'The Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson is roasted by Dean and his friends. Roasters include George Burns, Truman Capote, Doc Severinsen, Joey Bishop, Ruth Buzzi, Dom DeLuise, Bob Newhart, Louisa Moritz, Fred DeCordova, Jonathan Winters, Foster Brooks, Dionne Warwick, Rich Little, Barry Goldwater, Bette Davis, Martin Milner & Kent McCord, Redd Foxx, Jack Benny and Joanna Holland.
Roasters: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Marty Allen, Mike Connors, Elsie Birdwell, Norm Crosby, John Lindsay, Nipsey Russell, Gene Kelly, Joey Bishop, Ward Wood, William Conrad, William Holden, Donald O'Connor, Charles Nelson Reilly, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ruth Buzzi, Barry Goldwater, Cass Elliot, Redd Foxx, Don Rickles, Foster Brooks
Mr. Warmth himself, Don Rickles gets a taste of his own medicine in this installment of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. Dean is accompanied on the dais by Joey Bishop, Phyllis Diller, Lorne Greene, Rowan & Martin, Casey Kaseem, Bob Newhart, Carol Channing, Nipsey Russell, Cliff Robertson, Jack Klugman, Pat Henry, Kirk Douglas, Rich Little, Telly Savalas, Charlie Callas, Foster Brooks and Eugene Cernan (Apollo XVII).
The fanciful roast of a historical figure, in this case George Washington, victorious general and first President (played by Jan Leighton). Roasters: Leonard Barr, Foster Brooks (as Washington's press secretary), Jack Carter, Euell Gibbons, Steve Lawrence (as Washington's aide-de-camp), Dick Martin, Audrey Meadows (as Martha Washington), Corbett Monica, Nipsy Russell, Henny Youngman.
Roasters: Don Rickles (Roastmaster), Orson Welles, Paul Lynde, Joe Namath, Barry Goldwater, Angie Dickinson, Muhammad Ali, Jimmy Stewart, Gabe Kaplan, Gene Kelly, Hubert Humphrey, Charlie Callas, John Wayne, Joey Bishop, Rich Little, Ruth Buzzi, Tony Orlando, Georgia Engel, Nipsey Russell, Foster Brooks, Howard Cosell, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Bob Hope
Roasters: Gene Kelly, Connie Stevens, James Stewart, Milton Berle, Jack Carter, Phyllis Diller, Ernest Borgnine, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Euell Gibbons, Guy Marks, Jan Murray, Cliff Robertson, Lorne Greene, Sid Caesar, Amanda Blake, Victor Sen Yung, Don Rickles, LaWanda Page, Abe Vigoda, Dom DeLuise, Ronald Reagan, Orson Welles, Charlie Callas, Ruth Buzzi, Frank Welker
Jimmy Stewart captured the hearts of Americans with his kind, warm, boy-next-door appeal. Of his 79 films, he is probably most remembered for the perennial Christmas classic, ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE, for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1946. If that movie's theme holds true, "No Man Is Poor Who Has Friends", then Jimmy Stewart was one of the richest men in Hollywood. Some of Jimmy's friends joining Dean Martin in this rare and hilarious 1978 roast include Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle and George Burns.
Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the "Roast" specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials
* Next Case - Dean and Lee Nolting
* Waterfence Committee Hearings Sketch (Watergate spoof) - Dean, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop, Howard Cosell * Opening monologue - Dean * Group Marriage - Dean, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop, Howard Cosell, Audrey Meadows * Greatest Domestic Fights of the Century - Dean, Audrey Meadows, Howard Cosell * Next Case - Dean and Sandy Herdt * The Bar - Howard Cosell, Dick Martin
* Lost and Found - Dean, Ted Knighrt, Burns and Schreiber * The Oldest Man - Dean and Tim Conway * The Baloons - Burns and Schreiber * Marriager Counselor #1 - Dean and Gail Materko * The Bar #5 - Dean, Ted Knight, Tim Conway
Show #1102 Featuring: Foster Brooks, Jack Cassidy, Peter Graves and others
Angie Dickinson on Getting Started
Barry Dougherty (Author and Friars Club Historian) on Roast History
Bill Nye on Dean Martin
Bill Nye on Evolution Of Entertainers
David Bianculli (TV Critic, NPR's Fresh Air) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Florence Henderson on Dean Martin
Fred Willard on Getting Started
Greg Evans (TV Critic, Bloomberg News) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Jack Carter on Dean Martin
John McMahon (Former President of NBC Entertainment) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Jonathan Winters on Dean Martin
Lee Hale (Celebrity Roasts Associate Producer) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Merle Ginsberg (Senior Style Writer, The Hollywood Reporter) on Style Writing
Mike Gibbons (Executive Producer, The Burn with Jeff Ross) on Creating The Roasts
Mitzi Gaynor on Her Career
Rip Taylor on Famous Friends
Roger Warnix (Celebrity Roasts Production Manager) on Starting Out With Dean
Tom Dreesen on Greg Garrison
Van Alexander (Celebrity Roasts Musical Arranger) on Getting Started