17 Live Television Broadcasts That Shocked The World

16. The Oscars Streaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IIl3zSYL8k Streaking is a time-honoured live television tradition, often utilised for political reasons or just to generate some laughs. At the 1974 46th Acadamy Awards, photographer Robert Opel ran naked behind David Niven as he hosted the ceremony, leading to Niven's famous quip, "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?"
 
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