A comedy roast of “Wild” Bill took place this week in the ESLC auditorium. The roast which was part of Kappa Delta’s shamrock philanthropy week had nearly 250 people in attendance.
The roast consisted of “Wild” Bill as the one being roasted, Ryan Baylis as roast master and five panel members.
The panel members were: Keenan Nuehring, Eric Avery, Erik Mikkelsen, Josh McDonald and Chase Casillas.
All of whom are close friends of “Wild” Bill.
Samantha Burrows, vice president of community service, presented Bill with a list of possible panel members. Bill chose from there with whom he wanted on the panel.
“It’s his dignity on the line. He had a lot of control,” Burrows said. “He was doing us a favor because he was put in a vulnerable position.”
Erik Mikkelsen, who has been friends with Bill for three years, was approached by Burrows to be a panel member.
“I think Bill wanted me to roast him. I was kind of surprised when they asked me,” Mikkelsen said. “It was kind of hard to come up with that stuff. I really just talked to all the funny people I know and they gave me all the good material.”
Ryan Baylis, roast master, who guided the event with his witty jibes about Bill as well as the panel members thought the event ran smoothly.
“I didn’t want to over-prepare so I just didn’t really prepare at all but I thought it went well,” Baylis said.
“Bill took it better than I thought he would with just how funny he thought the whole thing was. I thought he would get a little offended,” Baylis said. I loved just watching his face. I think he was in tears at one point.”
“I wanted to make sure Bill had a good experience and that the audience had a good experience as well. We’re just really grateful that Bill allowed us to do this and we’re really grateful to all the panel members as well because this took a lot of time,” Burrows said. “It wouldn’t have been possible without them. They’re the funny ones not us.”
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