Shatner Roast

[maxximilian]

Anyone see the William Shatner roast last night? I bet JP had a party for the event.....

Anyway....there were some humorous moments even if it was less than some the old Dean Martin roasts I use to watch. Those were great. But with this Shatner roast, I was struck by the choices of roasters. I never even heard of some of them....and the ones I did know (other than Star Trek actors) like Farrah Fawcett, Betty White and Jason Alexander, didn't seem to have any connection to Shatner at all.

Anybody else think the choice of people on the stage was a little weak? I'm not saying they should have filled the stage with Shatner co-stars or anything, but the man has been around for a long time and I would have thought we would have seen some better known comedians.

[DMRatliff]

I wasn't impressed - and crude, nasty, insulting "humor" ISN'T humorous, in my opinion - Betty White was about the best on there!

[lgbpop]

Wm. Shatner is a pompous ass. I took my boy up to Tampa seven or eight years ago for a Star Trek convention and he (Shatner, not my son ) was boorish and foul-mouthed. Russell Johnson was there also (why, I have no idea) and he was a gentleman, agreed to a picture with me. (My son still has the picture, he titled it "The Two Professors.") Anyhow, aside from Star Trek Shatner was a B-level actor (some Westerns, the Twilight Zone, etc. on TV) and he never made many big-name friends I bet.

I thought Betty White had too much class to be in that show. Not any more!

[jmtjet]

Yes I watched most of it. It was funny at first but then became gross. Andy Dick is the most obnoxious person in the world. I don't know how they got away with some of the stuff they were saying.-gross-gross-gross. Shatner deserved better than that. Man Farrah looked terrible. Too many years with the hard drugs I guess.

[Crimson Blonde]

I watched what I could stomach of it ...... but it was rude, crude, obnoxious and vulgar..... and usually I like that sort of stuff

.... but this was even too much for me


They seemed to be fixated on a few certain body parts. After you hear it a couple times it gets old ...... overall opinion..... a waste of 2 hours

[Ridgerunr]

When it comes to Shatner,I could care less. Self centered *sshole imho... And no,wouldn't waste my time watching something like that.

[Crimson Blonde]

Dean Martin would be rolling in his grave if he knew this was what things have come to

[JPnyc]

I was appalled, actually. I'm far from a prude, truly, but that disgusted me far more than it made me laugh. i considered writing CC about it but couldn't find a contact page on their website. I turned it off. I'm not a perpetual 14 yr old Eddie Murphy fan who giggles at profanity and "shock-value" comedy.

[Crimson Blonde]

^^^What he said