Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are heroes, Jodie Foster made history, and Bill Clinton was a presenter . What a crazy night!
1) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Saved Us All
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There were high expectations for this pairing; could Amy and Tina rescue us?
They did! Their monologue was funny, without being insanely evil (Gervais had trouble achieving that balance during his second outing last year). The video of the monologue is below, but my three favorite moments were these, in order. 1) Amy on Kathryn Bigelow and the Zero Dark Thirty controversies: "When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron." 2) Tina to Anne Hathaway about how much she loved her in Les Miserables: "I have not seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars." 3) Tina: "Quentin Tarantino is here, the star of all my sexual nightmares."
Poehler and Fey went above and beyond, which award-show hosts never really do (except for the Tonys); they actually worked at this job. The running joke about their fake movie, Dog President? Hilarious! For a comprehensive list, Whitney Jefferson has compiled their 16 best moments here, ending with the kicker: "We're going home with Jodie Foster." Which brings us to…
