No One Apparently Wants To Host The Oscars, But Social Media Has Some Gritty Ideas

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Last year’s Oscars telecast was predictable for many reasons. For starters, there weren’t too many surprises in terms of who won — and who didn’t win — trophies that night. What’s more, ratings for the annual Academy Awards telecast has been gradually, though consistently, decreasing without any respite on the horizon. (Unless, of course, they release a tiger into the theater.) So it comes as no surprise that, between increasingly poor viewing numbers and massive flubs, producers are having trouble securing a host.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Donna Gigliotti has yet to name a master of ceremonies for the late February 2019 telecast. The most likely reasons for this include those mentioned above, as well as a myriad of possible other problems known only to Gigliotti, the Academy, ABC, and others with a significant investment in the next broadcast’s success. Even so, the point remains that the 2019 Oscars ceremony doesn’t have a host in the cards, and that’s a problem.

Unless, of course, you’re extremely online. Hence why social media has had no problem issuing a slew of silly suggestions for who might best adopt the Oscars host mantle from 2018’s Jimmy Kimmel. Many are predictably nominating themselves for the job, but a few heroes are coming up with some rather fantastic options for Gigliotti and company. For example, there’s the comedian Patton Oswalt, a man so knowledgeable about movies that he’s written several books about them.

— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) December 4, 2018

Serious contenders notwithstanding, it’s the votes for the Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot Gritty, the Tom Hardy-led Venom, and others that are taking the spotlight.

— Yuletide Serota (@maggieserota) December 4, 2018

ROBOT HOST! ROBOT HOST! https://t.co/sf1aqxePzy

— Da7e Gonzales (@Da7e) December 4, 2018

NICOLAS CAGE, you cowards

NICOLAS CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE https://t.co/3LPusYBXnT

— Amelia Mangan (@AmeliaMangan) December 4, 2018

"Did y'all know every year hundreds of people die It's crazy. Anyway, now we'll play a sad as hell song and watch a montage of people who died, starting with the least important and workin' our way up from there."

— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) December 4, 2018

(me onstage waving my hand dismissively at the teleprompter) "Yeah I'm not saying any of that shit. We're gonna spend the next 10 minutes talking about the lobster tank scene in VENOM and you're all gonna pay attention."

— Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) December 4, 2018

Time to pull back out those ghoulish cg recreations of dead actors. https://t.co/U8PITIKrwv

— Erica Henderson (@EricaFails) December 4, 2018

at the risk of saying what everyone is thinking: Alan Dershowitz would soar in this role! https://t.co/mXAgPNftWr

— john "ban all free speech" semley (@johnsemley3000) December 4, 2018

I live 20 minutes away from the Dolby Theater and I have a repertoire of jokes about GOTTI and THE SNOWMAN. https://t.co/b8QzTywPZf

— Steven Santos (@stevensantos) December 4, 2018