Jason Sudeikis Proves Better Awards Host Than Gervais, Hathaway, Franco

By Jo Piazza Posted Jun 6th 2011 11:40AM

We've been assaulted with an onslaught of sub-par awards hosts in the past year. First, Ricky Gervais and his Golden Globes shtick which proved over-the-top nastiness was not the right equation for laughs, and then the awkward snoozefest that materialized when James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosted the Academy Awards.

On Sunday night 'SNL' cast member Jason Sudeikis got it just right as he hosted the MTV Movie Awards, using the proper amount of cutting humor but none of the schlocky tricks.

While Gervais swerved into the territory of nasty with quips about the show's benefactors, the Hollywood Foreign Press, and unprovoked jabs at their shiniest stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, Sudeikis stuck to jokes everyone felt comfortable laughing at, including a dig at the former California Governor. "The entire balcony has been fathered by Arnold Schwarzenegger!"

And even though the Movie Awards skew young, Sudeikis didn't try too, too hard to be hip and cool like his Oscar predecessors Franco and Hathaway. Franco famously spent too much time onstage live tweeting to his fans to show just how savvy he was with the social media crowd.

Sudeikis did however perfectly play to the Twi-obsessed audience with his routine about the greatest love triangle of tween time.

"My heart says Jacob. But my wiener says Edward. My balls are indifferent," Sudeikis deadpanned, getting laughs from 'Twilight' cast members in attendance.

Sudeikis also nailed the perfect tone with his self-deprecation (unlike Gervais who simply made the crowd uncomfortable) with his schtick that he "might be a dad soon" (referring to the still-unknown January Jones paternity issue) and his qualifications for even being a host: "I feel qualified to host the Movie Awards because I starred in the major motion picture 'Hall Pass,' which was the highest-grossing movie in America on Feb. 26 from 1 to 4 p.m."

Overall Sudeikis hit the right notes without trying too hard and let the guests and the winners make fools of themselves (Robert Pattinson) and gin up controversy (Reese Witherspoon with her diatribe against sex tapes and reality stars).

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Monday 06 June

By chexation

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you kidding me?????? I like Jason on SNL, but this monologue was lame, thus the lack of laughs. You must have a bug up your butt regarding Gervais. Now THAT was a funny host. Get off your high horse and laugh at what's funny no matter how it cuts down a notch

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By Sherry

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I have to give him a huge amount of credit - he was awesome. I never really found him that funny, but maybe I wasn't paying close attention before. He was great and I hope they have him host more shows in the future! I still think Ricky G. did great in his hosting gig despite what everyone else thought.

By Hollyhock

NO WAY.....I turned it off after 10 min, Nothing beats Gervais,or even Franco. What a lousy show. Witherchin? Lautner finally came out though, which everyone knows he likes the Pole.

By Tom

He sucked. The show was horrible and hard to watch. Ricky Gervais was good, people of Hollywood just can not take being made fun of them.

By Lindzay

They were absolutely horrible, when he made a joke no one laughed. I went back in forth turning it because I only wanted to see if someone good was on. I'm soo glad I didn't waste two hours of my time watching it.

By regchick1

Gervais went a little too far, but at least he was funny. This guy was a waste of space. The Schwarzenager jokes, if you could call them jokes, fell flat from the first to the last. Why keep telling jokes when they are so obviously a fail. His song paradies were a waste. I don't know who told him he was funny--they were lying to him. He was so interesting, I fell asleep.

Tuesday 07 June

By angerISFORlosers

well hes on snl so hes funnier than you could ever imagine being, i think he was good, the article just simpley stated that he wasnt too offensive to anyone and still did a good job, i heard the audience laugh a bunch of times....plus hes better than chris rock, who spends the whole time with his lame and worn out "ill make fun of white people cuz im black and a black man cant do the same things a white man can" routine

By yfa2

You're joking, right? Gervais is the funniest host EVER. Have you been living under a rock? Most of Hollywood agreed that he was hilarious.

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Wednesday 08 June

By beez

He was an awful host. His jokes fell flat and he was offensive. Did anyone else pick up that he said, "I'm going to be a father soon" during one point at the end of the show? That means he's probably January Jones' baby father...haven't seen anything written on that...

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