Donald Trump Roast

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:21 pm

^^
popeye ur intellectual musings and well-formed criticism are quite accurate, thorough, AND FUCKING GAY YO

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:33 pm

Kid That's Lifeless wrote:The Flavor Flav roast remains the gold standard for Comedy Central roasts and they haven't come close in forever.

Agreed. Every other one has relied on Greg Giraldo for 100% of the laughs. Back on the Flav one he was not yet very well known, so when he came out and murdered shit, it set the mood for a night that went perfectly.

This age of roasting is definitely done with. I'll watch this but I'm not expecting much.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:37 pm

Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:46 pm

Blockhead wrote:
Reason wrote:btw jeselnik is one of my fav comedians, you should def buy/dl/watch his only stand-up album/comedy central special

Love his album. I'm a huge fan.

Easily in my top 5 comedians. Easily.

Gotta prop Rzn for introducing me to the world of Jeselnik.

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:49 pm

does pharmacy school count as graduate school?

not sure cause i smoked through most of it.

Sylissez · Post by **Sylissez** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:49 pm

Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.

Feelings, yo.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:51 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:does pharmacy school count as graduate school?

not sure cause i smoked through most of it.

Not in the sense that I'm describing. I'm talking more doctoral studies in the social sciences and humanities. Not sure how "cool" people are in pharm school. I would guess not very cool at all but much more connected to the world of every day people and pop culture.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:51 pm

Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.
Feelings, yo.

I don't get it.

Sylissez · Post by **Sylissez** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:57 pm

Thun wrote:
Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.
Feelings, yo.
I don't get it.

Seemed like you were catching 'em from people saying you and Popeye are over analyzing comedy roasts. Hence painting yourself (and Popeye) as the rebels of grad school.

Or not. I don't know. I didn't think there was an overly analytical take in the first place.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:08 pm

Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:
Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.
Feelings, yo.
I don't get it.
Seemed like you were catching 'em from people saying you and Popeye are over analyzing comedy roasts. Hence painting yourself (and Popeye) as the rebels of grad school.

Or not. I don't know. I didn't think there was an overly analytical take in the first place.

I definitely wasn't catching feelings.

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:53 pm

Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:
Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.
Feelings, yo.
I don't get it.
Seemed like you were catching 'em from people saying you and Popeye are over analyzing comedy roasts. Hence painting yourself (and Popeye) as the rebels of grad school.

Or not. I don't know. I didn't think there was an overly analytical take in the first place.

this mother fucker just over analyzed graduate schools.

battlecatmeowstab212 · Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:06 pm

Thun wrote:
Kid That's Lifeless wrote:The Flavor Flav roast remains the gold standard for Comedy Central roasts and they haven't come close in forever.
Agreed. Every other one has relied on Greg Giraldo for 100% of the laughs. Back on the Flav one he was not yet very well known, so when he came out and murdered shit, it set the mood for a night that went perfectly.

This age of roasting is definitely done with. I'll watch this but I'm not expecting much.

Let's not forget Norm MacDonald killing shit at the Bob Saget Roast, basically roasting the Roast concept:

http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtop ... =macdonald

Sylissez · Post by **Sylissez** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:11 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:
Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:
Sylissez wrote:
Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.
Feelings, yo.
I don't get it.
Seemed like you were catching 'em from people saying you and Popeye are over analyzing comedy roasts. Hence painting yourself (and Popeye) as the rebels of grad school.

Or not. I don't know. I didn't think there was an overly analytical take in the first place.
this mother fucker just over analyzed graduate schools.

And yeah, was gonna mention Norm from the Saget roast. Pretty much GOAT.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:15 pm

battlecatmeowstab212 wrote:
Thun wrote:
Kid That's Lifeless wrote:The Flavor Flav roast remains the gold standard for Comedy Central roasts and they haven't come close in forever.
Agreed. Every other one has relied on Greg Giraldo for 100% of the laughs. Back on the Flav one he was not yet very well known, so when he came out and murdered shit, it set the mood for a night that went perfectly.

This age of roasting is definitely done with. I'll watch this but I'm not expecting much.
Let's not forget Norm MacDonald killing shit at the Bob Saget Roast, basically roasting the Roast concept:

http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtop ... =macdonald

True.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:36 pm

PopeyeJones wrote:Am I the only curmudgeon/boom-bap purist who thinks this pretty much sucked and they've almost killed the joy of roasting all together?

This was kind of the tipping point for me, because as I recall, this is the first time the d-listers have equaled the number of real comedians. Making fun of celebrities who are already cultural punchlines is just kind of boring too. Snoop wasn't good, he was just fine for someone doing something that he's not good at.

I partially agree. I definitely laughed at a bunch of jokes but it was never continuously funny. I dunno if these roasts have run their course or if they just need new blood (Jeselnik is a step in the right direction). I'm definitely over Jeff Ross and Lampanelli. The better the celebrity roasters, the better the roast. I don't doubt the situation was there strictly to be an easy target.

Sylissez · Post by **Sylissez** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:44 pm

Lampanelli's been a hack for years. And I'm not sure what purpose Whitney Cummings serves that Sarah Silverman couldn't. What I'm trying to say is, women aren't funny. But we all know that.

I still think Ross is good and Jeselnik had a nice debut.

I thought these roasts were Comedy Central's way of parodying the Friars Club (etc) roasts from the beginning. Ya know, roasting people that don't deserve it, with people that they never met before. It's like the bizarro version of what Dean Martin used to do.

Fuck, I just over analyzed a roast.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:47 pm

Sylissez wrote: I'm not sure what purpose Whitney Cummings serves that Sarah Silverman couldn't.

I'd guess she's a whole lot cheaper.

As for ross, I think I might just hate his doughy faggot face.

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:43 pm

oh fuck was the situation terrible, literally anyone pulled off the street could have done better.

still illiterate · Post by **still illiterate** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:27 pm

anybody want to upload an album by Jeselnik?

Zeed Stun · Post by **Zeed Stun** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:38 pm

yeah that would be great

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:38 pm

Thun wrote:Oh and god bless most of you for never having attended graduate school. Your ignorance is bliss and I envy you.

To put it in perspecitve, Popeye and I are practically Star and Buckwild meets the Fonz plus the guys from Cooley High in a grad program. If you think anything we say about pop culture is overly analytical or gay, you are living a very privileged life.

naw i don't care about overanalysis or doubting pop's/yours credibility

i was being facetious on a 'stop being a negative nancy debbie downer' tip

Swipe · Post by **Swipe** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:39 pm

This shit sucked. All of them were awful. If you can't figure out Jeselnik's formula after say, three jokes, you are probably The Situationallyג¢ retarded.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:59 pm

Swipe wrote:This shit sucked. All of them were awful. If you can't figure out Jeselnik's formula after say, three jokes, you are probably The Situationallyג¢ retarded.

Fuck figuring out his formula. He's funny. His formula works. The same could be said for most comics if you really wanna knit pick.

still illiterate · Post by **still illiterate** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:26 pm

Blockhead wrote:
Swipe wrote:This shit sucked. All of them were awful. If you can't figure out Jeselnik's formula after say, three jokes, you are probably The Situationallyג¢ retarded.
Fuck figuring out his formula. He's funny. His formula works. The same could be said for most comics if you really wanna knit pick.

word, bunch of cynical motherfuckers can't enjoy shit. I've never heard an Aids joke I didn't like.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:01 am

have you ever heard the same aids joke for sixty minutes straight though? shit loses its appeal after the third time its told

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:06 am

Swipe wrote:This shit sucked. All of them were awful. If you can't figure out Jeselnik's formula after say, three jokes, you are probably The Situationallyג¢ retarded.

stop being a douche.

why do ppl get on such high horses b/c they know how something works? do they think ppl who enjoy it are stupid and don't know how it works and that that is why they still enjoy it? fuckin douchebags

one of the biggest ways jeselnik gets laughs from me is how he puts on the deadpan air of being super cocky, among other transitions b/w jokes like:

"i know what you guys are thinking, TWO jokes about suicide? well don't worry, i still got 45 more minutes"

or

"that joke usually gets a standing ovation"

or

"now that is such a smart joke"

RwithTF · Post by **RwithTF** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:13 am

Just re-watched the Roast of Flava Flav after this thread and damn, Giraldo really did kill it. But, it was so difficult to even watch "The Sitituation" whoever wrote his jokes must have tried to just fuck him over.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:17 am

^Word. I was thinking the same thing. All the celebs have people writing jokes for them. Somehow he just bombs. I mean, his delivery and overall vibe up there was terrible but the jokes were also just straight up shitty.
I smell sabotage.

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:32 am

I thought snoop was funny.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:38 am

So i watched this and everyone sucked, Jeselnik included.

Jeff Ross was okay in the past, on this one he was unfocused and underconfident.

Lampanelli was always a hack but in the past she was a hack who was convinced of her own worthiness. She clearly doesn't care anymore.

Whitney Cummings desperately wants to be a female Greg Giraldo but she isn't smart or funny.

I hope they all die.