Nick Kroll and John Mulaney absolutely crushed it as hosts of last night’s Spirit Awards, a ceremony always held the day before the Oscars to honor people who make independent movies. Their opening monologue had me laughing out loud, with some very clever stuff about the nominees, and lots of #MeToo material about Brett Ratner, Kevin Spacey, and the best line I’ve ever heard about Harvey Weinstein.
Kroll and Mulaney (who did the Broadway show “Oh, Hello” together — it’s streaming on Netflix and is similarly hysterical) have set a very high bar for Jimmy Kimmel to try to top tonight at the Oscars…