Gilbert Gottfried: Funniest man alive

" Even Gandhi loved a good nigger joke."

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I listened to his podcast interview of the freshly dead Joe Franklin, which is notable for 1) IDing the most ludicrously untrue JF stories and 2) GG's impression of George Jessel.

Any other good episodes? Roger Corman?

http://sideshownetwork.tv/podcastsDetails.cfm?podcastid=104

At this stage in the game, doing an impression of George Jessel is the equivalent of dressing up as a Gibson Girl for Halloween.

yeah well there's a Rolling Stone interview w/ GG where he's told "you're a 59-year-old with the taste of a 95-yo."

Butch Patrick
Barbara Feldon

both are really great interviews, lots of good stories

Danny Aiello is great

oh nm, that already came up on the comedy podcast thread

http://www.avclub.com/article/gilbert-gottfried-his-amazing-colossal-podcast-ala-229522

Currently listening to Gilbert's interview with Chevy Chase. Gawd even around people he likes, Chase is difficult.

saw Gottfried in Toronto three months ago. a lot of shouting, bad taste without being funny, and his closing fifteen was straight-up old joke-book material. a disappointment given what an engaged guy with a distinct comedic sense he seems to be in interviews (was not familiar with his stand-up previously, aside from The Aristocrats and if he ever did five on a gala or variety show on .au TV in the '90s.)

Lots of great episodes of his podcast lately: Michael McKean, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff, Richard Belzer.. and one incomprehensible episode with old-school comedian Pat Cooper. Plus Gilbert's recurring Alan Thicke impression.

For classic horror fans, the trilogy of interviews with Vincent Price's daughter, Bela Lugosi's son, and Boris Karloff's daughter are amazing.

yea Ive listened to most of those, tho not the horror heir ones

gilberts schtick def cracks me up. the McKean one reminded me of the older one w steve buscemi but not as great, repeatedly joking abt not knowing a guests work is funny

also gil's tic response when recalling something of "oh yes, yes [AGHHAHHAGAH] cackle/laugh" is now constantly stuck in my head

i don't ever remember seeing this guy out of character, which i think was what made him all the more frightening

buscemi episode is weird & hilarious & uncomfortable & maybe the most gilbert episode of all

oh wow, didn't know this existed. must hear asap.

I met him on the street once in NYC and he spoke like a normal human being. Was wearing a short sleeve polo shirt and khaki shorts, not squinting his eyes. I said hi, said I was a big fan, asked if I could book an interview through his management, he said yes. I never followed up on it, though.

i like when he says "yes."

He claims to have once approached Jackie Onasis at a party and asked her "do you remember where you were on the day..." only to have her walk away from him in disgust.

The only thing about the story that really stretches credibility, for me, is believing that there was ever a party whose guest list included both Jackie O and Gilbert Gottfried.

Just in case folks haven't seen this yet... Stay with it until the 19min mark or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk3J7gUaaw

Best comment "19 minutes in, Gilbert Gottfried realizes how easy it must've been to be hitler"

i'm listening to his podcast bc tom scharpling is a guest and ... it is delightful?

man, that's quite a pair, as i once said to Jayne Mansfield

Yeah, this was pretty good. Surprising, perhaps, because Tom and Gil seem like a pretty big mismatch of comedic styles, but the convo never felt awkward. Tom's singing, on the other hand...

It's generally just like the Scharpling episode, not always laugh-a-minute, but it's a great podcast to subscribe to.

tom is pretty clearly a big fan of the podcast, he was referencing stuff from past episodes

the one-hit-wonders episodes are so great

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

ha i relate to that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d--LpVQxDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBlukXUiiWM

I finally listened to the John Amos episode they reference constantly on later eps of the podcast. It's very good.

there's a docfilm at Tribeca showing him 'out of character'

https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/gilbert-2017

Doc trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLa3XVMfUzo

opens in NY this weekend

I'm glad to see he takes the Megabus to gigs, as I would

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.

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?).

doc is good!

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!?"

for sure

tbf like every third guest on his podcast feels the need to echo that sentiment to him on the air.

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)

clips from the 1672 season of snl are hard to come by

It had to happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaF6NfyVqqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMb7wLrqsw

Still one of my favorite stand up bits. :(

Thread name change?

R.I.P💔 pic.twitter.com/KObq2B2QEd

— DoogieHowser (@MattHowserMD) April 12, 2022

got me scared that Jeffrey Ross had died too

We can always pretend that's Madeline Albright

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???"