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Kathy Griffin is no stranger to the anti-celebrity acerbic wit, particularly on her Bravo show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. Now she will need to call upon that talent as she has been selected to host The Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers on August 9th.

Truthfully, Joan Rivers' humor through the years has been pretty self-deprecating. Rivers will likely enjoy the attention. Given her own penchant for roasting celebrities (or kissing up to them, such as while working the red carpet), using Kathy Griffin as her roastmaster seems a pretty logical pairing. I wonder if, along with the Comedy Central regulars that are at every one of these, her daughter is going to be one of her roasters.

The Comedy Central roasts in general have been hit-and-miss for me, although they've been a ratings winner for the channel. I really enjoyed the William Shatner one (probably because the years of infighting between the Star Trek cast gave the insults a little more credence).

I was watching comedian Kathy Griffin on Larry King Live a few weeks ago, and I remember thinking, why is she on this show? Beyond the publicity, why is she on the show of someone she would usually dump on or say funny, nasty things about? And yes, I'm aware that's a terrible sentence, but you can see my point. Larry King seems like someone Griffin would insult or pick on, not appear on his show.

But now comes word that Griffin dumped on King an interview at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center last week. She says that King is either deaf or doesn't listen: