The 2024 Golden Globes Comedy Category Winners & Best Moments

Last night was the 81st Annual Golden Globes, the award show that celebrates excellence for both American & international film & television. With many well deserved winners claiming their awards throughout the ceremony also came some funny (and not so funny) moments to acknowledge throughout the night. Here are some of the standout moments from the 2024 Golden Globes!

We all really wanted Jo Koy to crush it and we indeed were excited when it was announced he was taking the gig & that stand-up comedy would have a higher precedence in this year’s ceremony. However, his performance during his monologue did not turn out exactly the way we were hoping for.

To be fair, Koy only had 10 days to prepare as he shared in his opening monologue, quite a tall order for a semi last minute hosting gig. For context, Koy was not the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s first choice of host. Other hosts that were asked to host ahead of this year’s ceremony were Chris Rock, Ali Wong, the Smartless Trio (Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes & Will Arnett), and even Globes hosts alum Tina Fey & Amy Poehler: all declined the offer.

We know the jokes about Taylor Swift & Barbie did not land as well as we all would’ve hoped for. Had Koy been hired earlier, he would've had a chance better chance to workout the material in a smaller setting before this year's show. Who knows who to blame: all we know is the odds were stacked against him & he did the absolute best he could for the very thankless job it is.

One thing remains the same before taking this gig: he’s still a fantastic comedian selling out arenas across the world with three killer Netflix specials to his name. He’s still got a long career ahead of him despite his performance during last night’s ceremony and we can also share that he’s not the only comedian to have a similar awards hosting experience (just ask David Letterman about his Oscar’s hosting stint).

It's been far & few between for stand-up comedians to be recognized at major award shows. You see it a little bit at the Emmys & Grammys. But this year, the Golden Globes finally gave stand-up comedy the platform it deserves during this year's televised ceremony.

During Jim Gaffigan's presentation, he poked some fun at how "for 80 years, good looking people threw a party" and to the audience, he boldly shared to the audience how they "finally decided to invite the talented people." This comes to show how brutal of an art form stand-up is and how long it's taken for stand-up comedians to be recognized at the awards ceremony (81 years to be exact).

Ricky Gervais landed the first win in this newly created category for his latest stand-up special on Netflix, Armageddon. While he was not present to accept this honor, it's still a step in the right direction for stand-up continuing to get higher recognition in the award show circuit.

Will Ferrell & Kristen Wiig together, best known together for their SNL sketches, could not take themselves anymore less seriously when presenting last night's award for Best Actor In A Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy.

Any chance they could present the category & nominees, they got interrupted by some terribly awkward lobby or elevator music. Only Ferrell & Wiig would know exactly what to do in a moment like this. And it's just to absolutely lean in to it, showing once again what a classic & hysterical of a comedy duo these two are.

Ayo Edeberi accepted her award for her performance on the hit FX comedy series, The Bear. One thing she makes known during her acceptance speech: “thank your assistants!” 

Jeremy Allen White accepted his award for his performance on the hit FX comedy series, The Bear. 

The cast & crew of the hit FX comedy series, The Bear, accept the award for Best Television Series for a Musical/Comedy. The show's producer made sure to shout out the restaurant community for doing the real work & embracing their show with so much love & support. 

Paul Giamatti accepted his award for his performance in the Alexander Payne dramedy, The Holdovers. Giamatti said it's likely that this is the first time the award has been given to an actor who “played a man who smells like fish” 

Da'Vine Joy Randolph accepted her award for her performance in the Alexander Payne dramedy, The Holdovers. 

Emma Stone accepted her award for her performance on the indie fantasy, sci-fi AND comedy movie, Poor Things. She stretches the term "rom-com" for this movie but nonetheless, a sweet acceptance speech! 

Steve Yeun accepted his award for his performance on the hit limited Netflix dramedy series, Beef. This win marks a historic one for Yeun for being the first actor of Asian descent to win in this category. 

Ali Wong accepted her award for her performance on the hit limited Netflix dramedy series, Beef. Wong's win is a triumph for stand-up comedy and Asian actresses. Like her co-star Yeun, she is the first of her background to win in this category. 

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