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Video | 08/18/2008 10:45 am

Cloris Leachman Steals the Show at Roast of Bob Saget

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Cloris Leachman
© Comedy Central

Eighty-two-year-old firecracker Cloris Leachman exposed her quick wit during an appearance on Comedy Central’s "The Roast of Bob Saget." The "Young Frankenstein" and "Mary Tyler Moore Show" legend stole the show when she opened her comments by saying, "I am not here to roast Bob Saget. I’m here to f—- John Stamos."

Leachman’s award-winning career started in the late 1940s. She studied at the Actor’s Studio under the famed Elia Kazan. But she is best remembered for her role of nosy landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," and as Frau Blücher in the original Mel Brooks movie, "Young Frankenstein."

The eight-time Emmy Award winner brought down the house with naughty references to handsome John Stamos as well as her late friend Jack Benny. Her risqué remarks can be viewed below:

 

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Kryssi K
GODDESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Kryssi K on 08/18/2008 4:01 pm
Frank Peterson
Indeed!
By Frank Peterson on 08/18/2008 5:24 pm
Mary OGrady
Hats off to Cloris, or I guess everything off to her!
By Mary OGrady on 08/18/2008 4:43 pm
DeBúrca obj
Cloris Leachman always had great comic timing and still does. Boy time marches on, the last time I remember seeing her was on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! I’m sure I’ve seen her a couple times since then, but that is how she is etched in my mind. She looks great and she sounded great.
By DeBúrca obj on 08/18/2008 5:59 pm
Susan Gabriel
May we all be that witty and ALIVE when we are 82. Thanks for being a role-model, Cloris!
By Susan Gabriel on 08/18/2008 7:09 pm
Laura Browne
I can’t believe she’s 82 - she was hilarious!! She was my favorite part of the show! Laura B
By Laura Browne on 08/18/2008 7:11 pm
im p
I’m a fan of Cloris Leachman, also. Her sister, Claiborne Cary, came to do a summer stock musical in my hometown one summer when I was in high school (1953) and I was in the chorus line. She was a student at Northwestern at the time. Every bit as funny and bawdy as Cloris. I can’t kick as high as I used to but I still love to dance.
By im p on 08/18/2008 8:00 pm
Jennifer Bailey
Wasn’t she in the film “Last Picture Show?” as the older woman in the affair?
By Jennifer Bailey on 08/18/2008 8:35 pm
im p
She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Last Picture Show”.
By im p on 08/18/2008 10:18 pm
Josie Sullivan
Whoa…where’s the rest of the clip?! I watched it a bit, but didn’t make it to Cloris….Prior to this clip, she took the many digs at her quite well…but then again, I fell asleep.
By Josie Sullivan on 08/18/2008 10:10 pm
Maggi D
phyllis - don’t you think doing John Stamos would be ‘nice’? LOL
By Maggi D on 08/19/2008 4:15 am
phyllis Doyle Pepe
Maggi: It might very well be ‘nice’ but I have my hands full here at home and hands is not the operative word here. Sigh~~~~~~~~
By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 08/19/2008 5:37 pm
judy smith
Boy I needed a laugh this morning. Thanks!! We lost my 89 year old Mom in July and yesterday buried my 95 year old mother in law. They lived good lives and died in peace, but the timing has been hard for all of us. Thanks Cloris, you started my day off well. How laughter helps healing!!!!!
By judy smith on 08/19/2008 5:30 am
phyllis Doyle Pepe
It doesn’t matter how old parents are when they die; a death of a parent is hard––a piece of you breaks.
By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 08/19/2008 5:40 pm
judy smith
Thanks Phyllis, it does.
By judy smith on 08/19/2008 8:04 pm