Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (2006) (TV)

Director:

Joel Gallen

Writers:

Joe Kelly (consulting writer)
Aaron Matthew Lee (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Actor Name In Title | William Shatner Spoof | Vulgarity | Gay Kiss

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

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

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA

Company:

Tenth Planet Productions

Trivia:

Audience members included Jeri Ryan, Brent Spiner, Rene Auberjonois, Cedric Yarbrough and Carrie Fisher. During the show, Andy Dick licked the side of Carrie Fisher's face, after which she licked his in return.

Quotes:

[having his ear licked by Andy Dick]
Patton Oswalt: Oh, Jesus Christ!
[Dick sits down, and Oswalt waves to his crotch]
Patton Oswalt: Bye-bye, erection!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (#1.10)" (1966)

Really bad.

I'm a big fan of stand-up comedy and especially the roasts. If you haven't seen any of the roasts before, then this is definitely not the one to start with. It was a disappointment through and through.

Roasts are meant to be degrading, insulting and causing embarrassment in a funny way. This was all that, except the funny. Most of the "comedy" came from the comedians cursing each other. Jokes such as "Hi, you're fat, go f*** yourself!" are not really my idea of quality entertainment. I admit I laughed during, but most of the time the jokes fell flat. Especially Jason Alexander's. Some of the comedians (*cough*Lisa Lampanelli*cough*) weren't even trying to hide the fact, that they're just reading the whole act from a piece of paper. I know most roasts are done like that, but they could've at least practiced the delivery a bit so as not to look down the whole time. The only two good acts came from Betty White and William Shatner himself, when he gave his retort.

In any case: don't watch this. If you want to laugh, go buy some of the Dean Martin roasts. Some of them 3 decades old still outdo anything this bunch of hacks could throw at 'em.