maybe from there i have a shot at actually getting a positive review. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, seth macfarlane. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> thank you. >> the curtain rises february 24th, 2013. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the oscars. and the quest to make tommy lee jones laugh begins now. [ laughter ] >> one comedy number becomes controversial where seth sings about actresses who aapeered nude. >> we saw you in monster we saw charlize theron ♪ >> the actresses are in on the joke having pretaped their reaction shots. >> they were playing along and of course that mattered. >> some academy members brand the bit sexist but macfarlane finds plenty of defenders. >> i don't think he is remotely sexist. i don't think what he did was sexist. >> with seth as host the oscars