The Roast of Tom Brady - General Discussion

[CM-BlueButterfly]

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Live on Netflix, The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, will be hosted by Kevin Hart with an all-star lineup of surprise roasters, in full-contact comedy. No Brady Rule. No Pads. No Mercy. The action starts May 5 at 8:00p EDT (5:00p PDT), LIVE, only on Netflix.

May 5

 

[Cookie27]

Is it me, or is this pretty vulgar?

[Arynm]

Absolutely filthy.  I don't hate it, I personally have a mouth like a sailor, but Peyton was a breath of fresh air with funny jokes and zero cussing.

Gronk was out of control.

[Kemper]

I have enjoyed many a roasts. I am no prude; but must admit that I opted out of this roast really early on.  There is a fine line between biting humor....and then just plain vulgar and cruel. I didn't feel the least bit sorry for Tom Brady; he should have known what was coming. I particularly hated the jokes about his wife (who I usually could care less about) - it was way beyond cruel. And he has kids. I am sure they have heard what was joked about re their mom. 

[topanga]

On 5/5/2024 at 10:50 PM, Arynm said:

Absolutely filthy.  I don't hate it, I personally have a mouth like a sailor, but Peyton was a breath of fresh air with funny jokes and zero cussing.

Gronk was out of control.

Some parts of this were funny. I'm used to roasts being mean and going too far, so that part didn't bother me. I've seen harsher roasts on Comedy Central. Nothing gets spared -- dead parents (Pete Davidson), estranged children (Alec Baldwin), gender affirmation surgery (Caitlyn Jenner), Holocaust victims, etc. Roasts aren't for everyone.

My favorite roasters were Nikki Glaser. And Bill Belichick of all people. Jeff Ross was pretty good, too. Yes, Peyton Manning is a national treasure. He always brings great energy into a room. 

But yeah, most of it wasn't that funny. Too many jokes about Tom being gay (everyone kept repeating the same joke, so it stopped being funny early on). And yes, quite vulgar. 

Usually comedians help write jokes for non-comedians. But that's on Comedy Central. Maybe Netflix --- I won't even say it didn't have access to comedians. Everyone's putting their specials on Netflix these days. Having real comedy writers would've helped. 

[Spartan Girl]

I really don’t see what all the fuss is about Tom Brady. I’m not into sports, but still.

I did laugh at Jeff Ross’s OJ jokes and Ron Burgundy. That’s about it.

[DoctorAtomic]

I'm working my way through it. Overall, it's poor. Glaser is the stand out, but all the other real stand ups, Bert, etc., did well. 

Right off the bat though, Brady admonished Jeff Ross on a no brainer and fairly banal dig on Kraft, and Gronk's tame hitting on his adult sisters, so it begs the question how many guardrails there were, and underscores how poor a sport Brady really is. I don't need the comics constantly saying "It's just jokes, Tom." Yeah, does he need that constant assuaging? There's no way a pro like Ross would have done the Kraft joke if it was agreed beforehand not to. That was just weak and told me it wasn't really a roast. 

All the "Oh it's just jokes" and Kevin Hart having to kill time with all the "wow wow" makes me think this could have been a tight 90 minutes. It's beneath his talent to have to go do crowd work. 

I also agree the non stand ups were flat and was asking myself who the writers were. 

To be fair, it seemed like Edelman and Gronk were having a blast. 

Kardashian was total and predictable garbage. They did a joke about OJ when she hosted SNL that fell flat and this one was off that floor. She's just not good at live TV. I probably couldn't read off cue cards either, but I don't pretend I have comic talent. 

I didn't really find it vulgar or crude, tbh, I thought it was tame. Or there was so much off limits that there was just limited material to draw upon. 

You look at the Pam Anderson roast. They shredded her, and then she came up to the mic and destroyed everyone. 

Brady's take was weak too though there was some good bits. He wasn't really going after anyone more than saying how great he was. I get leading with the arrogance is the right call, but there wasn't much more to it. 

Edited May 27 by DoctorAtomic