Silverman slags Paris

Now, enough of the MTV Movie Awards pre-game show drivel; onto the MTV Movie Awards show drivel:

Sarah Silverman’s opening monologue had a moment that emerged an instant classic – not entirely of her making, but she gets the kudos:

When she announced Paris Hilton was going to jail, the crowd cheered wildly. The director cut to Hilton for a reaction, and she had that thin smile pasted on her face.

Continuing, Silverman spoke of the preferential treatment Paris would get in prison: “The guards are going to paint the bars to look like penises,” Sarah said; “I just worry that she’s going to break her teeth on them.” Cut to Paris: That thin smile is hilariously gone.

Other punchlines:

On the film “300:” “They got the name by measuring how gay it was on a scale from one to 10.”

Saying hello to people in the crowd, including – huh? – Jack Nicholson. Who seems to be there just so she can uncork this one: “You have literally been in every single one of my favorite actresses.” (Actually, Nicholson showed to pick up the Best Villain award for “The Departed.”)

On Lindsay Lohan: “What happened to that sweet little freckle-faced girl who had only been to rehab once?”

Sarah then sang a song that allowed the censors to wear out the button on their bleep sound effect.