This Tuesday the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump was missing someone and that person was Greg Giraldo who passed away in September. A seat was left open for him in his memory and tonight Comedy Central is honoring him with a special at 11:30p.
Give It Up for Greg Giraldo will feature never-before-aired, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the late comedian himself, plus career highlights from Roasts, stand-up specials, pilots and numerous television and live appearances. The one hour tribute will also include interviews with comedians who knew him like Jon Stewart, Jim Gaffigan, Conan O’Brien, Denis Leary, Dave Attell, Lewis Black, Sarah Silverman, Colin Quinn and Nick Swardson and they share their stories about him. From them and the new videos of him we are going to learn more about the comedian who made us laugh.
So tonight instead of remembering him with tears, remember him with laughter in the touching tribute put together by Comedy Central. It is full of plenty of laughs, but it is also raw and you will really get to know him. At one point during the show one of the comedians said that he was more than what he was known as after his death and that was as an “Insult comics known for the Roasts”, in the tribute you will learn that statement is very true. You will see him take on Denis Leary and the chain smoking comedian will be begging for someone to “Rescue Me.” You will also learn about what his career was before comedy and it will shock you. Finally his friends will tell how his addiction hurt him more than physically and how his death left a whole in their heart and ours.
If you want to donate to the foundation his wife started in his honor, you can do so at the
Greg Giraldo Foundation. The foundation’s purpose to raise money for children like Greg’s–children living with addiction
