Those of us who have missed Andy Samberg on “Saturday Night Live” can soak up lost time with the comedian when he hosts the upcoming Film Independent Spirit Awards, which usually run about three hours on the afternoon before the Oscars.
The February 23 hosting gig will hopefully be better received than some of the goofy movies that Samberg has appeared in, which haven’t matched the level of some of his SNL skits and musical parodies of which, of course, our favorite is “Dick in a Box” with Justin Timberlake.
The Spirit Awards, which air on IFC, have switched venues a few times of late, but historically had been held in a tent set up on a beach parking lot in Santa Monica. Because of their proximity to the Oscars, virtually all of the nominees who overlap show up to the event, when most would probably prefer to be prepping for pre-Oscar parties that night.
Comedy has been King at the Spirit Awards in the host department, as last year, Seth Rogen did the funny at the podium and earned some critical respect, meaning his buddy Samberg is probably feeling very competitive and already writing jokes for the gig.
