5:42 am - 08/07/2012
Soon after, Ross admitted to NBC News that his approach was certainly no holds-barred. But does he think he crossed the line? "Yes, I crossed a line, and that is what the roasts are about," he said. "That's what Roseanne is about — unapologetic comedy. If I had held back, I would have done her a disservice."
TMZ reports that the Ross joke will be edited from the broadcast when it airs Sunday, Aug. 12, at 10 p.m.
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Jeffrey Ross attempts Joe Paterno, Aurora shooting jokes at Roseanne roast
They say comedy isn't pretty. On Saturday, some may have said it was downright ugly.
Jeffrey Ross, roastmaster general for "The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne (Barr)" showed up on the red carpet as Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, flanked by two young-looking males. Showing up in costume is nothing new for Ross. At last year's roast of Charlie Sheen, the comic, who tends to lean towards the theatrical, arrived as slain Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Qaddafi.
As if the sight of Ross as Paterno wasn't shocking enough, Ross treaded on very dangerous comedy territory when he turned to Seth Green, who was sitting on the dais and dropped this 'zinger':
"Seth, congratulations. This is actually a great night for you... You haven't gotten this much attention since you shot all those people in Aurora. ...I'm kidding. You are not like James Holmes. At least he did something in a movie theater that people remember!"
Soon after, Ross admitted to NBC News that his approach was certainly no holds-barred. But does he think he crossed the line? "Yes, I crossed a line, and that is what the roasts are about," he said. "That's what Roseanne is about — unapologetic comedy. If I had held back, I would have done her a disservice."
TMZ reports that the Ross joke will be edited from the broadcast when it airs Sunday, Aug. 12, at 10 p.m.
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/big ass peeve
ughhhhhhhh
why why why do i live in a world where people think this is funny
and yes molesting childern is just as bad im just saying the shooting happend not to long ago.
it just makes me miss Greg all the more. He would NEVER
I do get you though, just that joke always stuck out for me. RIP Greg and RIP Heath.
the incident is STILL something that offends me, a lot of her act does truly (especially with me being a black guy) but DAMN if it wasn't a good joke. There's certainly an act to telling those jokes but something tells me that you need to be whittier to do it. (and ouch at that last greg joke - harsher in hindsight :/)
Now it's like "oh let's get any zzz-list 'comedian' to tell random, tasteless jokes, even though they have NEVER had even a 2 minute conversation with the roastee!"