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Golden Globes 2011: Ricky Gervais' monologue pulls no punches (thanks, Charlie Sheen)
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Every 2011 awards show host should just pre-emptively thank Charlie Sheen now for providing endless material. It's particularly perfect because nobody even feels bad laughing at him, since he makes so much more money than everyone else in America.Combined.
So it's no surprise that host Ricky Gervais kicked off Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony by taking a few easy potshots at the "Two and a Half Men" star - particularly pointing out that before his latest booze-fueled alleged porn star capture, he introduced the woman to his ex-wife, Denise Richards.
"As you do," says Gervais.
The monologue was as no-holds-barred as can be expected of a man who takes the stage with a beer in hand. He mentioned the plethora of 3-D movies that hit theaters recently. "Everything this year was three-dimensional, except the characters in the Tourist," comes the zinger. "I feel bad about that joke. I'm jumping on the bandwagon, because I haven't even seen that movie. Who has?"
He noted that the airbrush artist who worked on the "Sex and the City" posters had his vote for best special effects. "Girls, we know how old you are," he quips. "I saw one of you in an episode of 'Bonanza.'"
Most of Gervais' jokes went over well - with some help from his lawyers, who assisted with the carefully-worded joke abut gay scientologists. The only joke that didn't fly was at the expense of one of our favorites, Hurley from "Lost."
"It was quite a complicated finale. I'm not sure I totally understood, but from what I made out, I'm pretty sure the fat one ate them all."
On that rather unfortunate note, Gervais conceded the spotlight to Scarlett Johansson. "Beautiful, talented, and Jewish, apparently. Mel Gibson told me that. He's obsessed."
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So just because a fat **** loses some weight and gets some bs shows, all of a sudden he gets the balls to insult people who have entertained us immensly for decades!!! Get rid of the Richy gingivitis and bring some real humor back next year!
Hey Raj...sod off!
Hey Billy... teri ma ki choot ;)
My mother's v@gina?! Very clever!
Raj, go make some curry.
I loved Ricky Gervais. In these horrible times, it was nice to laugh. Why don't all of you people in Hollywood lighten up. Get a sense of humor. Go back to your million dollar homes and designer homes and make fun of the LESS FORTUNATE. If it wasn't for the public none of you would be where you are today.
Ricky was terrible..he really was and all of his jokes were terrible with no class. Need a host that is funny and is class
Aww come on! He's brilliant...he is just saying what everyone is thinking and whispering about and you know it! I love him and it will be fun to see what he comes up with next year if they are brave enough to have him back! Cheers Ricky !!!
The only reason I watched the Golden Globes was BECAUSE of Ricky Gervais. I actually am sick of the Hollywood types' endless and 'too numerous to count' shows to reward and honor themselves. I only want to laugh and the man is hilarious. Great Job, Ricky. Keep up the great work! and yes I am American.
And yes I do go to all the movies and enjoy them immensely, I just tire of the thousands of self-award shows. But I WILL watch if the Ricky or other hilarious types host. Our precious American actors take themselves WAY too seriously.
Ricky Gervais is perfect for this.
Seriously, do you get rewarded at your job if you don't do it well? No, of course not. So why was The Tourist nominated? Why was Burlesque nominated? Both were terrible movies by nearly all accounts.
Ricky is just calling it as he sees it. Call it mean-spirited, but these people are grown-ups and they're millionaires. They can handle a little teasing. Hell, even the great DeNiro took shots at himself.