Acerbic funnyman Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor.

Blue-collar comedian Jeff Foxworthy is skewered by his fellow comedians, friends, and others.

Roast Master Jimmy Kimmel leads a dais including Tommy Lee, Adam Carolla, Sarah Silverman, and Lisa Lampanelli as they sling burns at model and actress Pamela Anderson.

Patton Oswalt, Betty White, Andy Dick, George Takei, Artie Lange, Nichelle Nichols, Farrah Fawcett, and others roast Captain Kirk, a.k.a. Mr. Tambourine Man: William Shatner.

Katt Williams leads a dais that includes Greg Giraldo, Jeff Ross, Jimmy Kimmel, Ice-T, and more in a takedown of Public Enemy member and reality show star Flavor Flav.

Bob Saget endures barbs from Roast Master John Stamos, Greg Giraldo, Jon Lovitz, Jeff Ross, Susie Essman, Brian Posehn, Cloris Leachman, Norm Macdonald, and Jeff Garlin.

The Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy was taped on March 1, 2009. This marks the first time that a previous roastmaster has become a roastee. On February 12, 2009, the roasters were announced to include Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy, Greg Giraldo, Toby Keith, Jeffrey Ross, Reno Collier, Maureen McCormick, Warren Sapp, and Gary Busey. Bill Engvall made a pre-taped appearance.

The Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers was taped on July 26, 2009. The roasters included Carl Reiner, Gilbert Gottfried, Mario Cantone, Whitney Cummings, Tom Arnold, Brad Garrett, Robin Quivers, Greg Giraldo, and Jeff Ross. Donald Trump and Don Rickles made a pre-taped appearance, and Melissa Rivers came from the audience to roast her mother. Other audience members included Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Alan Thicke, TJ Miller, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris.

With "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff's career prime for the roasting, Jeff Ross, Pamela Anderson, Hulk Hogan, and Roast Master Seth MacFarlane rise to the occasion.

Real estate mogul, "The Apprentice" host, and helmet-hair aficionado Donald Trump gets roasted by Seth MacFarlane, Snoop Dogg, Lisa Lampanelli, The Situation, and more.

William Shatner, Amy Schumer, Mike Tyson, and others join Roast Master Seth MacFarlane to roast the tiger blood-drinking robot from Mars himself: Charlie Sheen.

Roasters include Jeff Ross, Tom Arnold, Katey Sagal, Carrie Fisher, Ellen Barkin, Anthony Jeselnik, Seth Green, Amy Schumer, Wayne Brady, and Gilbert Gottfried. Sarah Chalke, Alicia Goranson, and Michael Fishman will be in attendance. Sharon Stone had been announced as one of the roasters but dropped out for unknown reasons prior to the event.

Roast Master Seth Rogen leads a dais including Aziz Ansari, Nick Kroll, Andy Samberg, and Sarah Silverman in a tribute to actor-author-professor-messiah James Franco.

Roast Master Kevin Hart leads the dais in a night of burns directed at once-wayward pop star Justin Bieber.

Roast Master David Spade leads the dais in a night of burns directed at Hollywood's nearly perfect man, Rob Lowe.

Roast Master Joseph Gordon-Levitt and a dais featuring Edward Norton, Nikki Glaser, Lil Rel Howery, and Jeff Ross spend a night taking action legend Bruce Willis down a peg.

Roast Master Sean Hayes, Robert De Niro, Caitlyn Jenner, Blake Griffin, Jeff Ross, Nikki Glaser, and more team up to take down one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.