He seemed out of it telling his jokes about rapper 50 Cent and other "now" artists. Was he out of touch and using someone else's material, or did he have some names and insert them in existing material?
He was getting no laughs (but he had a big finish/lots of applause because he got to introduce Bruuuuuuce).
My guess is that he was using the staff writers for the event like Bruce Villianch at the Oscars (except he is funny)