Almost three hours brings you zingers and one liners for some of the finest hall of famers sports has ever seen and Time Life Brings it in one fine compilation. For folks that just want to see the sports stars of the seventies and eighties be roasted among their peers, “Hall of Famers” is a fine volume for the “Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts” Library.
Among them are Mickey Mantle, Joe Garagiola, Will Mays and Hank Aaron, four very prominent baseball stars that get their time in the hot seat. There’s also Evel Kneivel, who garners an episode among the trio of roasts that feature Hank Aaron and Joe Garagiola. “Hall of Famers” clocks in at almost three hours long and is brought to you in standard definition, in pristine raunchy condition that it was originally aired on television. They can roast all the young pop stars that they want, but at the end of the day there’s nothing like these classic programs.
The most star studded sports episode is the Joe Garagiola episode, featuring Willie Mays, and Yogi Berra. But among the funniest in the trio of episodes is Evel Kneivel, where he’s roasted among his contemporaries in television, many of whom mock his lack of caution in the face of danger. There are wonderful comedy skits from folks like Gabe Kaplan and Joyce Brothers, along with fun appearances from Dizzy Dean and Orson Welles. “Hall of Famers” is a rich trio of fun and funny nostalgic roasts for sports stars and daredevils and it should be a part of any collection.