{"id":820358,"date":"2025-01-16T09:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/16\/golden-globes-host-nikki-glaser-is-testing-her-monologue-at-l-a-stand-up-gigs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:12:35","slug":"golden-globes-host-nikki-glaser-is-testing-her-monologue-at-l-a-stand-up-gigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/16\/golden-globes-host-nikki-glaser-is-testing-her-monologue-at-l-a-stand-up-gigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Globes Host Nikki Glaser Is Testing Her Monologue at L.A. Stand-Up Gigs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tAfter skewering Tom Brady during his Netflix roast<\/a> last May, who will comedian Nikki Glaser<\/a> take to task when she hosts the 2025 Golden Globes<\/a> on Sunday? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who may know the answer before the show even airs.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s because Glaser has been practicing her Golden Globes opener at her stand-up shows out on the road and will continue to do so at comedy clubs around Los Angeles this weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI have I think nine shows between now and Sunday, because I want to keep testing out jokes and I want to keep getting the monologue in the [most] perfect place it can be,\u201d Glaser told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> at Thursday\u2019s red carpet rollout for the Globes at The Beverly Hilton. \u201cNot every host does that. I\u2019m lucky enough to be a comedian who can go and find these rehearsal spaces in front of a live audience, and I trust my audience members to not leak jokes or tell anyone. And we have enough jokes that even if they do, I\u2019ll be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThose upcoming shows include sets at The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv and The Ice House Pasadena. These are on top of the various other stand-up shows where Glaser has already tested out her Globes material in recent months.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s been a really collaborative process,\u201d Glaser said of workshopping her Golden Globes monologue with the help of live audiences. \u201cI go on stage and I just say, \u2018Hey guys, do you mind if I run my set?\u2019 And everyone\u2019s so excited. They feel like they\u2019re part of this interesting, kind of secretive process, because they are.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe comedian revealed that she tells her test crowds, \u201cIf you laugh at a joke and then you hear that same joke on Sunday night when you watch the Globes, you can literally be like, \u2018I told her to do that joke,\u2019 because you did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSunday\u2019s show marks Glaser\u2019s first time hosting the Golden Globes. Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) return as showrunners for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHaving done many, many award shows and working with many hosts, Nikki is determined and Nikki is really putting in the homework,\u201d Weiss told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cAnd that is what is gonna make this night really successful right from the get-go. She has tried out the material. She\u2019s doing four or five shows a night right now testing to make sure everything is responded [to] properly. So, kudos to her in doing the homework, but that\u2019s part of the overall experience of having her [booked] a few months out and being able to polish this. It brings us to a really strong place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGlaser was announced as host in August 2024 following her standout performance during the Brady roast; she is also nominated<\/a> herself this year for her HBO special Someday You\u2019ll Die<\/em>. Back in September, during Emmys weekend, THR <\/em>asked Glaser about her initial reaction to being asked to host the show, known as Hollywood\u2019s party of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI thought, \u2018They made a good decision,’\u201d Glaser told THR<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cBecause I know what to do to make it great. I know the amount of work that goes into it. I take it very seriously.\u201d She adds now, just days before the show, \u201cI stand by that. I really do. And not for any other reason than when I hire someone to do something I just want them to appreciate it and treat it with a lot of care and work hard, and that is exactly what I\u2019ve done. So I think that I made good on that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Glaser is counting on her test audiences to keep her Golden Globes jokes a secret until Sunday, she revealed to THR <\/em>that there\u2019s one star who can count on her calling them out during the show. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI can\u2019t not talk to Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, because he is just such a moment,\u201d Glaser said. \u201cI loved him in A Complete Unknown<\/em> so much. I want to give him his flowers for that performance and\u00a0I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to talk to him at the afterparty, so being on stage might be my only chance to be like, \u2018Dude, you were so good in that.\u2019 So if the only way for me to say that is to tell a joke, I will then tell a joke, because I have to let him know. That\u2019ll be fun.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Golden Globes air live Sunday on CBS and stream on Paramount+\u00a0at 5 p.m. PT\/8 p.m. ET. Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Tiffany Taylor
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