The host's opening salvo: Ok, now before we wake the woke, before you keyboard warriors at home get to work, you can stand down. A roast is where people voluntarily turn up and take the piss out of their mates. So please don't get offended on anyone's behalf up here, because believe me, none of these people are worth fighting for or defending.
Praising John Cleese for his impact on western culture, one roaster said that he is basically Shakespeare: a boring old pom whose best stuff was probably written by someone else.