Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003)

Several roasters make fun of Denis Leary.

Director:

John Fortenberry

Writer:

David Feldman

Stars:

Denis Leary, Jeff Garlin, Sonya Rose Atkinson

Cast

Credited 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
Yuval David	...	Himself
Nick Di Paolo	...	Himself (as Nick DiPaolo)
Doctor Dré	...	Himself (as Doctor Dre)
Clint Eastwood	...	(archive footage)
Adam Ferrara	...	Himself

Storyline

Several roasters make fun of Denis Leary.

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Plot Keywords:

tv special | stand up comedy | rim shot | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Comedy Central

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apostle

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 99 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During Lenny Clarke's set, he told Denis Leary that there was a carton of cigarettes for him backstage from late comedian Bill Hicks, with the attached note, "Wish I had gotten these to you sooner." This joke was cut from the final broadcast.

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Quotes

Denis Leary: [after wild applause from the audience when he finally gets up to speak] As my father always said, "Too little, too fuckin' late!"

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Connections

References Demolition Man (1993)

User Reviews

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!