Pauly Shore Celebrates Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser’s Oscar Wins, 31 Years After ‘Encino Man’: ‘Never Give Up on Your Dreams’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Pauly Shore is over the moon about his “Encino Man” co-stars Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan becoming Oscar winners at the 95th Academy Awards.

Fraser took home the Oscar for best actor thanks to his acclaimed performance in “The Whale,” while Ke Huy Quan won best supporting actor for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which also took home the best picture trophy along with six other Oscars. “Encino Man” made it into host Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue when he observed that 16 actors were nominated for their first Oscars at the 2023 ceremony.

Fraser and Quan were both first-time nominees. “Two actors from ‘Encino Man’ are nominated for Oscars,” Kimmel said. “What an incredible night it must be for the two of you, and what a very difficult night for Pauly Shore.

Maybe it’s time to reboot ‘Bio-Dome.'” Shore took to Twitter to react to Kimmel’s shoutout and to celebrate his former co-stars’ Academy Award victories. “I don’t know if you guys saw the the Academy Awards last night, but Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at me in the monologue,” Shore wrote. “I loved it.