Saget Roast Watching thread

[DarkHippie]

Its about to start. I know I'm not the only one watching this. I love these things

[JPMNICK]

i had no idea it was on, but i am watching it.

[bobsnin]

I bet he'll tell a dirty joke and we'll all be shocked because he's the guy from full house

[DarkHippie]

. . . and the olson jokes begin!

[JPMNICK]

Greg Giraldo calling Stamos' ex wife Rebecca Romain O'connell

[DarkHippie]

Greg Giraldo calling Stamos' ex wife Rebecca Romain O'connell

Giraldo is fucking killing so far

[MisterSmith]

John Lovitz is gay?


Man, Giraldo is hammering everybody mercilessly.

[Friday]

i am so excited Cloris Leachman is there. she rules.

[JPMNICK]

giraldo is a funny mother fucker

i hope Jimmy makes it on

[PD]

i am so excited Cloris Leachman is there. she rules.
supposedly she was the dirtiest of em all that night

[JPMNICK]

john lovitz is eating a cock up there

[PD]

John Lovitz is gay?
.
dunno but I think this is awful.

[DarkHippie]

Jon Lovitz is fucking orange. He looks like an ooompa loompa

[PD]

Jeffrey Ross had had some good lines.

[Friday]

supposedly she was the dirtiest of em all that night

that's my girl!

lovitz was terrible

[JPMNICK]

jeff ross was not as great as i thought he was going to be.

the hananah montana joke was funny

and the Act like this never happened joke was a good one. i thought he was going to be more brutal.

[DarkHippie]

that's my girl!

lovitz was terrible

Lovitz hasnt been funny in ten years

[Kevin]

jeff ross was not as great as i thought he was going to be.

the hananah montana joke was funny

and the Act like this never happened joke was a good one. i thought he was going to be more brutal.

VERY disappointed. He is usually great, tonight, not so much. He will never top the Cobain joke though.

[PD]

anyone think its weird that they're showing Scott Backula in the audience?

[Friday]

anyone think its weird that they're showing Scott Backula in the audience?

he's still so lovely.

and i find it incredibly sexy when a woman is being mean and kinda funny.
go Susie.

[DarkHippie]

he's still so lovely.

and i find it incredibly sexy when a woman is being mean and kinda funny.
go Susie.

one out of two isnt that good

[JPMNICK]

cloris is up and gets a standing ovation

[JPMNICK]

why are they killing suzie essman so bad? she is not that ugly

[MisterSmith]

cloris is up and gets a standing ovation

She is killing. :laugh:

[Friday]

CLORIS FUCKING RULES!!!

and she grabbed her some Stamos buns!!

:clap:

[JPMNICK]

cloris was great, i have got to give it to her.

and bill burrs new comedy special comes on at the end of the month! i am excited

[DarkHippie]

Leachman was very funny, but she hardly even touched Saget. Be more meaner!

[MisterSmith]

What the hell did Bill Burr do to his hair? Did anybody else see that commercial?

[JPMNICK]

What the hell did Bill Burr do to his hair? Did anybody else see that commercial?

shaved it and then removed his real head for that of an alien

[bobsnin]

why are they killing suzie essman so bad? she is not that ugly

she's not that pretty.

[TheGameHHH]

wow, norm mcdonald is duller than usual

[bobsnin]

Norm Mcdonald's humor makes me sleepy

[DarkHippie]

this is uncomfortable

[Kevin]

wow, norm mcdonald is duller than usual

That Lions and Tigers joke was the worst joke i have ever heard. In so many levels.

[JPMNICK]

here comes little Jimmy

[JPMNICK]

nice facts of life reference from Jimmy

[DarkHippie]

Little Jimmy saves the day. although i have to give it up for Norm Macdonald taking the Henry fonda joke and turning it around, making it 100 times funnier

[MisterSmith]

Jimmy was pretty damn good; but I would love to see the stuff they cut.

[Kevin]

Little Jimmy saves the day. although i have to give it up for Norm Macdonald taking the Henry fonda joke and turning it around, making it 100 times funnier

Jimmy got fucked up there. But over all, he was pretty good.

[KnoxHarrington]

I think there may have been a bit more to Gottfried's line than we heard.

[TheGameHHH]

Gilbert fucking killed in my opinion

[DarkHippie]

I think there may have been a bit more to Gottfried's line than we heard.

We'll have to wait for the uncensored version. Anyway, Gilbert knocked it out of the park with his bit.

[KnoxHarrington]

We'll have to wait for the uncensored version. Anyway, Gilbert knocked it out of the park with his bit.

"Bob Saget raped and killed a girl in 1990."

[hammersavage]

"I was offered a part on Full House but turned it down because I wanted to concentrate on comedy."

line of the night. brilliant.

[JPMNICK]

"I was offered a part on Full House but turned it down because I wanted to concentrate on comedy."

line of the night. brilliant.

who said it? i missed it

[jauble]

who said it? i missed it

Cloris Leachman...overall I enjoyed the roast. Also I thought Norm was hilarious...just saying.

[hammersavage]

Cloris Leachman...overall I enjoyed the roast. Also I thought Norm was hilarious...just saying.

I enjoyed the anti-humor of Norm's set. It went a little long however.

[happytypinggirl]

I enjoyed the anti-humor of Norm's set. It went a little long however.

it was REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY uncomfortable though.

[Nobody's Hero]

I enjoyed the anti-humor of Norm's set. It went a little long however.

LOVED Norm's set. The delivery of those awful jokes was fantastic. I can't remember ever laughing at the phrases "for the birds" and "full of bologna" until tonight.

[Slumbag]

I've said this for about the last 3 years, but I would sleep with Cloris Leachman if she was down for it. I respect her that much.

[AKA]

I dug in a big way - all of them had something funny going on - Girardi, Cloris and Gilbert were stand outs for me, but man...Norm was something special - line for line vintage Bob Hope - right down to the "Lemme tell ya..." - really, really brilliant in a way the phoney "cringe" humor thinks it is. Wow! I miss that bastard on television.

[midwestjeff]

Girardi, Cloris and Gilbert were stand outs for me,

Hey, I'd love to have Bob in my starting rotation.
I mean, what's with all the injuries?
Is everyone ruining their arms jerking to the Olsen twins or what?
http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/joegiradi.jpg

[AKA]

I've said this for about the last 3 years, but I would sleep with Cloris Leachman if she was down for it. I respect her that much.

She is someone who you don't really realize how amazing she is until you are kind of forced to think about it - LAST PICTURE SHOW, BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID, "Mary Tyler Moore," YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, HISTORY OF THE WORLD PT 1 all the way up to her brilliant recurring role on "Malcolm in the Middle" she is great. What a fun set she had.

[AKA]

Hey, I'd love to have Bob in my starting rotation.
I mean, what's with all the injuries?
Is everyone ruining their arms jerking to the Olsen twins or what?
http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/joegiradi.jpg

Exactly.

:sleep:

[ChrisTheCop]

I dug in a big way - all of them had something funny going on - Girardi, Cloris and Gilbert were stand outs for me, but man...Norm was something special - line for line vintage Bob Hope - right down to the "Lemme tell ya..." - really, really brilliant in a way the phoney "cringe" humor thinks it is. Wow! I miss that bastard on television.

Havent seen Jim Norton yet, but MacDonald was the best yet.
He was obviously doing cringe, did you see the other comics reactions? All turning around talking about it as it happened. They loved it! It's funny to read above and see people I respect saying he sucked. HE WAS DOING FRIARS SHTICK.

Cloris Leachman, youll never be over the hill (beat beat beat) not in the car YOU drive.
:clap::clap::clap:

[razorboy]

why are they killing suzie essman so bad? she is not that ugly

she's not that pretty.

On the contrary, I find her oddly hot.

[ChrisTheCop]

Little Jimmy saves the day. although i have to give it up for Norm Macdonald taking the Henry fonda joke and turning it around, making it 100 times funnier

Absolutely. I would indeed pay to see that.


Norton had a nice set, but I'm sticking with MacDonald as the best.


Gottfried: "Cloris Leachman's tits are a shameful time in our country's history"

[Freakshow]

why are they killing suzie essman so bad? she is not that ugly

Is Chloris Leachman really that old? Is Norm's career really that dead? Is Jeff Garlin really that fat? Well, actually, Garlin was pretty damn huge.

[JPMNICK]

Is Chloris Leachman really that old? Is Norm's career really that dead? Is Jeff Garlin really that fat? Well, actually, Garlin was pretty damn huge.

i see what you are saying, but usually when you pick on someone there is like 80% truth to it. i did not think that Susie was that horrible. I think she just needed Lisa Lampanelli there to take the heat off of her

[TheGameHHH]

Havent seen Jim Norton yet, but MacDonald was the best yet.
He was obviously doing cringe, did you see the other comics reactions? All turning around talking about it as it happened. They loved it! It's funny to read above and see people I respect saying he sucked. HE WAS DOING FRIARS SHTICK.

Cloris Leachman, youll never be over the hill (beat beat beat) not in the car YOU drive.
:clap::clap::clap:

yea, but why is that funny? remember just because comics get it or think its brilliant, doesn't mean you have to.

[ChrisTheCop]

yea, but why is that funny? remember just because comics get it or think its brilliant, doesn't mean you have to.

But if most people in a thread say he's unfunny, you agree.

You dont have to do that either.

....or could those just be our respective opinions???

I've always found norm incredibly funny in the things he tries, and fails at.
I'm guessing you havent.

[TheGameHHH]

But if most people in a thread say he's unfunny, you agree.

You dont have to do that either.

....or could those just be our respective opinions???

I've always found norm incredibly funny in the things he tries, and fails at.
I'm guessing you havent.

eh, im like 50/50 on Norm. sometimes i find him incredibly funny and sometimes i find him dull. last night happened to fall in the latter category.

the only thing that really irked me was your use of caps. it's like we just didn't get Norm and his friar's schtick it was too far above us, but thankfully your superior intelligence was able to grasp such brilliant humor. whatever, as long as thats not the case then who cares? its our respective opinions.

[ChrisTheCop]

Well...it kinda was...not that I'm smarter than anyone for getting it,
but it's a friar's roast (no caps)... theyre really not there to give their A stuff, theyre there to do hack jokes and make eachother laugh... we just get to watch.
And he was going retro, giving the old fashioned zingers youd hear from Dean Martin or Bob Hope in the old ones, and being painfully embarrased at having to deliver them....

I dunno. I thought it was hilarious. And as you said, different people, different opinions.

[TheGameHHH]

Well...it kinda was...not that I'm smarter than anyone for getting it,
but it's a friar's roast (no caps)... theyre really not there to give their A stuff, theyre there to do hack jokes and make eachother laugh... we just get to watch.
And he was going retro, giving the old fashioned zingers youd hear from Dean Martin or Bob Hope in the old ones, and being painfully embarrased at having to deliver them....

I dunno. I thought it was hilarious. And as you said, different people, different opinions.

if they're all there to do hack jokes, why was norm the only one to do it?

[Gunner S]

if you look at it as someone "who just wanted to see something funny" Norm Fucking bombed horribly

If you look at it as someone who wants to be a standup comic or a great fan of Standup comedy, like me, you would agree that Norm was one of the only funny people on that show, if second only to Norton. But i do wish that Giraldo would actually be as funny as he was on Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn


and to help the guy above me, he probably did hack jokes just because no one thought of it. Originality is almost a key in comedy and by being the only one to do that it made it original. Otherwise its like watching the same jokes over and over again. None of Jokes really made me laugh, but Norm's and Nortons just because Norm sacrificed himself at the idiots cost, just for the fans of standup comedy.

[AKA]

if they're all there to do hack jokes, why was norm the only one to do it?

Because the rest of them are really hacks who think that "cringe" really does always equal "humor" and Norm fucking destroyed them, and they knew they had nothing?



No?


Well, maybe because he just thought of it first.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Out of all the Comedy Central Roasts I've seen (Pam Anderson, William Shatner, Flava Flav, am I forgetting anyone) this one was by far the least entertaining.

To paraphrase the great Cloris Leachman, "Someone punch me in the face so I can see some stars!"

All the roasters (except for Cloris Leachman and Greg Giraldo and Jim Norton) were a bunch of stiffs.

[DarkHippie]

All the roasters (except for Cloris Leachman and Greg Giraldo and Jim Norton) were a bunch of stiffs.

No way, Gilbert Gottfried absolutely killed! And he revealed the truth about how bob saget raped and killed a girl in 1990

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

And he revealed the truth about how bob saget raped and killed a girl in 1990


Was THAT what he was trying to convey? Gilbert was being so VAGUE about it. :laugh:

[TheMojoPin]

Norm killed. People complained about the same thing when he was on SNL doing the news, but the man knows how to milk cringe humor/bombing a joke like no other.

Gilbert is the reliable standby in these things and never fails to knock it out.

I use their first names because they're my close, personal friends.

[TheGameHHH]

Norm killed. People complained about the same thing when he was on SNL doing the news, but the man knows how to milk cringe humor/bombing a joke like no other.

Gilbert is the reliable standby in these things and never fails to knock it out.

I use their first names because they're my close, personal friends.

when you use the phrase "kill" in reference to comedy, doesn't it imply a solid crowd reaction and not just the laughter of 7 comedians?

[danner1515]

eh, im like 50/50 on Norm. sometimes i find him incredibly funny and sometimes i find him dull. last night happened to fall in the latter category.

the only thing that really irked me was your use of caps. it's like we just didn't get Norm and his friar's schtick it was too far above us, but thankfully your superior intelligence was able to grasp such brilliant humor. whatever, as long as thats not the case then who cares? its our respective opinions.

If you ask me the funniest thing he's ever done by far is the monologue he did when he came back to host SNL after being fired. I can't seem to find the clip online, but it's hysterical.

As for the roast, I guess roasts just aren't my thing. Everyone is raving about Cloris Leachman's performance, but I couldn't watch her without getting the feeling she was just reciting jokes that someone else wrote for her.

[Gunner S]

Norton or Giraldo probably wrote for this Cloris lady. Norton and Vos back in the day wrote for a few of the roasts.

Dane Cook = Hack comic, best selling Comedy album ever - appeals mostly to younger highschool boys and Women

Jim Norton = Comic, HBO special, 12 CD's, Radio show from 6-12. Appeals mostly to standup comics and Big Fans of Standup comedy.


Let me ask you, Who is known more?
Dane Cook

Who is far more respected in terms of standup
Jimmy Norton

Hack comedy is liked by people who are just in for something funny, and this is known by almost every standup comic, and thats why people like Joe Rogan, Jimmy Norton and Doug Stanhope attack people like Dane Cook and larry the cable guy. They sold There Standup comedy soul for the likability of regular cocksuckers

[TheMojoPin]

when you use the phrase "kill" in reference to comedy, doesn't it imply a solid crowd reaction and not just the laughter of 7 comedians?

The crowd at those roasts are a bunch of ham and baconers.

[Nobody's Hero]

The crowd at those roasts are a bunch of ham and baconers.

Yeah, those crowds may be vegetarians, but there still full of bologna to me.

[zildjian361]

lil Jimmy was :ohmy:BIG A.S.S.#2352 877-692-1027:smoke::drunk:

[GreatAmericanZero]

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all i can say is this left me in tears from laughing so hard, i chuckled all day at work thinking about it and ive watched it three times this evening.

I guess I can't explain the appeal of Norm MacDonald...but if you rated Saturday Night Live castmembers based on their work on the show (nothing before or after) then Norm is my favorite, I think hes the best.

one of my fav jokes he did on snl when he was doing the news, he was talkinga bout the richest girl in the country having a birthday party and he goes "so whats it like at the birthday party of the richest girl in the country? Well...she has two cakes!"

[ChrisTheCop]

My favorite Norm MacDonald joke ever was also from SNL:

"Reaching number 1 this week on Billboard's top 10; Better Than Ezra.

Number 2? Ezra."

[Sue_Bender]

My favorite Norm MacDonald joke ever was also from SNL:

"Reaching number 1 this week on Billboard's top 10; Better Than Ezra.

Number 2? Ezra."


I remember that well.


All in the delivery, folks.

[ChimneyFish]

He was definitely my favorite "anchor" on SNL, with a very close second going to the wonderful Mr. Quinn.

[Slumbag]

He was definitely my favorite "anchor" on SNL, with a very close second going to the wonderful Mr. Quinn.

Whoa, hold on.
He was good on the Roast, but I hated him on Weekend Update.
Kevin Nealon for the motherfucking win!!!!!!

[razorboy]

Whoa, hold on.
He was good on the Roast, but I hated him on Weekend Update.
Kevin Nealon for the motherfucking win!!!!!!

I'll tell Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray the bad news. Jesus.

[GreatAmericanZero]

Whoa, hold on.
He was good on the Roast, but I hated him on Weekend Update.
Kevin Nealon for the motherfucking win!!!!!!

the only thing funny about Kevin Nealon is that horrible toupee hes been wearing (and not updating) since 1988. I think when he did the news, he may have had the best guest segments (sandlers songs, hollywood minute) but he was the blandest news anchor

[KnoxHarrington]

My favorite Norm MacDonald joke ever was also from SNL:

"Reaching number 1 this week on Billboard's top 10; Better Than Ezra.

Number 2? Ezra."

My favorite was about a weird story at the time when Michael Jackson was in the hospital for something, and there was this bizarre sight of a huge painting of Shirley Temple as a kid being taken to his room. Norm's line was "Michael Jackson would like to clarify for his fans that he is a *homosexual* pedophile."

[Freakshow]

Dennis Miller was always my favorite on the news.

[cougarjake13]

watching now

[DolaMight]

Just finished watching noted event by way of comedy central by way of torrentleech.

My rankins as follows: (Keep in mind I have a bias for normy mak)

# 4 Jim Norton - Fun, but I wish I heard the rotten tomatoes joke.

# 3 Norm Makdo - I loved the top half of his set and especially when he was put on the spot by # 4 then he killed when he reversed the funny with the henry fonda pickin blueberries. wish I heard the real uncut set.

# 2 Jeffery Ross - Just had a tight set, deserves all the credit in the world.

# 1 Gilbert Gottfried - Why, fucker made me laugh my ass off. his dedication to the '90 joke was amazing. whites only and colored tits, c'mon. No one touched it. Every line killed.

[A.J.]

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[JPMNICK]

bob saget bitch you better AX someone

Jaime Kennedy's friend is actually a decent rapper

[Slumbag]

the only thing funny about Kevin Nealon is that horrible toupee hes been wearing (and not updating) since 1988. I think when he did the news, he may have had the best guest segments (sandlers songs, hollywood minute) but he was the blandest news anchor

Dude! He did the Mr. Subliminal. That shit used to kill me.
I think the reason I liked him the most was, everyone else was trying to be a comedian reading the news.
It always seemed Nealon was a real newcaster, but he was just fucking stupid.