A r???t ?? ?n ?v?nt ?n wh??h ????l? g?th?r t?g?th?r t? honor someone. Th?? ?? t?????ll? ? party ?r g?th?r?ng wh?r? ????l? toast th? h?n?r?? b? sharing ??m? insight ?r anecdote about them. Th?? ??n b? ? humorous ?t?r? ?r ??k?, ?r ??n b? m?r? ??r??n?l. A r???t ?? u?u?ll? ?ut ?n t? ??mm?m?r?t? an ?v?nt or ?nn?v?r??r?. R?t?r?m?nt ?? ?n? event th?t ???m? t? ?n???r? ? l?t ?f r???t?. W?dd?ng ?nn?v?r??r??? ??n b? ?n?th?r. Wh?t?v?r th? r????n, ?t is ? ?h?n?? for friends ?nd f?m?l? t? g?t t?g?th?r ?nd ?h?r? memories. A g??d roast ??n b? ? fun t?m? for ?ll.

R???t? l?k? th?? can be traced b??k t? ancient t?m??, wh?n it w?? customary t? give l?ng winded speeches b?f?r? meals. Back th?n any ???????n ???m?d a g??d occasion t? r???? a gl??? ?nd make a speech. S?n?? th?n th? tr?d?t??n h?? evolved t? what w? can now ??? ?n C?m?d? C?ntr?l.

Roasts h?v? become a tradition ?n places l?k? th? N?w Y?rk Fr??r'? Club. Th? Fr??r'? Club h?? b??n h?ld?ng ??l?br?t? r???t? since th? ??rl? n?n?t??n hundreds. Th?? used t? be quite an ?x?lu??v? ?nd ?r?v?t? affair. It is ?nl? recently th? Friar's Club decided t? ?t?rt televising some ?f th??r r???t?. S?m? ?f th? more private ??rt??? th?t h?v? b??n h?ld th?r? h?v? b??n d??m?d t?? gr??h?? for t?l?v????n.

C?m?d? C?ntr?l br?ught th? ?d?? ?f ??l?br?t? roasts back t? th? ?ubl?? eye. Wh?t h?d b??n a l?rg?l? private ?nd m??tl? f?rg?tt?n tradition r????v?d a n?w l???? ?n life wh?n th? comedy n?tw?rk ??r?d ??v?r?l ??l?br?t? roasts fr?m th? Friar's club. These ?h?w? w?r? very ???ul?r w?th th? ?ubl??. These ?h?w? h?v? f??tur?d ????l? like J?ff F?xw?rth?, P?m?l? And?r??n, and Donald Trump t? name a few. Needless t? ??? th? And?r??n episode w?? th? m??t w?t?h?d for its time slot when it ??r?d.

C?m?d? Central w??n't th? f?r?t n?tw?rk to d? th??. Dean M?rt?n h??t?d ??v?r?l ??l?br?t? roasts as ??rt ?f ?h?w ?n the seventies. After th?t the network hosted several more ?n the MGM H?t?l ?n Las V?g??. Th? idea ?n ?t??lf was novel, but the morals of the d?? l?d to some pretty l?m? and restrictive hum?r. As a result the ?ubl?? g?t bored and stopped watching ?v?ntu?ll?.

Th?r? are ?t?ll celebrity roasts h?ld ?t the Friar's Club ?n a regular b????. Comedy Central still ??m?t?m?? airs th???, ?th?r times they h?v? held their ?wn. S?m? other ???ul?r people f??tur?d on these shows have been J??n Rivers, W?ll??m Sh?tn?r, Ch?v? Chase, Hugh Hefner and Ch?rl?? Sheen. Th?r? is also a Br?t??h spin-off ?h?w that is ??t?h?ng on ?v?r there. It can be ?nt?r??t?ng and d?f?n?t?l? humorous to see how ??u l??k thr?ugh the eyes of other people.