Roast of Denis Leary on Comedy Central

[Mockery]

Are any of you gonna be watching this thing? Besides that I've always loved Leary's comedy, Conan O'Brien, Michael J. Fox, and Christopher Walken are going to be on it apparently along with a bunch of other people. I'm definitely looking forward to this one...

[El Blanco]

I've seen Adam Ferrara and Jim Bruer perform so I am really excited about it.

The other good thing is that most of the people are actually his friends so, unlike chevy Chase, it will actually be funny with many different stories.

When do Steve Martin and Bill Murray get roasted?

[whoreable]

I dont really like dennis leary. but i am sure i will indeed be watching.

[timrpgland]

I like Denis and will be watching this. Should be good.

[James]

Denis Leary can drink my ball sweat. He's not funny at all. If they want to roast a whiny little bitch who hates everything, they can roast me. I've done more to deserve it than him.

All the Comedy Central roasts have been pointless. The Drew Carey and Rob Reiner ones were funny, but the rest were shit. I swear they just pull a name out of a hat, and roast the person.

Next year: The roast of Seth Green.

And I feel bad for Walken, having to make fun of some little unfunny shit like Leary. HE should be the one getting roasted, for fuck's sake.

[Mockery]

Thanks for sharing James, now stfu. Leary's CD's are extremely funny, especially Lock 'n Load.

[El Blanco]

Whenever I here No Cure For Cancer and how he goes off on his dad being an Irish immagrant and using electrical tape as a bandage, I swear he's talking about my dad. Even my mom dies laughing at it.

[KILLADEUCE]

LEary Roasted by WALKEN Oh i gotta see that.... Personally i actually liked Leary's stand-up...

Any word on when this airs?

[Esuohlim]

I actually am looking forward to this R*@$T (if they're even calling it that anymore). Mainly because I like Denis Leary and I actually know pretty much everyone there. The Chevy Chase roast was awful. Not only was it not funny, but I only knew three or four people there that were roasting him.

But I liked the Rob Reiner one. And I think Denis Leary is hilarious, so I'm expecting a good roast. :/

Any word on when this airs?

August 10th at 10:00 EST, I believe.

[James]

I don't know. I just don't like the guy. I'm sure some people love his observational humor ("I HATE THIS! HAHA I'M AN ASSHOLE! LAUGH!"), but I don't.

And even if I did, I couldn't justify him getting a roast. WALKEN BEFORE LEARY. >:

[El Blanco]

He did more than observational humor. Asshole is a great song. You have no clue about comedy.

Go jerk off to Bill Hicks and pretend he was edgy.

[Royal Tenenbaum]

Dennis Leary is the shit. I'm sure if they actually showed this in Canada I'd watch it. :(

[Schimid]

I feel the same as James.

Has George Carlin ever been roasted? :/

[El Blanco]

I don't think Carlin would want to go. Unless 1-800-COLLECT was sponsoring it. *hack*cough*sellout*hack*cough*

[crash0814]

For a man who hates advertising so much, Carlin doesn't seem at all ashamed to jump on board. I was extremely disappointed when I saw those commercials because I love George Carlin. I still like him, but I lost a lot of respect for him when I saw that.

As for Leary, I think he's fucking hilarious. I can't wait to see him get roasted, and when he gets the chance to shoot back...it's not gonna be pretty.

[Jixby Phillips]

I don't think Carlin would want to go. Unless 1-800-COLLECT was sponsoring it. *hack*cough*sellout*hack*cough*

How about Penzoil?

[whoreable]

haha. And what happened to that pos fake reality show he was hosting?

[Mockery]

He did more than observational humor. Asshole is a great song. You have no clue about comedy.

Go jerk off to Bill Hicks and pretend he was edgy.

1) He's definitely MUCH more than just observational humor. Sounds like James just hasn't heard much of Leary's material, but whatever...

2) Bill Hicks was awesome, don't diss the man. He's easily in the same class as Leary.

[El Blanco]

I liked Hicks, but he pissed me off when he accused Leary of ripping him off. Did he not think we knew how much he took from Carlin?

The only difference between Hicks and Carlin is that Hicks had the career sense to die young.

[KILLADEUCE]

I agree it's easy to compare 3, but i feel they're styles differ enough to keep them all original-

It's funny you mention carlin's Tv commercials, one of his latter Hbo specials hgad him make a little joke about it, i thought it was hilarious.

On the note of hicks, it's sad he did die young, he really had an eloquence that really got me laughing my ass off..

[Mockery]

I agree it's easy to compare 3, but i feel they're styles differ enough to keep them all original-

Yep, exactly. Plus Hicks was being his usual sarcastic self when he said that, he didn't just go "Denis Leary ripped me off, that asshole!" He was much cooler than that. Much like Jesus, Bill Hicks was cool... it's his fans that were all too often the assholes.

[El Blanco]

I thought that was Elvis.

[James]

I don't think Carlin would want to go. Unless 1-800-COLLECT was sponsoring it. *hack*cough*sellout*hack*cough*

How about Penzoil?

ZING! :lol

The things I've heard from Denis just seem more like bitching, than comedy. Besides, I'm still mad at him for making fun of Jim Henson.

And even if I found him to be the funniest man ever, I still say they're picking out Roastees by random drawing.

[Mockery]

Not this time, they're picking people that are all friends/associates of his in some way or another. That's why it's gonna be great.

From the latest commercial for it:

Denis Leary: "Conan O'Brien. You know what was funny about his show? Andy Richter." :lol

This should be damned good.

[El Blanco]

The Penzoil commentisn't so much of a zing because Leary never went verbally postal on giant corporations. He never tried to build himself as a disgruntled hippy.

Isn't Conan O'Brien Leary's cousin?

I wonder if Triumph will be there.

[Mockery]

The Penzoil commentisn't so much of a zing because Leary never went verbally postal on giant corporations. He never tried to build himself as a disgruntled hippy.

No shit. He's done a shitload of good anyway, especially when it came to promoting the Cam Neely foundation.

Isn't Conan O'Brien Leary's cousin?

Wouldn't surprise me, they always joke about their Irish heritage together.

[Professor Cool]

Carlin cant get roasted because thomas the tank engine

I like Dennis, especially the fact that he can make someone like colin quinn funny.

And yes he is Conan's cousin.

[mburbank]

Leary's got chops.

I am glad that it only took half a dozen roasts for Comedy Central to realize celebrities being roasted by people they've never even met isn't very funny. That's a pretty quick learning curve for those cretins. Is John Stewart going to be there? They can be very funny about each other, especially since Stewart said he'd do Leary's reality show and then backed out and then Leary's reality showed hoovered massively.


But Steven Colbert is my current favorite guy comedian.

[whoreable]

Steven Colbert is so fucking awesome. It really pains me that he doesnt have any of his own standup specials, but then again I guess he is not a stand up kinda guy.

[Zebra 3]

He did more than observational humor. Asshole is a great song.
>: - I totally agree, Asshole is a great song!

:( - I didn't have access to the roast - from what I understand, at least one part was censored for the U.S. broadcast, but was free of censorship for the European broadcast.

[Mockery]

Leary's got chops.

I am glad that it only took half a dozen roasts for Comedy Central to realize celebrities being roasted by people they've never even met isn't very funny. That's a pretty quick learning curve for those cretins. Is John Stewart going to be there? They can be very funny about each other, especially since Stewart said he'd do Leary's reality show and then backed out and then Leary's reality showed hoovered massively.

Yeah, Stewart is going to be there. I loved that reality show too, I wish it was on longer. The cop show on ABC or whatever wasn't that great though...

But Steven Colbert is my current favorite guy comedian.

Yeah, he's definitely the man right now. Probably my favorite at the moment too.

[Royal Tenenbaum]

Patton Oswalt is still the best.

[mburbank]

Colbert is more of a Character Monologist, like Eric Bogosian. He played mseveral differnt characters in Wigsville, and he was completely awesome. No costumes, just him, but each time he was a completely different person, and it's a shame you don't get to see his range on the Daily Show or even in Strangers, where he was amazing, but only played the one character.

[Mockery]

Some funny moments, but overall, I think they were too nice to Leary. :/ Am I think only one who thought so?

[El Blanco]

I thought it was a Friar's Club roast. Where was Alan King?

And Colin Quinn has some funny jokes, but his delivery is so awful that it kils any humor whatso ever.

There were some great moments, though. Ferrara and Dipoalo killed.

[Esuohlim]

Not a Frair's Club Roast. It wasn't hilarious, but it was still worth watching.

Dane Cook and the priest guy, in my opinion, were the funniest. Especially Dane Cook's line about tipping Ed Lover and Dr. Dre when they bring your car around front for you.

But Denis Leary's final statements made the whole thing worth it.

And they're going to show the damn roast another 30 times by next Sunday and I'll be sick of it. >:

[El Blanco]

"Fuck the Kennedys! Vote for Lenny!"

[Protoclown]

It was amusing but pretty tame.

The worst part was when that fuckhead Jimmy Breuer showed up :(

[Professor Cool]

I wanted to see conan rip into him.

It was ok, yet they could of did alot worse.

[Cap'n Crunch]

I only saw about the first hour, and laughed a little, but I thought it kinda blew. I'll watch the other half probably today, cause Comedy Central is going to loop it over for a week now.

I thought they were ripping the fat ass guy more than Dennis Leary.

[timrpgland]

I wish Walken was there in person. It was pretty funny but not exactly what I was hoping for. What I enjoyed more were the reruns of his stand up specials.

[Mockery]

I wish Walken was there in person.

"Mushpie"

:lol2

[kellychaos]

Walken's comments were "phoned in" via live telecast and came off kind of flat. I was very disappointed. Ferrara was pretty good. I didn't get to see the whole thing, though. :/

[Comrade Rocket]

Man that sucked.

The funniest parts, Dane Cook, the Preist, and Leary's rebutle.

Most of the roasters that I looked forward to being there had a recorded segment.

And why was Hurley there (to look good)

On Tough Crowd they said that there going to Roast Colin Quinn next. How many more Remote control jokes can we stand?

[Esuohlim]

Am I the only one that fucking hates Colin Quinn?

[Ninjavenom]

Correction: Am I the only one who doesn't?

[Zbu Manowar]

Colin Quinn is like cheap beer: it might be good upon first viewing but after it's the shits.

[sspadowsky]

El Blanco: I was initially pissed at Carlin for the 10-10-220 thing, but I realized, if the IRS was climbing up my ass for $300,000+ that I owed them, I'd probably loosen my convictions a bit, too.

[O71394658]

I thought the Priest was the funniest... :/

[kellychaos]

Not that there weren't some others but Collin Quinn soooo obviously read from his notes that it was irritating. He barely lifted his face from the page. He used to do that a lot on SNL when he was the comedy news anchor. Thank God the teleprompter was able to save a little embarrassment, huh? For his sake, I hope he's a better comedy writer.

[Command Prompt]

Good God People.

Carlin did the commercial because he was making a point about irony! IT WAS A FUCKING JOKE MORON

Special Guest Commentator: Clarence Boddicker

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"Well,obviously if you're in debt you do TV commercials. Thats the highest paying work for an actor of Carlin's calibur. This man is obviously must not only be his accountant but very insightful as well. JUST KIDDING!!! JESUS WHAT A DUMBASS RETARD!!!"

[Generator86]

Breuer almost ruined the whole thing. Who told him that that was a good idea in the first place?