Adam Elliot won the Academy Award for Best Short Animation in 2004 for his film 'Harvie Krumpet'. His nomination rocketed him to celebrity status in Australia, and the country celebrated as he received the gold statue with his producer Melanie Coombs beside him. His speech was short, and did the job of some important thank yous. In this episode, we talk about the experience of being nominated for an Oscar while on the dole, attending the ceremony, the Governor's Ball, the after parties, with some discussion of the speech too, delivered to half a billion people. Adam thanked his boyfriend Dan in the speech and was credited with being the first person to thank a same sex partner in the ceremony. Dan and Adam are still together, seventeen years later.

Here is the text and audio of Adam's speech 

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