Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year

This Jeffrey Ross joke sums up Torching 2024: "Quincy Jones died this year. His middle name was Delight. That is also what he saw before he died." That's a joke an 8 year old would be proud of telling.

A room full of comedy writers decided something that stale was suitable for a Netflix special. Another comment said this show had 25 writers. It must've been 25 monkeys at 25 typewriters, except they didn't write Shakespeare; they wrote... this.

A few comedians fell back on their own stage material, so there were a few half-hearted laughs there, but most of the 2024 related "comedy" was dire. Shallow, cheap, and obvious dad jokes that people make while watching the news and quickly forget. The comedians should've worked this material over into their own voices, because it needed a second or third pass. The impressions of Diddy, Biden, and UHC CEO were a thing that happened, but again, it's all so corny that even Jimmy Fallon wouldn't pretend to laugh at it.

The one time I genuinely laughed is when a comedian called this the "Temu Tom Brady Roast." That level of self-awareness is commendable. The Tom Brady Roast brought roasts back to life in 2024, and Torching 2024 killed them. I wonder if this show saw Delight before it died?

Nope, still not funny.