Weve learned a big lesson Sunday evening: Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can save anything.

Also, award show hosts are unnecessary .

After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences couldnt seem to find anyone to host the Oscars following the Kevin Hart debacle , it finally threw in the towel and decided to focus on presenters. Skip the opening monologue, the song-and-dance number, the Trump digs by a late-night host. Just zoom in on fun, famous groupings who would entertain a dwindling Oscars audience.

In a Grammys-like opening, Queen and Adam Lambert rocked you a room full of Hollywoods elite. Then, Rudolph, Fey and Poehler swooped in, perfectly tossing out jokes about everything from Spanx in your Spider-verse to Bradley Cooper peeing himself. We saw Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry, dressed in ridiculous period pieces, hand out the award for Best Costume Design to Ruth Carter of Black Panther. We watched Khaleesi herself, Emilia Clarke, brag about her dragons while introducing performer Jennifer Hudson. We giggled as James McAvoy and Danai Gurira showed off their vocal intonations during the sound categories. We smiled as Keegan Michael Key floated down into the auditorium under an umbrella, a la Mary Poppins. We chuckled as Mike Myers and Dana Carvey revived their Waynes World characters.

Sunday nights Oscars might have been the best weve seen in years, and its all because the academy was able to stray from tradition, allowing viewers in turn to let go of expectations and embrace change.