Oscars 2013: Seth MacFarlane opens show with safe jokes, William Shatner, and song

Women shocked at "We saw your Boobs"? Come on ladies you do. So don't be offended by a song over something you do in the movies. Far as the hosting it was great. It didn't drag. Shirley Bassey was awesome. The talent in the show was fantastic. Nice to hear people that can really sing. Shatner was a great touch. One of the better Oscar shows I have seen in a long time.

I think he is gorgeous, witty and willing to poke fun at his own flubs. I am sure he was a bit nervous, even seasoned performers get nervous when they are live before a BILLION people... but it wasn't dull and actually seemed to move rather quickly especially since it ran over by almost an hour.

 

I laughed till I cried at the sock puppet version of "Flight".  All said and done, I think it was better than most and a lot better than some.... oh yes, and he has a great singing voice as well.

(And all the actresses were in on the joke about the boobs, so no harm, no foul, I was more offended by the "p" comment opening up the James Bond segment.)

For the first time in a number of years, I turned the broadcast off.  Seth's likeable enough and he clearly has talent...but his opening material just didn't work very well. 

 

I came back to watch later in the broadcast and he was doing fine...because he was hosting and not performing. 

 

It's a tough gig, after all.

Joke about Jean-Dujardin  wasn't funny at all. He is well-known in France and is making movies, including  'Mobius' that was just released some days ago. Not making movie in America doesn't mean he sucks or that  no one after the Artist wants him!! Anyway Mr.Seth should have done his home-work better since  Dujardin  was cast for Martin Scorsese movie, The wolf of wall street, with Dicaprio that was filmed last year. He will also be in a George CLooney movie    'The Monument'. By the way  movies takes time to make, so it would be difficult to make a movie per month and be seen everywhere to then be counted as famous and everywhere!!!  How many American oscars winner last year have been making lots of movies that you see them everywhere?!! Viola Davis, O.Spencer, M.Streep, they might be making movies, but I didn't hear much about them the whole year either. So, that 's why his joke on Dujardin was a bit mean and not funny at all. I think he was funny certain times, but not this one. 

Enough tasteless jokes (in Lincoln's head and his orgy comments while doing Ted) that it killed an otherwise decent night for me.  Guessing from his comment that Ben Affleck felt the same way.  Perhaps he'll be more polished when he gives up his toilet joke career and decides to hang with regular adults.

I thought Seth was corny..and judging from some of the disgusted looks on some of the women's faces in the audience ... the  " I saw your boobs" skit was a FAIL, it wasn't funny at all, but was quite juvenile.