Jimmy Stewart Roast

[1019drummer]

C. social club=epic......o'h and of course Twelve angry men. Miss U both. Happy holidays everyone!

[Evegalewitz]

Makes you realize the utter lack of elegance and class lost when Stanislavsky's Method by way of the Actors studio made made Realism the way of the future in cinema and the performances so much more powerful, but just sometimes we grow nostalgic for just a little of the sweet unreality of a star out of Warner Bros, MGM, like Mr. Stewart.

[wtmj100]

@Evegalewitz I couldn't agree more. The actors that the studio system produced at least had charisma unlike actors today!

[Carterofmars]

God bless America.

[RobotMice]

These roast are so much classier then the comedy central roast

[suzbinky]

junkfoodfairofdyear - I hear you. Whenever asked on websites for my bd - I always list the year as 1939. Timing, writing, class - this was an era greatly missed in films.

[junkfoodfairofdyear]

@HogwartsCastle Agreed. Jimmy was like, what, 140 pounds at most, and Fonda just slightly heavier. For men of their height they were exceedingly skinny. Then again when they started out both were doing theater, and back then theater paid peanuts.

[junkfoodfairofdyear]

I wish I was alive...when these people were. Somehow I don't think I was born in the right era.

[nitramgnal]

Difference between Henry Fonda and Don Rickles - Henry Fonda performs to the camera, while Don Rickles performs to the audience. Different styles.

[jandtsmom]

I wish some big wigs from Comedy Central would read these comments, and get a clue!

[lebbing64]

Such fine actors....some who died a long time ago.

Fonda was a great actor. as was Stewart, Welles, etc.......this is pure nostalgic.

It`s going straight into my favorits.

Thanks sò much for posting this.

[edwdixon5]

I don't believe any of the response were genuine - and editors can be whores. - but reading between the lines paid off.

[OLaverty111]

I have had the pleasure meeting this Man Jimmy Stewart What a Gentleman he is..

Also met Henry Fonda.. a Shy Man this was in 1977. I was very Lucky to meet these people Classics in their own lifetime and I was only 20yrs Old whilst on Holiday in California. I live in the UK.

I love James God bless him xx

[OLaverty111]

I have had the pleasure meeting this Man Jimmy Stewart What a Gentleman he is..

Also met Henry Fonda.. a Shy Man this was in 1977.

 I was very Lucky to meet these people Classics in their own lifetime and I was only 20yrs Old whilst on Holiday in California. I live in the UK.

I love James God bless him xx

[ARbenSRbarGR]

LOVE THIS!!!

[CRJarvis]

1:42 Henry Fonda said the House of ill repute congress.

[deanaugust]

what year was this roast from ???

[ps6177]

Pss194610 They all were preformers!

[dancingdiplodocus]

after his famous reading of a dog named beau, some witless comedians sent him up on the saturday night liev show

the ringleader was dennis miller, a washed up comedian who dons the garb of a conservative

ha, he never fought for his cUNTry or anything, no balls did he

Jimmy Stewart believed!

fourteen year old girls now don't have gentleman like Stewart to look up to.

[dancingdiplodocus]

well, this was fun.

Now back to the audiences who will clap at anything, witless humor, and shouty news programs, jokes as

"it's the economy, stuuupiiid! " yeah, ha ha ha

has the cUNTry or Orson welles, reagan, jimmy stewart, hitchcock, groucho marx, dick cavett (wtf?) really come to this

[edmame]

fonda was morbidly shy except when acting. if not for his great love for jimmy, he wouldn't have put in such an effort or appearance!

[marcuslaughton]

@edmame try watching his roast of bette davis, i guess he wasnt as shy as you think!.

[John22133]

This was amazing, these people were the class of Hollywood. Who today compares to Stewart and Lana Turner? Eminem and Lindsey Lohan... Give me a break. Look at what we've become.

[John22133]

I bet that was a wonderful time in a lot of ways. I wish I could have lived it.

[John22133]

WOW..did I ever enjoy those clips of Jimmy Stewart films when Henry Fonda was speaking! I'm 47, so the 40's was way before my time, but man..do I wish I lived that era. Those movies are terrific, they are so feel good. Nothing today compares.

[jmonroe64]

With all due respect to the "decay" talk below: every age has its flavor flav and larry the cable guy (lower case used deliberately).

By the way: we're talking about actors here. Thank goodness we no longer take such a lowly profession so seriously.

[mjdisneydork]

i wish jimmy stewart was a 21 year old man today so i could marry him!

[marcuslaughton]

@mjdisneydork not if i get there first.!!!! by the way i am a female contrary to my post name.

[tpki5]

what seriously? henry fonda,orson welles, lucille ball and jimmy stewart all seated around the same table? that is exactly my idea of heaven!

[rotes1968]

Really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kiasmus]

Fonda, Stewart, Dino, Welles... That's what I call a summit. Who would you put in their place today? Cruise, Pitt, Clooney and Crowe? Boy, that's what I call a decay.

[llandudnoboy]

@kiasmus

Blimey you are talking about the greatest of Holywood actors here.

Orson Welles is possibly the greatest actor to come out of Holywood.

It takes actors as fine as Fonda and Stewart to be mentioned in the same sentence as Welles.

These were the golden days of Holywood.

Those days are long gone.

I can only think of Tom Hanks being allowed to serve at their table.

Those actors were giants in their profession.

[marcuslaughton]

@llandudnoboy i agree, toms the man. noone else much deserves a mention amongst the bunch of s****** that mascarades as actors today.

[neoperseus]

So tell me this is not symbolic of what we have become:  Then: Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart Now: Flavor Flav and Larry the Cable Guy.

[starr522]

Damn Brother. We all get your point

[TheBoomViper]

Henry Fonda was a true actor, one of the greatest.

[marcuslaughton]

@TheBoomViper true, with a wonderful voice.

[joliecide]

the Golden Age this was

[denisespurlock]

Who needs T.V. when the true talent is right here on you tube? Life is too short for rude performers now a days. Don't take the time you have to smile for granted. These roasts are just what my doctor ordered.

[mgaitens]

is it just me-or did Clint Eastwood and Henry Fonda age identically? uncanny...

[Tr0llsNeverDie]

lulz

[Cavillier1970]

These are a helluva lot better than the roasts on Comedy Central. I mean these the family can watch, the stars here are real stars and top quality not like the ones we have today.

[SMS1381]

Agreed. I feel like today, they just try too hard to be offensive. I also get the feeling that in today's roasts, the "stars" don't even know the person they're roasting all that well.

[sarahnewt]

watching this, I am suddenly aware of how thin today's humour has become - all of these people are working hard and I get the impression that today's comics are using the material that these guys threw away because it wasn't funny enough..... They used only the best and their wit was so sharp and they were so fast in improv (jammin') --- god bless 'em !

[marilynmortician]

Very well put!!! Thanks for watching

[TopherT1979]

@sarahnewt My thoughts exactly! Very well said.

[Good0Point]

@sarahnewt I blame both the comics and the audience. Look at the people that perform at roasts these days, they're all awful. Their jokes are cheap, but in a recession I could see that the person who wrote the jokes for them wrote as well as he got paid. Second, the audience responds to dirt humor. It's awful. I don't know if you like Norm Macdonald but I went to his show and half the audience was pissed he didn't say cock a million times and the other half was too drunk to notice he was there.

[bewlaybrutha]

@sarahnewt

improv? this is as scripted as the evening news

[Tr0llsNeverDie]

everyone on the comedy central roasts are usually b rate actors or just plain desperate to get their face on TV. Back then you had to achieve a roast now its given out like candy to any dimwit on tv.

[yensheeboy]

@Cavillier1970 , there are a lot of great and talented stars today. there are also a lot of great comics and just because some have materials that are not suitable for children does not mean that they aren't good. just want to defend this generation, no disrespect meant either, these guys were and are awesome.

[92af]

Henry Fonda was way better than James Mason was

[Spark117]

good stuff

[GEVMM]

'Beats the hell out of carrying Orson Welles.'

AHAHAH

[shire2005]

Too much reliance on skinny jokes.

Today it is nothing to make fun of. People would love to be thin like that.

[stwjester]

@shire2005 Skinny wasn't a reference to his weight at all... Back then Saying an acter was to skinny was calling them poor.

More money = More food for the Fatties... but it was an AWESOME set up for the Jab at Orsen Welles... would love to see his Retort...

[shire2005]

They shared a bed together while young up and coming actors in NY. No not gay just didn't have a bed for everybody sharing the apartment.

Fonda went to hollywood first and stewart about 6 months later in 1935.

2 of the all time best!

[nexttimewelove51]

Don Rickles is still living.

[xj14y]

I think the only person still alive from that dais is Ruth Buzzy

[violettesmile]

This was wonderful! The best of the best!

[Caksman1027]

the best thing about these roasts is seeing how drunk each celeb gets..lol

[DrinkWater22]

You mean they use to Roast people who deserved it? Who do we Roast now? Larry the fucking Cable Guy! James Stewart, you were among the best.

[fingaherby]

CABLE GUY!!!

[Commando303X]

Sorry, but Fonda's roast is just dull.

[1954phialin]

Fonda lost his wives --before this...how could one man be not serious...

Hank was never a joker.

[SmoothDemocrat]

The color you see is the color you get.

What commercial is that from?

[nexttimewelove51]

Henry Fonda saying those nice things about Jimmy Stewart. Wonderful!

[Coptic78]

Who is that nice woman on the left side of Lawanda Page? A pretty woman

[marilynmortician]

Thats June Allyson. She was in a number of movies with Jimmy, always playing his wife.

[tallpaul521]

@marilynmortician The Glenn Miller Story and The Stratton Story. I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Alyson in 1979. What a great lady.

[marilynmortician]

@tallpaul521 Thats awesome! She seems like such a wonderful lady. 

[tallpaul521]

@marilynmortician They made two films together, The Glenn Miller Story and The Monty Stratton Story.

[marilynmortician]

@tallpaul521 Actually they made 3. Your missing Strategic Air Command.

[Veggieman87]

Jimmy sounds exactly the same over all those years. And Fonda was actually very funny.

[diddywahdaddy]

Yes, he shows real class here, I really enjoyed this.