I Only Roast the Ones I Love by Jeffrey Ross

I Only Roast the Ones I Love by Jeffrey Ross

One of the world's foremost practitioners of insult comedy, Jeffrey Ross has memorably and uproariously roasted some of our favorite celebrities. Part memoir and part how-to guide, I Only Roast the Ones I Love unveils the irreverent secrets every successful roastmaster should know, such as how to:

- Write roast jokes

- Turn any event into a roast your friends will never forget

- Rip your honoree a new one without hurting their feelings

- Save yourself if you bomb

- Prepare yourself to take a punch

- Give toasts at family gatherings

- Save lives through roasting

Jeff's hilarious and poignant stories feature everyone from Dave Chappelle and Courtney Love to Tom Cruise and Bea Arthur and take readers backstage for unforgettable roasts of stars like Pamela Anderson, Flavor Flav, William Shatner, Shaquille O'Neal, Larry the Cable Guy, Bob Saget, and even the finalists of Dancing with the Stars. Most of all, Jeff's teachings will inspire you to channel your own inner roastmaster.

Jeffrey Ross is a writer, rockabilly musician, and former full-time community college teacher who lives in Arizona. He has written and co-authored multiple national and worldwide op-ed essays on community college identity, purpose, and culture, and has recently published numerous spoof poems and articles on the Cronk News higher education satire website. Ross co-wrote College Leadership Crisis: The Philip Dolly Affair (Rogue Phoenix Publishing, 2011), a humorous and critically acclaimed campus novel. He also wrote Love in the RV Park: A Romance for Guys (Rogue Phoenix Publishing, 2013), a romance spoof.

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ISBN 13	9781439102794
ISBN 10	1439102791
Title	I Only Roast the Ones I Love
Author	Jeffrey Ross
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2010-06-01
Number of pages	304
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