[Wiggins]

Not to many of those Dean Martin Roast comedians left. RIP.

[Mr. K]

*sigh* that’s back when Comedian Roasts had class and dignity.

Now they are filthy pigs wallowing in their own feces.

[GreenHornet]

Not to many of those Dean Martin Roast comedians left. RIP.

Unfortunately, that's true. Tim Conway and Bob Newhart are the only comedians from that era that come to mind who are still around. Back then, a comedian had to be talented and creative to make it. They didn't rely on vulgarity and bathroom jokes as the basis for their routines.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Here is a great roast with Johnathon Winters .... so many of them gone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XynxTU8ovZ8

[MarkL]

Not to many of those Dean Martin Roast comedians left. RIP.

Those were amazing. What they show on Comedy Central today as "roasts" are awful. My father, who was a member of "The Friars Club" would be disgusted by the current "roasts." If "The Friars Club" is still behind them, they should be ashamed.

Mark