If you’re not familiar with Jeff Ross, he is best known as the “Roastmaster General” — a three-decade master of the savage comic sport introduced by the Friars Club in the 1950s, in which a procession ...

It’s no joke. The famous Friars Club, New York City’s private club for showbiz folks and a longtime venue for comedy roasts, could finally close its curtains after facing foreclosure and years of ...

NEW YORK -- Maybe the mantra of the famed New York Friars Club should be "If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?" With customary comic savagery, the club's members, famous for their ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Friars Club, best known for searing celebrity roasts, held the insults when it toasted Tom Cruise. The actor received the fourth ever Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award on ...

NEW YORK — Matt Lauer must have really thick skin. The "Today" show co-anchor will be the center of attention — and the target of insults and general humiliation — at a Friars Club celebrity roast Oct ...

Roasts of legendary comedians like Jerry Lewis are now available online. Oct. 10, 2010— -- For the first time, the Friars have made available online "The Classic Friars Club Roasts," a DVD box ...

NEW YORK — Ridiculous hair. A talent for overstatement. There was more than enough of both to go around Friday as Donald Trump led a roast of Don King at the Friars Club. The boxing promoter merrily ...

He was a regular at the mountain resorts where many comedians honed their acts, then had a star turn in the long-running revue “Catskills on Broadway.” By Richard Sandomir The six-story Manhattan ...