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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Friars Club 72 HOUR July 4th Special…Extra 15% Off

Dear Friends,

Happy 4th of July from Classic Friars Club Roasts!

If you’ve been thinking about purchasing Classic Friars Roasts, now is the time to order. We’re offering 15% OFF through July 5th to celebrate our freedom. Use coupon code “FREEDOM” at checkout: ORDER NOW

Classic Friars Club Roasts certainly loves 4th of July celebrations, with all the barbeques, picnics, fireworks and fun. We also love laughing, and that’s why we offer some of the best comedy roasts of all time for your viewing pleasure. Add these celebrity roasts to your collection, and then set up a giant screen outside or take the gang inside for some viewing fun.

What’s better about America than our ability to laugh at ourselves? A Friars Club roast is the ultimate celebration of all-American humor. Whether you’re watching the Don Rickles roasts, Johnny Carson DVD, Jerry Lewis Roast or our classic outtakes, get ready for some rip-roaring fun. To get you in the mood, here are some of the funniest moments in U.S. history:

Politicians in distress: It’s always funny watching politicians in strange circumstances. There was Gerald Ford’s propensity to fall and Dick Cheney shooting his hunting companion in the face, but perhaps the most unusual was the time when President Jimmy Carter was attacked by a giant swimming rabbit.
Texas has always been different: With the recent success of the Brexit, the idea of a Texit has been floated, but Texas always wanted to be different from the rest of the country. In 1842, a German society was established with the goal of creating a new German state in the then Republic of Texas.
Duck – please! Many naval ships perform heroically in war but the USS William D. Porter had a different bent. In WWII the Destroyer vessel was escorting a ship carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his entourage to a meeting with Stalin and Churchill. A fully operational charge somehow rolled off the deck, fell into the Atlantic and exploded. They initiated a training exercise where they were supposed to fire dummy torpedoes on the ship they were escorting, but realized just a bit too late that they fired a live torpedo at the President of the United States. Luckily, the president’s ship was able to make a quick turn and the torpedo missed.

Classic Friars Club Roasts are a perfect way to share 4th of July fun with family and friends, but now you can watch Friars Club Roasts anytime, anywhere with a premium membership. Take advantage of plans starting as low as $7.96 a month and watch the hilarity on a laptop, TV, phone or tablet. Call us now at 866-987-3678 to order Friars Club Roast videos for your summer viewing entertainment.

GREAT NEWS: You can now watch Friars Club Roasts online anytime, anywhere on your laptop, TV, phone and tablet! Streaming memberships are available for $11.66/month, $28.74/quarter or a best value of only $95.52/year. Call us today at 866-987-3678 to order your Friars Club Roast DVDs or start your membership, and then pull up a turkey leg and get ready for some side-splitting viewing fun.

About Classic Friars Club Roasts: Classic Friars Roasts is a DVD collection of the best comedy roasts of all time. The Jerry Lewis roast features incredible barbs from comedy legends. The Johnny Carson DVD is just as hilarious as the skits you remember from The Tonight Show. Visit the website at https://www.classicfriarsroasts.com now to order your celebrity roast videos in time for Thanksgiving. “Like” the Facebook page for links to some classic comedy sketches. Call 866-987-3678 to order your very own collection of Johnny Carson videos and Don Rickles videos.

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Give DAD the gift of laughter: Father’s Day Special Offer

Dear Friends,

Happy Father’s Day from Classic Friars Club Roasts!

If you’ve been thinking about purchasing Classic Friars Roasts, now is the time to order. We’re offering FREE SHIPPING until midnight (PST) on Father’s Day. Use coupon code “DAD” at checkout: ORDER NOW

Father’s Day is a great time of year to celebrate dear old dad. For most of us, dad was the “fun” guy – the one who could make us laugh at almost anything and make everything somehow just seem better. There is no better way to show you’ve learned to appreciate the gift of laughter than to give dad some of the best comedy roasts of all time as a gift for Father’s Day.

The tradition of the Friars Club Roast began in 1955 with a tribute to Bogie himself – Humphrey Bogart. Incensed at the fact that this was a stag-only celebration at the time Bogie’s wife, Lauren Bacall, sent along a tape complaining, “What the hell can the Friars say to you that you haven’t called me?” Since then, these celebrity roasts have grown into some of the most hysterical comedy events of all time.

A guest, or “victim,” is chosen, and then the celebrities all line up and let loose with some of their best shots. This is over-the-top, off-the-cuff humor that you will never hear in any nightclub or show environment. Roast humor is one-of-a-kind, jaw-dropping, inspired shenanigans that sometimes takes comedy to its very limits. You haven’t heard funny until you’ve seen one of the Don Rickles roasts. Mr. Charm lets loose with one zinger after another. The Johnny Carson DVD features comedy comebacks you’d never expect from the king of late-night TV.

Classic Friars Club Roasts has lined up some of the best of these comedy sketches for your viewing and gift-giving pleasure:

Or buy the whole collection!

Just as funny is our Bonus DVD, featuring Classic Outtakes with Don Rickles and Don Adams. Not sure what Dad will enjoy most? Try our Classic Friars Roast gift card and let him decide for himself. Even better, now you can watch Friars Club Roasts anytime, anywhere with a premium membership. Take advantage of plans starting as low as $7.96 a month and watch the hilarity on a laptop, TV, phone or tablet.

Show Dad you’ve learned a thing or two about making others feel better, and give him the gift of laughter for Father’s Day this year. Classic Friars Club Roasts are a perfect way to share memories and time with the man who has given you so many great moments in life. Call us now at 866-987-3678 to order Friars Club Roast videos for your Father’s Day gift.

About Classic Friars Club Roasts: Classic Friars Roasts is a DVD collection of the best comedy roasts of all time. The Jerry Lewis roast features incredible barbs from comedy legends. The Johnny Carson DVD is just as hilarious as the skits you remember from The Tonight Show. Visit the website at https://www.classicfriarsroasts.com now to order your celebrity roast videos in time for Thanksgiving. “Like” the Facebook page for links to some classic comedy sketches. Call 866-987-3678 to order your very own collection of Johnny Carson videos and Don Rickles videos.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Classic Friars Roasts: What’s the difference between God and Bono?

What’s the difference between God and Bono?

“God doesn’t walk around Dublin thinking he’s Bono.”

Dear Friends,

The Irish are well known for having the “gift of the gab,” and Ireland is a country full of humor where the ability to “banter” is regarded as a high skill. The Irish are a nation of natural roasters; they poke fun at themselves, at their family members and friends, at their fellow countrymen, and at anyone who happens to be sitting next to them at the dinner table – not unlike the comedy legends in the Classic Friars Roasts, where the ability to laugh at yourself is as essential as making others laugh. In true roasting fashion, a bit of joking is how the Irish show affection and insert a good dose of humor into their daily lives. It’s all in good fun, and they believe that laughter truly is the best medicine, making any hardship bearable.

And, as would be expected in a nation of comedians, the Irish have some favorite things to joke about. These are the topics that prompt endless laughs from an Irish audience while making a cultural commentary on the customs of their own country, their famous citizens and their neighbors as a method of describing the Irish way and the state of the world.

Being so closely connected, the Irish love to poke fun at their neighboring countries. It’s the Irish way of being friendly, after all, and the cultural differences between the closely located countries – England, Scotland and Ireland – makes for endless comedic material. The “Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman” joke format has become a famous way for the Irish to highlight funny differences among the neighbors. These are some popular jokes about England, Ireland, and Scotland:

Q: What’s the best thing that ever happened between England and Ireland?
A: The Irish Sea!

Never ask a foreigner where he is from. If he is not English he will tell you within a few minutes, and if he is English, why embarrass him?

They say an Englishman laughs three times at a joke. The first time when everybody gets it, the second a week later when he thinks he gets it, the third time a month later when somebody explains it to him.

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman went to a party. The Englishman took six bottles of beer. The Irishman took six crates of Guinness. The Scotsman took six friends.

There’s an Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman. They’re being chased by the police. They see this old warehouse so they run in. Inside there are 3 empty sacks on the floor. They each jump in a sack. In comes the cop and he sees these three bundles on the floor. Goes up to the first one and kicks it. The Englishman shouts out, “Woof Woof,” and the cop thinks it’s just an old dog, leaves it, and kicks the second sack. The Scotsman yells out, “Me-ow me-ow,” and he leaves this one as well thinking it’s just an old cat. He walks over to the last sack and kicks it, and the Irishman yells out.. “Potatoes, Potatoes..!”

Clearly, the Irish also have no problem laughing at themselves. Seeing the funny side of life is, after all, an essential part of being Irish, and there are endless Irish jokes about their own country as there are about others:

An Irishman is struggling to find a parking space.
“Lord,” he prayed. “I can’t stand this. If you open a space up for me, I swear I’ll give up the Guinness and go to mass every Sunday.” Suddenly, the clouds part and the sun shines on an empty parking spot. Without hesitation, the Irishman says: “Never mind, I found one!” His wife had been killed in an accident and the police were questioning Paddy. “Did she say anything before she died?” asked the Sergeant. “She spoke without interruption for about forty years,” said Paddy.

Of course, with this tendency to poke a little fun at those near and dear to them, the Irish have plenty of jokes about their celebrities, too. U2 is the biggest band to come out of Ireland in recent decades, and if you ask anyone in Europe or in the U.S. to name one famous Irish person, Bono would be a top answer. Needless to say, the Irish have had plenty of time to build up a sizeable canon of Bono jokes. He would be the ultimate celebrity roast for the Irish. So lastly, here is the most famous Irish roast of Bono:

What’s the difference between God and Bono?

God doesn’t walk around Dublin thinking he’s Bono.

If these jokes have put you in the mood for more comedy roasts, you’re in the right place. Classic Friars Roastsoffers a DVD collection of the best comedy roasts of all time, including comedy legends such as Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Jerry Lewis and Don Rickles. Now also available to stream online to keep the laughs coming. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Luck of the Irish! Take 17% off Classic Friars Roasts until March 18th!

Use the coupon code “IRISH” at checkout. Coupon valid until March 18th.

Q & A Hot Sheet:

Q: Are there any Irish jokes by the Classic Friars Club members?

A: Milton Berle told a famous joke about the Irish: that Irish Gourmet Cooking is among the shortest books in the world.

Q: If there was an Irish celebrity Roastmaster, who would it be?

A: The first candidate would be Tommy Tiernan, the most famous (or infamous) Irish comedian. He has a reputation for being unfiltered and having no off-limit jokes – anyone is a potential target, and he has roasted many celebrities over the years in his routines, making the audience both laugh and cringe.

Q: Where can I learn more about Classic Friars Roasts?

A: Visit our Website for membership information rates and DVD product offerings, to read our blog, or to sign up for our Newsletter, where you’ll receive special offers and news.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Classic Friars Roasts Launches New Web Site

Santa Barbara, CA – Classic Friars Roasts unveiled a new user-focused website this month.

The new web site, located at http://www.ClassicFriarsRoasts.com, features a user friendly layout aimed at helping fans of Classic Friars Roasts to easier navigate the web page, and learn more about the friars celebrity roasts. The site also offers educational and historical information about the Friars Roasts.

“We’re excited about the new site,” said Jed Smith, co-founder. “We wanted the fans to have easier access to a wealth of information about the roasts. Over time, we are planning to build out the site as an excellent source of historical information about these comedy greats.”

About Classic Friars Roasts: This DVD collection features the best comedy roasts of all time, including comedy sketches from Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Johnny Carson, Alan King, and Jack Carter, Don Adams, Phyllis Diller and more. No comedy show today can equal the inspired genius of a Friars Club roast. To order visit http://www.ClassicFriarsRoasts.com or call 866-987-3678. “LIKE” on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/celebrityroasts for hilarious out takes and rare clips of these legendary comedians.

Classic Friars Roasts is a DVD collection featuring the best comedy roasts of all time. Comedy Sketches From Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Johnny Carson, Alan King, and Jack Carter, Don Adams, Phyllis Diller and more.

You’ll split your sides and laugh hysterically when Don Rickles roasts the legendary Johnny Carson. The Jerry Lewis roast features incredible barbs from Milton Berle, Alan King, and Jack Carter. The Johnny Carson DVD is just as hilarious as the Johnny Carson videos from The Tonight Show.

No comedy show today can equal the inspired genius of a Friars Club roast. Learn more about the Friars Club History and “LIKE” on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/celebrityroasts for hilarious out takes and rare clips of these legendary comedians.