1.   That was the year Allen Russell, one of the organizers of the dinner, set the record for the shortest speech.

2.   To try to make it shorter this year, producer Gilbert Cates has offered the winner giving the shortest speech a high-definition television set.

3.   What Academy Award winner gave the shortest speech?

4.   Grace Lam made the shortest speech, but then handed out video tapes about herself.

5.   Without a doubt, that was the shortest speech of his career, but one that also was worth a great deal in terms of its massive audience.