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On The Late Show with David Letterman last month, Roseanne Barr said of her upcoming roast that hosting network Comedy Central “told me they’re trying to do a whole new classy thing like the old Dean Martin roasts.” EW was on the scene for the taping of the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Saturday night at the Hollywood Palladium, and while it might be a bit of a stretch to label it “classy,” with one notable exception, the event was definitely tamer than more recent roasts. (It’s set to air on Sunday, Aug. 12.)

The network’s last roast was for Charlie Sheen, who was fresh off of his Unforgettable Meltdown of 2011. It is a tough act to follow. During Barr’s rebuttal at the end of her roast, she pointed out that Comedy Central, who invited her to an event in her honor, needed to “get a f—ing dictionary and look up the word ‘honor.’” But her roast was probably the closest a roast can be to feeling like a true honor.  READ FULL STORY »