# Bob Saget Roast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394 "2008-08-18T07:10:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/21 "2008-08-18T17:33:15Z")
Actually, I swear the line was Ashley swallows. But really, who cares? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![pentadent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@pentadent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pentadent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/22 "2008-08-18T17:37:50Z")
Surely Norm meant to tank. I thought his routine was some sort of Kaufmanesque joke on jokes, an intentionally bad routine that ends up being funny because of how bad it was. Leachman was awesome. Jeff Ross was disappointing, he has done much better in other roasts. I expected far more profanity considering the stories Iā€™ve heard on how filthy Bob Sagetā€™s humor can be. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/23 "2008-08-18T17:38:49Z")
[A very small clip](http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179722&title=norm-macdonald) of Norm MacDonaldā€™s performance. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/24 "2008-08-18T17:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=Tamara+] Actually, I swear the line was Ashley swallows. But really, who cares? šŸ˜› [/QUOTE] If there is a person who has definitive, personal proof of which is which, I donā€™t know if Iā€™d give him a high five or hold him tightly while he cried. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/25 "2008-08-18T17:49:37Z")
ā€¦but really who doesnā€™t want to watch Peter Fonda pick blueberries? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/26 "2008-08-18T18:09:01Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] [A very small clip](http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179722&title=norm-macdonald) of Norm MacDonaldā€™s performance. [/QUOTE] That was hilarious. To me thatā€™s the sort of thing that would be funny for several minutes, but would get tedious after 5 min or so. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/27 "2008-08-18T18:23:38Z")
I saw that it was on three times in a row last night. One of the showings started at midnight so I dvrā€™d that one. Does anyone know it they let that one go ā€œuncensoredā€? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/28 "2008-08-18T18:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] That was hilarious. To me thatā€™s the sort of thing that would be funny for several minutes, but would get tedious after 5 min or so. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that was a hell of a lot funnier than I expected. Itā€™s not just the lame jokes, itā€™s the way he drives home the lame punchlines. I used to give Norm short shrift, but the guy knows comedy, for damn sure. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/29 "2008-08-18T18:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Does anyone know it they let that one go ā€œuncensoredā€? They let the word ā€œassholeā€ go unbleeped in the first few minutes. Unless that was a mistake, Iā€™d say that one was ā€œuncensoredā€. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/30 "2008-08-18T18:44:47Z")
[The whole (Norm MacDonald) thing](http://videogum.com/archives/stand-up-comedy/norm-macdonalds-genius-roast-of-bob-saget_015201.html?utm_source=tm&utm_medium=videogum) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/31 "2008-08-18T20:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] They let the word ā€œassholeā€ go unbleeped in the first few minutes. Unless that was a mistake, Iā€™d say that one was ā€œuncensoredā€. [/QUOTE] ā€œFuckā€ and ā€œcockā€ were bleeped. So it was definitely censored, which surprised me in light of the late showing. I mean, even Chris Rock was uncensored. Maybe if they repeat it late Friday or Saturday itā€™ll go through uncensored. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/32 "2008-08-18T20:12:19Z")
> [@](#): > > ā€œFuckā€ and ā€œcockā€ were bleeped. So it was definitely censored. Maybe if they repeat it late Friday or Saturday itā€™ll go through uncensored. Youā€™ll notice I put ā€œuncensoredā€ in quotes. Comedy Central isnā€™t HBO, so I meant ā€œComedy Centralā€™s Usual Late-Night Level of Vulgarityā€, which would bleep those words, but not others. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/33 "2008-08-18T20:25:55Z")
I loved Norms well-wishers joke. ā€œā€¦they want to murder you in a well according to this card.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/34 "2008-08-19T00:00:44Z")
Jeffrey Ross, as always, is just in a different league from everybody else at these things. I loved ā€œChloris Leachmann is so oldā€¦ Shakespeare did _her_ in the parkā€ and ā€œDid you come here in a limo or a time machine?ā€ Itā€™s funny- when Jon Lovitz did his thing, I thought ā€˜that was sort of an anti-roast,ā€™ because the gay jokes were so over the top they seemed like parodies of ā€œthis guy is so gayā€ jokes. (If youā€™ve heard any Simpsons DVD commentaries with him you know Lovitz canā€™t do any other kind of jokes except gay jokes.) And then Norm MacDonald came on and did a _real_ anti-roast. It was pretty fascinating and some of it was really funny, especially the well stuff already quoted here. I have to sayā€¦ Lewis Black really seemed to be mailing it in here. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/35 "2008-08-19T02:05:23Z")
Norm McDonald was brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Salmo\_Trutta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Salmo\_Trutta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salmo_Trutta)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/36 "2008-08-19T02:53:00Z")
I think Revtim is right about it being a AFHV spoof. At the end Norm says ā€œThis concludes the jokeā€¦ā€ and is immediately cut off by the audience applauding the fact that heā€™s done. Itā€™s too bad because that would have explained exactly what he was going for. The comedians obviously understood it. I think itā€™s pretty ballsy that he didnā€™t wait until the applause died down to explain himself. Sort of a giant ā€œfuck youā€ to the crowd for being stupid. I think the Andy Kauffman comparison is an entirely reasonable interpretation. The more I see from Norm the more respect I have for him. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/37 "2008-08-19T05:55:45Z")
I think Comedy Central only does the full uncensored bits on Saturday nights, after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394/38 "2008-08-19T12:57:07Z")
I set my DVR to catch the Saturday at 8pm show. Thatā€™ll be the 11pm east coast show, and that has traditionally been the uncensored one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-saget-roast/460394.md?page=1)