Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe

Jaysus that was awful. I've sat through some pretty bad comedy before, on screen and in person, just to find the few nuggets of gold scattered throughout it, something to laugh along with. There was nothing here. Not a thing.

Time to rethink the direction you're going in Amy, unless you want to only cater for a tiny minority of people who both agree with you and enjoy seeing these things mocked. And that number is getting smaller every year.

Without any favourite in american politics the comments aganinst Ann Coulter was not suitable in a roast. Aroast is supposed to be nasty and funny. Ann Coulter was clearly abused and the show should not have included here. The roast is about people that make fun of people they love & respect. Here it was just hate... How does hate fit into a roast? And you call it comedy? David Spade and Ralph Macchio mostly did good, but other than that it was very dissapointing.

Ouch, this was a particularly mean roast. I guess they didn't have enough material on Lowe himself and just spent the night taking shots at each other. The funniest part was the look on the liberal crowd's faces when ann was speaking. Hollywood has no business in politics; one is for entertainment and the other should be serious. This was hard to watch

It makes my heart ache to see people celebrate such horrid spectacles and call it entertainment. When Don Rickles invented this form of comedy he did it with a sense of fun and respect. He loved the those he lampooned and knew he was one of them. But now these Hollywood Elites who lecture us on empathy and decency, call us bigots and immoral, slander each other with unparalleled brutality. Each trying to eclipse the other in level of hostility and hurtfulness. They have no soul. Ralph, Ann, and Payton were obviously out of their element. I guess now we know why Jewel recently divorced. And to think I used to enjoy her music.

I've watched a bunch of these roasts, and for the most part they're funny. Certain people are better than others and the non-comics they bring on are usually a mixed bag, but I laugh enough for me to enjoy it. I'm not particularly familiar with Rob Lowe's life or body of work, though. Literally the only reason I bought this was because I heard/read that Ann Coulter got roasted almost as bad as the man of the hour. In that respect this did not disappoint. Beyond that, I found it mostly on-par with what I've previously seen of Comedy Central's roasts. People I found the most funny were Jimmy Carr and roastmaster Jeff Ross. Unexpected MVP goes to Peyton Manning who, despite not being a comedian, delivered some pretty good jokes (probably none of which were written by him). As can be expected Ann Coulter's turn behind the mic did not go so well, but I wasn't really anticipating anything great from her to begin with. I literally have no idea why she was there other than for people to poke fun at her (which, admittedly, was worth it). Overall, the special provided me with a nice 80-minute diversion, even if the asking price of $6.99 was a bit much.