My two best friends hosted the Golden Globes this Sunday! That may be an over statement….I don’t know Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, but if I did, it is likely we would be best friends. That is probably still an overstatement.
What’s not an overstatement was that they hosted the Golden Globes and the room was full of booze-fueled shenanigans that made the interwebs go boom! <cough> Jaqueline Bisset’s acceptance speech <cough>. Also, this started happening: “Lawrencing”
But, here’s really what you need to know from Sunday’s awards:
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler crushed it. They were a delight and delivered heavy on the funny. My favorite: Gravity: “The story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age.”
- Jennifer Lawrence won an award and it was adorable. Then Jacqueline Bisset gave a speech and it was….interesting? While Ms. Bisset’s speech is my most memorable moment, the world loves J-Law and she received congratulations (and dress critiques) throughout the rest of the awards.
- Elizabeth Moss won an award, slipped in a curse word, and a big chunk of Twitter thought Jessica Lange was robbed, and as some would tell it so did Jessica Lange.
- Breaking Bad won, Aaron Paul yelled, “Yeah, bitches!” and fans echoed it back. Also, Paula Patton’s dress was a big deal, literally, the ruffle on it was huge.
- Diddy presented, and Bono won an award. But mostly Diddy made it weird: The Vine describes it best.
- Robin Wight showed a little extra of her “golden globe”:
- Emma Thompson presents holding her shoes and her martini, and gives up on the shoes. Shocking behavior, Professor Trelawney!
- Sophia Bush sees a commercial for her own show and everyone is very excited about that.
- Woody Allen receives the Cecil B. DeMille award with Diane Keaton in his place who sings a children’s song to honor the occasion. The internet has mixed feelings, in part because he didn’t even show.
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine wins best comedy. I had no idea they were nominated, was shocked when they won, but would like to point out a past blog we did where Brooklyn Nine-Nine was one of the possible leading new shows. I think we were on to something!
Yet, as much as I love Tamy…Amina…(there’s got to be a good name-mesh for them), I feel a lot of hosts get a bad rap. Sure, some are really lame, but I think some are judged more harshly than they deserve (see 2013’s Oscars). Do the jokes and opening numbers even matter? Or is it possible that every irrational Twitter reaction is really a predisposed action based on someone’s likability, or lack there of?
I wanted to take a look at our hosts over the last year. This includes the Emmy’s, Oscars, Grammy’s, People’s Choice Awards, MTV Awards, Tony’s, AMAs, Billboards and, of course, the Golden Globes. I want to see how popular the hosts were for each event, and how people felt about them and their hosting duties. Do some hosts have the deck stacked against them? I think so.
Here’s the general buzz generated by conversations about people who hosted last year:
And how people felt about them in general:
Looking at percent positive, Rebel Wilson pulls in the highest at 13% with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler not far behind. She even has more natural positive conversation than Neil Patrick Harris, who is so likable he hosts the Emmy’s AND the Tony’s. But that’s general conversation. What about in terms of likability? Basically, are these hosts someone would want to get a drink with and be BFF’s with?
Tina and Amy have the volume in spades, but when it comes to positive percentages with individual affinity, the winner is, surprisingly, Pitbull. Neil Patrick Harris and Rebel Wilson were just behind, which makes sense for their hosting success. The least likable hosts were Seth MacFarlane and Tracy Morgan. MacFarlane’s Oscars were widely criticized which could be due to his lack of likability or a result of it. In either case, there seems to be at least some correlation between likability and being a successful host.
I think really the ending here should be exactly how the Golden Globes opened: acknowledging everyone loves Tina and Amy. So since we love it, let’s see more of it until we hate it. Then Tina and Amy can become the new Seth MacFarlane.
