OPEN THREAD: What Do You Think Of The Steve Martin / Alec Baldwin Oscar Duo?

The 82nd annual Academy Awards will be hosted by a duo of two-time solo host Steve Martin and first-timer Alex Baldwin:

'I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars'it's the opportunity of a lifetime,' added Baldwin, a veteran movie star and past nominee…

'Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event,' first-time Oscar producer Adam Shankman said.

Alec Baldwin is a brilliant choice; he's hosted SNL roughly 45,000 times, he has monologue experience, he'll be dynamite in any video bits they shoot, and is precisely the kind of universally undislikable personality that the Oscars ceremony needs. When I first heard the announcement, I assumed the broadcast was going to be on NBC and the Baldwin addition was an attempt to cross-promote 30 Rock, but the Oscars are actually on ABC again next year, so congrats to them for putting aside network differences and just picking someone really funny.

Steve Martin, meanwhile, is one of the funniest humans ever to live, but I feel like too often when I see him now, I expect 'Amazing, subversive' Steve Martin and instead get 'I guess that's technically still him' Steve Martin. Sadly unironic banjo performances aside, Martin has hosted the Oscars twice before and I'm sure he'll rise to the occassion again, and I foresee him and Baldwin having good chemistry together, even though the Oscars haven't had multiple hosts since 1986 when Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan hosted together — wait a minute, did that actually happen? Holy sh*t. No wonder it hasn't happened since. I'll go out on a limb and predict this year's will be sliiiiiightly better than that one.

So what do you think, BWE faithful? Martin/Baldwin Oscars tag-team? Unstoppably brilliant team, or does the ‘duo' host not work for you? Excite yourselves away in the comments.