What can be said that hasn’t already been said when Bob Saget is on TV? Enthralling, hilarious, edgy, and compelling are a few words that come to mind that haven’t ever been said. I will go on record today however and say that because of Bob Saget, Comedy Central has had its best roast yet.
I’ll admit that watching a celebrity be roasted by the best in the business is great fun but when the roastee is also fellow comic and long time friend to the entire dias, I began to realize that I was watching something special. The Pamela Anderson roast is by far one of my favorites, and yet at times it appears that Anderson is only partly paying attention to the celebration. With Saget, it was like watching a group of buddies get together and screw around. There was no doubt that the former Danny Tanner was having a great time and would have loved to be nowhere else but on that stage.
Bridgette Nielsen, Farrah Fawcett, Courtney Love, and Tommy Lee all have something in common - they aren’t funny and they suck at reading live. For reasons unknown to me, those stars have all taken the podium at prior roasts and created what I believe to be the lowest point of each one. Well, watching Fawcett be out of her mind on TV is always good times. The Bob Saget Roast brought us what we’ve all longed for - a dias chock full of comedy professionals.
The professional that stole the show for me was Norm Macdonald. His very ballsy move to test his mastery of dead-pan delivery and timing with old-timey roast jokes - akin to what my 9-year-old has in his "101 Clean Jokes to Tell to Your Friends" book - had me in tears. Unfortunately, it seemed that the audience was split on whether Macdonald was a genius or an idiot. Already, I’m eager to get my hands on the DVD to hear the portions of Gilbert Gottfried’s roast that didn’t make the air.
I was very excited for this roast and did not disappoint. My only disappointment was the lack of Dave Coulier jokes. While John Stamos and Jeffrey Ross did dish a little heat Coulier’s way, nobody called him out on his continuing efforts to take his comedy on the road. Come on, Dave, cut-it-out.
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August 19th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Bob Saget is the most banal, overrated pop culture figment to suddenly try and appear relevant. His entire premise is “I used to be on Full House, but now I can curse!”
His jokes are trite and awkward. “Enthralling, hilarious, edgy, and compelling” have NEVER been uttered to describe Bob Saget. The guy is milquetoast. I’m also not sure to what “business” you’re referring, but if that group of pasty-faced hacks was the best of it then I would suggest shutting it down.
And just to make sure the earth is thoroughly scorched, you write like a nine year old. I’m surprised this wasn’t a power paragraph.
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:40 pm
The review I wrote above was not about Bob Saget or his comedy. It was about a television program called “The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget.” I found the roast itself to be enthralling, hilarious, edgy, and compelling - again, not Saget - the roast.
I did in fact review Saget’s last HBO special at another comedy site - and it was not in his favor. However, I could argue that although he is, to me, the epidemy of not funny, he is a stand-up who made it huge on multiple prime-time TV shows and is now a multi-millionaire. So somebody enjoyed having him on TV (hint: millions of viewers.)
I think the ultimate irony here is that you saw Bob Saget’s name and some words you didn’t agree with and fired off a spiteful comment about writing ability when consequently, as it turns out, you read like a nine-year-old.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I have that roast DVR’d, but still haven’t watched it. I’ll have to do that now.
Good comeback on Daggin. While I do think Saget kind of sucks as a comic, your post was well-written.
August 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
you a bitch nigga