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minus-squareVanth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 years agoWere these major award shows always hosted by big comics? Seems like very separate skill sets. I would like to see an actual MC rather than a comic. Keep it about the awards and the award recipients, not about the host.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoYes. Billy Crystal hosted a bunch of times in the 90’s and was well received because his humor wasn’t edgy, just light and fun.
minus-squareFlumPHP@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYeah, I don’t understand why every award show needs to be a roast now.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoBecasue their viewership has cratered in the past few decades. They need the edgy MC to get people to watch.
minus-squarecopandballtorture [ey/em]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoBilly Crystal did it for a long time, he counts as a comedian
Were these major award shows always hosted by big comics? Seems like very separate skill sets.
I would like to see an actual MC rather than a comic. Keep it about the awards and the award recipients, not about the host.
Yes.
Billy Crystal hosted a bunch of times in the 90’s and was well received because his humor wasn’t edgy, just light and fun.
Yeah, I don’t understand why every award show needs to be a roast now.
Becasue their viewership has cratered in the past few decades. They need the edgy MC to get people to watch.
Billy Crystal did it for a long time, he counts as a comedian