I know it should be a rhino but...
Posted on 04/08/2014 12:10:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza has posted footage from comedian Joy Behar's awkward and uncomfortable roasting of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last week.
In a lengthy piece on Christie published Monday morning, Lizza included details of the recent roast of former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne. Behar, Lizza reported, focused much of her time on stage lampooning Christie. Her quips seemed to get under Christie's skin, and, at one point, he got up from his chair and even motioned as though he might take her cue cards.
Behar's first joke in the clip combined digs at both Christie's weight and the Bridgegate scandal.
"When I first heard that he was accused of blocking off three lanes on the bridge, I said, ‘What the hell is he doing, standing in the middle of the bridge?'" Behar said. Behar followed with another targeted at Christie's size. While Christie now had his eye on the White House, Behar said, "it used to be the House of Pancakes."
At that point, Christie interrupted her and joked it was supposed to be a "Byrne roast." After the two exchanged words, Behar told Christie to "stop bullying me" as he sat back down.
Christie and Behar continued their back-and-forth out of earshot, leading the comedian to say, "Why don’t you get up here at the microphone instead of being such a coward?"
Christie stood up and stepped to the podium. "Really, is that what you're thinking? At least I don't get paid for this," he said.
The video footage is grainy, but at this point, Lizza said, Behar was "noticeably rattled."
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Roasts can be dangerous things. They are certainly, by definition, not nice. Much as I’m not a fan this one sounds as though it was in poor taste.
if behar didn’t have lady parts she’d be completely worthless.
I know it should be a rhino but...
Who is she to get down on someone who’s fat?
she’s not overweight, she’s just undertall.
Behar is a comedienne? Since when and according to who? I have no use for the things that pass as roasts currently. It appears that all that is required is to be as vile, foul mouthed and vulgar as possible. Lord take me back to the days of the Dean Martin roasts when actual funny people could take a light hearted shot without beating the roastee with a club.
Joy Behar.
The International Society of Washed Up
Hags turned down her membership application.
if behar didn’t have lady parts she’d be completely worthless.
I would consider all her vile parts completely worthless. And they’re not the parts of a lady.
i didn’t say they were worth anything to me, more of a blanket general society kind of thing.
and i used ‘lady parts’ just to clean up what i’d have preferred to say.
http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/michael-che-standup/2752899
Watch this for 5 minutes is you want to see a young comedian who is clever, funny, and clean. He’s black, and not angry, but very funny on the “what’s up with all this racism?” stuff.
I found it from another freeper thread.
I dreampt of a Chris Christie/Michael Moore ticket in ‘16...
Behar roasting Christie and Christy sauteing Behar...
A Bizaaro World.. Banquet..
No, I’m undertall - she’s just fat.
That is funny.
**Roasts can be dangerous things.***
Dean Martin did lots of roasts. I later found they were scripted beforehand.
You couldn’t fit them both in a screenshot together.
I would pay top dollar to see them both in a gladiatoral match.
“Dean Martin did lots of roasts. I later found they were scripted beforehand.”
The men thus roasted knew each other and had plenty of “back-story.” The roasts were mostly in fun. Also, the targets were performers who see any publicity as good publicity. They most likely were not insulted. I think the governor is not a self-effacing man, nor is his ego insulated by a vaudeville career. If you’re giving a roast you not only have to know your audience you need to know the subject. If I were hired to roast a complete unknown I’d go over it with him first. I’d also script his response so he could come out on top and get bigger laughs.
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