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In reply to the discussion: Is it just me, or is Neil Patrick Harris really blowing it as Oscar host? [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,816 posts)36. Yeah, that whole "Oprah, Uma" thing
really made me cringe and I was embarrassed for him. I don't know what he was thinking with that. He did, however, have a great sense of self-deprecating humor about it, though, to his great credit. A few years later, when Billy Crystal again hosted, Crystal did a schtick in the beginning where he was "worried" that he wouldn't do as well as past hosts and wanted to get some tips from other hosts. So suddenly here came Dave in a biplane (can't remember now if it was a film or really live on stage), wishing him good luck and telling him "don't forget to introduce Uma to Oprah and Oprah to Uma". That got a lot more laughs than Letterman did the entire night he hosted. He could have been a lot more arrogant about it.
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Is it just me, or is Neil Patrick Harris really blowing it as Oscar host? [View all]
liberalhistorian
Feb 2015
OP
There is something strange. It's like no one got over the tribute section.
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2015
#10
I have always thought someone likfe Letterman, Leno, Conan or, Craig Ferguson
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2015
#15
I watched Craig Ferguson host a Game of Thrones Comic Con panel recently, he was good.
jakeXT
Feb 2015
#19
I thought Ellen did a great job last year. One of the reason this year feels so flat.
Fla Dem
Feb 2015
#20
NPH was not in his milieu last night. His work is on Broadway, he knows everyone and knows what
monmouth4
Feb 2015
#28
That's how I saw it too. He's an exceptional talent, this just wasn't his gig...n/t
monmouth4
Feb 2015
#37