And the award for best Oscar crasher....

And the award for best Oscar crasher. . . .

Andreas Mohr emphasizes that he sneaked into the Academy Awards show the other night “to have fun and to make some important connections, not to show holes in security.”

Mohr, a 24-year-old actor visiting from his native Hamburg, Germany, said entry wasn’t difficult. “Outside the Shrine Auditorium,” he explained, “I asked a limo driver, ‘Would you like to earn $20? All you have to do is drive around the block, come back here and let me off.’ ”

Four drivers turned him down before he found an agreeable chauffeur. Once inside the security area, the tux-clad Mohr waited until the last minute to enter the auditorium, joining in the rush of the fashionably late. Security guards “couldn’t check every pass,” he pointed out.

During the ceremonies, he sat (and walked about) in the upper seating area. When the show ended, he strode down to the stage and had his photo taken next to Oscar.

Then he talked his way into the Governors Ball and Miramax parties. “I had to act the part of someone who belonged there,” Mohr said. “I wasn’t shy--I said hello to everyone.”

At the parties, the affable interloper posed for more photos with several actors, including Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill and Cuba Gooding Jr.

More important, he said, “I got the phone numbers of two producers. When I told them how I got in, they said, ‘You have energy. You are different.’ ” Mohr said his next goal is “to go to the next Oscars--officially.”

A CRASH THAT WAS DERAILED: Mohr, by the way, shouldn’t be confused with Scott Kerman, a more experienced crasher who is the author of “No Ticket? No Problem!” Kerman was arrested inside the Shrine Auditorium the day before the Oscars, either attempting a test-run or making an extremely early arrival.

Of course, we don’t know where he was Academy Awards night.

MORE OSCAR NOTES: When Australian pianist David Helfgott performed at the Academy Awards show, writes Roy Reel of Venice, emcee Billy Crystal missed an opportunity to re-christen the site the “Shine” Auditorium.

“DUH” DEPARTMENT: Christopher Ames points out that a sign next to an on-ramp meter on the Hollywood Freeway says, “DO NOT STOP ON GREEN.”

Ames adds: “Next, one supposes: DO NOT LIE DOWN ON FREEWAY signs.”

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“Bruin Bob” Holmes called to point out that the Dinah Shore Golf Tournament, currently underway, traditionally attracts a huge crowd of lesbian golf fans. Since the tournament is in posh Rancho Mirage, Holmes added, “you could say it’s a real she-she event.”