What’s it like to be both honored and bashed in front of a TV audience? To find out, we followed former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff at the taping of “The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff.”
Here, the Hoff has fun with a larger-than-life statue of himself on a surfboard before his roast at Sony Studios. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Hasselhoff sings and dances with a squadron of dancing German maidens as he makes an appearance on stage for his Comedy Central Roast. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
As he’s roasted, Hasselhoff sits center stage in a lifeguard chair reminiscent of his “Baywatch” days. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Actor George Hamilton greets Hasselhoff before roasting him. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Comedian Jeffrey Ross appears onstage in his underwear and a leather jacket to roast the honoree. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
“How’s that chain of all-you-can-eat-off-the-floor restaurants working out for you?” was among the quips from Ross, who made an embarrassed Hasselhoff squirm in his lifeguard chair. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Ross and Hasselhoff share a hug after the comedian roasted the Hoff. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The audience reacts to one of the many raunchy jokes during the David Hasselhoff roast. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Fellow roasters crack up as comedian Gilbert Gottfried (not pictured) sends zingers at Hasselhoff. They included, top row from left, Jerry Springer, Whitney Cummings, Jeffrey Ross and Seth MacFarlane, and bottom row from left, George Hamilton, Pamela Anderson and Greg Giraldo. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Gilbert Gottfried elicits a laugh from Hasselhoff. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Afterward, the huge rubber likeness of David Hasselhoff, complete with his trademark “Baywatch” trunks, sits backstage at Sony Studios. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
