Roast of Joan Rivers

This could actually be very funny.

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/roast_rivers/index.jhtml

Not sure about Kathy Griffin as roastmaster, but should be funny.

Funnier than Flavor Flav, who ranks at the bottom.

My top 3 list; IMHO.

1. Pam Anderson
2. William Shatner
3. Dennis Leary

 

Kathy Griffin is hilarious...

 

The Leary roast didn't have a real edge because most of the guys roasting him wouldn't have careers without Leary. You could just tell they liked him too much.

Flavor Flav was bad. It was still much better than the Chevy Chase one, which was a trainwreck. No big names at all...

The Shatner roast was great. The Pam Anderson one was great. I liked the Saget one.

 

I've heard good things about this thus far. Can't wait to see all the jokes thrown at Robin Quivers (Howard Stern's sidekick). Apparently she did fairly well for a non-comedienne.

 

The Rob Reiner roast was epic for two reasons:

It contained Jeff Ross's first "Bea Arthur" joke: "I wouldn't fuck her (Sandra Bernhardt) with Bea Arthur's dick."

And...it had Triumph.

 

Question: Can you really roast something already that desiccated?

 

I agree! And because that and the Hugh Hefner one were with the Friars' Club, I don't think Comedy Central shows them anymore. It's unfortunate, because I love the Hefner one, which has (of all people) Gilbert Gottfried doing a great segment.

 

No way they're gonna top the joke made at her expense in "The Simpsons" episode where Homer and Ned go to Vegas. Joan is trying to convince Homer and Ned to see her show. Ned pulls away frantically as Joan yells "BUT MY DAUGHTER HAS NO TALENT!!!!"

 

Yeah, from what I've heard the comedians were barred from making jokes about Melissa. Apparently, Joan's face is fair game though.

 

Melissa gets in a couple shots at mama, though.

 

I can sympathize with Joan a little about the Melissa ban. Without it, the whole roast would be ripping her talentless wanna-be of a daughter.

But it's a roast. Your husband's suicide is fair game, but your daughter isn't?

I've seen Joan Rivers in concert twice. Once in Lake Tahoe in the late 1980s and once about two years ago. My stepmother and mother-in-law are fans. She was absolutely hilarious both times.

 

OK. That's just wrong coming from a guy.