# Shatner Roast: Scripted? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707 "2011-03-23T10:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/1 "2011-03-23T10:35:09Z")
I thought it was pretty funny, but I gotta believe that it was totally scripted. The only question I have is were the participants allowed their own writers or was the whole thing written by whoever produced the show. Was this one in a series? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/2 "2011-03-23T12:51:38Z")
The comedians write their own material, and there’s writers to provide material for the non-comedians. I think I already knew this, but this was confirmed for me recently by Jeffery Ross on Adam Corolla’s podcast. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/3 "2011-03-23T12:53:22Z")
Also, it’s longer than they show. They edit it down to show the best jokes. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/4 "2011-03-23T14:21:38Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Also, it’s longer than they show. They edit it down to show the best jokes. So The Situation stayed on the Trump roast, why, again? ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/5 "2011-03-23T14:30:48Z")
I’m assuming The Situation was probably on one of the “celebrity” Apprentices? The Comedy Central Roasts SUCK. It’s the same damn people every year, who have absolutely no connection to the person they’re roasting (at least Greg Giraldo was funny). Roasting is about paying tribute to the people you know and love, and it’s always a lot funnier to watch John Stamos roast Bob Saget than some random comedian who has probably never even worked with him before. Comedy Central should have just stuck with that Friar’s Club contract they had for 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/6 "2011-03-23T14:33:40Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So The Situation stayed on the Trump roast, why, again? So we could point and laugh at him. I have a feeling it was the friars’ way of roasting Situation without actually having to honor him. > [@fusoya](#): > > I’m assuming The Situation was probably on one of the “celebrity” Apprentices? The Situation was not on Celebrity Apprentice. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-roast-scripted/575707/7 "2011-03-23T14:41:34Z")
Everybody loves watching a F-list celebrity douche crash and burn…and if it’s bad enough, it becomes marketing appeal (at the douche’s expense, but hey, who cares? schadenfreude!) welcome to 21st century celebrity marketing!