1973-12-21, WNBC, 52 min.
"The Odd Couple" Jack Klugman and Tony Randall share the hot seat in the weekly roast. Roasters include Mike Connors, Gary Burghoff, Ruth Buzzi, Soupy Sales, Jack Carter, comedian Leonard Barr, Jackie Vernon, country singer Loretta Lynn and jockey Laffit Pincay.
1974-01-11, WNBC, min.
Zsa Zsa Gabor is the target for some kidding by roasters Buddy Hackett, Donald O'Connor, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ruth Buzzi, Corbett Monica, Donna Fargo, Mel Tillis and comedian Lonnie Schorr. Dean Martin is roastmaster.
Duplicate of # 2105.
1974-01-11, WNBC, 52 min.
Zsa Zsa Gabor is the target for some kidding by roasters Buddy Hackett, Donald O'Connor, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ruth Buzzi, Corbett Monica, Donna Fargo, Mel Tillis and comedian Lonnie Schorr. Dean Martin is roastmaster.
1974-01-18, WNBC, 52 min.
Roasting Leo Durocher are: Dean Martin, Maury Wills, Dizzy Dean, Bobby Riggs, Alex Karras, Gene Kelly, Chuck Connors, Jack Carter and Foster Brooks.
1974-01-25, WNBC, 52 min.
Truman Capote is the target for roasters Ted Knight, Donald O'Connor, Jean Simmons, Audrey Meadows, Rich Little, author Joseph Wambaugh, Rocky Graziano and Foster Brooks.
1974-01-25, WNBC, min.
Truman Capote is the target for roasters Ted Knight, Donald O'Connor, Jean Simmons, Audrey Meadows, Rich Little, author Joseph Wambaugh, Rocky Graziano and Foster Brooks.
Duplicate of #2094.
1974-02-08, WNBC, 60 min.
The master of the insult, Don Rickles is the target for roasting. Among those needling the prince of putdowns are Carol Channing, Kirk Douglas, Foster Brooks, Lorne Greene, Telly Savalas, Cliff Robertson, Jack Klugman, Bob Newhart, Rich Little, Phyllis Diller and Charlie Callas. Other guests include Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop and Pat Henry. Dean Martin is roastmaster.
1974-02-15, WNBC, 52 min.
Ralph Nader is the receiver of jokes by: Mort Sahl, Rich Little, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Klugman, James Brolin, Jackie Gayle, Jane Withers, Foster Brooks, Steve Landesberg, Donna Fargo and The Statler Brothers. Dean Martin hosts.
1974-02-22, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Benny is roasted by: Dean Martin, Jimmy Stewart, Pearl Bailey, George Burns, Wayne Newton, Foster Brooks, Gary Burghoff, Rich Little, Desmond Wilson, Dick Martin, Florence Henderson, Jack Carter, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby and Zubin Mehta.
1974-03-01, NBC, 52 min.
Redd Foxx is roasted by Dean Martin, Norm Crosby, Joey Bishop, Jackie Gayle, Desmond Wilson, Slappy White, Rich Little, Nipsey Russell and John Barbour. Also on the show are impersonator Jim Bailey and Foster Brooks.
1974-03-08, WNBC, 52 min.
Tennis hustler Bobby Riggs is roasted by Chuck Connors, Leo Durocher, Wayne Newton, Jack Carter, Lynn Anderson, Vincent Price, Alex Karras, Rosemary Casals and Foster Brooks.
1974-03-15, WNBC, 52 min.
George Washington is the roastee in a whimsical salute to the first President. Audrey Meadows appears as his wife Martha, Steve Lawrence as his Groucho Marx-like aide-de-camp, and Foster Brooks as his press secretary. Others seated on the dais include Dick Martin, Euell Gibbons, Corbett Monica, Nipsey Russell, Henny Youngman, Jack Carter and Leonard Barr. Dean sings "For the Good Times" and "Lay Some Happiness on Me." Les Brown conducts the orchestra.
1974-03-22, WNBC, 52 min.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin share the spotlight as this week's roastees. Their cooks include Joey Bishop, Bob Newhart, Steve Lawrence, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Dawson, Arte Johnson, Foster Brooks, Nipsey Russell and Audrey Meadows.
1974-03-29, WNBC, 52 min.
Baseball star Hank Aaron is the object of this week's roast. Pitching the barbs are Lou Rawls, Joey Bishop, Eddie Matthews, Dizzy Dean, Foster Brooks, Audrey Meadows, Norm Crosby, Lynn Anderson, Nipsey Russell, Jackie Kahane and Jeannie Burnier.
1974-04-05, WNBC, min.
Joe Namath is roasted by: Dean Martin, Don Meredith, Weeb Eubank, Paul "Bear" Bryant, Dick Butkus, Jim Plunkett, David Janssen, Angie Dickinson, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Foster Brooks, Charlie Callas, Joey Bishop, Rich Little and Slappy White.
See # 2080 for details. Duplicate.
1974-04-05, WNBC, 52 min.
Joe Namath is roasted by: Dean Martin, Don Meredith, Weeb Eubank, Paul "Bear" Bryant, Dick Butkus, Jim Plunkett, David Janssen, Angie Dickinson, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Foster Brooks, Charlie Callas, Joey Bishop, Rich Little and Slappy White.
1974-05-03, NBC, min.
Senator Barry Goldwater is roasted.
1974-10-31, WNBC, 52 min.
Roasting Bob Hope are: Dean Martin, President Gerald Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Governor Ronald Reagan, General Omar Bradley, John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jimmy Stewart, Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Ginger Rogers, Flip Wilson, Rev. Billy Graham, Howard Cosell, Rich Little, Phyllis Diller, Foster Brooks, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Charlie Callas.
1974-11-15, WNBC, 52 min.
Roasting Telly Savalas are: Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Angie Dickinson, Rowan & Martin, Richard Roundtree, Robert Stack, Phyllis Diller, Shelley Winters, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise, Rich Little, Steve Lawrence, Darren McGavin, Peter Graves and Nipsey Russell.
1974-11-15, WNBC, min.
Roasting Telly Savalas are: Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Angie Dickinson, Rowan & Martin, Richard Roundtree, Robert Stack, Phyllis Diller, Shelley Winters, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise, Rich Little, Steve Lawrence, Darren McGavin, Peter Graves and Nipsey Russell.
Duplicate of #2070.
1975-02-07, WNBC, 52 min.
Lucille Ball is the guest of honor in an hour of roasting. Among those paying comical tribute: the late Jack Benny (in one of his final performances), Bob Hope, Vivian Vance, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, Ginger Rogers, Don Rickles and Lucy's husband Gary Morton. Other guests include Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Gale Gordon, Nipsey Russell, Totie Fields and Rich Little.
1975-02-27, WNBC, 52 min.
Jackie Gleason plays the fatted calf to a host of roasters, including Gene Kelly, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, Art Carney, Sid Caesar, Danny Thomas, Frank Gorshin, Nipsey Russell, Audrey Meadows, Sheila MacRae and Foster Brooks in this "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
1975-04-24, WNBC, 52 min.
Roasting Sammy Davis Jr. are: Dean Martin, Altovise Davis, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Foster Brooks, Wilt Chamberlain, Phyllis Diller, Dionne Warwick, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray, Freddie Prinze, Don Rickles and Nipsey Russell.
1975-05-15, WNBC, 52 min.
Special: Michael Landon is sizzled on a verbal spit by host Dean Martin, Amanda Blake, Ernest Borgnine, Sid Caesar, Phyllis Diller, Euell Gibbons, Guy Marks, Jan Murray, Don Rickles, Cliff Robertson and Landon's former "Bonanza" costars Lorne Greene and Victor Sen Yung. Taped in the Celebrity Room of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
1975-11-10, WNBC, 52 min.
Evil Knievel is roundly roasted by host Dean Martin, Milton Berle, Sen. Barry Goldwater, Glen Campbell, Don Rickles, Ruth Buzzi, McLean Stevenson, Cliff Robertson, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Ernest Borgnine, Georgia Engel, William Conrad and Nipsey Russell.
1975-11-20, WNBC, min.
Valerie Harper is roasted by Nancy Walker, David Groh, Rich Little, Shelley Winters, Ed Asner, Isabel Sanford, Phyllis Diller, Chad Everett, Milton Berle, Foster Brooks, Georgia Engle, Julie Kavner, Nipsey Russell, Jack Carter, Red Buttons, Eva Gabor, Jack Albertson and Harold Gould. Dean Martin is roastmaster.
Duplicate of #2114. Partial broadcast only.
1975-11-20, WNBC, 52 min.
Valerie Harper is roasted by Nancy Walker, David Groh, Rich Little, Shelley Winters, Ed Asner, Isabel Sanford, Phyllis Diller, Chad Everett, Milton Berle, Foster Brooks, Georgia Engle, Julie Kavner, Nipsey Russell, Jack Carter, Red Buttons, Eva Gabor, Jack Albertson and Harold Gould. Dean Martin is roastmaster.
1976-02-19, WNBC, 52 min.
World heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali takes the verbal punches as he's roasted by Dean Martin, Orson Welles, Floyd Patterson, Freddie Prinze, Gabriel Kaplan, Foster Brooks, Isabel Sanford, Howard Cosell, Rocky Graziano, Sherman Hemsley, Tony Orlando, Ruth Buzzi, Georgia Engel, Nipsey Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Red Buttons, Charlie Callas and Gene Kelly.
Duplicate of # 2126.
1976-02-19, WNBC, 52 min.
World heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali takes the verbal punches as he's roasted by Dean Martin, Orson Welles, Floyd Patterson, Freddie Prinze, Gabriel Kaplan, Foster Brooks, Isabel Sanford, Howard Cosell, Rocky Graziano, Sherman Hemsley, Tony Orlando, Ruth Buzzi, Georgia Engel, Nipsey Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Red Buttons, Charlie Callas and Gene Kelly.
1976-02-19, WNBC, min.
World heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali takes the verbal punches as he's roasted by Dean Martin, Orson Welles, Floyd Patterson, Freddie Prinze, Gabriel Kaplan, Foster Brooks, Isabel Sanford, Howard Cosell, Rocky Graziano, Sherman Hemsley, Tony Orlando, Ruth Buzzi, Georgia Engel, Nipsey Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Red Buttons, Charlie Callas and Gene Kelly.
Duplicate of #2126.
1976-02-27, WNBC, 100 min.
A roast of the roastmaster. Dean Martin finds that turnabout is fair play when he becomes the target of comic barbs from an all-star array of roasters. Don Rickles is the emcee for the affair, which features appearances by Joey Bishop, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi, Charlie Callas, Howard Cosell, Angie Dickinson, Georgia Engel, Sen. Barry Goldwater, Bob Hope, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Gabriel Kaplan, Gene Kelly, Rich Little, Paul Lynde, Dick Martin, Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Tony Orlando, Dan Rowan, Nipsey Russell, James Stewart, John Wayne and Orson Welles.
1976-04-27, WNBC, 52 min.
Dennis Weaver is the target for this "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast." Among the luminaries taking aim at Weaver are Amanda Blake and Milburn Stone, who costarred with him in "Gunsmoke." Other stars on the dais include Milton Berle, William Conrad, Rich Little, Shelley Winters, Mike Connors, Peter Graves, Ruth Buzzi, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Steve Forrest, Red Buttons and Nipsey Russell.
1976-05-25, WNBC, 52 min.
Dean Martin is joined by a gallery of baseball greats in this roast of TV sportscaster Joe Garagiola. Taking the dais are Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Luis Tiant, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Maury Wills and Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland A's. Other guests include Orson Welles, Charlie Callas, Red Buttons, Nipsey Russell, Shirley Jones, Foster Brooks, Pat Henry, Jack Carter, Norm Crosby and Jackie Gayle.
1976-11-26, WNBC, min.
Redd Foxx is in the hot seat in the first of this season's "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts." On hand to salute Foxx are Don Rickles, Slappy White, Milton Berle, Liz Torres, Orson Welles, George Kirby, LaWanda Page, Abe Vigoda, Jimmie Walker, Desmond Wilson, Isaac Hayes, Isabel Sanford, Nipsey Russell, Marty Allen, Norm Crosby, Steve Allen and Joe Garagiola.
Duplicate of #2117.
1976-11-26, WNBC, 52 min.
Redd Foxx is in the hot seat in the first of this season's "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts." On hand to salute Foxx are Don Rickles, Slappy White, Milton Berle, Liz Torres, Orson Welles, George Kirby, LaWanda Page, Abe Vigoda, Jimmie Walker, Desmond Wilson, Isaac Hayes, Isabel Sanford, Nipsey Russell, Marty Allen, Norm Crosby, Steve Allen and Joe Garagiola.
1976-12-15, WNBC, min.
Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell and Harvey Korman.
Duplicate of #2118.
1976-12-15, WNBC, 52 min.
Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell and Harvey Korman.
1977-02-08, WNBC, 52 min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
1977-02-08, WNBC, min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
Duplicate of #2122.
1977-02-21, WNBC, 52 min.
Gabriel Kaplan is roasted by host Dean Martin, Milton Berle, Johnny Bench, Howard Cosell, Joe Garagiola, Orson Welles, Abe Vigoda, Liz Torres, Charo, Jimmie Walker, Nipsey Russell, Alice Ghostley, Red Buttons, Charlie Callas, George Kirby, Ed Bluestone and Billy Crystal.
1977-02-21, WNBC, min.
Gabriel Kaplan is roasted by host Dean Martin, Milton Berle, Johnny Bench, Howard Cosell, Joe Garagiola, Orson Welles, Abe Vigoda, Liz Torres, Charo, Jimmie Walker, Nipsey Russell, Alice Ghostley, Red Buttons, Charlie Callas, George Kirby, Ed Bluestone and Billy Crystal.
Duplicate of #2124.
1977-03-02, WNBC, 52 min.
Ted Knight is roasted by three of his costars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"-Ed Asner, Georgia Engel and Gavin MacLeod. Also on the dais: James Stewart, Harvey Korman, Dr. Renee Richards, Orson Welles, Jimmie Walker, Paul Williams, Jack Carter, Jackie Mason, Julie McWhirter, LaWanda Page, Red Buttons, Foster Brooks and Kelly Monteith.
1977-03-02, WNBC, min.
Ted Knight is roasted by three of his costars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"-Ed Asner, Georgia Engel and Gavin MacLeod. Also on the dais: James Stewart, Harvey Korman, Dr. Renee Richards, Orson Welles, Jimmie Walker, Paul Williams, Jack Carter, Jackie Mason, Julie McWhirter, LaWanda Page, Red Buttons, Foster Brooks and Kelly Monteith.
Duplicate of #2125.
1977-05-02, WNBC, 52 min.
Peter Marshall is roasted by host Dean Martin and a panel of celebrities including Red Buttons, Foster Brooks, Rip Taylor, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Vincent Price, Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Jimmie Walker, Jack Carter, Jackie Gayle, Rose Marie, Joey Bishop and Wayland and Madame.
1977-11-02, WNBC, 52 min.
Dan Haggerty takes the punches on this season's first "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast." The roasters joining Martin include Denver Pyle (Haggerty's costar on "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"), Harry Morgan, William Conrad, Orson Welles, Marilyn Michaels, Abe Vigoda, Roger Miller, Pat Harrington, Rich Little, Jimmie Walker and LaWanda Page.
1978-02-07, WNBC, 100 min.
The comedy of insult dominates this two-hour tribute. Host Dean Martin heads the list of 20 celebrities, including Gene Kelly-who shows clips of Sinatra and himself singing and dancing in "Anchors Aweigh" (1945), "On the Town" (1949) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949); Peter Falk, who does a routine as Columbo; Ruth Buzzi, who appears as her "Laugh-In" character Gladys, the "president of the first Frank Sinatra fan club"; and Jonathan Winters as Elwood Suggins, "the bus driver on Sinatra's concert tours." Also: stand-up spots by former California governor Ronald Reagan, George Burns, James Stewart, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, Dom DeLuise, Charlie Callas, Telly Savalas, LaWanda Page, Orson Welles, Don Rickles, Red Buttons, Rich Little, Jack Klugman and Ernest Borgnine.
1978-02-07, WNBC, 120 min.
The comedy of insult dominates this two-hour tribute. Host Dean Martin heads the list of 20 celebrities, including Gene Kelly-who shows clips of Sinatra and himself singing and dancing in "Anchors Aweigh" (1945), "On the Town" (1949) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949); Peter Falk, who does a routine as Columbo; Ruth Buzzi, who appears as her "Laugh-In" character Gladys, the "president of the first Frank Sinatra fan club"; and Jonathan Winters as Elwood Suggins, "the bus driver on Sinatra's concert tours." Also: stand-up spots by former California governor Ronald Reagan, George Burns, James Stewart, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, Dom DeLuise, Charlie Callas, Telly Savalas, LaWanda Page, Orson Welles, Don Rickles, Red Buttons, Rich Little, Jack Klugman and Ernest Borgnine.
Duplicate of 2134.
1978-02-07, WNBC, 120 min.
The comedy of insult dominates this two-hour tribute. Host Dean Martin heads the list of 20 celebrities, including Gene Kelly-who shows clips of Sinatra and himself singing and dancing in "Anchors Aweigh" (1945), "On the Town" (1949) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949); Peter Falk, who does a routine as Columbo; Ruth Buzzi, who appears as her "Laugh-In" character Gladys, the "president of the first Frank Sinatra fan club"; and Jonathan Winters as Elwood Suggins, "the bus driver on Sinatra's concert tours." Also: stand-up spots by former California governor Ronald Reagan, George Burns, James Stewart, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, Dom DeLuise, Charlie Callas, Telly Savalas, LaWanda Page, Orson Welles, Don Rickles, Red Buttons, Rich Little, Jack Klugman and Ernest Borgnine.
Duplicate of 2134.
1978-03-17, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Klugman is roasted. Scheduled to join host Dean Martin on the dais are Milton Berle, Connie Stevens, Howard Cosell, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Joey Bishop, Ruth Buzzi, Don Rickles, Tony Randall, Abbe Lane and Dick Martin.
Duplicate of #2131.
1978-03-17, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Klugman is roasted. Scheduled to join host Dean Martin on the dais are Milton Berle, Connie Stevens, Howard Cosell, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Joey Bishop, Ruth Buzzi, Don Rickles, Tony Randall, Abbe Lane and Dick Martin.