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When a queen makes Mother laugh, you know they've done something right! Join us as we countdown the moments when contestants had RuPaul howling with laughter during comedy challenges. From roasts that left Ru gasping for air to Snatch Game performances that had her in tears, these queens followed the golden rule: make the host laugh!
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00:01First of all, RuPaul, the Rosetta Stone of drag.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the moments when queens followed Ru's number one rule and had her cackling.
00:14For this list, we're only including American seasons.
00:17Now Graham Norton has got his own range of wines, he's got a Drag Race UK blend, it tastes like...
00:22Redundancy!
00:24Oh, yes!
00:26Number 10. Jessica Wilde's Roast.
00:29Judge Carson Kressley got the roast treatment in the 8th installment of All Stars.
00:33Season 2, Queen Jessica Wilde rose to the occasion and had Ru and the entire room busting a gut with her outrageous takedowns.
00:40Thank you, RuPaul, for opening the doors to gentlemen like this to follow their dreams.
00:50Can I get a naming up in here?
00:52She skewered Kressley's talent, or lack thereof, and his career choices,
00:57homing in on his run with Dancing with the Stars.
00:59Carson is a television host, actor, writer, producer, and this is the funniest one.
01:08A dancer!
01:09Jessica's over-annunciation and rhythm made her set so great.
01:16RuPaul's guffaws rocketed through the soundstage.
01:19Every new dig at her co-star tickled her so much that it almost makes you wonder if she's enjoying this a little too much.
01:25Love you so much, Carson!
01:27I never wash any of your stuff, but as soon as I get out of here, I'm still not washing it.
01:35Number 9.
01:36Alaska's Roast
01:37Hello, everyone, and welcome to the first-ever RuPaul Roast!
01:42The Pittsburgh Queen had the daunting task of opening Drag Race's Roast Challenge.
01:48Needless to say, the stakes were high.
01:51RuPaul wasn't just judging, she was the guest of honor,
01:54so the queens had to carefully toe the line between funny and insulting.
01:58Alaska was smart.
02:00She started with the other judges first and worked her way up.
02:03Leslie Jordan is the only man on Earth to have f***ed more gay men than Michelle Visage.
02:08But by the time she got to RuPaul, mostly taking aim at her age, the host was primed and ready.
02:15RuPaul is so old that her colostomy bag is made of wood.
02:20RuPaul is so old that when she opens her legs, all you hear is...
02:24It's clear why she was a frontrunner this season.
02:29Alaska handled the stage like a seasoned pro, and no one was laughing harder than Ru.
02:34She's done movies, music, television, and I have just one thing to say.
02:40Please stop immediately.
02:44Number 8. Bianca Del Rio's stand-up
02:46She was the season's comedy queen.
02:49This was the moment in season 6.
02:51It was either going to make Bianca Del Rio or break her.
02:54Bianca put it quite eloquently herself.
02:56This challenge is really a s***er get-off-the-pot moment,
02:59so let's hope I can deliver a nice big turd.
03:01As soon as she called the gathered audience of old folks the cast of Cocoon, RuPaul was hooked.
03:07Miss, I'm over here. Bring both eyes. I'm right here.
03:12Damn, Pearl Harbor must have did you in.
03:16Mostly mining her own ethnicity for humor, Bianca's set was as rotten as expected.
03:21It bowled the host over.
03:22My mother insisted that we stay true to our Spanish heritage,
03:26so my first words were,
03:27housekeeping.
03:28Although she does take aim at the judges,
03:33she seems to leave RuPaul out of her jokes.
03:35After all, she knows who's writing that $100,000 check.
03:38You know what I gotta say to y'all?
03:40Is that I will show you versatility when Santino wins a sewing competition
03:43and Visage wears a f***ing turtleneck.
03:45You hear me?
03:46Number 7. Jimbo's Roast
03:49Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you so, so much for all being here tonight.
03:54Oh my god, I didn't realize I was coming back from the dead to go right to the zoo.
03:58Jesus Christ.
03:59The Canada's Drag Race contestant decided to resurrect one of RuPaul's old friends
04:03for the Carson Kressley roast.
04:05In character as Joan Rivers, Jimbo didn't just roast Kressley,
04:08she incinerated him, RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and her fellow contestants.
04:13And she did it all in the voice of the lovable Queen of Mean.
04:16Now for the woman of the evening.
04:19Everybody, let's hear it for Ellen DeGeneres.
04:21The jokes were vulgar, the timing was impeccable,
04:31and Jimbo had to pause more than once to let Ru finish laughing.
04:34A devoted fan of the late comic, RuPaul called the performance an honor to watch.
04:39She should know, she actually knew Joan Rivers.
04:42When my daughter Melissa was bad, I didn't threaten her with boarding school,
04:46I threatened her with the goddamn glue factory.
04:48And that's where you're headed when RuPaul's done with you.
04:53Number 6. Candy Muse's Roast
04:55Some of this Queen set could have used some finessing,
04:58but the priority is always to make RuPaul laugh.
05:01And Candy Muse had the host in stitches the entire time.
05:04I know that drag race is the Olympics of drag.
05:07And baby, you the stadium.
05:12Her jokes about the Miss Congeniality winners were nasty,
05:15but it was what she had to say about Ru herself
05:17that really got her.
05:18The quip about Jurassic Park bringing back memories was fabulous.
05:22Hey, Ru!
05:23Hi!
05:24Y'all, RuPaul is so old, Jurassic Park brought back memories.
05:29However, it was the one-two punch of that joke
05:32and the one about what happened when Candy told Ru to act her age
05:35that really sealed it.
05:36That bizarre gesture where she posed like a corpse?
05:39It had us cackling and making memes all over the internet,
05:42but it had Ru literally gasping for air.
05:44RuPaul's so old, I told her to act her on age, bitch.
05:48She died.
05:51Number 5. Jujubee's Snatch Game of Love
05:53This repeat finalist has made RuPaul laugh
06:07more than any other contestant.
06:09A lot of that has to do with just how many seasons she's been on.
06:12But playing opposite Shea Coulee's weirdly feminist version
06:15of Flavor Flav,
06:16Jujubee used the screen and stage icon's gravitas
06:19to make even the most mundane things sound incredibly grand.
06:22Ribbit.
06:24Ribbit.
06:25I am a lady frog.
06:27And you are a sweet prince.
06:30I am convincing you.
06:34One particular moment that was immediately memed to death
06:37was her answer to a question about how to keep her man warm.
06:40She sensually described turning up the thermostat
06:43and RuPaul absolutely lost it.
06:45I would sensually walk to the thermostat
06:48and turn up the thermostat to a sensible 74 degrees.
07:01Number 4. Trinity K. Bonet's Stand-Up
07:03This was the big surprise of the season's comedy challenge.
07:06So if you all have not already noticed,
07:08I am black, but don't be worried.
07:10You know, you don't have to hold on to your purses and your wallets.
07:12I already got them.
07:14Trinity K. Bonet's amazing stand-up set
07:16was a turning point in her drag race journey.
07:18Things weren't looking promising at first,
07:20but Trinity was able to mine the hardship she faced
07:23in her childhood for all the humor she could.
07:25The only way we had the opportunity to eat
07:27was my mother would read us recipes from a cookbook.
07:33And oh, how I got full mini nights
07:36off of the roast beef on page 27.
07:38If Ru's reaction is any indication,
07:42there was a lot of humor to be found there.
07:44Talking about her grandmother's light bill
07:45and the plight of having no food
07:47really just got the host right together.
07:49Everything involved a light bill.
07:51Stop running around my house like that.
07:54You're gonna run my light bill, love.
07:57RuPaul wasn't just crying with laughter.
07:59She cried when it was over
08:00because she was so proud of Trinity.
08:03Number 3.
08:04Alyssa Edwards Snatch Game
08:05There are so many drag race queens at this point
08:08that it's kind of inevitable
08:09that Ru would have favorites.
08:11Alyssa Edwards is just one of those performers
08:13who can do anything and get a laugh out of her.
08:15I've fought worse monsters for years in Hollywood.
08:18Yes, I know.
08:19Barbara, please.
08:25Her Joan Crawford impersonation,
08:27clearly inspired by Faye Dunaway in Mommy Dearest,
08:29is really just a collection of lines from the movie.
08:32But Alyssa is so singular a performer
08:34that it doesn't matter.
08:36Joan Crawford.
08:38Sarbooney!
08:39That's a match!
08:41You got it, lady.
08:42You think you're clever, don't you?
08:46Well, think again.
08:48It also doesn't even matter
08:50that her answers don't really make much sense.
08:52But Ru is coming apart at the seams
08:54from laughing so hard.
08:55This ain't my first time.
08:56Yes, yes.
08:57At the where?
08:59At the Snatch Game.
09:00I am so honored to be honored
09:08here tonight at this imaginary event.
09:13If this two-time winner is in the room,
09:15you are bound to hear RuPaul cackling somewhere.
09:18All the way back in season five,
09:20Jinx Monsoon knew exactly where to find
09:22Mama Ru's funny bone.
09:23It's gonna be hard to top Coco.
09:26But look at her,
09:27who would want to top Coco?
09:30Her original roast was a huge highlight,
09:33and her brilliant Snatch Game as Judy Garland
09:35saw RuPaul nearly falling over in a giggle fit.
09:38But we'd say she cracked up even harder
09:40at Jinx's contribution to the all-winner's roast.
09:43In fact, from the very first joke,
09:45RuPaul was actually screaming.
09:46Evie Oddly's s**k is so big,
09:49when I was doing a line of coke off of it,
09:51I had time to stop and reflect
09:52and realized I've become my mother.
09:59And then she just didn't stop.
10:02We're honestly wondering how she had a voice
10:03or the lung capacity to keep laughing
10:05at the other queens after Jinx's set.
10:07Trinity, my goodness,
10:08so kind and compassionate and caring.
10:11She even let her last boyfriend down easy.
10:13She said, let's just be cousins.
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10:32Number 1.
10:33Coco Montrese's Roast
10:34The RuPaul roast was a triumph
10:37for this lip-sync assassin.
10:38Coco Montrese created the character
10:40of RuPaul's long-lost cousin
10:41who doesn't get out much.
10:43I'm taking a different approach
10:44than, you know, a lot of the other girls
10:45in this competition.
10:47I'm gonna be Coco Montrese,
10:49Ru's old childhood friend
10:51from the Brewster's project.
10:52Okay.
10:53It is a hilarious conceit that pays off.
10:56Even Ru looks worried about what to expect.
10:58But she quickly sets the tone,
11:00being overly familiar with the host
11:02and immediately taking apart
11:03her look out of drag.
11:04So you come in the room, girl.
11:06Hello, hello.
11:07Girl, you look like the black Pee Wee Herman.
11:10One joke about Hurricane Katrina
11:14had RuPaul laughing so hard,
11:16she started waving her hand in the air
11:17like she wanted Coco to stop
11:19before she hurt herself.
11:20Hands so hot.
11:21He look like he in New Orleans
11:22and Hurricane Katrina, girl.
11:27It was a well-deserved win for Coco,
11:30especially since she was up against
11:31some stiff competition.
11:33But the fact is,
11:34we've rarely seen Ru crack up
11:36quite this hard.
11:37Did these moments make you laugh
11:39as hard as Ru?
11:40Tell us in the comments.
11:41I am such a huge fan of you
11:43and your work
11:44and all of your hit song.
11:46I am such a huge fan of you
11:47and your work
11:48and all of your hit song.
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