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I've seen all of the Comedy Central Roasts and this had to be the worst. They assembled a motley crew of some of the least funny people they could find plus a few roast regulars like Greg Giraldo and Jeff Ross who (thankfully) always deliver but (unfortunately) weren't enough to negate the awfulness. Roast regular Lisa Lampinelli was unfortunately absent. The material was predictable (plastic surgery jokes, old age jokes, Jewish jokes) and this group, including Joan herself, beat those dead horses into an unrecognizable pulp.
Entertaining bits were few and far between. Several of the guests (like Tom Arnold) bombed and Gilbert Gottfried's graphic sexual narrative was awe-inspiring in its awfulness. Whitney Cummings took the "completely unfunny female comic" spot usually occupied by the equally unfunny Sarah Silverman and fit the bill just as well, except for some reason she feels compelled to shout her set. Joan Rivers - true to herself - wasn't funny at all either and her proclamations that "comedy needs" her were disconcerting. The entire program was just painful to watch.
I've seen all of the roasts and I've even laughed at all of the roasts but I spent the majority of this 90-minute crapfest cringing and being thankful for commercial breaks. In the words of Gilbert Gottfried (spoken during the credits), "the highlight of the show was when they said it was over". Indeed.
Pass on this one; watch instead the hilarious roast of William Shatner (the best), the funny roast of Jeff Foxworthy, or even the mediocre-yet-entertaining Flavor Flav, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, or Larry the Cable Guy (who deserved his evisceration and then some) roasts.
I've seen all of the Comedy Central Roasts and this had to be the worst. They assembled a motley crew of some of the least funny people they could find plus a few roast regulars like Greg Giraldo and Jeff Ross who (thankfully) always deliver but (unfortunately) weren't enough to negate the awfulness. Roast regular Lisa Lampinelli was unfortunately absent. The material was predictable (plastic surgery jokes, old age jokes, Jewish jokes) and this group, including Joan herself, beat those dead horses into an unrecognizable pulp.
Entertaining bits were few and far between. Several of the guests (like Tom Arnold) bombed and Gilbert Gottfried's graphic sexual narrative was awe-inspiring in its awfulness. Whitney Cummings took the "completely unfunny female comic" spot usually occupied by the equally unfunny Sarah Silverman and fit the bill just as well, except for some reason she feels compelled to shout her set. Joan Rivers - true to herself - wasn't funny at all either and her proclamations that "comedy needs" her were disconcerting. The entire program was just painful to watch.
I've seen all of the roasts and I've even laughed at all of the roasts but I spent the majority of this 90-minute crapfest cringing and being thankful for commercial breaks. In the words of Gilbert Gottfried (spoken during the credits), "the highlight of the show was when they said it was over". Indeed.
Pass on this one; watch instead the hilarious roast of William Shatner (the best), the funny roast of Jeff Foxworthy, or even the mediocre-yet-entertaining Flavor Flav, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, or Larry the Cable Guy (who deserved his evisceration and then some) roasts.