There are great lines at every roast, without question. Honestly, since the Anderson and Shatner roasts, each subsequent effort has been trying to live up to those two, and not quite making it. And you got the impression that all the people on the stage were not necessarily the best of buddies, and that added a bit of edge to the proceedings, too. From a viewers' perspective, those ones seemed to have the right mix of shameless, shocking and hilarious. In this new era, the high points for me were the Anderson roast in 2005 and the Shatner roast in 2006. When he was interviewed after the roast (it was recorded about a week ago), Franco said that it's not as if he hasn't heard jokes about the Oscars or his choice of gay roles before, so he was prepared for what was coming.Ĭonsidered in its entirety, and biting comments from individual roasters notwithstanding, the tone of the Franco roast is fairly cordial. There are Oscar quips aplenty, and also tons of jokes about Franco's sexuality. I won't spoil it for you, but it has to do with a highly controversial recent news event. Ross has a rather cutting line about the "comedic chemistry" of Franco and Hathaway. So you won't have to think very hard to figure out the kind of stuff Franco faces from roasters Seth Rogen (who hosts), Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Ross, Aziz Ansari, Natasha Leggero and Kroll.įranco's performance when he co-hosted the Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway in 2011 remains legendary for all the wrong reasons. Sex, race, drugs, profanity, vulgarity, depravity, everything is on the table now. The format recalls the Dean Martin celebrity roasts, but the modern versions are way more R-rated. Hmmm, I guess autumn is just around the corner.įranco is the latest in a long line of celebrities who have been roasted over the past decade, taking his place alongside Roseanne Barr, Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, David Hasselhoff, Joan Rivers, Larry the Cable Guy, William Shatner, Pamela Anderson, Bob Saget, Flavor Flav, Jeff Foxworthy and Denis Leary. "Quick reminder, if at any point tonight James fully opens his eyes, there will be six more weeks of summer." 2 on the Comedy Network, roaster Nick Kroll has this to say about the man of the hour: James Franco is the gift that keeps on squinting.Īt one point during The Comedy Central Roast of James Franco, which airs across Canada Monday, Sept. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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