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Hosting the Golden Globes is a tough gig.
Its just not worth the trouble.
He noted as much earlyin his opening monologueafter the first perceived signs of trouble.
Yo, I got the gig ten days ago, he said defensively.
You want a perfect monologue?
I wrote some of these, andtheyrethe ones youre laughing at.
Comedians have tanked at the Golden Globes before but none quite as spectacularly as Koy.
More important, both hosts stayed the course.
Chalk some of this up to the misguided selection of Koy in the first place.
And as a stand-up, hes not known for projecting ambivalence toward his audience as Gervais does.
He was never going to succeed standing still onstage and antagonizing an audience of celebrities to their faces.
Was it the strongest joke on paper?
