It doesn't really matter either way about Harris himself. Rather, it's the whole mindset mentality about the writing that goes into the Oscars every year, year after year, that I just don't get.
I mean, really, why do they keep doing this? That is, writing the most gimmicky, routine, one-two jokes where the host has no other choice but to deliver in a mechanical fashion. It's such a painfully dated approach that plays like a nightly, low-rent Vegas act from the 70s - the kind of time filler standup shtick that runs during the 7 P.M. hour for senior citizens. There's tradition, and then there's just obsolete.
They need to stop trying to manufacture comedy and charm, or at least try not to be so obvious about it.