Star Trek icon George Takei was recently roasted by the Friars Club. Author Peter David wrote about the experience on his blog as one of the roasters.I'm sorry this wasn't one of the Comedy Central roasts (such as the recent one of Bob Saget) as I probably would have enjoyed watching it "live". On the other hand, those tend to be hit and miss (the Shatner one was great. Saget was not so much). Also, the Comedy Central roasts tend to get in anybody with a Comedy Central contract to be the roasters (with only a few personally connected roasters lumped in). The Friars Club roasts (which to the best of my knowledge are not televised although there are some taped segments on the website) seem to use more people who have a personal connection with the person being roasted.
At first, I wasn't certain why George Takei would be the subject of a roast. I could only conclude that his recent association with the Howard Stern show might have given him the necessary contacts to join the Friars Club. I hope the segments of the roast are online soon. They're probably hilarious.
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8-21-2008 @ 9:52AM
Cander said...
Some Friars Clubs Roasts were televised on Comedy Central. This is what led to CC doing their own roast. the televised ones where Drew Carey, Hugh Heffner, Rob Reiner, Jerry Stiller, and I believe the Chevy Chase one.
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8-21-2008 @ 6:34PM
MarcDom7 said...
George Takei is getting married very soon in a landmark ceremony. That's why.
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