Roasts should only be given to people who are actually funny. To me this guy is a joke, and a dumb one at that. I've watched him a few times on TV and he is not entertaining. Also the phrase "Git-R-Done!" is lame as well. Has Comedy Central run out of easy targets to roast? I hope this is the last idiot we have to see given a roast.
Roasts should be given to people we respect. Larry The Cable Guy deserves to be trashed, but for other comedians to take the time to do it is dumb.
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GPFontaine
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Mar 12 2009 07:38 am
To be honest, I am confused by this.
A roast is supposed to be an honor. You get roasted after having a successful career. Perhaps not after, but in the twilight of one's career. Not in the middle of it or beginning and not if you are just a mediocre success.
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Mar 12 2009 09:40 am
Well, lets go back in time to the original roasts for a minute. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts weren't always done in the twilight of the celebrity's career. A lot were, but not all of them. Some of them were up and coming stars that later became legends in their particular field. There are even a few of them could even be considered has-beens at this point. One in particular that stands out to me is Mr. T.
Sure he was very successful at the time the roast was done, but he had only been acting for four years at that point. And where is he now, doing commercials. I would put Larry the Cableguy in the same league as him. At some point people will get bored of him, and in 2020 the only time you'll probably see him anymore is endorsing some sort of redneck product in a commercial.
Given, the above example is not a Comedy Central Roast, but considering they did Flavor Flav I think that pretty much opened the door for anybody to be roasted on Comedy Central. At least Dino didn't roast people that were already washed up has-beens.
Yeah, Comedy Central has pretty much done a roast of whomever is available. Very few were actually worthy of it. I mean Bob Sagat?
worstamericanhero
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Mar 12 2009 11:44 am
The only roast he is worthy of is one over an open fire.
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Mar 12 2009 11:49 am
worstamericanhero wrote:
The only roast he is worthy of is one over an open fire.
true.dat
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Mar 12 2009 01:35 pm
Cattivo wrote:
Yeah, Comedy Central has pretty much done a roast of whomever is available. Very few were actually worthy of it. I mean Bob Sagat?
I disagree.
You may not appreciate him, but he has had a lengthy career in show business and definitely put in his dues.
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Mar 12 2009 01:48 pm
The Bob Saget roast was pretty entertaining. Not as good as Leary, Carey, or Shatner, but fun to watch. I think everyone in America collectively shuddered when Larry got a roast. Who's next Carlos Mencia?
Yeah, Comedy Central has pretty much done a roast of whomever is available. Very few were actually worthy of it. I mean Bob Sagat?
I disagree.
You may not appreciate him, but he has had a lengthy career in show business and definitely put in his dues.
True. And frankly, I think the roasts are more for the comedians than the audience. I mean sure CC airs them, but I'm sure the fact that all those guys know each other has something to do with who gets chosen.
For example, if we aired a public roast of Syd/Jeebus/whoever from the forum, it might be funny to watch just because of the jokes themselves, but it would have special meaning for us because we know them, and there would probably be lots of inside jokes and references. I'm sure its the same way with the CC roasts, to some extent.
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Mar 12 2009 01:55 pm
I suppose you can say that about Sagat. I know I've heard it before.
I certainly did enjoy the Shatner roast, but that's just because I'm a huge Trek fan, and really like Shatner.
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Mar 12 2009 02:21 pm
Yeah I heard the advertisement for it and shook my head. I'm obviously not going to watch it. I've noticed the Roasts get progressively worse lately. I wouldn't doubt if Mencia got a roast, ugh...
Yeah I heard the advertisement for it and shook my head. I'm obviously not going to watch it. I've noticed the Roasts get progressively worse lately. I wouldn't doubt if Mencia got a roast, ugh...
You know, I was just wondering if there was a roast I would run faster from than the one for Larry...and you just answered my question lol.
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Mar 12 2009 10:16 pm
I would've much rather they roasted Ron White if they had to use a Blue Collar Tour guy, his standup was always much better to me and not built on selling with catchphrases.
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Mar 13 2009 01:48 am
Ba‘al wrote:
I would've much rather they roasted Ron White if they had to use a Blue Collar Tour guy, his standup was always much better to me and not built on selling with catchphrases.
YES! I LOVE Ron White. He is the only member of the BCCT I will go out of my way to watch/see. No matter how many times I hear him tell a story (because his jokes are almost all long enough to be stories, which makes them even awesomer), I laugh.
Bill Engval is okay. He CAN be quite funny, but the family-oriented (by that I mean telling jokes about his family) only goes so far for me. Foxworthy is also okay, but same deal. And he seriously, seriously needs to retire the Redneck schtick. Larry, I can never stand to watch more than ten minutes of before I have to switch the channel. His kind of humor just doesn't compute for me.
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Mar 13 2009 11:07 am
SoldierHawk wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
Cattivo wrote:
Yeah, Comedy Central has pretty much done a roast of whomever is available. Very few were actually worthy of it. I mean Bob Sagat?
I disagree.
You may not appreciate him, but he has had a lengthy career in show business and definitely put in his dues.
True. And frankly, I think the roasts are more for the comedians than the audience. I mean sure CC airs them, but I'm sure the fact that all those guys know each other has something to do with who gets chosen.
For example, if we aired a public roast of Syd/Jeebus/whoever from the forum, it might be funny to watch just because of the jokes themselves, but it would have special meaning for us because we know them, and there would probably be lots of inside jokes and references. I'm sure its the same way with the CC roasts, to some extent.
I'd agree with you were it not for the fact that there seems to be the same rotation of comedians over and over who haven't even met most of the roast victims save for a few friends strategically placed.
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Mar 13 2009 11:55 pm
Syd Lexia wrote:
The Bob Saget roast was pretty entertaining. Not as good as Leary, Carey, or Shatner, but fun to watch. I think everyone in America collectively shuddered when Larry got a roast. Who's next Carlos Mencia?
Norma MacDonald was awsome.
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Mar 22 2009 12:17 am
Next year: Roast of Dane Cook, by roastmaster Carlos Mencia.
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Mar 22 2009 12:59 am
I saw this, since there literally was nothing else on TV to watch.
Worst, horrible hour ot TV I think I've ever watched. The Friar's Club Roasts at least seem to have deserving people.
Dare I ask what the worst part was?
