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Roasters of 'Stacked' Star Romp High to Low
NY Times ^ | 8/13/05 | Virginia Heffernan

Posted on 08/16/2005 7:08:10 AM PDT by Callahan

Sweet, easy Pamela Anderson - centerfold, actress, philanthropist - enters a snake pit of twisted and talented comedians Sunday night on "Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson." Let's cut to the chase: She's wearing a translucent black top, and she's braless. But that top - which can be seen straight through when the lights shine on it - may actually be among the least scandalous elements of the sick yet riveting roast, which was filmed Aug. 7 at Sony Studios in Los Angeles. Among the most scandalous moments : jokes about genitals; the self-consciously scummy, diseased personas of almost everyone on the dais; and Courtney Love, the bloated musician, who throughout the proceedings acted as if she belonged in an institution.

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I watched this train wreck and it was pretty funny. Brutal, but funny. Bea Arthur got the worst of it. My favorite line was "Courtney Love is like the girl next door, if your neighbor happens to run a methadone clinic."
1 posted on 08/16/2005 7:08:11 AM PDT by Callahan
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To: Callahan

Roast: A funeral before you die.


2 posted on 08/16/2005 7:10:59 AM PDT by Loyalist (Raphel mai amech zabi almi.)
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To: Callahan

"She's wearing a translucent black top, and she's braless."

So where's the pictures?


3 posted on 08/16/2005 7:17:03 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Chi-townChief

You mean to say you've never seen Pam Anderson's nipples?

You must be the only one.


4 posted on 08/16/2005 8:41:15 AM PDT by sharktrager (My life is like a box of chocolates, but someone took all the good ones.)
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To: sharktrager

She's still doable...though talentless...


5 posted on 08/16/2005 8:43:33 AM PDT by gman992
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To: gman992
She ceased being "doable" when she contracted hepatitis. Who knows what else she has that hasn't yet been diagnosed.
6 posted on 08/16/2005 11:06:37 AM PDT by hattend (Alaska....in a time warp all it's own!)
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To: Callahan

These smokers used to be held behind closed doors. They were never intended for public consumption although I've heard recordings from roasts going back 50 years.

These pale in comparison. Like SNL to its former glory.


7 posted on 08/16/2005 11:33:45 AM PDT by weegee (The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
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To: Callahan
Roasters of 'Stacked' Star Romp High to Low

I had to click on here to see what this meant. Sounds like it was a blast/s/.

That headline just made my headache worse. Nice gonig NYT.

She's wearing a translucent black top, and she's braless.

Oh wow. What a shocker. Pam and her humongous fake boobs are so 90's. She needs go away and take her Hep-C and PETA protesters with her.

8 posted on 08/16/2005 11:49:15 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (I.P.M.P.C.W.)
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To: Callahan
Smoking cigarettes, Ms. Love heckled the comedians and flipped people off, regularly flashing her underwear and pulling up her top.

Always a class act.

"You got it, doll," said Sarah Silverman, unpersuaded, at one point. As Ms. Silverman told the crowd, "I was curious to see which Courtney Love was going to show up: the smeared-lipstick crazy coke whore or the violent smeared-lipstick crazy coke whore."

Best joke in the article. Sarah Silverman can be pretty funny. I would have watched it just to see Courtney's reaction...'er maybe not.

Brutal, but funny.

He added, "If I was a baby seal and I had a choice between being clubbed to death or watching an episode of 'Stacked,' I'd be like, 'Somebody call J. Lo and let her know her mittens are ready.' "

Yikes! I'd say.

9 posted on 08/16/2005 12:26:14 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (I.P.M.P.C.W.)
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To: Callahan
Ditto, I thought it was hilarious. But Jeffrey Ross is always the best! "I wouldn't *** Bea Arthur's ***** with Andy Dick's *****!"

Hmmmm, it seems to lose something in translation. ;o) But FYI, the UNCUT AND UNCENSORED roast will be shown Saturday night at 1am.

10 posted on 08/16/2005 6:18:04 PM PDT by TheBigB (Gum would be perfection!)
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To: MotleyGirl70

I love You Motleygirl...


11 posted on 08/16/2005 11:33:14 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: MotleyGirl70

"Sarah Silverman can be pretty funny"

She's cute too!!


12 posted on 08/16/2005 11:38:36 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (The presence of "peace" is the absence of opposition to socialism -- Marx)
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To: Callahan

I watched this but "train wreck" doesn't do justice. It was more like a train wreck where one of the trains picks itself up, backs up, and crashes into the other train repeatedly until all that's left is molten steel.

I'm willing to bet money that Eddie Griffin cut his set short complaining that the coke whore wouldn't shut up.

I'm still waiting for Jeffrey Ross to make it through a roast without invoking Bea Arthur's name.


13 posted on 08/17/2005 5:42:41 PM PDT by nhoward14
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I heard that Eddie Griffin totally bombed and that's why his segment was sliced.

I also heard that Comedy Central is airing an uncensored, un-bleeped version of the Roast this Sunday at 1am.

14 posted on 08/17/2005 7:59:47 PM PDT by Callahan
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