Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

John Fortenberry

Release Date:

2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Denis Leary	...	Himself
Jeff Garlin	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sonya Rose Atkinson	...	Herself - In the audience
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	...	Themselves
Jim Breuer	...	Himself
Steve Buscemi	...	(archive footage)
Carmine Cangialosi	...	Man on the Street
Mario Cantone	...	Himself
Lenny Clarke	...	Himself
Dane Cook	...	Himself
Nick DiPaolo	...	Himself
Doctor Dré	...	Himself (as Doctor Dre)
Clint Eastwood	...	(archive footage)
Adam Ferrara	...	Himself
Michael J. Fox	...	Himself
Peter Gallagher	...	Himself
Don Gavin	...	Himself
Gina Gershon	...	Herself
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Himself / Voice of Clancy
Ed Lover	...	Himself
Joe Mantegna	...	Himself
Bill Nunn	...	(archive footage)
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself
Colin Quinn	...	Himself
Rene Russo	...	Herself
Jeremy Schwartz	...	Announcer
Martin Sheen	...	(archive footage)
Kevin Spacey	...	Lloyd Chasseur (archive footage)
Jon Stewart	...	Himself
Christopher Walken	...	Himself
Dean Winters	...	Himself - In the audience

Runtime:

90 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center - 311 West 34th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Apostle

Quotes:

Colin Quinn: You're lucky Kiefer Sutherland said yes. Otherwise, I'd be up here making "Mighty Ducks" jokes to Emilio Estevez.

Movie Connections:

References The MatchMaker (1997)

sophomoric!

I came across Denis Leary for the first time only about two weeks ago on his "Christmas" special on the Comedy Channel and thought that anyone who had the cojones to do that was all right with me. The bleeps were annoying but I had no doubt what was being said at any given moment.

I also saw part of this "roast" a few nights ago but saw the DVD at the library yesterday and got it out. It seems as though none of these people can be funny without the F-word or S-word (unbleeped on this DVD), both of which I'm very familiar with. Now I don't object to them but when it's every other word, it stops being funny. Give it a break guys and girls! The DVD had the complete rebuttal by Denis in the special features and it can be seen why they abridged it "to fit the air time". Much of it fell flat and I think that's the real reason.

I think anger and four-letter words are fine but there should be some reason for them. For the most part, this was not the case here.

Judging by the nearly universal vote on my "useless" review, I'd say Denis has many fans. Obviously, I am not one of them!