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Ricky's post on the subject:

So it looks like I'm hosting The Golden Globes for a third and definitely final time.

It was a tough decision to be honest. There were many pros and cons. I loved doing it, but I was worried that I couldn't improve on last year. I'm in LA anyway as I'm launching Life's Too Short on HBO. But then I didn't want the Globes to overshadow the series. I knew some people would be uncomfortable with me being host. (This was a pro by the way.)

What actually tipped the balance and made me say yes, was the fact that it would shut up all those fucking idiots who said that I'd never be invited back. Is that the wrong reason to do something? Ha ha. I think it is.

Now here's the thing. The outrage I caused was of course, as usual, totally out of proportion to the things I said. I don't think anyone had any right to be offended but they were. This year I'm going to make sure their offence is completely justified. The best thing about it is writing the gags. I love writing one liners. Particularly when they can't be used in any other context. It gives them a special weight on the night if you know what I mean.

Follow me on Twitter and let me know your favourite targets for the monologue.
I'm enjoying it already.

 

[mjc]

He's gonna unleash the kraken this time around.

 

[vaelic]

This guy is not funny...

 

[Leucrota]

This guy is not funny...

Neither is your dog.

 

[The Omega Man]

Ricky's post on the subject:

So it looks like I'm hosting The Golden Globes for a third and definitely final time.

It was a tough decision to be honest. There were many pros and cons. I loved doing it, but I was worried that I couldn't improve on last year. I'm in LA anyway as I'm launching Life's Too Short on HBO. But then I didn't want the Globes to overshadow the series. I knew some people would be uncomfortable with me being host. (This was a pro by the way.)

What actually tipped the balance and made me say yes, was the fact that it would shut up all those fucking idiots who said that I'd never be invited back. Is that the wrong reason to do something? Ha ha. I think it is.

Now here's the thing. The outrage I caused was of course, as usual, totally out of proportion to the things I said. I don't think anyone had any right to be offended but they were. This year I'm going to make sure their offence is completely justified. The best thing about it is writing the gags. I love writing one liners. Particularly when they can't be used in any other context. It gives them a special weight on the night if you know what I mean.

Follow me on Twitter and let me know your favourite targets for the monologue.
I'm enjoying it already.

he should start with this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oRN0C5TPv0&feature=related

 

[D4Danger]

He should come out and be completely serious. no jokes.

It's obvious they just want him there to provoke a reaction and to pretend they 'get it'.

 

[Leucrota]

He should come out and be completely serious. no jokes.

It's obvious they just want him there to provoke a reaction and to pretend they 'get it'.

That may be the most offensive thing he could do, not do what is expected of him. It would also be funnier because the stars will probably have some stuff written down to try and jibe him back, and they wont need it and have nothing else to say.

 

[Volimar]

Anyone else expecting a "celebrity gets mad and storms out/goes after Ricky/melts down" skit?

 

[Mudkips]

Neither is your dog.

I'm pretty sure his dog is funnier than Ricky Gervais, actually.
The man is insufferable. I'd rather watch an episode of House with Charlene Yi than anything where Gervais gets a soapbox to do his tired "I'm great, you all suck, look how edgy I am!" routine.

 

[Leucrota]

I'm pretty sure his dog is funnier than Ricky Gervais, actually.
The man is insufferable. I'd rather watch an episode of House with Charlene Yi than anything where Gervais gets a soapbox to do his tired "I'm great, you all suck, look how edgy I am!" routine.

Can I get a quote a him saying that he is great during the Golden Globes?

 

[Xun]

That may be the most offensive thing he could do, not do what is expected of him. It would also be funnier because the stars will probably have some stuff written down to try and jibe him back, and they wont need it and have nothing else to say.

You know this may just work.

 

[Angry Fork]

He should come out and be completely serious. no jokes.

It's obvious they just want him there to provoke a reaction and to pretend they 'get it'.

This would be awesome on some macro 'fuck you' psychological mind game shit but I have to admit I'd be more entertained by the jokes.

I'm pretty sure his dog is funnier than Ricky Gervais, actually.
The man is insufferable. I'd rather watch an episode of House with Charlene Yi than anything where Gervais gets a soapbox to do his tired "I'm great, you all suck, look how edgy I am!" routine.

This is not how Gervais is at all. I swear it's like people see the douchey character and automatically assume that's how he is.

Really, listen to the XFM Radio shows or catch some interviews. He's one of the nicest down to earth guys I've had the pleasure of listening to. He'll be the first one to target himself and point out all his own flaws without a problem.

 

[krameriffic]

Gervais being there means it will be a show just about worth watching.

I wouldn't watch otherwise. It's not like he needs to be doing this anyway. He has a few shows coming up and he's making money from the American Office.

I'll just watch the highlights on Youtube afterwards. That way, I get about 10 minutes of jokes instead 3 hours of stupid bullshit I don't care about.

 

[Mudkips]

Can I get a quote a him saying that he is great during the Golden Globes?

No because I don't watch the Golden Globes, nor did I say he said that there?

This is not how Gervais is at all. I swear it's like people see the douchey character and automatically assume that's how he is.

Really, listen to the XFM Radio shows or catch some interviews. He's one of the nicest down to earth guys I've had the pleasure of listening to. He'll be the first one to target himself and point out all his own flaws without a problem.

I'm sure he's fine in person. But I don't give a shit because that's not what I see.

The problem is the schtick. It's not funny. And the fake controversy over the fake offense is pathetic. "Oh no he made some shitty jokes and offended some celebrities! They'll never have him host again!! OMG he's hosting again!!!" The WWE has better characters than Gervais.

 

[Feature]

No because I don't watch the Golden Globes, nor did I say he said that there?



I'm sure he's fine in person. But I don't give a shit because that's not what I see.

The problem is the schtick. It's not funny. And the fake controversy over the fake offense is pathetic. "Oh no he made some shitty jokes and offended some celebrities! They'll never have him host again!! OMG he's hosting again!!!" The WWE has better characters than Gervais.

So you hate people who play some character? So I guess you hate every person that plays a murderer then?

 

[Leucrota]

No because I don't watch the Golden Globes, nor did I say he said that there?

You said that Gervais gets on a soapbox to say he is great, among other things. When has he ever said he is so great?

 

[Vagabundo]

You said that Gervais gets on a soapbox to say he is great, among other things. When has he ever said he is so great?

You know... On his soapbox.


Comeon on man, he's just not funny and is a hippocrite or something...

 

[satriales]

The problem is the schtick. It's not funny. And the fake controversy over the fake offense is pathetic. "Oh no he made some shitty jokes and offended some celebrities! They'll never have him host again!! OMG he's hosting again!!!" The WWE has better characters than Gervais.

So it's Gervais' fault that the US media made a huge fuss over nothing?

 

[Rentahamster]

From the article a few posts ago,

Christian Bale: “That’s what comedy’s supposed to be about. The guy’s a genius.”

Bale +1

 

[RedShift]

Can't believe people still say this after it got ripped by xkcd

For people who haven't seen it-

 

[Emerson]

The problem is the schtick. It's not funny. And the fake controversy over the fake offense is pathetic. "Oh no he made some shitty jokes and offended some celebrities! They'll never have him host again!! OMG he's hosting again!!!" The WWE has better characters than Gervais.

How is this a criticism of him?

It was the retarded Hollywood people who made a big deal out of it.

 

[(._.)]

I thought all the snobs in Hollywood hated this guy because he did a pretty good job embarrassing some of their nominations last year? He was alright iirc. Better host than most and I remember him so that is a plus.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

My favourite Ricky quote of the night wasn't mentioned...

"I like a drink as much as the next man... unless that man is Mel Gibson."

Then Mel walks on stage. Just a brutal way to introduce a man.

It's even worse when he hasn't done anything dickish enough to deserve such treatment...

 

[legend166]

Gonna have to agree with Grantland here:

Yesterday afternoon the Hollywood Foreign Press Association confirmed that Ricky Gervais will return to host the Golden Globes for the third time. Considering how hilariously mean Gervais was the first two times, this sounds great, right? Well, no, not really.


First, allow me to say that I'll love Ricky Gervais forever on the strength of the original Office alone. But here’s the thing: Most of the goodwill Gervais scored by roasting celebrities at the Golden Globes has been gradually, persistently squandered by his whole exhaustively talking about the Golden Globes for a whole year. It started just about as soon as the ceremony ended, when the miffed reaction from a predictably thin-skinned Hollywood crowd was being treated as an actual controversy. At that point, all of that attention was out of Ricky’s hands, and he did have to offer up some kind of defense. He ended up releasing a calm statement, saying “Everyone took it well and the atmosphere backstage and at the after show was great.” Soon, though, his reactions got a bit more self-congratulatory. In an interview with Piers Morgan, he came off as smug and self-satisfied as he spat out things like, “It's not my job to worry about what people think of me, that's the job of a politician.” Piers, of course, stroked his ego, comparing Ricky at the Globes to “inviting a hammerhead shark to dinner,” whatever that means. (Are you having this dinner underwater? Because if you were to invite the shark to a regular dinner, he would die on dry land, Piers).

Other talk-show hosts followed suit, and Gervais has bounced around late-night couches doing his "rebel hero" shtick. He told Jon Stewart that he had “fuck all” to apologize for. He told Conan that if it wasn't for the censors, he would have done a Globes bit dressed like Adolf Hitler. In the Wall Street Journal, he wrote: “I host the Golden Globes like some businessmen play golf. For pleasure.”

He also brought about the Golden Globes up when no one was asking about them. On his new BBC show Life Is Short, he used it for a not-terribly-amusing bit where Johnny Depp shows up at his office, ashing his cigarillos in his water cup because he’s still pissed Gervais made jokes about The Tourist. Earlier this year he got a lot of attention for floating the idea, via his blog, of a “live 3-hour podcast during The Golden Globes. Me and a few chums (like Louis CK, Chris Rock, Karl Pilkington, John Stewart, Larry David popping in and out) doing our own alternative commentary. The biggest live webcast ever? Who knows? Who cares? What's fun is the shit we might come out with. No money. No sponsor. No guide lines … No one could do a fucking thing.” He also tweets stuff like, “Can't believe all shouts for me to host Oscars. Really appreciate it but I don't think it's my kinda gig. Although that's the fun sometimes.” It’s strange but it feels like, more than the money and the fame and the adulation, his ability to piss off celebrities is the one thing that’s really gone to his head.

But is he really so hated? How angry can the Hollywood Foreign Press Association be if they hired him for a third time? Back in the WSJ piece, he wrote “I think I may have burned my bridges with the Hollywood Foreign Press. I think it was something I said. Maybe it was the talk of bribery and corruption? … Maybe it was the fact that I introduced their president by saying that I’d “just helped him off the toilet and popped his teeth in”?’ But the HFPA themselves are now trumping up the return of the controversial! say-anything! Ricky Gervais! In an accompanying statement, they wrote, “While many welcome Gervais’s return, not everyone is happy with the decision because last year his blunt one-liners targeting big-name celebrities caused anger and resentment in some quarters.” It’s a marketing tool.

How will all this affect his actual performance at this year's Golden Globes? About it, he writes on his blog: “The outrage I caused was of course, as usual, totally out of proportion to the things I said. I don't think anyone had any right to be offended but they were. This year I'm going to make sure their offense is completely justified.” He also tweeted “Just told Billy Crystal he'd better not use any of my holocaust or pedophile material at The Oscars.” Ugh. Gervais, at his best, is subtle and sharp. But after a full year of breathless coverage, trumped-up beef, and shit-talking, he’s worked himself into a corner: At this year’s Golden Globes, he has to go huge. Drag.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/holly...bes-then-talk-about-it-for-a-whole-year-again

 

[jaxword]

It's even worse when he hasn't done anything dickish enough to deserve such treatment...

Mel Gibson HASN'T done anything dickish?


Mel "Jewish sugartits/I hope you get raped by a pack of N*ggers/If you don't blow me, I will burn your house down" Gibson?

Seriously? The man's a horrible racist asshole protected by Hollywood money.

 

[Stabby McSter]

Mel Gibson HASN'T done anything dickish?


Mel "Jewish sugartits/I hope you get raped by a pack of N*ggers/If you don't blow me, I will burn your house down" Gibson?

Seriously? The man's a horrible racist asshole protected by Hollywood money.

NAW MAN HE DISAPPEARED AFTER MAD MAX, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE

also, sugartits is an awesome word

 

[Risible]

It's ironic...if Ricky goes on the Golden Globes and says controversial stuff, he'll be doing exactly what "The Man" wants. They are using him to sell the Globes and grab viewership. "Tune in and see what crazy things Gervais might say!" is how they're advertising it.

Nothing would be more subversive than to do the show and play it completely straight, but of course he's not interested in that, he's more interested in the notoriety that his previous performance brought him.

 

[D4Danger]

Gonna have to agree with Grantland here:



http://www.grantland.com/blog/holly...bes-then-talk-about-it-for-a-whole-year-again

that's basically what I said above. If he was serious about pissing people off he would come out and be as boring as possible.

 

[jump_button]

Was it really that shocking last year? I've seen it and to me that was nothing its more shocking how the USA reacted to it

 

[Haunted]

Oh my all those millionaires being made fun of. Those poor people. Won't anyone think of the millionaires?!

Gervais can't be mean-spirited enough for that rabble even if he tried.

 

[Vagabundo]

I just rewatched the opening monologue of last years show and it had me in tears. I noticed Alec Baldwin was crying with laughter too. Johnny Depps face was hilarious too.

I will actually watch it this year.

that's basically what I said above. If he was serious about pissing people off he would come out and be as boring as possible.

Is that what he wants? It seems to be that he just taking the piss. For a laugh. It all truth or reported truths, he is making fun of their public images and the rumour mill as much as anything else.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Mel Gibson HASN'T done anything dickish?


Mel "Jewish sugartits/I hope you get raped by a pack of N*ggers/If you don't blow me, I will burn your house down" Gibson?

Seriously? The man's a horrible racist asshole protected by Hollywood money.

Sorry, I'll write "sarcasm" on a blimp and fly it over your house/flat next time!

 

[Burli]

Brilliant, I hope people decide to crawl out of their own assholes this time and find a sense of humour.

What people don't realise is that Ricky Gervais has taken the piss out of himself during his career ten-fold to any self-important hollywood actors, bunch of whiners.

 

[Coxy]

Oh my all those millionaires being made fun of. Those poor people. Won't anyone think of the millionaires?!

Gervais can't be mean-spirited enough for that rabble even if he tried.

it'll be a nice change from gervais hating on the poor, the sick and the elderly

 

[Raide]

Cannot wait to see him raise the bar. The internet will be in uproar!

 

[butter_stick]

it'll be a nice change from gervais hating on the poor, the sick and the elderly

Don't forget the mongs!

 

[effzee]

Oh my all those millionaires being made fun of. Those poor people. Won't anyone think of the millionaires?!

Gervais can't be mean-spirited enough for that rabble even if he tried.

Yeah they are so upset and whining so much that they invited him to host again, for the 3rd time in a row!

I swear its like GAF wants people to whine about it so they can claim Ricky got to them. There are always a few people who don't like the jokes, celeb or not, but it seems like majority of the actors didn't care or enjoyed the show. He is back for the 3rd time.

 

[jaxword]

Sorry, I'll write "sarcasm" on a blimp and fly it over your house/flat next time!

Yeah, please do, because your writing sure doesn't convey it.