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[MungoGypsy8232]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#50

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:36pm

Whoopi is an AWESOME choice! I love Rosie, but if she was to host again, it should have been last year as one of the presenters because of all the promotion of Broadway she did on The View. As for Whoopi appealing to an audience, you'd frankly be retarded not to think Whoopi didn't have a large following. She'll draw in many viewers.

[fflagg]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#51

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:49pm

Yawn.

Whoopi is a very 1990 choice.

The midwest will not care.

They should have signed the women from "Sex and the City" to host.

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#52

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:50pm

Great decision. I can't wait!

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[MungoGypsy8232]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#53

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:02pm

fflagg, the women of Sex and the City is a good idea for a presenter, not for a host. I think Whoopi is just what the Tony Awards need this year :)

[JohnBoy2]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#54

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:16pm

As for Whoopi appealing to an audience, you'd frankly be retarded not to think Whoopi didn't have a large following. She'll draw in many viewers.

No she won't.
Updated On: 7/1/08 at 05:16 PM

[JRybka]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#55

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:27pm

I think she is a great!
I would love to see her take on some of the roles... She will be fabulous!

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

[chinkie azn jai]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#56

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:35pm

Can we hope for a new set now that we have a host?

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[defyingravity07]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#57

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:51pm

Well they overhauled the site so maybe there will be a new set.

[Mr Roxy]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#58

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:55pm

This is good news.

It needs higher ratings so this is a step in the right direction.

Poster Emeritus

[lizzie3]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#59

Posted: 5/9/08 at 4:28am

i know its not on your list but seriously, GO SEE RENT!!

[BenKaye]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#60

Posted: 5/9/08 at 11:12pm

Could you please not thread jack, that's just stupid.

My blog- http://okayentertainment.blogspot.com/

[Jane2]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#61

Posted: 5/9/08 at 11:31pm

I love Whoopi, and I think she'll be a big draw. The View is wildly popular.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[pushdabutton]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#62

Posted: 5/9/08 at 11:41pm

I think she'll do a great job.

[JohnBoy2]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#63

Posted: 5/10/08 at 12:55am

The View averages approximately 3.3 million viewers. For a daily daytime television show, that's pretty good, but it's hardly going to make a big difference to the overall ratings in prime time. Also, the show's audience is made-up of people who, most likely, would be watching the Tonys anyway. If they were going for a host who would bring in a bigger and more diverse audience, they should have gotten Judge Judy!

[BrianIdol]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#64

Posted: 5/10/08 at 1:03am

YAY!!! Such a good choice!

[Tkt2Ride]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#65

Posted: 5/10/08 at 12:52pm

Good choice. I'm going to my friends to watch the show. Whoopi is really funny.

I wouldn't have minded someone more Broadway as well but Whoopi will do her homework and it should be funny. I think Ellen is a great host too. So is Conan O'Brien as well.

I wonder how well Sarah Jessica Parker would do as a presenter or her husband, Matthew? I bet John Waters would be funny as a presenter. Maybe next year? He gave a great interview on Air America. He was funny and spontaneous. I bet he would do a good job as well.

[Theatreboy49]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#66

Posted: 5/10/08 at 1:26pm

I think she'll be a good host. I think shell be funny and have fun and make it an enjoyable telecast. Im looking forward to it.

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

[JohnBoy2]

re: WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO HOST TONY AWARDS#67

Posted: 7/1/08 at 8:26am

So, Whoopi hosting really set the ratings world on fire, huh? Easily the worst host, ever.
Updated On: 7/1/08 at 08:26 AM