The 85th annual Academy Awards are upon us, broadcasting live on Sunday, February 24th and giving us more Hollywood scoop to gossip about. After Billy Crystal’s stint as host at last year’s awards, which reminded us all that the Oscars are often best at being boring, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is up to bat, ensuring that we’ll at least get to laugh at the serious expense of SAG’s finest. 2012’s most scandalous moment was Angelina’s leg; here’s hoping 2013 will bring more serious jaw-dropping moments, upsets, and scandals so we all stay awake until they announce Best Picture. Already, the youngest Best Actress nominee to date, nine-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), and Ben Affleck’s Best Director snub for Argo have sparked Oscar-centric debate, but the extent of this year’s excitement is yet to unfold.

In honor of this year’s coming awards, which will most likely focus on 2012’s most notable films Argo, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook, here’s a look into the most memorable moments from Oscars past. From a surprise appearance and speech by a Native American activist in 1974, to arguably the most awkward hosting duo in history from 2011, click through to relish in all the crazy, emotional, and downright odd moments that the star-studded ceremony has seen over the decades.