I was surprised to see it so late as well. The program ended about 12:20am. It was in between the major awards late at night. I always remember In Memoriam to occur in the middle of all the proceedings, thus about 2 hours into the program.
The audience clapped for each person as they were shown. You could hear the smattering of applause as each face was shown, sort of a gradual increase and then decrease during the seconds allowed for each, then increase and decrease again. In that way, you could hear the applause for each. No one person got any cheers. At the end, after the last person was shown, there was a big round of applause with cheers and whistles. I assume that's in appreciation for all of them.
Glenn was on first and they started clapping, but because he was on first, the applause wasn't as loud as it was for others that followed here and there. I guess the audience had to "warm up" so to speak. You know how it can be in the beginning of anything. Then, the audience seemed to get in the swing with the increase/decrease applause format for each. They did clap for Glenn, and there were others during this series who got the same relative level of applause, but there were others who got more.
I wouldn't say Glenn was slighted by the audience. They did clap. He was up first, and I think they had to warm up some. However, you could notice some greater applause for some other names, and maybe that's because Glenn has been off the scene for over 15 years, who knows. Others were still on TV or in movies longer and were more recent in people's minds. That's my guess why some others may have gotten stronger applause.
When it comes to that bunch out there, I can't read their minds. I just know Glenn never had the praise he was due, and they had plenty of time through the years for awards. At least the Academy put him up first, which I was informed by someone in the business, is a sign of respect.
I played back my clip series to analyze it further, and some of the other names I didn't mention earlier who are recognizable who got some stronger applause were....
Don Knotts
Darren McGavin
Joe Barbera
Maureen Stapleton
Carlo Ponti
Peter Boyle
Sidney Sheldon
Jack Palance
