Ep. 109: Bonnie McFarlane – The Best Roast of the Last 50 Years

Comedian, writer and director Bonnie McFarlane produced, hosted and directed the Roast of Rich Vos (her husband), which Mike calls the best roast of the last 50 years. She tells how a birthday request turned into a six-camera roast at the Comedy Cellar's Village Underground: building the dais, comics calling her to ask "is this joke good enough?", and what happened next to Jim Florentine when he was getting buried. Also: her Tooth Fairy bit, joking about your family when they're not comedians, why Rich Vos never writes anything down (and still wrote on two Oscars), the night Bonnie thought she heard Chris Rock laughing, Mike's Blankman story about Damon Wayans and a studio boss, her documentary "Women Aren't Funny," and LA comics vs. New York comics. Follow Bonnie: @bonniemcfarlane on Instagram. Watch the full video on YouTube. Get every episode a day early at standupworld.substack.com. If you enjoyed this one, please rate and review Standupworld on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It really helps. 0:00 Cold open 0:30 Intro 1:53 Bonnie McFarlane joins 6:52 The best roast of the last 50 years 11:20 How the Rich Vos roast came together 16:22 Mike's one roast (it didn't go well) 22:00 Jim Florentine gets buried 26:44 The Tooth Fairy bit 33:29 Rich Vos is always Rich Vos 36:38 Blankman and the studio boss 44:24 Rich never writes anything down 46:47 The night she heard Chris Rock laughing 47:49 Women in comedy, then and now 56:28 LA comics vs. New York comics 64:23 Outro