The Infamous Streaker
Right before the biggest award of the night was announced in 1974, host David Niven was interrupted by a fully nude man running across the Oscars stage. The man, Robert Opel, gained entry backstage by posing as a journalist and cut his way through a curtain to reach the stage. David Niven quickly regained the audience’s attention by saying, “Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?”