Those guys were giants. Can you imagine trying to do one of those roasts today? First of all, the star quality would be entirely lacking. And second of all, the vulgarity would be appalling. To Dean, Frank, Reagan, Bob Hope, and the the whole bunch of them: Thank for the memories.
>>First of all, the star quality would be entirely lacking. And second of all, the vulgarity would be appalling.<<
And these guys were NOT PC, which was why they were funny.
Nowadays, every “group” of blubbering crybabies would be offended.
Comedy Central tries to do roasts once in a while. Foul mouthed, gutter humor that is pathetic. Nothing will match the class of comedians in the 60's and 70's. Even when Buddy Hackett worked blue, it was far batter than anything the dopes today can muster.