On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow... they clearly have their finger on the pulse of 1986. > > > > On Tuesday, September 6, 2011, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's being reported that it Brett Ratner, producer of the 2012 Oscars > got > >> the Academy to accept his suggestion of having Eddie Murphy host the > >> upcoming show. > >> > >> > >> > http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/update-eddie-murphy-agrees-to-host-oscars-academy-annnouncement-to-come-shortly/ > > As I just commented to Dave Sikula on FB, it makes you wonder just how > many people turned them down. > I am not a huge Murphy fan, but this makes more sense than it might first appear, as explained in the article. He has two movies coming out in advance of the Oscars, at least one of which (directed by Ratner and staring Ben Stiller) seems poised to be be a commercial hit. Murphy is a stand-up, and while his act (at least the old versions I did see a few times) is too dirty for TV, he knows how to tone it down, and is described in the article as one of the biggest cross over performers in Hollywood, and also does very well internationally. And given his SNL days, he has more experience performing on live television than all but a handful of other actors. I guess they could have gone with Will Ferrel or Adam Sandler, though at this point in his career Murphy is probably more family friendly than either one of those, and Eddie at least has an Oscar nomination on his resume. I can only think of one other person who I might guess turned Ratner down before he asked Murphy - Stiller, who I would much prefer to see do the show (and doesn't he like hold the record for selling the most movie tickets in human history?). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
