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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 12, 2022 23:15:32 GMT
I really liked Gilbert Gottfried, but he was an acquired taste.
Example of a GG joke.
Man walks into doctor's office and asks the doctor, "I don't know if my wife has TB or VD, what do I do?"
Doctor says, "Chase her around the bed and if she coughs, fuck her."
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Post by Charlie O. on Apr 13, 2022 0:54:01 GMT
Yeah, he was very hit or miss (like most of my favorite comedians, really). But I'm sorry to see him go.
I first encountered him on Saturday Night Live - he was part of the doomed cast that replaced the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. My main memory of him from then is that he spoke so quietly that it was often hard to understand him - it was almost mumbling. He changed.
This is a really fun interview with Richard Belzer:
... and a bit from the same interview that was left out of the main thing for some reason:
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 13, 2022 14:46:31 GMT
This is really funny and shows you how quick he was.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 13, 2022 14:55:33 GMT
In 2017, they made a documentary on Gilbert Gottfried. I recommend it.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 13, 2022 15:01:17 GMT
One of his funniest jokes was at the Emmys and led to a 15 second delay. It was right after the Pee-Wee Herman incident and Gottfried joked, "If masturabation's a crime, I should be on death row."
"I was Al Capone by 12."
He went on, "How did they know he was masturbating? Did they dust for prints?"
He was one of a kind.
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Post by Sneelock on Apr 13, 2022 15:53:33 GMT
he sure was. I love the guy. there were a gazillion "stand up" shows on TV in the 80's. me and my buddies watched 'em all. we lived in Hollywood and it seemed like a career choice. only one of us ever gave it a try. the rest of us - we needed to get PAID.
anyway, it's an understatement to say he stood out from the crowd. I just loved him right away. A lot of stand-ups were "doing a character" in those days. Emo Phillips, Judy Tenuta... the character itself seemed to be part of the joke. Nobody went right up my alley like GG did. the presentation was pretty startling but he was just so fuckin' weird. there was nobody like him. He was still doing his impersonations in those days and they were weird too.
He joked about 9/11 and Fukishima WAY too soon. it's almost like he wanted to be the first. LOL.
on his podcast, he asked at least a dozen guests to confirm a rumor he'd heard about Ceaser Romero. "oh no" his co-host would say "here we go" GG would then recount that he had heard that Ceaser Romero would pay Mexican boys to throw orange wedges at his bare ass. He would nearly choke with delight as he asked. not a single guest had heard any such thing.
he will be missed.
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Post by Sneelock on Apr 13, 2022 16:00:00 GMT
my adult daughter knows I adore GG so she showed me this to console me.
I don't exactly know WHY I think it's funny but I most certainly do.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 13, 2022 16:18:45 GMT
he sure was. I love the guy. there were a gazillion "stand up" shows on TV in the 80's. me and my buddies watched 'em all. we lived in Hollywood and it seemed like a career choice. only one of us ever gave it a try. the rest of us - we needed to get PAID. anyway, it's an understatement to say he stood out from the crowd. I just loved him right away. A lot of stand-ups were "doing a character" in those days. Emo Phillips, Judy Tenuta... the character itself seemed to be part of the joke. That is very true. Bobcat Goldthwait comes to mind too. Even Steven Wright and Fred Stoller, at the other end of the spectrum. It wasn't just delivery. Tom Kenny, the voice of Sponge Bob, was almost a caricature too. |
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 13, 2022 16:23:23 GMT
A couple of my friends tried it too. A good friend's girlfriend actually did pretty well for awhile.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Apr 13, 2022 17:43:55 GMT
This is just a weird coincidence, but yesterday morning on "basecamp", which a sort of intra-office social media platform that we use at work to...do stuff...I dunno, I don't really use it...but anyway, every day our social media person asks a question that people in the office are free to answer as they wish (how was your weekend? what's your favourite colour? do you like cats? etc.) and yesterday's question was (and I quote):
"If you were casting a voiceover part for God in the movie of your life, whose voice would it be?", and my response was "Gilbert Gottfried" and then a few hours later I find out the guy just died! Weird, eh? I mentioned the fact on the basecamp thread, saying that it'd probably be best if I don't name any celebrities any more in case they suddenly die. A co-worker of mine piped up: "Can you please say the Kardashians names?". I haven't done it yet, 'cause I think killing one celebrity per day is probably enough.
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Post by Charlie O. on Apr 13, 2022 18:48:48 GMT
my adult daughter knows I adore GG so she showed me this to console me. I don't exactly know WHY I think it's funny but I most certainly do. Not-dissimilar: |
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Post by Sneelock on Apr 13, 2022 18:52:45 GMT
i wonder if he ever got around to the Holy Bible?
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 13, 2022 23:03:29 GMT
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Post by Sneelock on Apr 26, 2022 19:14:11 GMT
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Post by sloopjohnc on Apr 27, 2022 13:24:58 GMT
The rabbi was funny, referring to Jesus as "Another jew taken too soon." |
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