Who needs musical numbers when you've got a room full of liquored-up Hollywood types laughing at the misfortunes of whoever happens to be targeted by Ricky Gervais? The Golden Globes was our favorite awards show this year, and not just because they serve alcohol to insecure actors facing a four out of five chance of losing to someone younger, better looking, or both.
.jpg)
This year the Globes proved you don't need an overly elaborate set and a youth demographic to produce an entertaining show. It somehow became the cool awards show to watch thanks to the subversive nature of its host and the way everyone is dressed like its the Oscars, but they still act like the whole show is a joke. It's like 30 Rock or Community or Conan O'Brien. It's never going to get the ratings of Two and a Half Men, but its weird idiosyncrasies make it about 10 times as much fun to watch.
Watch Robert Downey, Jr.'s string of jokes about sleeping with his high-profile co-stars below and revel in how much better it is than any of James Franco's material at the Oscars.