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20 August 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
The Shat hits the fan.Plot:
It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
Showing My Age more (13 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| William Shatner | ... | Himself | |
| Jason Alexander | ... | Himself - Roastmaster | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sandra Bullock | ... | Herself / Filmed roaster | |
| Debra 'Debbie' Clark | ... | Memphisgal | |
| Andy Dick | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Farrah Fawcett | ... | Herself - Roaster | |
| Greg Giraldo | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Clint Howard | ... | Balok | |
| Jimmy Kimmel | ... | Himself / Filmed roaster | |
| Lisa Lampanelli | ... | Herself - Roaster | |
| Artie Lange | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Craig J. Nevius | ... | Himself | |
| Nichelle Nichols | ... | Herself - Roaster | |
| Leonard Nimoy | ... | Himself | |
| Patton Oswalt | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Kevin Pollak | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Brian Posehn | ... | Himself - in audience | |
| Jeffrey Ross | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Sarah Silverman | ... | Herself / Filmed roaster | |
| Ben Stiller | ... | Himself / Filmed roaster | |
| George Takei | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
| Betty White | ... | Herself - Roaster | |
| Fred Willard | ... | Himself - Roaster | |
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As the seat of honor, William Shatner sat in a replica of the Starship Enterprise's Captain's chair. moreQuotes:
Greg Giraldo: Then, there was T.J. Hooker. The only thing I remember about that show was your hair and that hot chick, what's her face? Adrian Zmed. What happened to her? moreFAQ
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The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner is a long series of unfunny comedians who are more interested in seeing if they can drive anyone off stage than in actually saying or doing anything that can be remotely construed as funny.
Now, a Roast is not meant to be polite. A roast can and should run the gamut from rough to appalling. But watching Andy Dick trying to gross out everyone by running his tongue over anyone who would hold still for it is not funny. Watching Farrah Fawcett try to get through her canned jokes without breaking up is not funny. As for Lisa Lamparelli, her best line was noting that her career was dead, but she could still get a gig on Comedy Central doing roasts. Indeed she can, so long as there is no requirement that she be funny. Nor do any of these 'comedy' bits have anything to do with William Shatner.
There is much about William Shatner's career that could have served a roast well: Shatner's egotism, his spreading waistline, his propensity for overacting. Yet no one was terribly interested in the subject of William Shatner. Largely, the 'comedians' were interested in themselves and the apparent belief that all transgressive behavior is funny. Most of the barbs consisted of "You're fat and have no talent, William Shatner, now I'm going to vomit on the stage, and I love you, Bill."
The one good routine starts the show, with a rcorded 'telephone conversation' between Shatner and Leonard Nimony, in which Shatner urges Nimoy to show up, saying it will be fun, and Nimoy saying 'Don't do it.' My hope that, after an amusing start, something good would turn up some time in the proceedings was never justified for more than fifteen seconds. Nimoy's routine, alas was correct.
Shatner stayed for the entire show. Don't you.