Stick A Fork In Him...

So, tomorrow night is Comedy Central's William Shatner roast. Will I be watching? What do you think?

Love the Shat!

But here's the thing:

Calling yourself a comedian by making fun of William Shatner is like calling yourself an equestrian by riding a petting zoo pony. The man has virtually made a career of making fun of himself, after all... where's the challenge? Where's the sport?

Now don't get me wrong! Like I said, I'm certainly going to be tuning in. There's sure to be some major laughs as Bill is roasted by my beloved Golden Girls (and Boston Legal co-star) Betty White along with others including George Takei, Kevin Pollack and Sharon Stone (Sharon Stone?). But sadly, you have to take the good with the bad, and the bad includes comedians like Andy Dick taking drunken pot shots using halfassed puns on Captain Kirk and T.J. Hooker.

Yes, we'll all revel in creativity it takes to make a joke about T.J. Hooker.

The entire point of a roast is to put people who avoid the blunt of jokes on the receiving end for a change. Past examples include Denis Leary, Hugh Hefner, Rob Reiner and Marie Curie.

But William Shatner? The roast just seems a labored exercise of the obvious. However, luckily for the TV audience all roasts end with the well-done individual getting up to take a couple shots himself. And that, my friends, is the final frontier.

Love the Shat!