Who would have thought it? Telefilm Canada feature film unit director Dan Lyon brought the funny bombs to Don Carmody’s toast and roast on Saturday night in Toronto.

Canada’s top film producer knew he’d be put to the flames at the industry tribute to raise funds for the Canadian Film Centre and the Special Olympics.

“I hope you’re all enjoying yourself at my expense,” said a sparring Carmody, whose success as a notoriously gruff Canadian producer during a 100-plus film career rests on one key and constantly-stated principle Saturday night: he prefers to leave others in a flop sweat, and not endure one himself.

But he must have had little idea on what to expect when a normally gracious Dan Lyon bounded on stage to poke Carmody by at one point audaciously questioning his Canadian producer credentials.

“You’re not French. You’re not gay. And you’re not Hungarian,” an acid-tongued Lyon said during one riff that included an impressive Robert Lantos impersonation.

“I brought you a present,” Lyon then motioned by pulling a simple manila white envelope from his breast pocket and waving it in the air.

“Dan, remind me to kiss your ring later,” Carmody later Lyon, recalling their bromance that started during their Astral Bellevue Pathe years.

There was also amore for Carmody from Jay Baruchel, who appeared on video to braise as well as praise the producer on Goon, the actor’s latest Canadian movie: “Let’s face it. You don’t work for Don Carmody. You either work with Don Carmody or work against Don Carmody.”

Toasters such as Art Hindle, who did a star turn in Porky’s; Alan Goluboff, first A.D. on that classic Canadian movie; Montreal studio operator Mel Hoppenheim; J.J. Authors, first A.D. on Silent Hill 2; and producer Nick Rose, all took their turn bravely skewering Carmody, while emcee Colin Mochrie stood stage-side with a stop-watch in hand.

The way they told it, there’s been more chairs thrown and expletives uttered on a Carmody film set over the years than in a Wild West saloon.

But a night meant to send up Carmody’s struggles building and sustaining the Canadian film industry took a sentimental and at times tearful turn when the spotlight fell on Kingston Special Olympics athlete Julie Gourdier, who was killed in a tragic car accident in 2009.

“Julie was my favorite. And I miss her dearly,” Carmody said of his favorite among the many siblings of his wife, Catherine Gourdier.

For her part, Catherine Gourdier, who produced and directed the DC100 tribute to raise money to in part remember her late sister, had good news for Stephanie Beauregard, community coordinator for Kingston’s Special Olympics.

Beauregard earlier told the glitzy film industry audience that it would take a lot of local bake sales to raise the $15,000 anticipated from the Carmody fund-raising tribute to launch a basketball tournament in Julie Gourdier’s memory.

“Stephanie, we so out-did that $15,000,” Catherine Gourdier finally said when taking her turn at the rostrum Saturday night, indicating that nearer to $30,000 had been raised at Carmody’s roast.