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The ''Comedy Central Roasts'' are a series of celebrity roast specials which air on the Comedy Central cable network. As of 2015, a total of 14 roasts have aired. ==History== Between 1998 and 2002, Comedy Central produced and televised the annual roasts of the New York Friars Club. *1998 – Drew Carey, Roastmaster Ryan Stiles *1999 – Jerry Stiller, Roastmaster Jason Alexander *2000 – Rob Reiner, Roastmaster Michael McKean *2001 – Hugh Hefner, Roastmaster Jimmy Kimmel *2002 – Chevy Chase, Roastmaster Paul Shaffer After the original five-year agreement expired, the network began producing its own roasts in the same spirit. The first, featuring roastee Denis Leary (and produced by Leary's production company, Apostle), aired on August 10, 2003 and was the most watched program in the channel's history, excluding episodes of ''South Park''.〔 〕 Some roastees have stated that certain topics are off-limits. Pamela Anderson, for example, prohibited jokes about her Hepatitis C infection. Joan Rivers disallowed jokes about her daughter, Melissa. Others, like David Hasselhoff, have imposed no limits on the topics. Although Charlie Sheen initially agreed to no restrictions on his roast, he later said during an interview with Jay Leno that he requested jokes about his mother be edited out of the broadcast. During Charlie Sheen's roast, Steve-O made the joke "The last time this many nobodies were at a roast, at least Great White was playing", which was removed from broadcast on Steve-O's request. During Denis Leary's roast, comedian Lenny Clarke, a friend of Leary's, said there was a carton of cigarettes backstage from Bill Hicks with the message, "Wish I had gotten these to you sooner." This joke was cut from the final broadcast. During Roseanne Barr's roast, Jeff Ross compared fellow roaster Seth Green to James Eagan Holmes, responsible for the 2012 Aurora shooting. The joke was also removed.〔(Jeff Ross' Aurora Massacre Joke Cut From Roseanne Roast ), Rolling Stone〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comedy Central Roast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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