Nikki Glaser

This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Now, a comedy roast is a pretty strange ritual. A celebrated person submits to public humiliation voluntarily. Old wounds are poked out, foibles are mocked, scandals re-aired, usually with great obscenity. The celebrity just sits there showing what a fantastic sport they are, but the discomfort is obvious.

This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Now, a comedy roast is a pretty strange ritual. A celebrated person submits to public humiliation voluntarily. Old wounds are poked out, foibles are mocked, scandals re-aired, usually with great obscenity. The celebrity just sits there showing what a fantastic sport they are, but the discomfort is obvious.

This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Now, a comedy roast is a pretty strange ritual. A celebrated person submits to public humiliation voluntarily. Old wounds are poked out, foibles are mocked, scandals re-aired, usually with great obscenity. The celebrity just sits there showing what a fantastic sport they are, but the discomfort is obvious.

The roaster can't pull a punch if the thing is going to work. Over the past few years, Nikki Glaser has breathed some new life into this old ritual. In fact, she really owns the roast form these days. I probably needn't tell you about Glaser's roast of the quarterback Tom Brady. It's a phenomenon, and if you haven't seen it, it awaits you happily on Netflix.

The roaster can't pull a punch if the thing is going to work. Over the past few years, Nikki Glaser has breathed some new life into this old ritual. In fact, she really owns the roast form these days. I probably needn't tell you about Glaser's roast of the quarterback Tom Brady. It's a phenomenon, and if you haven't seen it, it awaits you happily on Netflix.

The roaster can't pull a punch if the thing is going to work. Over the past few years, Nikki Glaser has breathed some new life into this old ritual. In fact, she really owns the roast form these days. I probably needn't tell you about Glaser's roast of the quarterback Tom Brady. It's a phenomenon, and if you haven't seen it, it awaits you happily on Netflix.

Nikki Glaser has been on a hot streak ever since, hosting the Golden Globes earlier this year and touring the country with a new show. So I knew your work just a little bit here and there. You'd be on this show and that show. And one night I just I was I was fried. And so I went on Netflix looking for something to watch. And there's this Tom Brady roast.

Nikki Glaser has been on a hot streak ever since, hosting the Golden Globes earlier this year and touring the country with a new show. So I knew your work just a little bit here and there. You'd be on this show and that show. And one night I just I was I was fried. And so I went on Netflix looking for something to watch. And there's this Tom Brady roast.

Nikki Glaser has been on a hot streak ever since, hosting the Golden Globes earlier this year and touring the country with a new show. So I knew your work just a little bit here and there. You'd be on this show and that show. And one night I just I was I was fried. And so I went on Netflix looking for something to watch. And there's this Tom Brady roast.

And I thought, you know, this seems particularly mindless. Let's do this. Exactly. And then there you were. And I kind of barely knew you. And you killed it. Killed it. I hadn't seen anything like that since, I don't know, Prince playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps on an awards show 20 years ago.

And I thought, you know, this seems particularly mindless. Let's do this. Exactly. And then there you were. And I kind of barely knew you. And you killed it. Killed it. I hadn't seen anything like that since, I don't know, Prince playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps on an awards show 20 years ago.

And I thought, you know, this seems particularly mindless. Let's do this. Exactly. And then there you were. And I kind of barely knew you. And you killed it. Killed it. I hadn't seen anything like that since, I don't know, Prince playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps on an awards show 20 years ago.

Oh, I know what you're talking about. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Oh, I know what you're talking about. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Oh, I know what you're talking about. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

That's it.

That's it.

That's it.

With Danny Harrison.

With Danny Harrison.