Seth MacFarlane will be the host of the 2013 Oscars: great choice or just awful?
Not to sound too much like a liberal elitist, but I think most educated, conscientious people have mixed feelings about Seth MacFarlane and all of his creations. Personally, I cannot stand Family Guy, but American Dad is one of my guiltiest pleasures. I didn’t see Ted, but I wanted to, and I laughed at the trailers for it. Seth definitely goes to the “low-brow comedy” well too often, and I think his default position is kind of knee-jerk, casual misogyny. But he’s dating The Khaleesi, and he’s been everywhere this year, and everyone seems to love him nowadays. So, I guess this makes sense? Seth was just chosen to be the 2013 Oscar host. Ugh.
Giggity giggity! Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will host the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC.
MacFarlane, 38, who is also the co-creator of American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, is no stranger to live performance. In September, he kicked off Saturday Night Live’s 38th season by hosting the premiere episode, and he’s entertained sold-out audiences at both London’s Royal Albert Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall.
“Seth is unbelievably talented,” Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences president Hawk Koch said in a statement. “We couldn’t be happier with the creative team we’ve assembled.”
MacFarlane – who has been nominated for 13 Emmys and two Grammys during his illustrious career – shared his own excitement in a statement.
“It’s truly an overwhelming privilege to be asked to host the Oscars,” MacFarlane said. “My thoughts upon hearing the news were, one, I will do my utmost to live up to the high standards set forth by my predecessors; and two, I hope they don’t find out I hosted the Charlie Sheen Roast.”
I realize that Oscar producers are still trying to find the magical host who will bring in crazy ratings and widen the demographics for the Academy Awards’ audience, which skews older and older every year. Basically, producers want the kids to watch the Oscars. So will Seth bring them the younger demo? I don’t know. I will admit that the choice of Seth actually made some kind of sense to me, because he seems to enjoy that sort of Old Hollywood, Rat-Pack, dames-with-big-boobs kind of thing. I imagine he’ll get up there and act like Frank Sinatra. Only with crazy voices.
I cannot believe he’s banging The Khaleesi.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.
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