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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES EAN: 0097368032644 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Comedy Central Languages: Manufacturer: Comedy Central MPN: 803264 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Comedy Central Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 20, 2007 Running Time: 80 minutes Studio: Comedy Central Theatrical Release Date: August 20, 2006 Editorial Review: Product Description: Captain s Log stardate oh f$#@ it. It s the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. Watch as he s feted by comics and co-stars alike ranging from Andy Dick Greg Giraldo Patton Oswalt and Fred Willard to fellow trekkers George Takei and Nichelle Nichols. Whether it s Jeffrey Ross lambasting Shatner s overacting or Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel regretting their choice of a certain Shatner-endorsed travel company you won t want to miss one Shatner-skewering minute!System Requirements:Run Time: 80 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 097368032644 Manufacturer No: 803264 Amazon.com: First things first: Where's Leonard Nimoy? When Comedy Central's raucously ribald Roast of William Shatner was originally broadcast on August 20, 2006, it began with Nimoy--Shatner's beloved Star Trek costar--leaving a phone-message to Shatner, apologizing for his absence (hey, the man has class) and begging Shatner to explain why he would subject himself to the indignity of a roasting on Comedy Central. "Is it the food?" Nimoy inquired, noting the Shat-man's expanding waistline over the years, and the roasting was excellently underway. Well, guess what? Due to copyright and other legal restrictions (and possibly to Nimoy's desire to distance himself from a shamelessly filthy broadcast), Nimoy's appearance and several musical cues have been edited from this otherwise expanded DVD release, which compensates by serving up a few perfunctory bonus features along with every foul-mouthed insult in their uncensored glory. Shatner himself makes a grand equestrian entrance, riding a white stallion into the auditorium before flopping his fat ass into Star Trek's original Captain's chair (on loan from Seattle's Science Fiction Museum) and settling in for an 80-minute onslaught of verbal abuse by Comedy Central's stable of vicious comedians. It's pee-your-pants hilarious or painfully obscene, depending on your tolerance for crudeness and profanity. (As anyone who saw the previous Roast of Pamela Anderson can tell you, Comedy Central's roasting policy is unabashedly adult-oriented and strictly no-holds-barred.) Of course, Shatner's not the only target of playful derision. After an introduction by host Jason Alexander (who, like guest comedian Kevin Pollak, built a career out of impersonating Shatner), nobody emerges unscathed, and some of the insults--particularly those aimed at Farrah Fawcett (whose inclusion here is barely justified)--are more cruel than entertaining. But everyone's a good sport, especially Star Trek's Mr. Sulu, George Takei, who'd recently gone public with his homosexuality, prompting nearly every roaster on the panel to make crude (and mostly unfunny) gay sex jokes at Takei's good-natured expense. (He later delivers a barb at Shatner that Star Trek historians will recognize as at least partially serious.) Like fellow roasters Fawcett and Shatner's Boston Legal costar Betty White, Trek veteran Nichelle Nichols endures a few insults about getting older, and in a highlight of the show, Clint Howard (in a video clip) reprises his role as the friendly alien "Balok" (from the classic Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver"), toasting Shatner with a beer-bonged shot of "Tranya." As Andy Dick proceeds to lick several of his fellow roasters (and, in the audience, Carrie Fisher--who licks back), Greg Giraldo, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Ross, and other Comedy Central regulars lay waste to Shatner's checkered career, including priceless film clips from Shatner's infamous post-Trek career as a "poetic interpreter" of hits like "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Rocket Man." It's all in good fun, and judging from audience reaction (including numerous cutaways to Star Trek: Voyager's sexy Jeri Ryan), everyone had a good time when they weren't slack-jawed with shock from the R-rated barrage of banter. This stuff ain't for prudes, and if you don't know what to expect, you're probably better off watching reruns of T.J. Hooker. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Offensive, not funnyWhat a dissapointment. Crude, offensive, and mean spirited sums up the attempt at "humor" in this train wreck of a roast. Not at all like the great Dean Martin roasts. This should have been a can't lose, funny, best seller. I, along with many Shatner and Star Trek fans, were really looking forward to the roast. Shatner might as well have given us middle finger. I'm sure he had some control over of the choice of comedians and content. Rating:  - Intellectually lazy childish nonsenseIf you care for wit and original humour, enter not ye here! The roasters must have been sharing notes before they hit the stage because all of the jokes centred around homosexuality, bodily functions and other schoolyard themes. Extremely crude material elicited visible winces from the audience. Is America entering the final decadent slope that precipitated Rome's decline? It appears that cable TV (ie comedy channel) has truly become no-holds-barred and is running roughshod over any semblance of ... Read More Rating: - Thank God for Kevin PollakI'm glad I bought this, because otherwise I would never have truly known how excremental this stuff could be. Jason Alexander is a consummate hack, and everyone on this embarrassment is a complete oxygen thief, EXCEPT for KEVIN POLLAK. Buy this (for the deepest discounted price you can find) for Kevin Pollak utterly eviscerating the intestinal tract parasites "starring" in this pathetic piece of garbage. Pollak redeems it. Shatner rises above it, in his utter ... Read More Rating:  - "You People Just Aren't That Funny!"William Shatner might have spoken the only line of truth during the roast when it was finally his turn to get up and take his own shots at the line of "comedians" and co-stars who gathered together to hurl insults at the legendary William Tiberius Shatner! Because, in truth, most of them weren't very funny. In fact, I felt that only four people were funny: Betty White, George Takei, Kevin Pollack, and William Shatner himself (who was arguably the best!). Perhaps it takes a certain level ... Read More Rating: - Not worth the money.Several reviewers referred to an opening sequence featuring a phone call between Nimoy and Shatner; that opening is NOT on this disk. As for what IS on the disk, I have to agree with many reviewers who noted that most of the speakers were people with no connection to Shatner or the Star Trek franchise, were relative unknowns, and who spent most of their time ripping on each other in repetitive and vulgar ways. Don't bother with this one. If you want campy Shatner, buy one of his movies. If ... Read More |
