How many comedy central roasts

Votes: 1, Votes: 2, Blue collar comedian Jeff Foxworthy is skewered by his fellow comedians, friends, and others. Votes: TV-MA 90 min Comedy.

It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast. A parade of Shatner's friends have gotten together to boldly go See full summary ». The roast consisted of jokes toward Trump's hairstyle, his show The Apprentice, and his family. Jokes were also made about Jeselnik's fame or lack thereof , Matlin's deafness, King's age, and Jersey Shore.

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino was highly criticized for his performance; as a result, Comedy Central pulled several of his jokes from the television airing of the roast. This was also the first time someone served as roastmaster more than once, as Seth MacFarlane also roasted David Hasselhoff. The roast was taped in Los Angeles on September 10, , and was broadcast on September 19, , exactly one hour after the premiere of Ashton Kutcher's first episode of replacing Sheen on Two and a Half Men.

Slash made an appearance playing his guitar during Sheen's entrance. During an interview on The View, Sheen's ex-wife, Denise Richards stated that she hadn't been invited to appear and, while she thought roasting her ex-husband could be humorous and that he would be able to take it, she feared it would have a negative impact on their daughters.

Seth MacFarlane made his third appearance as the roastmaster. A montage of Sheen's film and television work were featured, though due to legal reasons, clips of his tenure on Two and a Half Men were never used.

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis. Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers. The N. Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy. Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary. Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr. It's an age-old, and admittedly odd, tradition: A famous person gathers together a room full of friends, celebrity fans and some of the funniest stand-up comics working today — and then invites them to say the most horrible things imaginable about him or her in front of a crowded room and TV cameras.

The history of professional roasts dates back to the Fifties, when the private organization known as the Friars Club gave its male members — women were not allowed in until — the chance to put on tuxedos and take low-blow pot shots at other comedians. It was all in the name of affectionate if incredibly aggressive fun, with the Friars' friendly-fire tradition eventually making its way to cable in Then Comedy Central began producing their own take-no-prisoners celebrations in , and the channel has shouldered the responsibility of broadcasting cultural icons getting ripped to shreds ever since.

As Justin Bieber prepares to join the ranks of the roasted on March 14th the network will air the event on March 30th , we look back at the complete roster of Comedy Central's insult-athons, ranked from worst to best.