Globes: Next time, some humor would help

OK, I know I keep lobbying for all award show to have hosts. The hostless years of the Oscars were borderline dreadful.
But after the Golden Globes (shown here), I realize I should have been more specifics. Shows should:
1) Choose a funny host; and
2) Give him or her time to think of something humorous.
Last year, the Globes chose Jerrod Carmichael, who soon explained that he was only in it for the money; his work reflected that. And this time it chose Jo Koy; after several jokes were greeted mildly, he explained that he was only hired 10 days earlier.
It’s possible that Koy is an excellent comedian when slowly developing personal material. But he’s clearly not what is needed for a quick, sharp award-show host.
Some of us might have even longed for the times when Ricky Gervais was the nasty (but funny) host. Back in 2011, Robert Downey Jr. told the audience: “Aside from the fact that it’s been hugely mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones, I’d say the vibe has been pretty good, wouldn’t you?”
This year, Downey won a well-deserved supporting-actor award for “Oppenheimer.” Gervais won the first Globe for best standup-comedy special, but was absent. So was humor in general.
There were two funny bits by presenters: One, reflecting the writers’ strike, showed what this would be like if studio executives had written it. The other had a Black actress and an Asian actor profess their desire to get roles portraying “white people problems.”
But the rest of this was … well, almost like studio executives had written it.
This is important because the Globes were short of other entertainment. There were no songs and few surprises. Some people had assumed the TV side to be dominated by the final “Succession” season (drama) and “The Bear” (comedy). They felt “Oppenheimer” would dominate movie dramas and “Beef” would sweep the mini-series .
The most interesting surprises came among comedy movies. “Poor Thinigs” won for best picture and actress (Emma Stone); “The Holdovers” won for best actor (Paul Giamatti) and supporting actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
Also interesting was Randolph’s choice of dress. Even for me, a fan of low-cut gowns, this was too much of a good thing.
But her acceptance speech was bland. So were most of the others. People read lists; people recited lists. Viewers fidgeted, hoping the Globes still have Gervais’ phone number.