Skip to content
October 7, 2025
  • About
  • Last Things First — Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Live!
The Comic's Comic

The Comic's Comic

The Definitive Guide to Comedy

  • About
  • Last Things First — Podcasts
  • Live!
  • Comedy Festivals
  • Meet Me In New York
  • About
  • Last Things First — Podcasts
  • Live!
  • Comedy Festivals
  • Meet Me In New York

Tag: roasts

The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber will air on March 30, presided over by Roast Master Kevin Hart
TV / Uncategorized

The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber will air on March 30, presided over by Roast Master Kevin Hart

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 9, 20153

Mark your calendars: Comedy Central has set Kevin Hart as the Roast Master for the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, which will tape on …

Comedy Central to Roast Justin Bieber for his 21st birthday
TV / Uncategorized

Comedy Central to Roast Justin Bieber for his 21st birthday

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 23, 2015

Justin Bieber turns 21 on March 1, and what music superstar idol turned rapscallion and ne’er-do-well wouldn’t want to be given a dose of comeuppance …

Hey, hey, hey: Bill Cosby’s best worst idea ever now would be a Comedy Central Roast
TV / Uncategorized

Hey, hey, hey: Bill Cosby’s best worst idea ever now would be a Comedy Central Roast

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 13, 2015January 13, 2015

Jeffrey Ross, aka the Roastmaster General, obviously was joking Monday night when he posted this photo to his new Instagram account with the caption: “Hey …

Friars Club to Roast Terry Bradshaw for ESPN2 during Super Bowl week, January 2015
TV / Uncategorized

Friars Club to Roast Terry Bradshaw for ESPN2 during Super Bowl week, January 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 3, 20142

The Friars Club announced today that it’ll roast Terry Bradshaw for its first sports-themed Friars Club Roast on ESPN2. The Friars Club Roast of Terry …

TV / Uncategorized

ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Last year’s Super Bowl week Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason in New York City never aired on TV, so if you weren’t there, you …

That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club
Audio

That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2014

Jerry Lewis sat down this week with Maria Menounos at The Friars Club for a SiriusXM Town Hall that airs today, and wouldn’t you know …

The Roast of Reggie Watts and more surprises in Season 3 of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang!, as told to us by Scott Aukerman
Interviews / TV / Uncategorized

The Roast of Reggie Watts and more surprises in Season 3 of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang!, as told to us by Scott Aukerman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 8, 2014May 8, 2014

When Comedy Bang! Bang! returns to IFC tonight with its third-season premiere, we see not one, not two, but three different pairings of host Scott …

Video

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Roasts Boomer Esiason at the annual Friars Club Roast

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 31, 2014

In case you missed it, the Friars Club held their gala Roast of Boomer Esiason on Thursday over lunch at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel — …

Uncategorized

Friars Club names Larry King as its new Dean

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 16, 2014January 16, 2014

The changing of the guard at the Friars Club is from old guard to older guard. Larry King, 80, is stepping up to replace 76-year-old …

Sarah Silverman wonders why Comedy Central’s #FrancoRoast targeted her age, as a woman
Late-night TV credit / TV / Uncategorized

Sarah Silverman wonders why Comedy Central’s #FrancoRoast targeted her age, as a woman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 13, 2013September 13, 20137

Comedy Central Roasts are all in good fun, “but it’s brutal!” So said Sarah Silverman, interviewed by W. Kamau Bell on Thursday night’s Totally Biased …

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 Next

Archives

Buy Comedy Books!

Try Apple News

Subscribe to Podcast

Androidby EmailRSS
Copyright © 2025 The Comic's Comic. Powered by WordPress and Bam.