I’m putting together a quiz on celebrity roasts for next week—I give you the comedian and the joke, you tell me who the target is. While scouring YouTube, I came across this rather surreal clip from the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast featuring Mr. T from 1984. I don’t think any of these zingers will make the quiz, but I feel compelled to share it.
Coleman takes to the podium at the 4:00 mark. The cutaway shots of Ricky Schroder are a nice bonus.
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Hey Captain Stubing, put on your hat, you’re blinding me with your head.
posted by Johnny Cat on 8-1-2009 at 11:25 pm
That was painful to watch. Which was worse, 80s music or 80s television?
posted by Tex on 8-2-2009 at 12:26 am
If you never really appreciated Gary Coleman on Avenue Q before this… you probably still won’t appreciate him.
posted by Allison on 8-2-2009 at 8:47 am
The really scary part of this is I remember watching it when it was first on. I used to love watching the celebrity roasts. Too bad todays roasts are impossible to watch because it’s just a contest to see who can get bleeped the most.
George Peppard in his turn at the podium said that the T in Mr. T stands for Tiffany’s.
Little known bit about Mr. T on the A-Team–the gold around his neck was fake. Mr. T said that it was a pain to put it all on each day and wear it around, but by that time it was part of his persona so he couldn’t just stop doing it. The prop department made a one-piece mockup of his gold and it made playing his part much easier.
posted by Wayne on 8-2-2009 at 11:13 am
One of the best lines I’ve ever heard about Mr. T was during the Battle of the Network Stars. Mr. T was about to get onto the bar above a dunk tank and Charles Haid (Renko from Hill Street Blues) started yelling, “Can we get a crane or a derrick or something here? I’m serious, when that man goes in the water with all those chains we’re going to need something to get him out of there!”
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 8-2-2009 at 9:37 pm