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Good call. Good choice.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were tapped to co-host next year's Oscar ceremony on Tuesday — and the hopes for a light, funny show went up significantly.

Martin has hosted before, and well. Baldwin's new to the emcee game, but his comic bluster on "30 Rock" should translate well.

The guys will get a lot of time together, too. Before the Oscars, the two will be working the press for the movie in which they co-star, Nancy Meyers' "It's Complicated," in which both actors romance Meryl Streep (who's got a lock on her 16th nomination for "Julie & Julia").

If the Oscar producers, Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, are smart, they'll compliment Martin and Baldwin by hiring Tina Fey to lead their writing team.