If a soap actor or behind the scenes figure was roasted at any point in time, who would you have at the main table? This topic came about when I imagined a Friends episode (Joey, of course, would bomb at roasting).

The Roast of Deidre Hall, circa 1997

Roastmaster: Drake Hogestyn

Roasters: Jed Allan, Wayne Northrop, Joseph Mascolo, Eileen Davidson, Christie Clark, Alison Sweeney, Ken Corday, James E. Reilly, Andrea Hall, Jane Elliot, James Reynolds, Shannen Doherty, Wilford Brimley, and Frances Reid.

The Roast of Ron Carlivati, 2023-2024

Roastmaster: Deidre Hall

Roasters: Kassie DePaiva, Kate Mansi, Marci Miller, Patrika Darbo, Victoria Konefal, Emily O'Brien, Abigail Klein, Lindsay Arnold, Raven Bowens, Sal Stowers, James Reynolds, Carson Boatman, Paul Telfer, Billy Flynn, Chandler Massey, Zach Tinker, Freddie Smith, Brock Kelly, Peter Porte, Al Calderon, Derek Yates, One of us from SON.

1 minute ago, AbcNbc247 said:

The Roast of Ron Carlivati, 2023-2024

Roastmaster: Deidre Hall

Roasters: Kassie DePaiva, Kate Mansi, Marci Miller, Patrika Darbo, Victoria Konefal, Emily O'Brien, Abigail Klein, Lindsay Arnold, Raven Bowens, Sal Stowers, James Reynolds, Carson Boatman, Paul Telfer, Billy Flynn, Chandler Massey, Zach Tinker, Freddie Smith, Brock Kelly, Peter Porte, Al Calderon, Derek Yates, All of us from SON.

fixed!😂

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

fixed!😂

We're gonna need a lot of tables 😂😂

3 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

We're gonna need a lot of tables 😂😂

 

The Roast of Bradley Bell - 2025

Roastmaster: Krista Allen

Roasters: Everyone, I mean... everyone... in the business. From top to bottom. 

1 hour ago, AbcNbc247 said:

The Roast of Ron Carlivati, 2023-2024

Roastmaster: Deidre Hall

Roasters: Kassie DePaiva, Kate Mansi, Marci Miller, Patrika Darbo, Victoria Konefal, Emily O'Brien, Abigail Klein, Lindsay Arnold, Raven Bowens, Sal Stowers, James Reynolds, Carson Boatman, Paul Telfer, Billy Flynn, Chandler Massey, Zach Tinker, Freddie Smith, Brock Kelly, Peter Porte, Al Calderon, Derek Yates, One of us from SON.

Well, no wonder it lasted nearly two years!

The Roast of Josh Griffith 2025

Roastmaster ?

Roasters ?

Not sure as it all happened offscreen, but apparently it was the funniest roast ever!

11 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

The Roast of Ron Carlivati, 2023-2024

Roastmaster: Deidre Hall

Roasters: Kassie DePaiva, Kate Mansi, Marci Miller, Patrika Darbo, Victoria Konefal, Emily O'Brien, Abigail Klein, Lindsay Arnold, Raven Bowens, Sal Stowers, James Reynolds, Carson Boatman, Paul Telfer, Billy Flynn, Chandler Massey, Zach Tinker, Freddie Smith, Brock Kelly, Peter Porte, Al Calderon, Derek Yates, One of us from SON.

With Sean Kanan as Carl Ivati.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

With Sean Kanan as Carl Ivati.

I didn't even think of roasters from GH 😂😂

Maybe this roast will take even more than two years

Edited June 10Jun 10 by AbcNbc247

I didn't post about it in the BtG thread as I still don't watch the show (an hour runtime is just too much for me right now with a new soap I can't just mostly skip through) but I can't imagine the ego of someone who is hired as a breakdown writer and decides to [!@#$%^&*] their own name all over the show. Classless beyond belief. Any writer who cares more about masturbatory behavior than quality of work should not be hired.

Edited June 10Jun 10 by DRW50

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I didn't post about it in the BtG thread as I still don't watch the show (an hour runtime is just too much for me right now with a new soap I can't just mostly skip through) but I can't imagine the ego of someone who is hired as a breakdown writer and decides to [!@#$%^&*] their own name all over the show. Classless beyond belief. Any writer who cares more about masturbatory behavior than quality of work should not be hired.

Co-sign this.

On 6/10/2025 at 6:12 PM, DRW50 said:

I didn't post about it in the BtG thread as I still don't watch the show (an hour runtime is just too much for me right now with a new soap I can't just mostly skip through) but I can't imagine the ego of someone who is hired as a breakdown writer and decides to [!@#$%^&*] their own name all over the show. Classless beyond belief. Any writer who cares more about masturbatory behavior than quality of work should not be hired.

I am way behind on BtG, so please someone explain what did I miss? 😂

1 hour ago, YRBB said:

I am way behind on BtG, so please someone explain what did I miss? 😂

It was written in that Tomas and Eva like reading books and listening to audio books by the author "Carl Ivati" who writes romance novels in the fantasy genre.

In one episode, Kat is asking Thomas about himself, and Tomas replies that he reads Carl Ivati books because likes reading about lovers finding each other across different dimensions.  For that first episode, I missed it until someone pointed it out, and then I rewatched and the name was obvious in the closed-captioning.  Ron didn't write that episode.

In a separate episode, which Ron did the breakdown for:  Eva told Tomas that the first book in author Carli Ivati's latest series is called "Mercy and Goodness" and it's all about how the couple first met and how they got separated, (Eva gushes about it) and she says it has twists and turns, and she will lend it to him -- and meanwhile, Kat secretly enters Eva's room to search for evidence against Eva; and while searching, Kat notices that Eva's copy of the "Mercy and Goodness" book is in hardcover, so Kat scoffs to herself that Eva is "basic".  And then Kat has to hide when Eva and Tomas arrive in the room for Eva to lend Tomas the book.  

Edited June 12Jun 12 by janea4old

5 hours ago, janea4old said:

It was written in that Tomas and Eva like reading books and listening to audio books by the author "Carl Ivati" who writes romance novels in the fantasy genre.

In one episode, Kat is asking Thomas about himself, and Tomas replies that he reads Carl Ivati books because likes reading about lovers finding each other across different dimensions.  For that first episode, I missed it until someone pointed it out, and then I rewatched and the name was obvious in the closed-captioning.  Ron didn't write that episode.

In a separate episode, which Ron did the breakdown for:  Eva told Tomas that the first book in author Carli Ivati's latest series is called "Mercy and Goodness" and it's all about how the couple first met and how they got separated, (Eva gushes about it) and she says it has twists and turns, and she will lend it to him -- and meanwhile, Kat secretly enters Eva's room to search for evidence against Eva; and while searching, Kat notices that Eva's copy of the "Mercy and Goodness" book is in hardcover, so Kat scoffs to herself that Eva is "basic".  And then Kat has to hide when Eva and Tomas arrive in the room for Eva to lend Tomas the book.  

Thanks for taking the time for the more detailed recap.