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post #1 of 14
8/27/08 at 9:28pm
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I must say, I've been watching those roasts while I've been working and they're entertaining as hell.

Okay, the only ones I find rewatchable are BOB SAGET (where Cloris Leachman talks about fucking a donkey for six years), PAMELA ANDERSON (How is it possible that Courtney Love looks worse than Kurt Cobain), and FLAVOR FLAV (Carrot Top goes racist).

I thought HUGH HEFNER, DENIS LEARY, and JEFF FOXWORTHY were kind of weak.

Who would you want to see roasted on these shows?

I want to see the Roast of ROBERT RODRIGUEZ. What can you say about a director who brags about what a lazy half-ass writer he is and considers himself a role model?

I could go for a Roast of BRUCE CAMPBELL too.
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post #2 of 14
8/27/08 at 9:32pm
You need to watch the Shatner one.
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post #3 of 14
8/27/08 at 9:35pm
I've seen all of them a bunch of times and I think my favorites are still Flavor Flav, Bill Shatner, and Bob Saget.

Denis Leary one is pretty good too. Pam Anderson is decent, but I was tired of the "Tommy Lee's got a huge cock" jokes.
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post #4 of 14
8/27/08 at 10:00pm
Bill Shatner's probably my favorite one as well.

Betty White nearly killed me. She was so salacious... A real old-school pro.

And Takei's line: "If my boyfriend sucked that much, I'd never leave the house!" For the ages.

And Lisa Lampanelli always makes me piss my pants.
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post #5 of 14
8/27/08 at 10:25pm
Takei was pretty great.
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post #6 of 14
8/27/08 at 11:35pm
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"I am very honored you invited me here tonight, so I can say what I've been waiting 40 years to say: Fuck you and the horse you rode in on"

LOL
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post #7 of 14
8/28/08 at 10:50am
I liked Chevy Chase's Roast because apparently he is a real asshole. I want to see a Roast of Quentin Tarantino or Spike Lee, or together.
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post #8 of 14
8/28/08 at 11:05am
A Spike Lee roast with Eastwood on the daeus, or vice versa would be epic. The Drew Carrey roast was pretty quality if I remember. Were all of the old roasts (Sinatra, Martin, Lewis) as filthy as these modern ones? If so, I would really like to get my hands on them. Next actor I'd like to see roasted? Clooney.
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post #9 of 14
8/30/08 at 1:54pm
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I liked the William Shatner one, although by the look on Shatner's face, it looks like he doesn't really understand the jokes.
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post #10 of 14
8/30/08 at 7:06pm
The Heffner one back in 2001 was good. Too bad Comedy Central edited the fuck out of it.
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post #11 of 14
8/30/08 at 9:06pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
Were all of the old roasts (Sinatra, Martin, Lewis) as filthy as these modern ones?
The Dean Martin Roasts were broadcast on NBC, so they weren't laced with profanity. That doesn't make them any less funny though. In some ways, they're better because you see some real old pros doing their thing, and they don't need to resort to an overuse of profanity to get laughs. I admire that subtlety. Those roasts are real classics and you should look for them on YouTube. The line-up of stars is pretty incredible...

Don Rickles is a genius. Watch his clips to see a master at work. And he does it without fuck you and motherfucker and eat shit and suck dicks and all that. His zingers are masterful. His timing is unbelievable. And he's still going at it in Vegas - 81 years old. Amazing.

(One of my dreams is to get shit on by Rickles. It'll never happen. Unless I go to Vegas and am lucky enough to be sitting in the front row... and all this happens before he dies. ... Better not to think about it.)

Check them out. It's pretty classy stuff.
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post #12 of 14
8/30/08 at 10:53pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
A Spike Lee roast with Eastwood on the daeus, or vice versa would be epic. The Drew Carrey roast was pretty quality if I remember. Were all of the old roasts (Sinatra, Martin, Lewis) as filthy as these modern ones? If so, I would really like to get my hands on them. Next actor I'd like to see roasted? Clooney.
There are some clips on Youtube.

The Rickles ones are great. Martin looks like he's getting ready to have a heart attack in them.
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post #13 of 14
8/30/08 at 11:17pm
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Originally Posted by Erix View Post
The Dean Martin Roasts were broadcast on NBC, so they weren't laced with profanity. That doesn't make them any less funny though. In some ways, they're better because you see some real old pros doing their thing, and they don't need to resort to an overuse of profanity to get laughs. I admire that subtlety. Those roasts are real classics and you should look for them on YouTube. The line-up of stars is pretty incredible...
Were those the ones with the card board cut out audiences?
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post #14 of 14
8/31/08 at 2:41am
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Meanwhile, yes, the Tommy Lee dick jokes get old in the Pamela Anderson one, but god I loved watching her squirm when her own book was read back to her, and Andy Dick playing the breast surgeon who feels her up.
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