Ricky Gervais Is Open to Having an Oscars Laugh

The Netflix series funnyman is Gold Derby's landslide choice for 2016 Oscars host.

For #TBT Thursday today, Ricky Gervais telescoped back on Twitter to one of his most memorable Golden Globes host monologue jokes.

The vagaries of Hollywood awards show MC-ing are on Gervais’ mind a bit more than usual this week, because the awards-obsessed faithful at Gold Derby have voted him their overwhelming preferred choice to host the 2016 Oscars. It’s a great idea and one that Gervais has indicated he is provisionally up for:

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