Friars Club closes up shop for the winter, or for good?
Reports of the demise of the fabled Friars Club are slightly exaggerated. Not yet time to roast...
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R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)
Before anyone else could claim to be “the pit bull of comedy,” before anyone else...
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The Friars Club celebrated in PBS “Treasures of New York”
Enjoy this Throwback Thursday with a look back across a century of laughs and comedian-on-comedian...
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Friars Club to Roast Terry Bradshaw for ESPN2 during Super Bowl week, January 2015
The Friars Club announced today that it’ll roast Terry Bradshaw for its first sports-themed...
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ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special
Last year’s Super Bowl week Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason in New York City never aired...
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Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery
The historic Friars Club building, a five-story house constructed in 1909 in midtown Manhattan...
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That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club
Jerry Lewis sat down this week with Maria Menounos at The Friars Club for a SiriusXM Town Hall...
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Shecky Greene quits Friars Club over Gilbert Gottfried joke?!
The Friars Club has a legacy as an institution for no-holds-barred comedy and a celebration of...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Roasts Boomer Esiason at the annual Friars Club Roast
In case you missed it, the Friars Club held their gala Roast of Boomer Esiason on Thursday over...
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Friars Club names Larry King as its new Dean
The changing of the guard at the Friars Club is from old guard to older guard. Larry King, 80, is...
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“Roasted!” Highlights from the Friars Club Roast of Jack Black
The Friars Club Roast of Jack Black brought down the grand ballroom Friday afternoon at the New...
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So You Think You Can Roast? Amadeo Fusca wins 2013 Friars Club contest following roasts of Dennis Rodman, Padma Lakshmi, Ricky Schroder
The Friars Club wrapped up its annual “So You Think You Can Roast?” contest over the...
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