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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:38 am
by OscarGuy
Why is Whoopi unhirable? And I, personally, thought DeGeneres did a great job.
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:58 am
by Sabin
If Jon Stewart isn't asked back, it will be a shame. This show was clearly not his fault on any level. If he was tired, it was for making the show work at all. Who else will host? Steve Martin was great in '01 and merely all right in '03 (after we had just invaded, it can't be viewed as his fault). Whoopi Goldberg is unhirable. Billy Crystal seems bent on turning the Oscars down from now on. In '09, it will be five years since he last hosted. Chris Rock will never be asked back. Ellen DeGeneres did a terrible, terrible job last year.
Conan?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:42 pm
by Steph2
I love Jon Stewart but he was BOOOOORRING this time around. His only good line was the one about Oscar being old enough to be the Republican nominee. (Unless he did amazing stuff after Christie lost)
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:39 pm
by MovieWes
As flat as Jon Stewart was, I really appreciated what he did for Marketa Irglova. He's a real class act.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:13 pm
by Sonic Youth
In any event, it doesn't look like Jon Stewart will be asked back to host again. I thought he did fine, but I must have been REALLY tired. Nearly every review of the broadcast that I've read (Variety excepted) panned Stewart. And a friend of mine emailed me saying she thought he was horrible, and she's a fan. I guessed I missed something.
I laughed at the political humor. And yeah, from all sides of the spectrum.
Also, the television ratings came out. This may be the lowest rated Academy Awards broadcast ever.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:55 pm
by Greg
I thought Stewart's funniest joke was that Away From Her, about a woman who forgets who her husband is, was Hillary Clinton's feel-good movie of the year.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:51 pm
by Damien
Dennis Hopper deserves to be made fun of -- this one time "rebel" is now a Republican.
And the Obama/Hitler thing was making fun of the assholes who would try to make an issue of Obama's name (a pre-emptive strike, really). I thought it was hilarious.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:14 pm
by Hustler
dreaMaker wrote:Now I remember... Well, that Hitler-Obama-Osama thing was pretty annoying... ???
Writers, go back to work! the strike is over!
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:41 am
by dreaMaker
Now I remember... Well, that Hitler-Obama-Osama thing was pretty annoying... ???
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:29 am
by OscarGuy
He made a joke about Hopper not knowing where he was unless someone told him.
And the Hitler thing was a Titler joke making fun of Barack Hussein Obama (Hussein obvious, Obama sounding like Osama, etc.)
It was probably the most crass and irritating thing about the show.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:15 am
by dreaMaker
What did he say about Hopper and Hitler? Can t recall...
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:07 am
by dws1982
OscarGuy wrote:How long did it officially run over? I lost count.
About 20-21 minutes, if you count closing credits.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:27 am
by Sabin
Jon Stewart is a fine host. I hope he comes back. If he actually had an interesting show, he might do amazing. This one was fairly boring and 2005's was the most predictable in memory. Last year's show would've been far more engaging. I can only hope they give him another shot.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:08 am
by Hustler
By the way, I didn´t find any humour to the Hitler´s joke.
The best moments: When John Stewart laughed.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:07 am
by Hustler
HarryGoldfarb wrote:nice joke... the one about Hillary and Obama and the asteroid! great...
didn't like his take on Dennis Hopper... that was cheap humour...
That was completely humourless.