Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys.

[DAME]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #1

Posted: 4/24/13 at 11:20pm

Just putting it out there.

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[blaxx]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #2

Posted: 4/24/13 at 11:21pm

Jen Cody and Hunter Foster know where you live!

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[DAME]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #2

Posted: 4/24/13 at 11:31pm

Ok then. Constantine.

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[blaxx]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #3

Posted: 4/24/13 at 11:38pm

I say this cat, with the grumpy cat as co-host!

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[rorschach37]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #4

Posted: 4/25/13 at 10:49am

I would LOVE THAT!! I think Alan Cumming would make a fun host as well.

[John Adams]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #5

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:01am

I think they'd be "too formal" (even in their comedy). Midler would tone herself down in order to match Hanks, and Hanks is too tame and "scripted". Sarcasm and "insult humor" don't sit well on him.

In my opinion, it's NPH's gig and should remain his, and his alone.

Updated On: 4/25/13 at 11:01 AM

[tazber]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #6

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:03am

If Tard can't make it then I'm on board with this suggestion.

....but the world goes 'round

[bobs3]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #7

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:07am

Jim Parsons is in town. He attended the opening of "I'll Eat you Last" and he is on Letterman tonight and he is part of the CBS family. I will bet money that he is talks right now to host the ceremonies. If he shows up on the PIPPIN opening night red carpet then you know it is a done deal.

Agree with the earlier poster that Hanks is too "tame and scripted" and as far as Midler, she and CBS have an acrimonious history.



Updated On: 4/25/13 at 11:07 AM

[ucjrdude902]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #8

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:13am

I vote Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sofia Vagara.

[mamaleh]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #9

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:25am

Doesn't the Wing usually announce the host by now? I wonder why the holdup.

[rorschach37]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #10

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:29am

Jim Parsons would be wonderful!

[suestorm]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #11

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:35am

wow, can you imagin NPH and JP? that would be EPIC! Youre right too, both on CBS and much more audience friendly then Bette and I cant see Hanks doing it.

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[bobs3]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #12

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:48am

At first I thought maybe Parsons might make the announcement on Letterman this evening -- but I think Letterman pre-tapes his Thursday broadcasts earlier in the week so the news would have already leaked.

[bobs3]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #13

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:58am

I just saw the schedule -- Jim Parsons is on "CBS This Morning" Friday morning. That is when and where the announcement will be made.

[ucjrdude902]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #14

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:31pm

Is he really that big of a name/draw?

[DAME]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #15

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:32pm

"and as far as Midler, she and CBS have an acrimonious history. "

Care to elaborate?

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[madbrian]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #16

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:33pm

Parsons is terrific on Big band Theory, but I've seen him on a few talk shows and nothing has struck me as awards show host material.

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[ucjrdude902]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #17

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:35pm

Agreed.

[DAME]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #18

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:44pm

Bette is hilarious and can host anything. Tom could be her straight man. However.. they might want to go for a younger demographic. I thought Neil really missed the mark last year.

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[ucjrdude902]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #19

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:48pm

Why not Anna Kendrick? She seems to be an up and comer, staring in a musical movie soon, had a hit with Pitch Perfect, very very witty.

[DAME]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #20

Posted: 4/25/13 at 12:49pm

Who?

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[bobs3]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #21

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:05pm

"and as far as Midler, she and CBS have an acrimonious history. "

"Care to elaborate?"

To great fanfare, CBS premiered the "Bette" sitcom in 2000. Midler and CBS were at odds from the beginning. They gave the show a crappy time spot and CBS blamed the low ratings on Midler and Bonnie Bruckheimer (the showrunner). The show was cancelled in January 2001.

Midler did her "Kiss My Brass" tour in 2002 and the concert opened with a short film where Midler was in a courtroom suing CBS over the failure of the sitcom. The defendant was an actor wearing a CBS eye costume.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksrXIT1nWj4

Updated On: 4/25/13 at 01:05 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #22

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:07pm

I adore Kendrick, she's wonderful, but I don't think young is the way to go for these awards shows. There's just too much pressure and too many things that can go wrong, you really need a master of ceremonies who's able to handle the live entertainment factor. Jane Lynch, for example, would be great. I want her and Whoopi, but that's obviously a pipe dream. I could do without Parsons, not a fan.
Sean Hayes and Megan Hilty had so much chemistry on SMASH, I'd be curious to see them. Or, of course, the other pipe dream: Hayes and Megan Mullally.

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[bobs3]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #23

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:24pm

The Tonys are a CBS production (yes, it is officially produced by The League but CBS controls the purse strings).

Of the names mentioned by others:
Jane Lynch works for FOX
Whoopi Goldberg works for ABC
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sofia Vegara work for ABC
Sean Hayes and Megan Hilty work on an NBC show

If a big Broadway star isn't available (i.e., Nathan Lane or Hugh Jackman) CBS will insist on someone from their family with Broadway experience (NPH, JP, or as in the past Angela Lansbury).




Updated On: 4/25/13 at 01:24 PM

[DAME]

Bette Midler and Tom Hanks should cohost Tonys. #24

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:44pm

Actually during that same tour she used a video introduction by Judge Judy with permission of cbs productions. I imagine all the production tangibles with the Bette sitcom are long gone.

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