Why do they call the oscars the oscars???

Question

When you watch the Oscars on T.V do you wonder why they call the oscars the Oscars tell me why you think or you know why they call the oscars the oscars??????????????

Answer 1

The root of the name "Oscar" is contested. One biography of Bette Davis claims that she named the Oscar after her first husband, bandleader Harmon Oscar Nelson.[6] Another claimed origin is that of the Academy’s Executive Secretary, Margaret Herrick, who first saw the award in 1931 and made reference of the statuette reminding her of her Uncle Oscar (Levy 2003). Columnist Sidney Skolsky was present during Herrick’s naming and seized the name in his byline, "Employees have affectionately dubbed their famous statuette 'Oscar'"

i guess everyone wants their own say in where it's name comes from!

Answer 2

I dimly remember it was something to do with the statuettes looking like a relative of somebody involved with them - and the lookalike was called Oscar!

CBBC (I Googled this!): http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/showbiz/the_oscars/newsid_1881000/1881938.stm

"What are the Oscars?
Most people agree that the Oscars are the biggest film awards in the world. They're the most prestigious award anyone in the film business can win.
They've been going since 1929.

They're called the Oscars after the golden statue which is given out to the winners. No one's quite sure why the statue's called Oscar, but it's rumoured to be because one of the Academy members thought the statue looked a bit like her Uncle Oscar, and it stuck."

Etymology dictionary: Hollywood's gold-plated Oscar remained nameless for years after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first awarded them in 1927. Called simply The Statuette, the 10-inch high trophy was designed by Cedir Gibbons, weighed around seven pounds, was bronze on the inside and originally cost $100. The statuette quickly became a symbol of film fame, but not until 1931 did it get a name.
At that time Mrs. Margaret Herrick, librarian of the Academy, was shown one of the trophies and observed "He reminds me of mY Uncle Oscar." As fate would have it, a newspaper columnist happened to be in the same room and reported to his readers that "Employees of the Academy have affectionately dubbed their famous statuette 'Oscar.' " The name stuck. The Oscar in question was Oscar Pierce, a wealthy Texan from a pioneer family who had made his fortune in wheat and fruit and migrated to California, where he could now bask in glory as well as the sunshine.

Answer 3

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Why do they call the oscars the oscars???
When you watch the Oscars on T.V do you wonder why they call the oscars the Oscars tell me why you think or you know why they call the oscars the oscars??????????????

Answer 4

it's like a leyend but......

i heard that jaja the uncle of a memeber of the academy or sometime like that

said that the statue looks like his uncle Oscar
i don't know if it's true

but still...

Answer 5

Because calling them sally's would be just silly for a guy statue.