the one-hit-wonders episodes are so great
― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
I like how his cohost is constantly astounded by Gilbert's perfect recall of the lyrics of ancient Top 40 songs. It's almost a savant-type power Gilbert has
― Josefa, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
ha i relate to that
― na (NA), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d--LpVQxDo
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:55 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBlukXUiiWM
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 2 March 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
I finally listened to the John Amos episode they reference constantly on later eps of the podcast. It's very good.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
there's a docfilm at Tribeca showing him 'out of character'
https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/gilbert-2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 March 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
Doc trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLa3XVMfUzo
― the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Thursday, 14 September 2017 03:35 (six years ago) link
opens in NY this weekend
I'm glad to see he takes the Megabus to gigs, as I would
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
The doc is good, if a bit...over-scored (?!). I'm surprised that it passes completely over his SNL days, though perhaps this is to give more time to more recent career setbacks--I didn't realize that he took to the Aflac thing so hard--as well as some fairly candid family stuff (the film is dedicated to his sister, who passed away a few months ago). Mostly, though, I just want a pair of Max Gottfried's glasses.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Thursday, 16 November 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
the season he was on SNL is widely regarded as The Disaster Year, and there's only so many clips of bad sketches you can inflict on an audience (one?).
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 November 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
doc is good!
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 25 December 2017 04:53 (six years ago) link
Doc is solid, could've done with a little less "OMG how did this misfit freak end up with an attractive wife and a family!?"
― Josefa, Monday, 25 December 2017 06:09 (six years ago) link
for sure
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 25 December 2017 06:13 (six years ago) link
tbf like every third guest on his podcast feels the need to echo that sentiment to him on the air.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Monday, 25 December 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius)
clips from the 1672 season of snl are hard to come by
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Monday, 25 December 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
It had to happen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaF6NfyVqqs
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 4 September 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMb7wLrqsw
Still one of my favorite stand up bits. :(
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:00 (two years ago) link
Thread name change?
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
R.I.P💔 pic.twitter.com/KObq2B2QEd— DoogieHowser (@MattHowserMD) April 12, 2022
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:07 (two years ago) link
got me scared that Jeffrey Ross had died too
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:10 (two years ago) link
We can always pretend that's Madeline Albright
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:11 (two years ago) link
was just watching an old Dr Katz ep last night with Gilbert & was crying with laughter. he was not playing along with the improv at all, just screaming random interruptions at Katz: "You know Gilbert, Sigmund Freud once said-" "HE SAID THIS TO YOU??? WHEN DID YOU TALK TO HIM???"
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
GG persisting with *that* voice is one of the greatest comedy moves ever imo
RIP Gilbert
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
GG’s “old Groucho Marx” impression was the best thing ever. Sad that we never got an old Gilbert Gottfried.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
damn rip gil, he was great
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
RIP to one of the best to do it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 21:05 (two years ago) link
jake fogelnest posted this great old cliphttps://www.instagram.com/tv/CcQ4InClqDA
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
he would be the only one id be ok with kicking the bucket
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
This collection of early-ish (1985-90) Gottfried standup appearances on Letterman is insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fii2DPoNfZo
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 22:26 (two years ago) link
We got to work with him once, he was everything you’d hoped he’d be. pic.twitter.com/uWT6oyw4Q7— Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) April 12, 2022
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
a recap of the 9/13/01 Hefner Roast including Gottfried’s set quite a thinghttps://observer.com/2005/08/why-have-a-night-like-this-in-times-like-these/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 22:55 (two years ago) link
I watched that live at the age of 15 and holy shit did it blow my mind. Was he the first comedian ballsy enough to try a 9/11 joke?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 23:36 (two years ago) link
Remember when a bunch of people lost their shit over this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTiqQz29t8
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 00:18 (two years ago) link
losing Gottfried makes me even sadder that Morbs isnt’t with usshit just keeps getting less funny :(
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 00:21 (two years ago) link
RIP
― estela, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 02:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_foueV9OFUTony Curtis talking to Gavin McLeodpure genius
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 03:47 (two years ago) link
Writer Eric Spitznagel on Facebook:
I interviewed Gilbert Gottfried a half dozen times over the years. I even ghostwrote a few magazine essays for him. He didn't need me. He was always hilarious, and yes, that was his actual voice. Once, the Dame was out of town and I had a call with him, and Charlie (who was maybe 3 at the time) wouldn't leave me alone so I handed him the phone and let him interview Gilbert for awhile. I still have the tape of their conversation somewhere. At the end, Gilbert exclaimed, "That kid is going places! [Long pause.] Prison, most likely. But still, places!" He used to call me months after a story was published, and say, "Spitznagel, it's your Jewish friend. Listen, I came up with better jokes. Could you stop the presses?" I still clearly recall one of the last messages he ever left me. He said, "Spitznagel! I thought you were dead. That's not quite true, I HOPED you were dead. Anyway, call me. You said everybody at Playboy loved our first draft. Does that include Dorothy Stratten?" To this day, his number is still in my phone, because you never knew when Gilbert might call. I see no good reason to remove it now.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 04:21 (two years ago) link
the 2017 doc “Gilbert” is streaming on PlutoTV - highly recommend if you are a fan, its a very sweet snapshot of him & his family, v touching
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 04:46 (two years ago) link
Amazing
rest in peace to Gilbert Gottfried who has probably the best sequence in game show history on Hollywood Squares. if you're not an old hag like me who remembers the rules, both contestants needed his square to secure the 5-square win, but he decided to troll both of them pic.twitter.com/Egzyzygudd— manny (@mannyfidel) April 12, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 05:33 (two years ago) link
Well I guess that leaves me...
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 14:42 (two years ago) link
― frogbs, Tuesday, April 12, 2022 7:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Frogbs, did you not see 'the Aristocrats'?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 14:50 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAxrBrkOE8E
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
What a career this guy has had.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
I saw Joan Rivers do 9/11 jokes right after the event, in midtown Manhattan. They were really gross jokes too, but not far out of line with the rest of her act.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 15:02 (two years ago) link
Watching that Emmy footage, it's insane to think of him as like, this outre legend spending the last 20 years racking up amazing Stern appearances, headline-making dirty jokes, roast appearances, podcasts etc... and meanwhile he's had like a whole other 20-year career as like a mainstream character actor, Disney cartoon, SNL cast member, cable TV host...
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 15:03 (two years ago) link
on Sesame Street as Denny the Distractor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzr5JajCXZM
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Huge content warning on this, but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSqEP97hJEA
It's wild to watch this because now that Gilbert and Norm are gone (and, before them, Joan and Rickles), I think this entire style of humor is probably gone with it, a style where you could do 10 minutes of the most offensive joke imaginable and then defuse it by just your personality, a kind of academic deference to the source material and a sense of being "in" on something. The Schumer/Lampanelli/Jeselnik axis def veers more towards "edgelord" than this. Ross is close, I guess, but he's way less subtle. Note how everyone laughs at the set-ups like "here it comes." I suppose an argument could be made about how it's probably for the best that these types of jokes are going to die, but it still feels like we're losing a piece of history
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
Like Norm and Gilbert were probably the only guys that could still kill exclusively with material that was no newer than 75 years old
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
wow that sesame street clip is an accurate depiction of the inside of my head
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link