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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Comedy Central
Salesrank: 25463
Released: February 12, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Flavor Flav gets clocked! Join Roastmaster Katt Williams as he takes the stage and hosts a no-holds-barred barbeque. Roastmasters Snoop Dogg, Lisa Lampanelli, Ice T, Patton Oswalt, Jimmy Kimmel, and more take on Flav's history of lovin', lampin', and yeeeeah booooy!
Description of Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav (Extended and Uncensored):
There are many words that could be used to describe celebrity roasts, but "genteel" and "highbrow" are definitely not among them--especially not when the victim, er, guest of honor is one William Drayton, better known as Flavor Flav. Even by the dubious standards of the genre, the nonstop stream of vile insults, profanity, and sexual vulgarisms delivered by the likes of Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Lisa Lampanelli, Jimmy Kimmel, Patton Oswalt, and others in the course of this "extended and uncensored" Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav borders on overwhelming. As it happens, it's also pretty hilarious. Flavor Flav was once primarily known as a member of Public Enemy, one of rap's most politically conscious and influential groups. These days he's more recognizable as the clock-wearing, gold-toothed star of his own reality program (Flavor of Love), putative boyfriend of the large and scary-looking Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen, and one-man freak show, and it's a safe bet that it was these accomplishments and not his talents as a rapper that earned him "roastee" status at this 2007 event. The various comedians ridicule his generally strange appearance ("like Idi Amin after a three-year crack binge on the sun"), especially his skinny physique ("Starving children send you 50 cents a day") and ultra-dark skin ("How do we roast charcoal?"); the utter weirdness of his relationship with Nielsen and his penchant for siring kids with a variety of women ("You're responsible for more homeless black children than Hurricane Katrina," says Kimmel) are frequent topics as well. Of course, the roasters spend as much time riffing on one another as they do on Flav, and while some fall flat (Nielsen's moment at center stage is rivaled only by Carrot Top's for most unfunny bit of the night), most are amusing enough to make for a surprisingly entertaining evening. Extras include extended Red Carpet interviews and "Flav-Cam" bonus footage. --Sam Graham
Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav (Extended and Uncensored) Reviews:
To DARN funny ! 
2009-10-08 - I have seen many of Comedy Central Roasts and found this one to be the best.
Very funny and unedited, I would recomend buying the Flavor Flav Roast.
Roast: Flavor Flav
2009-06-05 - This has to be the ultimate, funniest DVD out. I loved it and I don't feel that I've wasted any of my money with this one. Great DVD. And great time on the delivery too.
"I'm not actually here for the roast. I'm here to get my bike back." 
2009-04-02 - Several joke SPOILERS ahead.
William Drayton aka Flavor Flav, he who rocks the clock necklace and is rap's hype man of all hype men, as well as a dubious reality TV star, gets his kiester fully roasted - and it's a show well worth the watching. This laugh-a-second event, debuting on television August 12, 2007 on Comedy Central, is definitely not for the faint-hearted. The humor is abundantly vulgar and oh-so-scandalous. I was startled that the uncut version (but with commercials) was televised until I remembered the same thing was done for a re-airing of the Pamela Anderson roast. But this one...daaammn. This one'll rip your guts out as you laugh and maybe collapse in shock off your sofa and onto your back pocket. Nothing is taboo, nothing is too PC. The things they say...
The festivities begin with a pre-opening credits assist from his Public Enemy cohort Chuck D, who drops him off and then skeddadles the hell out ("Chuck D wanted to be here tonight...but D stands for Dignity."). Then Katt Williams is introduced as the Roast Master. Now Katt Williams may style himself as a comedic pimp, but he's a short, tiny dude, a fact which doesn't go unnoticed by the dais. But Williams guides the show well and brings it with his brand of urban humor, even if he does sound remarkably like Eddie Griffin.
The professional comics do themselves proud, leaving no stone unturned and no guest on stage untouched. First roaster Greg Giraldo has a great line regarding Ice-T's age: "You're so old, the first thing you bought with your record deal money was your freedom." CarrotTop may well have tied with Lisa Lampanelli in "who got themselves torn a new one" department, although he held his own when his turn came (but, yes, he brought out the props). Jimmy Kimmel, Jeffrey Ross, and Pat Oswald, who all must be on some sort of Comedy Central roast retainer, strafed the dais with blistering disses. A comedienne named Sommore is decent. Even the rappers took a turn with the jokes and came up with some good zingers; I particularly like Snoop Dogg's bag on his buddy Ice-T about his music (don't get it twisted, I'm a fan of Ice-T's; the jokes were just way funny). Meanwhile, Snoop also busted a rhyme acapella. Finally, there's a reason Lisa Lampanelli, the potty mouthed Queen of Mean, is saved for the closer position. She is just howlingly funny. And, yes, predictably, she again brought down the house. Meanwhile, the Flavor of Love girls were in the audience and did not pass unscathed.
Regarding the man of the hour himself, Flavor Flav, this is the cleanest joke I can divulge, and it's from the cranky Jeffrey Ross: "Starving children send you 50 cents a day." The rest of the stuff is just too filthy to mention. As I've said, the shock factor is pretty high. There are brutal references to Magic Johnson, Michael Vick, James Brown's corpse, and even Chris Benoit. So, as a warning, if you can't stand the heat, if your feelings are easily ruffled, if you're of the uptight persuasion and tend to say things like, "Well, I never!" - well, then, don't.
The only one of the roasters to fail abjectly is Bridgitte Nielsen, who comes off as trying too hard and, worse, just isn't funny. I felt as awkward for her as I felt bad for the fumbling Farrah Fawcett in the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (Uncensored). Flavor Flav, when it was time for him to give as good as he got, didn't. But that's okay. Folks expecting this cat to be out-of-the-blue funny and witty is inhaling too much around Snoop. For me, this show's not about Flavor Flav. It's about the jokes. And, in that regard, I got my money's worth.
Also, it's nice to see Spinderella (of Salt 'n Pepa) once again spinning the wheels of steel. Damn, that DJ made my day.
Hilarious, except for a couple things...
2008-03-05 - I have only seen three of these Comedy Central roasts, this one along with those of Pamela Anderson and William Shatner, but the roast of Flavor Flav is far and away the funniest of them all. America's favorite pimp shorter than 5'8", Katt Williams, does an awesome job as the "roastmaster," taking hilarious pot shots at not only Flav but each of the individual roasters themselves.
The performances by Greg Giraldo, Jeff Ross, Ice-T, Carrot Top, and Patton Oswalt stole the show in my opinion, all containing top-notch material. Giraldo, who happens to be the first roaster on stage, is especially noteworthy. I've been a fan of his comedy for a long time, but on this DVD he kills like I have never seen before. Even funnier than his performance on the "Insomniac Tour with Dave Attell, Sean Rouse, and Dane Cook" DVD, and that's really saying something. And Carrot Top's on-stage props? Priceless as usual, especially the bong with mirrors he made for Snoop Dogg.
I have deducted one star for the following reasons:
1) Brigitte Nielsen's performance was downright terrible. I know she's not a comic, but come on now. I would think she come up with something better than that one line about Flav's penis. And could her delivery been any more dry and deadpan than it was during this show? She's not a bad actress, but she really needs to shy away from attempting comedy in the future.
2) Waaaaay too many jokes are made about Lisa Lampanelli's vagina and her, umm, "love" for black men. It was funny the first couple times it was mentioned during the show; after the eighth or ninth, it just got boring.
Other than that, definitely a great show. The bonus materials are also worth checking out, particularly the "Red Carpet Interviews" with some of the roasters and members of the audience.
Why the change in background music?
2008-03-01 - Overall, really funny. I was upset to find they changed the music to some generic, instrumental pieces instead of actual radio songs. The clearest example being during the Snoop Dogg intro; when he gets to the podium, 'Snoop D.O. Double G' is playing and he moves with it and is following the beat very well. In the DVD version, he is still moving, but looks stupid as the new song has one beat and his movements have a completely different beat.
Other than that, I thought it was a very funny DVD and worth the $14.99 I paid.
