: "You'll take it?"
DeGeneres: "Angie [Jolie]. Lupita [Nyong'o]. All right. OK, wait."
Jared Leto: "Hold on, I'm getting in on this, too!"
Cooper: (moving Ellen's arm) "Maybe this way. This way."
Jennifer Lawrence: "Somebody should drop a boob if we want this re-tweeted this many times."
DeGeneres: "Meryl..."
Channing Tatum: "Drop a boob. Somebody drop a boob."
DeGeneres: "Meryl. Meryl..."
Streep: "Want me to do it?"
Cooper: "Here, I'll do it."
DeGeneres: "No, Meryl. Can you take it, Meryl?"
Tatum: "I'll drop a boob. It's fine, I swear."
Roberts: "What does that mean, 'drop a boob'?"
DeGeneres: "Meryl, can you take it? I can't get everyone in here."
Tatum: "All right, I got a boob. I got a boob."
Lawrence: "Is my arm further?"
Cooper: (finally securing the phone) "My arm goes way further."
Lawrence: "My arm's probably better."
DeGeneres: "Hey, that's good. Look at us."
Cooper: "Nice!"
Brad Pitt: "Not bad."
DeGeneres: "Oh yes! We did it!"
Streep: "Oh, I've never tweeted before!"
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/drop-boob-decoding-hilarious-moments-ellen-record-breaking-001640672.html
