Tonight's Academy Awards have been hit-or-miss so far—an opening montage with its moments and the awkward monologue that followed, for example—but this? This was just inexplicably fantastic. Here's a few minutes of Kirk Douglas... being Kirk Douglas.

Also Tonight:

• Watch James Franco and Anne Hathaway's Oscars Opening Montage
• James Franco and Anne Hathaway Begin the Oscars with an Awkward Monologue
• What in Auto-Tuned Hell Just Happened at the Oscars?
• Watch Gwyneth Paltrow's Embarrassing Oscars Performance
• The Most Memorable Moments of the 2011 Oscars

[The 83rd Annual Academy Awards]