Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
#2Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:24amHe was horrible.
#2Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:24amHe was horrible.
#3Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:25amAWFUL. He was AWFUL. I swear to God, if I had to hear him mention that damn briefcase one more time... And poor Octavia had to tolerate him for 4 hours until he finally opened it to absolutely no payoff. A 4 hour joke with no punchline. He needs to go far far away for a very long time.
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Stand-by Joined: 6/13/14
#4Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:26amFinally people are realizing how overrated he is.
#5Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:27amI realized that in 1989.
#6Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:28amHe's more over-exposed than anything. Waaaaaaaaaaaay over-exposed.
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Starship
Broadway Star Joined: 7/29/12
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#8Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:29amSame here, I NEVER got the appeal. That "magic" trick bull**** was so self-indulgent, typical of his Tony shtick (where he is worshipped for it).
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:29am
In his defense, hosting the Tonys is a different animal. It is not a big unwieldy mess like the Oscars but a tightly knit machine. It has plenty of talented performers performing and not giving long winded speeches. He did not have a prayer last night. He will be happy to never have to do it again.
The briefcase bit was beyond lame. Whoever dreamed it up needs to be staked on an anthill in the broiling sun with honey smeared over his body so he dies a long painful death much like the painful death we all endured watching it.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:30amI found most of the evening, but especially NPH, pretty damn boring.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:30amI found most of the evening, but especially NPH, pretty damn boring.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#12Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:33am
To me, he tries too hard...his shtick seems so forced.
And the optics...that's a bulbous head on a lanky frame in tighty whities. Didn't work in BIRDMAN nor on that particular stage. I was like...wtf.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
Updated On: 2/23/15 at 12:33 AM
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#13Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:33am
" It is not a big unwieldy mess like the Oscars but a tightly knit machine. "
The same show that airs on CBS? Really? CBS tries harder every year to tart the show up with whoever they can.
nycncbrguy
Swing Joined: 4/30/08
#14Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:33amThey need to bring back an Oscar Host with some class like Hugh Jackman!!!
#15Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:39amI think they need to bring back someone with no class like Billy Crystal!
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#16Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 12:43amI think he had terrible writing. I actually laughed more at his off the cuff stuff than the prepared jokes. Some bad, bad writing tonight.
#17Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 1:31am
I liked NPH, although I didn't get the underwear stuff (not having seen Birdman yet). I thought his off-the-cuff stuff was clever. He sings well, he's charming, and he's not filthy. (Remember the ridiculous "I Saw Your Boobs" two years ago?)
I thought the worst part of the evening was Sean Penn's outrageous joke about restricting green cards. If I picked up the reference correctly, he was saying that Innaratu (or whatever his name is) shouldn't be allowed to stay in the U.S. because he's taking so many awards. I don't think immigration jokes about Mexicans are kosher in this anti-immigrant climate.
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.
#18Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 1:37amYeah but I doubt anyone was offended since Sean Penn is as left wing as you can get!
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Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#19Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 2:42am
He did just fine with the material he was giving. People's bitchiness of him is ridiculous.
Congratulations to all the winners.
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Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#20Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 2:59amPenn made a satirical joke about the state of the immigration policy in America and Iñárritu was in on the joke, commenting on it himself. NPH was just fine, although he might have rethought the lead writer's credit in consideration of some of the lamer material.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#21Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 3:34am
One can' t seem to escape NPH. His home is featured in this month's Architectural Digest. It's a very nice one.
I didn't watch the Oscars, one reason being the host! I found his smug schtick on the Tonys excruciating.
indytallguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/08
#23Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 4:02am
"Yeah but I doubt anyone was offended since Sean Penn is as left wing as you can get!"
Check Twitter. Many were not amused and were not so sure Iñárritu was in on the joke as much as saving Penn from looking like a total ass.
#24Neil Patrick Harris' first and last year as Oscar host
Posted: 2/23/15 at 4:59amBeing left wing like Penn doesn't give someone license to make a stupid remark. Hopes were high for NPH...but the producers and writers need be horsewhippped.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
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