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“Look Under Your Seat For A Sandwich From Fyre Festival”: Poehler, Rudolph & Fey Slay The Oscars

"There is no host tonight, there is no popular movie category, and Mexico is not paying for the wall," said Maya Rudolph, there to join the fun.

by Joseph Earp  25 February 2019
Oscars 2019

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So, despite much speculation that Whoopi Goldberg would sweep in at the last minute, the Oscars aren’t going with a host at all, but they do have the next best thing: an opening set by eternal baes Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Tina Fey.

Fey, Rudolph and Poehler slayed their set, adding some much-needed thirstiness to the sometimes stuffy and uptight Oscars, and play-acting for five beautiful minutes what it’d actually be like if they did take on hosting duties.

“We are not your hosts,” said Fey, “but we’re going to stand here a little too long so the people who get USA Today tomorrow will think we hosted.”

“There is no host tonight,” Rudolph added, “there is no popular movie category, and Mexico is not paying for the wall.”

Then, the three moved on to an old Oscars tradition: skewering some of the films and individuals nominated.

“Hey Chadwick Boseman,” Rudolph said, eyes glinting, “Wakanda plans you got later?”

“These pants are so tight that they’ve entered my Spider-Verse,” Poehler quipped.

“Roma‘s on Netflix?” Fey added, taking a light-hearted jab at the Oscar frontrunner. “What’s next, my microwave’s making a movie?”

The trio also had some empowering sentiments to drop too.

“All actresses are outstanding because women naturally support each other,” Poehler told the assembled crowd.

Twitter’s reaction was, understandably, overwhelmingly positive, with pundits and Oscar-watchers alike showing their approval for the fantastic threesome. After all, maybe the Oscars don’t need a host if they can gift us with a set from Poehler, Fey and Rudolph every year.

Needless to say, the Oscars are probably going to go ever so slightly downhill from here — although the rest of the show is guaranteed to be an incredible night of snubs, flubs, and winners, it won’t feature as much Poehler, Fey and Rudolph, so how good can it really be?