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THE COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF WILLIAM SHATNER
June 14, 2012  | By David Bianculli

Comedy Central, 9:27 p.m. ET

 

Another summer roast rerun, this one from 2006. It’s the one which William Shatner, in his recent Broadway show Shatner’s World, poked fun at guest roaster and former Star Trek actor George Takei for not being funny. Takei did land one solid joke, though, by clarifying the pronunciation of his last name by alluding to Shatner’s widely rumored hairpiece (Takei, he explained, rhymes with “toupee”). The best joke, though, came from Jeffrey Ross, who noted the presence of one Golden Girls star on the dias. “Speaking of Shatner,” Ross said, “Betty White just Shatner pants.” Say it aloud. Other guests include Jason Alexander, Farrah Fawcett and Lisa Lampanelli.

 
 
 
 
 
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