Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis (2018)

Traditional comedy 'roast' where celebrities, comics and friends poke fun at actor Bruce Willis.

Director:

Joel Gallen

Writers:

Benji Aflalo, Megan Callahan

Stars:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore

Cast

Credited cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Self - Host
Bruce Willis	...	Self
Demi Moore	...	Self
Edward Norton	...	Self
Cybill Shepherd	...	Self
Kevin Pollak	...	Self
Nikki Glaser	...	Self
Dennis Rodman	...	Self
Lil Rel Howery	...	Self
Jeffrey Ross	...	Self
Martha Stewart	...	Self
Dom Irrera	...	Self
Steve Trzaska	...	Jeff Ross' Assistant
Chris Cotton	...	Self
Kenny Morse	...	Rehearsal Actor

Storyline

Traditional comedy 'roast' where celebrities, comics and friends poke fun at actor Bruce Willis.

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Plot Keywords:

stand up comedy | tv special | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

When Bruce says, "Yippie-ki-yay to every one of you motherfuckers", it was the only uttering of the word "fuck" that wasn't bleeped.

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Quotes

Nikki Glaser: Bruce.
Bruce Willis: Yes.
Nikki Glaser: This is, uh, honestly, a real, uh... a big personal moment for me to be here roasting my dead cousin's second-favorite action star. I know you, obviously, as the star of every DVD you kinda just find on the street.
[laughter]
Nikki Glaser: Obviously, you had an amazing action film career until Jason Statham started balding.
[laughter]
Nikki Glaser: I'm just not familiar with action movies. I don't know; I've never seen a single one of your films consenually.
[laughter]
Nikki Glaser: Like, it's always what some guy puts on while ...
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Connections

References Striking Distance (1993)

User Reviews

Comedy Central Roasts are going downhill.

I gave three stars. One for Dom Irrera, one for Ed Norton, and one for Jeff Ross.

To start with - Joseph Gordon-Levitt was an absolute tragedy of a host. Compared to Seth McFarlane for example, he didn't come across as funny. He may be a good actor, but being a host of a roast means more than acting. His act (I even refure to call it his hosting style) was very unnatural and didn't feel funny at all.

Nikki Glaser was very weak. She was not bad at Rob Lowe roast, but here it felt like she wants to go the Amy Schumer way - talk about sex and private parts and pretend how funny such talk is.

Ed Norton was a nice surprise for me. Yes, he did talk about himself quite a bit. But that delivery had a storyline tied to his friendship with Bruce Willis and therefore justified. It felt very personal - which is how these roasts used to be years ago.

It's a shame that Comedy Central Roasts are now more about the star power and less about the actual comedy. People on the dais don't know each other, so it's quite predictable what will they say about each other (who did not expect North Korea being mentioned when Dennis Rodman was there?). With each next roast there are fewer actual comedians so I won't be surprised if next year we will have all A-list celebrity dais. Plus Jeff Ross.

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Comedy Central El Roast de Bruce Willis

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tenth Planet Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD