re: The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts didn't age well

This was back when people weren't offended little bitches over everything.

I was a young kid watching the Dean Martin Roasts. Holy shite, I laughed till I cried watching Foster Brooks. Those were the days.

Good God almighty the whole point of a roast is to say the most politically incorrect, inappropriate things you would never say in another situation. The roastee knows this is the deal and agrees to it. Did you think ultra liberal Carroll O'Conner was racist when Sammy Davis was on All In The Family and the whole storyline was about Sammy being black and Archie freaking out about it? Lighten up Francis

Dean said it on the rat pack at the sands album.

I watched it last night after reading this thread. Died laughing.

But I could see how someone who is 20 and never been exposed to that kind of humor before, would think it wasn't cool or think Sammy was being fake. Of course, Sammy made those jokes all the time.

Damn you're a pussy

The roasts were largely opportunities for the panel to channel their inner Rickles. So, whatever can be obviously joked about the Guest of Honor is going to be front and center.

And because they were equal opportunity - everyone was roasted with abandon, including Sammy.

Treating him "differently" or with kid gloves would have been racist, IMHO.

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He wasn't drunk. He was playing drunk. Like comedian Foster Brooks.

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Well Foster Brooks overacted and Dean was fantastic.

The Motts Apple Juice thing makes sense though. Nothing worse than drunk singing. Especially that kind of singing.

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The shite just isn't funny.

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If you don't find it funny that's one thing. Personally, Im a huge fan of CK, love Tom Segura's latest three shows, got to see Burr in NOLA right before the pandemic broke, etc. I love filthy comics, and one that will say anything knowing that if they make it funny there is nothing off limits. There are tons of comics and tons of styles and not everything is for everyone.

Problem is, that's not the argument you made at first. What you said was:

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I always heard Dean Martin was the king of cool. However, in these roasts, he is quite visibly drunk. But not a "cool drunk", an "unprofessional" sort of drunk. I guess they just rolled old Dean out there and said, "Drink up handsome, you'll do fine." It was sad.

Then the roast. Wow. All the jokes are centered around Sammy being black. How original.

They all took racist shots at him, and Sammy just did his act - fake laughing - the whole time

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Your issue seemed to be the subject matter was inappropriate. Glorified drinking in a way you don't like, mentioned race in a way you don't like. You came off like a guy that only enjoys alt comedy and finds Hannah Gadsby inspirational.

And then when challenged, dropped the "you guys are triggered" line which is adorable, then just played the "old guys" card as if that was an argument.

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I am not a PC person at all.

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bullshite. You need to go back to your safe space. It's people like you that has fricked up society. The Youth has created a society that every day you wake up you must look at the news to decide what you have to be offended at. Enjoy the spoils of the PC world your lot have created.


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