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In comedy, '''The Roast''' is a specific kind of comedy performance. Typically mixed with a banquet, the Roast is, at its basest, where one comic (or other kind of personality/celebrity) is brought on stage to be made fun of by a collection of his/her closest friends. The standardbearers for the Roast are the New York Friar's Club, who have been roasting celebrities since the early 1950s. Only rarely have these been seen by the rest of the world, either in video offers seen on late-night TV or through [[Comedy Central]], who got the rights to broadcast a few of them in the early 2000s. Another series of roasts were hosted by [[Dean Martin]] in the 1970s (he was the roastmaster for all of them), and recently{{when}} revived thanks to those late night [[Infomercial
While it may look and feel random, it really isn't. The Roastee has just as much say in the creative process as the producers, including choosing a Roastmaster (Master of Ceremonies who fires the first salvos at the Roastee and introduces the other guests) and other Roasters. [[Comedy Central]] roastees include [[Denis Leary]], [[Jeff Foxworthy]], [[Pamela Anderson]], [[William Shatner]], [[Public Enemy|Flavor Flav]], [[Bob Saget]], [[Larry the Cable Guy]], [[Joan Rivers]], [[David Hasselhoff]], [[Donald Trump]], and [[Charlie Sheen]].
It is an enormous honor to be roasted (especially by the Friar's Club) because, as the Friar's Club motto states, they only do this for the ones they love.
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* [[Sincerity Mode|But Seriously Folks]]: The greater majority of the Roasters' routines ends with several endearing remarks about the Roastee.
** Lisa Lampanelli actually subverts this. She'll say the endearing remarks in full honestly, but use them as a setup for a final zinger. About Jeff Foxworthy, she mentioned how he was able to become the most successful comic in the world without being dirty, mean, or sleazy, ending with "Thanks for [[Precision F-Strike|f***ing]] it up for the rest of us." Similarly, when mentioning that Pamela Anderson was able to be such a beautiful, good-hearted class act, ended with, "Knock it off, bitch, you're making me look like a foul-mouthed [[Country Matters|c***.]]
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* [[Epic Fail]]: [[Jersey Shore|Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino]] notoriously crashed and burned at the Trump Roast, and was almost booed off the stage (Jeff Ross actually had to go up and defend him long enough for him to finish.)
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: A lot of the Comedy Central Roasters (especially Lisa Lampanelli, Whitney Cummings, and Anthony Jeselnik) are highly unapologetic for the number of times they cross the line. However, when Marlee Matlin was on the Donald Trump roast, most of them said that she was such a class act, they wished they'd gone easier on her (This despite the fact that Marlee took it all in stride and, frankly, was able to give as well as she got.)
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Plenty over the years but notably any [[Too Soon]] joke ever made by [[w:Greg Giraldo|Greg Giraldo]].
** One of the worst was at the Larry the Cable Guy Roast. Lisa is talking about how successful Larry is and mentions that he makes $250,000 a night. She repeats the number a few times, then says, "I just wanna see how many times I have to say that before Greg Giraldo kills himself." He actually looks at her and says "Once more."
** At the Charlie Sheen Roast, comedian Patrice O'Neal seemed legitimately upset that people were making fun of his diabetes. He went on stage and said he was "dying". The Roast aired in September 2011; O'Neal died in November 2011 at the age of 41. Crosses with [[Harsher in Hindsight]] and [[Tear Jerker]] since O'Neal and Sheen had never met prior to the Roast.
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