Roast of Bob Saget

[RebootedCorpse]

I'm looking forward to this. It should be horribly awesome!
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/roast_saget/bios/index.jhtml

[bartleby]

Apparently, there are some Olsen Twins jokes that push the envelope even further than previous roasts have done. More surprisingly, John Stamos is responsible for at least one or two of them.

[RebootedCorpse]

I heard that Cloris Leachman steals the show.

[ZombieSpeedball]

Apparently, there are some Olsen Twins jokes that push the envelope even further than previous roasts have done. More surprisingly, John Stamos is responsible for at least one or two of them.

Awesome. We're gonna get some racey Full House jokes!

That's... ewww.... eeeeewwwwwwww.....

[Jerome Gibbons]

That sounds terribly like a train wreck waiting to happen.

[RebootedCorpse]

That sounds terribly like a train wreck waiting to happen.

It was already taped and the reviews have been pretty good.

[Jerome Gibbons]

Norm McDonald. Really.

[Albert]

Norm McDonald. Really.

I love him so much.

[Jerome Gibbons]

It was already taped and the reviews have been pretty good.

So it sounds terribly like a train wreck that's been taped and gotten good reviews!

[ZombieSpeedball]

I still can't believe they haven't done the Roast for Jon Stewart. It's overdue.

[RebootedCorpse]

So it sounds terribly like a train wreck that's been taped and gotten good reviews!

Now yer talkin'!

[JoeE]

Norm MacDonald's deadpan was way ahead of its time on Weekend Update. Stan Hooper was a pretty awesome character too.

[Matt O'Keefe]

Did Comedy Central get in trouble for the Pamela Anderson Roast where her tits were visible through her dress for the whole show?

[Bervda]

I'm beyond excited for this. I had no idea that Stamos was roast master. This should be good.

[Randy Hassan]

So they release an unedited DVD later, right?

[Mr. E!]

So they release an unedited DVD later, right?

They will probably show it on the Secret Stash one Saturday night. They did that with the Shatner Roast

Gilbert Gottfried does an Olsen Twin joke:

The Olsen Twins walk into a bar. They ask the bartender for an Asshurt
The bartender says "What's an asshurt?"
"It's when Bob Saget brings you some chocolate milk and you wake up three hours later with your pajama pants around your ankles."

[RebootedCorpse]

Reminder bump! It's on in an hour.

[Black Roman]

I wonder how many sexually explicit Olsen Twin jokes we'll hear . . . :ecstatic:

[Stark Raving]

Did Comedy Central get in trouble for the Pamela Anderson Roast where her tits were visible through her dress for the whole show?
Why should they get in trouble for performing a public service?

(oYo)

[Sackhead]

Did Comedy Central get in trouble for the Pamela Anderson Roast where her tits were visible through her dress for the whole show?

Comedy Central is cable programming. They have much more free reign than CBS, ABC, etc. Plus, she was clothed, and translucent clothing does not equal nudity.

[mike black]

Man, it's gone down hill after Greg Giraldo ended his set.

[Matt O'Keefe]

Comedy Central is cable programming. They have much more free reign than CBS, ABC, etc. Plus, she was clothed, and translucent clothing does not equal nudity.

Huh. Doesn't really affect me (not like everyone hasn't seen them before) but it sucks for parents who have their kids flipping through channels.

[mike black]

Huh. Doesn't really affect me (not like everyone hasn't seen them before) but it sucks for parents who have their kids flipping through channels.

It's on at 10PM. Those parents have to know that if they give their kids the remote, eventually they're going to find Pamela Anderson's tits.

[ZombieSpeedball]

Man, it's gone down hill after Greg Giraldo ended his set.

Which is kind of ironic, when you think about it.

[Haborym]

Cloris is killing.

[Sackhead]

Huh. Doesn't really affect me (not like everyone hasn't seen them before) but it sucks for parents who have their kids flipping through channels.

That's the risk parents take when they pay for cable. It's a much bigger deal for the free to anyone over-the-air channels (ref. Janet Jackson Superbowl) .

[Hawthorne]

Wow, wtf Norm MacDonald?

[EasyE726]

This has gotta be on purpose.

[ZombieSpeedball]

This has gotta be on purpose.

I think it's getting pretty clear at this point.

[Hawthorne]

Is he trying to do some kind of clean(ish) anti-Saget humor?

[ZombieSpeedball]

Oh, okay, I get it now.

He's making fun of Saget's jokes on AFHV

[Albert]

Norm is so great. It doesn't start here for two hours, but I'm sure whatever weird bit he's doing is awesome.

[mike black]

Wow, wtf Norm MacDonald?

That was his shtick, man. It was good when you realize that.

[ZombieSpeedball]

That was his shtick, man. It was good when you realize that.

At first it just felt like "oh shit, it's Weekend Update all over again". But then I got the point.

[Albert]

Oh, okay, I get it now.

He's making fun of Saget's jokes on AFHV

Just saw it. I don't really think that was it. I think it was more him making fun of typical roast-type jokes in general - like, the inherent silliness of saying terrible things about people that you don't really have any ill feelings towards ("They want to murder you in a well. Seems a little harsh!") - a very Norm-esque thing to do.

[JHickman]

Wow, wtf Norm MacDonald?

Fucking brilliant. I was dying by around the fourth joke. The fact that he was followed by that guy trying too hard was even better.

[Albert]

Fucking brilliant. I was dying by around the fourth joke. The fact that he was followed by that guy trying too hard was even better.

I don't think there's a person here that wouldn't enjoy watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries!

[Frozen Sooner]

That's the risk parents take when they pay for cable. It's a much bigger deal for the free to anyone over-the-air channels (ref. Janet Jackson Superbowl) .

Doesn't really matter on the OTA stuff either. The FCC doesn't really care what gets shown after 9pm, 'cause at that point your kids should be in bed.

[Marcdachamp]

Fuck, I really wish I'd DVR'd this. Luckily Comedy Central will reair this about 30 times this week.

[The Human Target]

Best Roast I've ever seen.

That was just fun.

[TonyFleecs]

Wow, wtf Norm MacDonald?
He was amazing. I want that guy on TV all the time.

"There's not a person here who wouldn't want to watch Henry Fonda pick blueberries." :lol:

[RebootedCorpse]

I was laughing my ass off all night.
Cloris Leachman and Norton owned the show.

[Greenville 90210]

Its a shame that Uncle Joey wasn't among the comics on stage. Just so everyone could make fun of him more.

[Foolish Mortal]

That was his shtick, man. It was good when you realize that.
Norm is great. Unfortunately not everybody "gets" him. They don't grasp his snark. His stuff isn't just sarcasm. Anybody can do sarcasm. Norm's snark is much more "artful" in its technique.

[DAVE]

Norm McDonald dropped more coin in the casino than Michael J. Fox at a parking meter.

[Blake Sims]

Norm was hilarious.

[Dreg]

I liked Gilbert's Chloris Leachman joke.

[Rod Nunley]

Norm needs a tv show on comedy central right now.

[Nick Hale]

I just wish Comedy Central would do more roasts of comics like this. I hate the non-comic roasts they aren't as funny.

[Rod Nunley]

And where the hell is the Jon Stewart Roast? That seems like such a no brainer to me. Have Colbert or Carrell Host and you are golden.

[Matt O'Keefe]

Norm needs a tv show on comedy central right now.

His comedy might be too "smart" for the average CC viewer, sadly.


And where the hell is the Jon Stewart Roast? That seems like such a no brainer to me. Have Colbert or Carrell Host and you are golden.

They never get anyone remotely famous for these (that's become part of the premise now, I think.) I doubt Stewart would be interested.

[Foolish Mortal]

Norm needs a tv show on comedy central right now.
I can't see him doing another tv series unless he was given absolute creative control.

[Albert]

Did you guys see his "Back to Norm" pilot on Comedy Central circa 2005? It was probably the only thing from him I didn't like. Save one sketch, it was terrible.

[Ryan Elliott]

I just wish Comedy Central would do more roasts of comics like this. I hate the non-comic roasts they aren't as funny.



The Shatner roast was fucking hilarious.

[S. Earl]

That Norm Macdonald segment made me laugh till I puked "Ladies and Gentleman this man is for the birds!"

[Ziolko]

I didn't watch the roast but I saw the Macdonald outtake. I thought he was hilarious. I think the fact that most of the crowd wasn't laughing just made it even funnier to me.

[SidekicksRevenge]

Norm MacDonald was great here, and is great in just about everything else he touches. It really is too bad that more people don't get him.

As for getting more "known" celebs, I think they just need to stick - as was mentioned earlier - to comics with comic friends. The Roasts of Pam Anderson and Flavor Flav were funny, but just fucking mean for their own sakes because they were roasting useless pieces of shit (all due respect to the Public Enemy era, but Flav is currently a joke).

Even if you edited out the parts where everyone got sappy for the last minute or so of their turns, it would have been obvious that this crew really liked and cared about each other - especially Saget - and that all of the shit they were talking came from a place of love. That's been missing since they stopped doing this through the Friars' Club.

[Brian Defferding]

Belated bump. I just wanted to chime in that Cloris Leachman was awesome. She was my fave of the night, but the whole show was a laugh riot.

[Will]

I watched several parts of this just now and holy shit was Norm Macdonald funny.

The dude had me in tears with his intentionally corny jokes, if you guys want to see it again check it here:

http://videogum.com/archives/stand-up-comedy/norm-macdonalds-genius-roast-of-bob-saget_015201.html?utm_source=tm&utm_medium=videogum