The tuxedos were sharp. The jokes were sharper.

Comedy with a bullseye.

CelebrityRoasts.net is building a lively archive of classic celebrity roasts, fearless roasters and vintage television comedy — with the videos gathered where visitors can actually find them.

Painted portrait of Don Rickles Don Rickles
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Painted portrait of George Burns George Burns
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Painted portrait of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra
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Painted portrait of Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
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Painted portrait of Orson Welles Orson Welles
Painted portrait of Angie Dickinson Angie Dickinson
Painted portrait of Bette Davis Bette Davis
Painted portrait of Bob Hope Bob Hope
Painted portrait of Howard Cosell Howard Cosell
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Classic roasts.Legendary roasters.Vintage TV.Self-hosted video.One very unsafe dais.

The Main Event

Famous faces. Friendly fire.

The archive will keep growing as clips are added. Roasters and roastees with enough material can graduate to their own profile pages, while smaller groups of clips stay together here.

“There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.”

— John F. Kennedy

Dean Martin Roasts

Classic roast appearances, famous honorees, guest roasters and vintage television moments — organized around the people who made the dais dangerous.

Profile Pages

When a roaster or roastee builds up a larger group of videos, a dedicated page can collect the clips, background and related appearances in one place.

Simple Name Cards

Each person appears once below with the current number of videos, keeping the index clean and easy to scan.

Find a Face

Pick a name. Roll the tape.

Choose a name below. Each card shows how many videos currently feature that person and opens a standard video page with up to three related clips.

Alan King2 videosAngie Dickinson4 videosArt Carney1 videoAudrey Meadows3 videosBarbara Heller1 videoBarry Goldwater3 videosBette Davis4 videosBetty White3 videosBilly Crystal1 videoBilly Graham1 videoBob Hope5 videosBob Newhart2 videosBobby Riggs1 videoCarroll O'Connor2 videosCharlie Callas4 videosChet Huntley1 videoCliff Robertson1 videoCorbett Monica1 videoDanny Thomas2 videosDean Martin8 videosDennis Weaver5 videosDick Cavett1 videoDon Rickles20 videosFoster Brooks18 videosFrank Gorshin1 videoFrank Sinatra12 videosFrank Welker1 videoGabe Kaplan2 videosGene Kelly2 videosGeorge Burns10 videosGeorge C. Scott1 videoGeorge Washington2 videosGroucho Marx1 videoHank Aaron1 videoHenry Fonda2 videosHoward Cosell6 videosHubert Humphrey3 videosHugh Hefner1 videoJack Benny10 videosJack Carter8 videosJack Klugman4 videosJackie Gayle4 videosJackie Gleason3 videosJackie Mason2 videosJan Murray1 videoJerry Lewis2 videosJimmy Stewart8 videosJoe Garagiola14 videosJoe Namath2 videosJoey Bishop4 videosJohnny Carson3 videosJonathan Winters3 videosKelly Monteith1 videoKirk Douglas3 videosLaWanda Page2 videosLeo Durocher1 videoLucille Ball5 videosLuis Tiant1 videoMark Russell1 videoMickey Rooney1 videoMonty Hall2 videosMort Sahl1 videoMuhammad Ali8 videosNipsey Russell5 videosNorm Crosby3 videosOrson Welles7 videosPat Henry4 videosPeter Falk2 videosPeter Marshall2 videosPetula Clark1 videoRalph Nader4 videosRed Buttons6 videosRedd Foxx2 videosRich Little7 videosRip Taylor1 videoRonald Reagan5 videosRowan and Martin4 videosRuth Buzzi5 videosSammy Davis Jr.1 videoScatman Crothers2 videosShirley Jones1 videoSteve Allen2 videosSteve Landsberg1 videoSuzanne Somers1 videoTed Knight5 videosTelly Savalas3 videosTotie Fields1 videoTruman Capote3 videosVivian Vance1 videoWilliam Conrad2 videosWilliam Holden1 videoYogi Berra1 videoZsa Zsa Gabor1 video

“Come for the hot seat. Stay for the people who made television nervous.”