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Comedians at the Oscars?

Published Monday, February 26, 2007 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly demonstrate why comedians get short shrift from the Academy Awards, in this musical number from last night's overly long, not quite thrilling, ceremony. Interesting, though, how they tried to infuse comedians into the show, from host Ellen (why the vacuum? why? why????) to Jerry Seinfeld's mid-show monologue (did he think he was taking over as host?).