I don't know why they're taking so long to announce plans for a host. They should just let Rosie do it. She's on top of her game again, and would probably boost ratings again, given her success with THE VIEW. It's proof that people want to see Rosie on TV. Just OFFER it to her!
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."-Charlie Manson
If it were up to me, I'd have Elaine Stritch host the show. However, since that will never happen, Lansbury and Mullally are both fine choices. Anyone but Rosie.
How many commercials for the Hairspray movie will we see during the broadcast? If I were in charge of the marketing $$$s, I'd spend some there.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Munk, I'm quite sure this was a joke. She's hosted many times before and did a very good job. Was she jumping on walls? No. But she was professional, appealing and very good.
Someone mentioned Stritchy... Now that'd be a damned good ceremony!
That's what I hate. To be a host you have to jump on the walls and do backflips and sing and do all this crap. I for one would like to see Lansbury host to teach some of the more recent, flashier ones a lesson. Munk, if we're looking at the commerical aspect, you're quite right.
This is an easy one. Jake Gyllenhaal. He's a self-confessed theatre buff. He's not the world's best singer but he's fearless (see: Saturday Night Live) so he could clown about when needed or even perhaps give us a solid performance. And, of course, he's an attractive young male movie star who has plenty of fans to bring in and perhaps enough celebrity to increase coverage of and reporting on the event.
Although I think Megan Mullally would be the most FABULOUS host, I would love to see Seth. The little clips that he did on the screens during the commercial breaks last year might have been the most entertaining part of the entire show!