# Comedy Central Roast of Ann Coulter... er, I mean, Rob Lowe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196 "2016-09-06T17:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/41 "2016-09-10T02:04:31Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > New Orleans TV host Anne Cutler gets [Twitter hate tweets aimed at Ann Coulter](http://wgno.com/2016/09/07/new-orleans-news-anchor-becomes-unintended-target-of-internet-fury/) because people on Twitter should be spayed and neutered. Anne Cutler is my sister. Small world, eh? I’d actually kinda wondered when this would happen. Coulter invites so much vitriol, and the names are so close, that it seemed inevitable. I guess it was. She’s gotten a bit of positive publicity out of it… not sure it’s a net win, but you take what you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/42 "2016-09-10T02:36:38Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Anne Cutler is my sister. Cool. I understand why she changed her name from Anne Strangelove for TV, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/43 "2016-09-10T02:54:29Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Cool. I understand why she changed her name from Anne Strangelove for TV, though. Well, it used to be Merkwürdigliebe. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/44 "2016-09-10T03:17:07Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Well, it used to be Merkwürdigliebe. Well, a TV host by any other name, uh Stainesey? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/45 "2016-09-10T10:58:01Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Well, it used to be Merkwürdigliebe. Man did you see Ann Merkwürdigliebe get crushed at the Scott Baio roast? It was terrible! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/46 "2016-09-10T13:11:55Z")
> [@Orr\_G](#): > > I believe it. I hope to one day see an unedited version. > > Ann Coulter’s time at the mic was one of the funniest stretches of time I’ve experienced all year, at least. It was kinda like one of those awful Tim&Eric sketches that are just annoying and awkward, but they commit to it for so long that it’s somehow supposed to be funny - except in this case it was executed perfectly, and it was just hilarious beyond reason. > > Her joke-not-joke about her plugging her book. Her expecting to get traction by ragging on Manning’s politics. The utterly grim faces of the audience. The moment (at the beginning) of shock at the audience reaction, and then saying, “pause for boos”. Every moment a multifaceted gem of horror and comedy. I’ll confess the best part was when she made the joke about Pete Davidson being “a biracial goofball who destroyed a once great institution, except he’s not biracial” and Davidson loudly yelled “haha, good one”. I’ll admit to also being confused as to the “biracial” comment. Is there any particular reason someone would think Davidson was biracial? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/47 "2016-09-10T13:25:29Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > I’ll admit to also being confused as to the “biracial” comment. Is there any particular reason someone would think Davidson was biracial? His skin color and facial features suggest to some people that he is not white. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/48 "2016-09-10T15:00:00Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Well, it used to be Merkwürdigliebe. Of the Athabasca Merkwürdigliebes? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/49 "2016-09-10T16:26:31Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > His skin color and facial features suggest to some people that he is not white. Oh. I’ll confess I don’t really see it, but I can see how some people might. FWIW, if I had no idea who he was and he claimed he was I wouldn’t have been surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/50 "2016-09-10T17:01:10Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Oh. I’ll confess I don’t really see it, but I can see how some people might. FWIW, if I had no idea who he was and he claimed he was I wouldn’t have been surprised. Somebody earlier in the roast made a joke of his not being biracial, so I guess that’s an insider’s joke the room would have known. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/51 "2016-09-10T18:36:25Z")
I only was able to catch a bit of it, but the dude dressed as Prince made a great crack at Coulter when he said, “So Ann, you’re against gay marriage. Is that because since you haven’t been able to find a husband… NO ONE ELSE CAN?!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/52 "2016-09-10T20:31:01Z")
We can only hope she never procreates… ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/53 "2016-09-10T21:07:06Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Marginally off topic but the old Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts had a slightly different format. The roasters only talked about the guest of honor. Then the roastee had a response where he/she could talk about the roasters. > > The Comedy Central Roasts is so free form that the guest of honor is almost irrelevant. I don’t think that is quite true. I love to watch those old Dean Martin Roasts on YouTube and many times the roaster would go down the line and pick apart the others. Rickles did this all the time. He’d see Milton Berle, Jack Benny or George Burns and inevitably crack on their age. If Nipsy Russell was there he’d throw in a black joke. Orsen Wells would get hit with a fat joke. On and on it went. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/54 "2016-09-10T21:14:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > We can only hope she never procreates… I believe her species lays egg sacks. Let’s just hope nothing inseminates them. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/55 "2016-09-10T21:24:29Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I believe her species lays egg sacks. Let’s just hope nothing inseminates them. Seen any facehuggers lately? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/56 "2016-09-10T21:42:29Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Seen any facehuggers lately? Stahp scaring me! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/57 "2016-09-10T22:55:41Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Anne Cutler is my sister. Small world, eh? I’d actually kinda wondered when this would happen. Coulter invites so much vitriol, and the names are so close, that it seemed inevitable. I guess it was. > > She’s gotten a bit of positive publicity out of it… not sure it’s a net win, but you take what you can get. Surprised her Twitter profile doesn’t include. “Not Anne Coulter” or similar. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/58 "2016-09-10T23:30:17Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Surprised her Twitter profile doesn’t include. “Not Anne Coulter” or similar. Well, she’s been doing a #NotAnnCoulter hashtag thing. I don’t think the people making the error ever get so far as reading the profile, since the first line is “New Orleans television personality”… and Ann Coulter isn’t that. Not to mention that the only thing they have in common appearance-wise is being blonde and female. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/59 "2016-09-11T01:18:31Z")
She was awful. She did have a few semi-funny jokes, but she read them. She didn’t DELIVER them. Watching, I thought that if ANYONE ELSE on the panel had delivered those few half-decent jokes, they would have gotten some laughs. It wasn’t just that she’s pure evil incarnate, but she’s just not fucking funny. I cannot STAND George W’s policies, but he seems like he’d be personable and charming in-person. He might not bring the house down, but at least he has a sense of humor and presence. Trump too. So for me, it’s not just what she represents and believes, but that she was really, really awful at performing. I’d never ever like her, but if she had laughed at herself and got to the mic and killed it I’d give her begrudging respect. I think she’s authentic in her cray because if it was an act, she’d act BETTER and not bomb on an otherwise hilarious hour of tv. I usually don’t like roasts but I do like Lowe and I kept reading how good it was. I’m glad I watched. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196/60 "2016-09-11T01:56:04Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Well, she’s been doing a #NotAnnCoulter hashtag thing. I don’t think the people making the error ever get so far as reading the profile, since the first line is “New Orleans television personality”… and Ann Coulter isn’t that. Not to mention that the only thing they have in common appearance-wise is being blonde and female. Maybe she should legally change her first name from “Anne” to “New Orleans Television Personality Anne”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196.md?page=4)