Watching Oscar with the drivers

ALTHOUGH I HAD plenty of Oscar invites to choose from (pizza at my friend Pauline O'Connor's house; pizza at home; pizza at a pizza place), there was one I could not turn down. Every year, all of the Academy Awards limo drivers park at the Hollywood Bowl to watch the show. These are people with something truly invested in the outcome of each award — their tips.

Joel Stein

February 27, 2007