Friars Club Roast Writers Want To Make Corporate America Funny

“If you’ve ever been in a band, Pam has probably dated you at some point. The woman has screwed more rock stars than Napster.”

James Pharo and Frank Santopadre — publisher and editor, respectfully, of the late Jest magazine &#151 have launched Comedywise, a sort of material-for-hire outfit aimed at humorless corporate executives, politicians and others in search of laughs.

They claim they work “in the strictest confidence, of course,” yet their Web site reveals a list that includes Meredith Vieira‘s last show on the View (huh?), the Comedy Central Roast of Pam Anderson and standup material for the late Richard Jeni.

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