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{{quote|''"[[Affectionate Parody|We only roast the ones we love]]."''}}
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 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]].
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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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