Dean martin did a regular series of celebrity roasts from los vegas during the 19 seventies. The featured guests were a hose hoo of that era, mohammed ali, ralph nater, franksenatra, truman capoti. In april of 19 75, it was sammy davis junior's turn at the microphone. He always pretended he was drunk, even when he was anan recognition one of the great black men of our time. Even the n v c peacock is wearing an afroe. Why does sammy agree to this? For the same reason he hugged richard nixon. Because the world represented by the roast was the world