Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
- Episode aired Jul 29, 2018
- TV-MA
- 1h 25m
Traditional comedy 'roast' where celebrities, comics and friends poke fun at actor Bruce Willis.Traditional comedy 'roast' where celebrities, comics and friends poke fun at actor Bruce Willis.Traditional comedy 'roast' where celebrities, comics and friends poke fun at actor Bruce Willis.
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Bruce says, "Yippie-ki-yay to every one of you motherfuckers", it was the only uttering of the word "fuck" that wasn't bleeped.
- Quotes
Jeffrey Ross: This is so much fun. I mean, Bruce is such a star. You've been in some of the most iconic scenes in cinema history. My favorite scene in "Pulp Fiction" when you save the guy from getting fucked in the ass. Hey, Dennis, at that point in the movie, were you like "Wait. Who's the bad guy again?"?
[laughter]
Jeffrey Ross: Of course, your most recent film was a big bomb, "Death Wish". What a fucking stinker, Bruce. It looked like you did your own stunts, and your own lighting, editing, and directing.
- ConnectionsReferences The Young and the Restless (1973)
To start with - Joseph Gordon-Levitt was an absolute tragedy of a host. Compared to Seth McFarlane for example, he didn't come across as funny. He may be a good actor, but being a host of a roast means more than acting. His act (I even refure to call it his hosting style) was very unnatural and didn't feel funny at all.
Nikki Glaser was very weak. She was not bad at Rob Lowe roast, but here it felt like she wants to go the Amy Schumer way - talk about sex and private parts and pretend how funny such talk is.
Ed Norton was a nice surprise for me. Yes, he did talk about himself quite a bit. But that delivery had a storyline tied to his friendship with Bruce Willis and therefore justified. It felt very personal - which is how these roasts used to be years ago.
It's a shame that Comedy Central Roasts are now more about the star power and less about the actual comedy. People on the dais don't know each other, so it's quite predictable what will they say about each other (who did not expect North Korea being mentioned when Dennis Rodman was there?). With each next roast there are fewer actual comedians so I won't be surprised if next year we will have all A-list celebrity dais. Plus Jeff Ross.
- adush-glvacova
- Aug 4, 2018
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