Shit Ricky Gervais didn't say

We were all extremely surprised and excited to hear that Ricky was invited back to host the 2012 Golden Globes ceremony, mostly because of how he was equally inappropriate and awesome at the same time a year ago. As an NBC exec, with a network trailing behind all the other big ones, you ask yourself... What the hell would a Fox executive do? Honestly, I thought this whole "let's invite Ricky back" was a pretty great marketing stunt. I think it worked because according to the Hollywood Reporter the ratings have not been this high in a long time.

And yet my friends, there were some disappointment with all this. As much as I thought Ricky was gonna go as insane as last time, he sadly missed the mark. I guess that's what happens when you raise the bar of ridiculousity (yup that's a word) as high as David Schwimmer's Giraffe in Madagascar. Though his monologue was pretty great, his mini roast of Johnny Depp absolutely necessary and his Kardashian jokes in adequate amounts, I still felt like there was a lack of Ricky Gervais during the show. If anything, it ended up being a lot like last year where they started minimizing his appearances on stage as the night went on due to the astronomical amount of crazy shit he was blurting out. But where was the rest of that expected "crazy shit" last night?

Where were the burns about Murdoch? Lindsey Lohan? Rick Perry? Megan Fox's rack or Scarlett Johansson's naked Iphone pictures?

Turns out that after reading the trades even more this week, I came to find out that Ricky did not have carte blanche on his jokes, and that in fact [sadly] the producers had final say on every single one of them. Awww Mr. Gervais, I thought you wouldn't succumb like this? Did Billy Crystal put you up to this? Did he secretly give you one of his oscars in exchange for total domination of the award show hosting gig this year? It's true you could technically beat him, so this strategy by Billy could actually be plausible?

Oh wait... what was that Ricky? They tripled your salary since and extended your green card for another ten years in exchange for total control of your monologue and jokes?

Meh alright. I would have done the same. I guess the poster said it all and you threw away those scissors.