So who should host the Oscars next year? — Page 2

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Tom Hanks is a great choice!
Tom is my favorite film star! I also adore George Clooney and he could hold every womans attention. I know I would watch Clooney for the entire night.

Updated On: 2/25/08 at 12:21 AM

We all thought John Stewart was pretty funny tonight. Certainly a w hole lot better than he was 2 years ago.

Billy Crystal was the best. I hate to say it, but Bob Hope was even better than any of the more recent hosts.

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John Stewart was better than he was the first time... and that's not saying much AT ALL.

He landed a couple of his political jokes. Not hard to do in over three hours of broadcast. His Hollywood jokes TANKED.

The best host was Johnny Carson, which is why he did it more often than anyone else, with Bob Hope a close second.

And YES, we should expect them to be great. It's the biggest gig for a host all year. They pay really well, and you're seen by around a billion people worldwide.

We should expect the best there is. Not "passable."

I'm not even sure I would call John Stewart "passable." He didn't suck, but he wasn't good either.

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Tom Hanks isn't a bad suggestion. I would love to see them do away with the huge opening bits and the standup comedy routines. Go back to honoring Hollywood for what they do and forget all this other nonsense. If they cut all the idiotic chatter and lame jokes they'd have more time for clips and to allow people a couple of minutes for their thank you's. I really hate listening to a Stewart or Crystal or any of them go on and on and then watch them shove the winners out of the way in order to close up at 11:00.

And I'll repeat what I said on another thread - the musical numbers were awful. ALL of them. The only film I saw that was represented by the music was Enchanted. I thought the songs as presented in the film were delightful but they even turned me off last night. I was not familiar with the others and I thought that they were just awful. None of them would make me want to go and see those films. In each case I'd rather see a clip from the actual film showing the song being performed. In the cases where there was not an actual performance to see, use a montage of clips with the ORIGINAL recording playing over them. I honestly think this would cut even more time and would be a lot more entertaining.

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I'm putting in a vote for Amanda Lepore, although I can't actually imagine her wearing anything for the event.

Margaret Cho

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"I was probably the only person who adored Jon Stewart tonight."

No, I did. His opening monologue was great.

I like the Tina Fey idea, though.

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Colbert, Conan, Tina Fey, or Dave Chapelle.

Eddie Izzard - cause he's so d__n funny!!!!!! Plus, he could definitely make a fashion statement!

I think kathy Griffin could do a marvelous job! The only problem would be she'd have to clean up her language.

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Jonathan Ross.

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