[Labor Day] James Franco Roast (Hosted by Seth Rogan)

Only person that ever came close to Jeff Roast was Greg Giraldo.

I've also never heard someone give such a horrible set yet save it with a late line like Samberg did.

"Jeff Ross, you melting hippo"

 

Ross completely destroyed Jonah hill . That spaghetti line was really funny.

 

Thought Hill was the best.

 

Yeah , I like how hill actually got everyone . Most people could only fit in 3 + Franco. Ross and Hill are the clear cut MVP's tonight.

 

That's BS. Samberg was obviously doing something different. Don't tell me that that was worse than when someone like The Situation tries rambling through some prepared jokes.

 

Just started watching the re-rum. Samberg's set was different but kind of brilliant in it's anti humor. Started slow and built up towards the end, getting funnier as the audience caught on to the schtick.

 

He wasn't funny for most of it. Sounded like he was making up stuff as he went, the gay jokes were funny but you can only go too far..... Especially since the "I want to **** Franco" thing was played out all night. He caught fire too late, but definitely had the best one liner all night.

Yeah, Mike the Situation was definitely the worst. Forgot about that one.

 

I hate to be one of those guys but yeah.. you definitely didn't "get" it.

 

Have to agree, I thought Samberg was hilarious.

 

Agree

 

really?? her show was still in heavy syndication on basic cable well into the mid 2000's. are you a pre-teen??

 

i thought silverman killed it, she shat on jonah hill..

 

I thought they all did really well; I laughed at everybody's material.

 

That was hilarious. A rare roast where just about everybody was funny.

If you didn't like Samburg, you completed missed the boat. He absolutely destroyed it, and probably stole the whole show. Absolutely hysterical. Jonah Hill was surprisingly very funny, and Jeff Ross killed it as usual. He abused Jonah Hill and it was perfect.

 

His bit kinda reminded me of Norm MacDonald at Bob Saget's roast:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/661a77b3da/norm-macdonald-trolls-the-bob-saget-roast

 

Samberg started out using anti-humor like Norm often does. But I found it easier to understand and relate to what he was doing than I did with Norm. He was able to build it up too throughout the entire set, tying in earlier jokes, before exploding with the Franco gay jokes. It was all unexpected. First the way he started where the audience thought he was just bombing his first few jokes. Then after the audience had caught on, with help from the dais who caught on immediately, there was the unexpected escalation during Franco's roast. I loved it. Even more than Jeff Ross's set.

 

The roast was hilarious, but it felt like more of a Jonah Hill roast. Still hilarious though

 

Natasha Leggero was raw as hell. I thought she was the best roaster. Samberg was funny as hell.

 

Laughed out loud at Samberg and only Samberg.

 

damn...no love for nick kroll? i thought he had the best set. and he's not somebody who i typically find funny.

thought silverman was off her game/"over it".

i also didn't think jonah hill was as good as a lot of you are saying. had some funny lines in there, but his lack of stand-up comedian background shone through with his timing. he was basically reading a speech.