In celebration of the Oscars, I thought I'd put up this clip from the beginning of the second season of The Million Poems Show. In this segment, JJ and I banter about circling Ithaca, I read poems 1720 and 1724, we have some microphone trouble and discuss the merits of blueberry soda, and I reveal the unspeakable truth about the Best American Poetry series. Taped on September 14, 2005.