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This is the last post of the semester, so let’s harkon back to one of the funniest roast routines ever. Johnny Carson was one of the all [...]
November 25, 2011
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A roast is planned. The roastee is chosen. So how are the panel of roasters, or the “dias” is chosen? This is a question many viewers [...]
November 13, 2011
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We know Don Rickles was one of the best roasters back in the day, but who is the current top dog? Jeff Ross is considered one of the best [...]
November 4, 2011
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This video of Dean Martin is a good example of what is called the rebuttal. After a roastee gets roasted, he has the opportunity to go up and get [...]
October 30, 2011
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This is a pure example of how to bomb a roast. Some of the comedians we looked at previously made it look really easy with their finesse. After [...]
October 23, 2011
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So when did making fun of people become an event in itself? It seems like an odd concept taken at face value, honoring someone by making fun of [...]
October 16, 2011
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Jeff Ross was probably the funniest roaster on the recent roast of Charlie Sheen. This post will outline the features of successful roasts by [...]
October 11, 2011
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This week we will stray away from the classic Dean Martin roasts and explore a more modern roast on Comedy Central. I think it’s [...]
October 2, 2011
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This week we will look at the roast of the previous week’s roaster, Don Rickles. Rickles, a king of roasting was up to get some of his own [...]
September 25, 2011
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For my first posts, I thought I would start with one of the all time classics that helped to popularize roasts. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts [...]
September 12, 2011