Do you find Ryan Seacrest funny?

And I don’t mean funny as in looking.

I mean is Ryan Seacrest even remotely as clever and entertaining as he clearly thinks he is? It used to be that the pre-Oscar show was somewhat fun to watch. Sure it was fake and phony, but that’s why we depended on the likes of everyone from Bob Hope to Johnny Carson to Billy Crystal and Steve Martin to crack wise later.

Their jokes evened out the evening.

I have no clue as to what Seacrest brings to the party, except for his own smarmish sense of self-promotion. When Mariah Carey told him never to come to her room again, I got the sense she wasn’t kidding.

And he just referred to James Cameron as “Jim.” Oh, yeah, I’m sure they’re BFFs.

Just contemplating that prompts me to laugh. And, wow, this pre-Oscar evening has just begun!

Below : Ryan Seacrest, it seems, will do anything for a buck.