Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump

[Sampiro]

Did anybody else watch it?

I've never seen an episode of The Jersey Shore and the only thing I know about Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is he shows his abs a lot, but damn! I felt bad for him. Jeff Ross deserves some medals for public service and charity for rescuing him.

And Marlee Matlin is great at stand-up- who knew?

I thought Trump was a generally good sport. The jokes about his wives and of course his hair got old and were I him I think I'd have hit Gilbert Gottfried for the joke about his daughter.

[Southern Yankee]

No, but I heard someone mention Sorrentino's "meltdown." Can you give a quick synopsis?

[Sampiro]

No, but I heard someone mention Sorrentino's "meltdown." Can you give a quick synopsis?

Basically he can't time a joke to save his life (Marlee Matlin wasn't just better but worlds better). He clearly didn't write his own material because it was obvious he didn't even know what the punchlines meant on a couple of them and he screwed them up. The audience started booing about a minute into his set and Jeff Ross actually came up and asked them to give a chance and ended up showing his own stomach calling himself "The Saturation" as a sort of charitable way to take attention away from Sorrentino's bombing.

[Exapno Mapcase]

I'm in deadline mode so I only got a chance to watch the first part. All I can say is that if CC runs the Flavor Flav Roast again, watch that instead. It's the difference between crisp and soggy.

[Skammer]

I only saw a bit near the end, so I missed the Situational bomb but got to hear a couple of the other comedians make fun of him for it. Are there any clips on the CC website?

[PSXer]

is it true Gilbert Gottfried made another 9/11 joke?

[Jack Batty]

I watched the first half, and had most of the second half on the TeeVee, but muted. I was laughing my ass off. I thought Snoop was particularly funny, when I didn't have much faith that he would be.

I'll have to see if I can catch the parts I sort of missed.

[the lone cashew]

Here's The Situation bomb on youtube..

Trump roast clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XIy4_D-_gM)

[Sampiro]

is it true Gilbert Gottfried made another 9/11 joke?

Sort of. He said that for all Trump has done to the NYC skyline they should "stop calling him 'The Donald' and start calling him 'The 20th Hijacker'!" He got both laughs and boos and Jeff Ross yelled out "Too soon!"

[PeskiPiksi]

is it true Gilbert Gottfried made another 9/11 joke?

Someone did, but I don't think it was Gottfried. I might be wrong--all the jokes started to run together after awhile. The joke was something along the lines of calling Trump "the second worst disaster to ever hit New York."

Watching The Situation was just painful. I'm the opposite of a fan, but I really felt uncomfortable watching that. I was embarrassed for him!

I thought the host (blanking on his name...Family Guy guy) was absolutely hilarious.

I admire anybody who has enough toughness to put themselves up for a beating like that--that goes for everyone on the panel as well as Trump.

On preview: Sampiro remembered the Gottfried joke. That's much more direct than the one I mentioned.

[Sampiro]

I thought the harshest- and one of the funniest- line was directed at Snoop when the new guy, Anthony Jesselrik (?sp) said of the nine person panel:

"Our panel consists of a pimp, a murderer, an ex-con, a drug dealer- and eight white guys."

Also liked Lisa Lampanelli's joke about Larry King:

"He's what we call in show business a triple threat, meaning he can have a stroke, a heart attack, or shit his pants at any time."

The funniest part was Marlee Matlin giving the deaf signs for people on the panel. Though whoever asked Russell Simmons if Marlee was going to be on Def Comedy Jam was pretty funny.

[Hampshire]

From the past roasts I've seen they usually get a lot of insult comedians to do their thing and then have some other celebrity guests who typically have someone else write their jokes and they deliver them. Apparently "Sitch" didn't get this message as the jokes were so awful they were either written by him or one of his housemates.
My favorite was Snoop pimping Trump for president saying it wouldn't be the first time Trump forced a black person out of their home.

[pancakes3]

Here's The Situation bomb on youtube..

Trump roast clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XIy4_D-_gM)

that was bad.

[Superdude]

I miss Greg Geraldo. He was so good at these roasts.

[Exapno Mapcase]

New guy was the best, now that I've seen the rest. And he worked clean, although you probably wouldn't notice until after since the jokes were so nasty.

Marlee Matlin and Gilbert Gottfried should always work together. In fact, the first time I saw her interpreter next to her in a long shot, I thought he was Gilbert Gottfried. Anybody else see a resemblance?

[Gatopescado]

"The Football-shaped-head kid" joke was the absolute highlight of that roast. Nearly wet meself laffin', in keepin' with the spirit o'the day!

How the fuck did they convince Marlee Matlin to do that? Truly, she deserves her Oscar!

[Sampiro]

"The Football-shaped-head kid" joke was the absolute highlight of that roast. Nearly wet meself laffin', in keepin' with the spirit o'the day!

As much as I detest Palin, I thought that joke was mean, in poor taste, and completely uncalled for and completely crossed a line.


And it made me really mad that I laughed my ass off.

[singular1]

Dammmit, now I gotta know what the joke is. Please?

[Superdude]

Dammmit, now I gotta know what the joke is. Please?

Here ya go...


"I love your work," she told McFarlane. "I especially like that weird baby you made with the enormous football shaped head. Oh, sorry, that was for my Sarah Palin roast."

[Troy McClure SF]

I gotta say, the "Flava Flav's dentist" joke, as written, was pretty funny.

[Sampiro]

I gotta say, the "Flava Flav's dentist" joke, as written, was pretty funny.

The joke about Donald "letting himself go" wasn't that funny to begin with but it's clear Situation had no clue what the punchline meant or how to deliver it.

[the lone cashew]

Lisa Lampanelli leads off the Donald Trump roast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcOeZIQX7Y8) (very funny stuff)

[Mahaloth]

that was bad.

Wow. No kidding. People just sat there. Did you see Ice T(or whoever he is) just shaking his head "no" while Situation-douche continued. Wow.

I miss Greg Geraldo. He was so good at these roasts.

As Gilbert Gottfried said, "If they cremate him, is that the 'Greg Geraldo roast?'"

Ah, Gilbert. Your death will probably produce more "too soon" jokes than any other celebrity.

[Lakai]

Ah, Gilbert. Your death will probably produce more "too soon" jokes than any other celebrity.

I like how Matlin covered her ears while he was talking.

[the lone cashew]

Snoop Dawg is hilarious! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvCyNQHXdJo&feature=related)

[AClockworkMelon]

Finally saw it tonight.

First of all, the Situation did really, really badly. I actually turned my tv off for a bit during his act. I was embarrassed for him. But he was a good sport and laughed plenty at himself afterwards.

Second of all, the new guy who I know nothing about (the one they joked about replacing Giraldo) was fucking hilarious. He was easily the best one up, imo. Snoop was incredible and so was Matlin and Gottfried. Jeffrey Ross, who's usually one of my favorites, seemed weak this time. He spent a little too much time licking Trump's asshole at the end of his bit.

All in all it wasn't as good as the Shatner and Flava Flav roasts (but really, nothing can compare with the Flav roast- it was perfect) but it was still worth watching.

[Kamino Neko]

As Gilbert Gottfried said, "If they cremate him, is that the 'Greg Geraldo roast?'"

Ah, Gilbert. Your death will probably produce more "too soon" jokes than any other celebrity.

I suspect more 'Not soon enough' jokes. >_>

[Freudian Slit]

The clip of all the other comedians mocking Situation is pretty funny, though. I agree that watching him is painful. I cringed the way I used to cringe while watching George Costanza back on Seinfeld.

[Ibn Warraq]

From what I heard, whenever they do these roasts, the production company(I think its Dennis Leary's) offers the celebrity guests writers to use and most are smart enough to use them but Sitch decided not to and instead went with his own material.

Also, keep in mind that they edited quite a lot out of the show. In reality it's not an hour-and-a-half, it's more like three hours, so the editors cut out the worst parts Sitch's act so in reality it was even worse, which is why so many in the audience were booing him so loudly.

[Bosstone]

(but really, nothing can compare with the Flav roast- it was perfect)The Chevy Chase roast (incidentally, the last Friar's Club roast to be aired before Comedy Central moved in with their own brand) compares, for one golden speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taPTqd8g7yg).

[Mahaloth]

The Chevy Chase roast (incidentally, the last Friar's Club roast to be aired before Comedy Central moved in with their own brand) compares, for one golden speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taPTqd8g7yg).

Wow.

I'm telling you, the roasts really were funnier back then. I remember reading an interview with Chase later that he really had to rethink his career after the roast. It blew him away with.

[AClockworkMelon]

The Chevy Chase roast (incidentally, the last Friar's Club roast to be aired before Comedy Central moved in with their own brand) compares, for one golden speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taPTqd8g7yg).Wow, that was pretty incredible.

[Mahaloth]

I notice Brian Regan never does these. I guess it is because his whole image is "nice guy" kind of stuff instead of "insult comic" kind of stuff.

Did George Carlin ever get roasted or roast anyone?

[Mahaloth]

From what I heard, whenever they do these roasts, the production company(I think its Dennis Leary's) offers the celebrity guests writers to use and most are smart enough to use them but Sitch decided not to and instead went with his own material.


Where did you hear the part about him writing his own material? They sounded like written jokes....that he has no idea how to tell.

[Sampiro]

Chevy Chase's was painful. And he sat for it before they paid a fortune. I don't know how much the roastee makes but it's a lot- on the Joan Rivers "A Year in the Life" documentary she said being roasted was by far her highest paid gig of the year and that's the sole reason she agreed to it.

Interesting how much Chevy has either aged or stopped trying to look younger between then (2002) and Community. Part of it is a weight gain but he's also let his hair go white, though actually I think he looks quite natural for his age (not bad, not great) now. My understanding is he had a deserved reputation as a monumental prick in his younger days (I think he even concedes this) but has mellowed a lot over the years.

[Contrapuntal]

The Chevy Chase roast (incidentally, the last Friar's Club roast to be aired before Comedy Central moved in with their own brand) compares, for one golden speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taPTqd8g7yg).Wait. That's supposed to be funny? Where were the cunt jokes?