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So are we watching the Globes or not?!1 Where's the GERVAIS dude?!1 n/t (Original Post) UTUSN Jan 2012 OP
I turned it off. I watched the fashions and then lost interest. femmocrat Jan 2012 #1
Robt DOWNEY, Jr, is a fool. The cutting edge is whether they can guest on the Brit show UTUSN Jan 2012 #2
He introduces every presenter pokerfan Jan 2012 #3
He's why I'm watching. Pia ZADORA?!1 Is she there?!1 or alive. Charo deserves prizes!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2012 #4

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
1. I turned it off. I watched the fashions and then lost interest.
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 11:09 PM
Jan 2012

I don't watch any of those TV shows and haven't seen any of the movies, so I didn't care who won.

UTUSN

(70,720 posts)
2. Robt DOWNEY, Jr, is a fool. The cutting edge is whether they can guest on the Brit show
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 11:14 PM
Jan 2012

whassisname, BBCA, Graham NORTON, and unfortunately all of our American "stars" look like fools next to Graham.

When whassisname Dennis HOPPER was there, he was a burnt out case. NO personality, nothing. Also, Robt DOWNEY Jr.

O.K.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
3. He introduces every presenter
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 11:42 PM
Jan 2012

and he did a monologue: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-ricky-gervais-is-as-wicked-as-ever-in-his-return-golden-globes-monologue/

Seriously, it’s amazing no one’s come up with this kind of “hosting” earlier; literally saying into the mic what all of us at home (and probably most of the attending audience as well) are saying under our breath. All award shows are pretty much awful and the Globes, with its years of bribery scandals and Pia Zadora’s, is particularly egregious. In 2012, I just don’t think audiences have the patience to sit for three hours while a shadowy organization claims that Glee is one of the best shows on TV and then asks us to treat it with respect.

So, whatever you think of Ricky Gervais – whether you think he’s too mean or that Life’s Too Short isn’t as good as Extras and The Office or whatever – I think we can all agree that the man deserves our thanks. God bless him for treating this whole affair with the amount of respect it deserves.
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