Jo Koy's Jokes Draw Stony Silence Golden Globes 2024

1.

As Vanity Fair's David Canfield reported from the ballroom: "If you're wondering if that played as bad in the room as it (probably) did on TV, the answer is yes. I mostly saw eyes darting around tables in confusion, wondering if they were supposed to be laughing." Did you watch or have you seen any of Jo Koy's monologue?

Yes

15%

353 votes

No

85%

1947 votes

2.

Here are a few of the jokes. Which do you think are funny or amusing? Select all that apply.

Oppenheimer-- "I just got one complaint: needed another hour," he quipped. "I just felt like it needed some more backstory. My New Year's resolution for 2024 is to finish Oppenheimer in 2025." He also said the film "answered a lifelong question that's been on my mind for years: Yes, scientists do get laid—as long as they look like Cillian Murphy."

10%

235 votes

Killers of the Flower Moon- "The one thing I learned about that movie is that white people stole everything," he said

9%

206 votes

Saltburn- "You know what I loved about Saltburn?" Koy said. "I learned that satanic families have feelings too." He then singled out star Barry Keoghan, asking, "Where's your penis seated? That's the real star of the show."

7%

151 votes

Taylor Swift- "The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift," Koy said.

19%

428 votes

Barbie/Oppenheimer- "'Oppenheimer' is based on the 721-page Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the Manhattan Project — and 'Barbie' is about a plastic doll with big boobies," he joked.

10%

233 votes

Barbie- "The key moment in 'Barbie' is when she goes from perfect beauty to bad breath and cellulite and flat feet — or what casting directors call 'character acting.'"

7%

159 votes

None are funny

67%

1535 votes

3.

Even during his monologue, Koy admitted that his jokes weren't getting the laughs he expected. "Some I wrote, some other people wrote," Koy said about the quips that fell flat. "Yo, I got the gig 10 days ago. You want a perfect monologue? Shut up. You're kidding me, right? I wrote some of these, and they're the ones you're laughing at." Do you think he should have blamed the writers?

Yes

14%

331 votes

No

46%

1058 votes

Undecided

40%

911 votes