GEENA DAVIS MAKES GOLDEN GLOBE HISTORY

The Oscars will probably always be the Super Bowl of award ceremonies, but in some ways the Golden Globes are much more fun. The actors are less guarded and more spontaneous because they take advantage of the free booze offered throughout the ceremony. As a result, the speeches tend to be funnier and more interesting. Proof of this is last night’s broadcast (the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards) where Geena Davis made one of the most uproarious speeches in award ceremony history. Davis won the award for her work on Commander in Chief. She started her speech by claiming that a little girl approached her just before the ceremony and said to her that because of Davis’ work on Commander in Chief, she wants to be president someday. To this the audience gave a predictable response of cheers and swoons. Then, in the undeniably best moment of last night’s broadcast, Davis confessed that she had made the story up – saying something to the effect that “…it didn’t really happen, but it could’ve happened.” All I can say is, I have yet to see an episode of Commander in Chief, but I can’t imagine anything on the show being as brilliant as that moment.

The next best speeches are as follows:

No.2 Steve Carell’s hilarious speech that he claims was written by his wife.

No.3 Hugh Laurie’s clever gimmick of randomly picking names from his pocket of people to thank.

No.4 George Clooney’s humorous quips that got the evening off to a good start.

P.S. My only disappointment of the evening is that Teri Hatcher did not receive an award - not because I'm a big fan of Desperate Housewives, but because Teri Hatcher deserves an award just for being Teri Hatcher - the sexiest celebrity personality in Hollywood.