Billy crystal hosted which oscars

Kimmel hosted twice in and More: The Oscars will have no host again for ceremony. After Kevin Hart stepped back from planned hosting duties, the Oscars went without a monologue-delivering MC for the first time in 30 years, with producers recruiting stars to introduce segments instead.

Oscar predictions: Who will win Academy Awards — and who should. Facebook Twitter Email. During an interview with the New York Post , published Thursday, the year-old actor and comedian was asked whether he tuned in to the Oscars on April Crystal first hosted the Oscars in , and last took the stage as host at the 94th Academy Awards in He also recalled his postOscars call with Johnny Carson , in which the comedy legend told Crystal he did a "sensational" job hosting that year. I Think I'm Okay".

I get emotional thinking about it. For the second year in a row, the Oscars will forge ahead hostless: Many will recall that no substitute was selected after Kevin Hart stepped down from the role last year after controversy surrounding offensive past jokes and tweets.

And this year? It seems the post was just too tricky to fill. Reminiscing about the good old days of successful MCs? We've compiled a list of our favorite Oscars hosts from years past. Rock seemed to dance through 's trial by fire.

True, Rock had hosted once before, in , but the circumstances were far different: This was the year of OscarsSoWhite. To bring an unexpected voice, he enlisted underground comics with both smarts and edge, like Nimesh Patel, to write for the show. The result was the funniest Oscar night in years.