The only thing thicker in the air than the cigarette smoke and packing a bigger kick than the cocktails were the insults. “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts” celebrated the art of the put-down, but ...

Ahead of Netflix’s live roast of Kevin Hart, we’re looking back on celebrity roasts of old. Here are our picks for the best ...

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts belong to that category of pop culture ephemera that manages to embody all the excesses of its immediate cultural moment and yet survives the passage of time and taste ...

They still generate ratings and sometimes even headlines, but GQ columnist Chris Black wonders if the enduring insult-comedy format has outlived its entertainment value.