RIP: Gilbert Gottfried.

[Midnighter]

Found his thing and ran with it. RIP.

 

[LionJim]

Found his thing and ran with it. RIP.

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He had a hell of a career. Well done.

 

[Midnighter]

He had a hell of a career. Well done.

Never knew he was an SNL alum.

 

[psuro]

Wow - that was out of nowhere RIP.

 

[Midnighter]

Wow - that was out of nowhere RIP.

Reports are he was battling a 'long illness'.....

 

[psuro]

Reports are he was battling a 'long illness'.....

Wow - did not know.

 

[rudedude]

RIP Gilbert. Here he is with another genius, Norm Macdonald, in a NSFW podcast clip

 

[Meat Lab]

He had a hell of a career. Well done.

Wonder if Rhonda ever kept Gilbert up all night?

 

[ApexLion]

RIP Gilbert. Here he is with another genius, Norm Macdonald, in a NSFW podcast clip

omg!

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

 

[ODShowtime]

This sucks. I've always liked Gilbert.

 

[GrimReaper]

Loved Gilbert. He always made me laugh. זיכרונו לברכה

 

[HarrisburgDave]

He had a great podcast with a writer as a cohost. Hundreds on interviews with stars, writers, directors etc from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

check out Gilbert Gottfrieds Amazing Colossal podcast on Spotify

 

[manatree]

I saw him years ago in a club in NYC. Some of the best money I ever spent. There was a last minute replacement for one of the opening acts and it was some young ventriloquist that absolutely bombed. Being an insult comic, I braced for the full Gottfried treatment, but Gilbert came out on stage, shook the kid's hand, turned to the audience and merely said: "Sorry folks, for my act, you only get the dummy." and launched straight into his act. Thought it was very cool that he threw the kid a bone.

I've listened to his podcast from time to time, he was a font of knowledge of Hollywood history

 

[bbrown]

I saw him years ago in a club in NYC. Some of the best money I ever spent. There was a last minute replacement for one of the opening acts and it was some young ventriloquist that absolutely bombed. Being an insult comic, I braced for the full Gottfried treatment, but Gilbert came out on stage, shook the kid's hand, turned to the audience and merely said: "Sorry folks, for my act, you only get the dummy." and launched straight into his act. Thought it was very cool that he threw the kid a bone.

I've listened to his podcast from time to time, he was a font of knowledge of Hollywood history

+1
He was quite a guy. Huge supporter of old Hollywood and Broadway comics and actors.

 

[Mr. Potter]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Nohow]

Gilbert in fine form.

 

[rudedude]

Watching this, it is obvious that he had some
form of a muscular disorder (myotonic dystrophy type II) just by watching him move. It affected him most of his adult life and led to his early demise.