I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges
by Jeffrey Ross
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Author: Jeffrey RossEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-15
ISBN: 143910140X
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Gallery Books
Book Reviews of I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges
Book Review: More Than Just a Funny Book
Summary: 5 Stars
To be honest, I haven't read a lot of books written by comedians. I used to pick them up and flip through the pages and I'd see...a lot of white pages. A lot of empty space. Sometimes a successful comedian's book would simply be a list of zingers and one-liners, a transcript of their act.
Not this book!
I've enjoyed Jeffrey Ross on the Comedy Central Roasts, along with what roast footage I could find online, and I have seen him several times at the local Improv. He's just a funny, funny guy. If he works hard at it, he still makes it look like the easiest thing in the world--a true pro. (And just chatting with him between shows has also shown what a genuinely nice person he really is, despite some of the most frigid insults ever thrown from a dias).
So when I saw his book in the bookstore, I picked it up and skimmed through parts of it. I kept saying, "Oh, I remember that! I remember that too!" But it was also fascinating to hear about what he saw during his most memorable moments.
I bought the book and read it immediately. Numerous times I've laughed out loud. Many times I was even touched when he talked about his family while growing up in New Jersey and how he performs for our soldiers in the field and recovering in hospitals. As if that wasn't enough, the show business anecdotes and personal stories of famous people, especially the older generation of comics like Milton Berle and (Jeff's mentor) Buddy Hackett and the new generation of comedians like Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silvermann, definitely make this book worth reading.
It's a fast, lean read with some laugh-out loud comedy and some wonderful insights into being a Roastmaster General. But, for now, there's only one.
Loved it.
Summary of I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges
Jeffrey Ross is one of the world?s most foremost practitioners of insult comedy. Having escaped from his family?s kosher catering business, he spent years in the comedy circuit and mastered his craft of delivering hilarious and often offensive insults. Mixing silliness and sincerity, Ross explains the overall history of the roast and explains the art of delivering a stream of ?festive abuse? while eliciting laughs. Taking readers on an entertaining journey through his own career, he shares roasts straight from the Friar?s Club and the ever popular Comedy Central television events and provides a narrative of his favorite roasts of friends and family, including:Flava Flav: ?You really are the ugliest man in America. I mean, how do you roast charcoal?? William Shatner: ?Man, you have really let yourself boldly go. If Scotty tried to beam you up now you? d break the f*n? transporter.? Courtney Love: ?Courtney Love, you?re like the girl next door?if you happen to live next to a Methadone clinic.?
Featuring tips on timing, what?s going too far, and dealing with hecklers, Ross shows readers how to channel their inner roastmaster?and emphasizes the all-important Friars? Club motto: We only roast the ones we love.
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