born2bewired I thought the same thing. Dumb idea to try and bring something up and expect a COMEDIAN to beat around the bush (no pun intended). This should have been way shorter.
He was shunned for years, do we even remember why? Gilbert wouldn't have been allowed on a news show if other ppl hadn't been more 'inappropriate' lately
one of the funniest Jewish people, like Mel Brooks, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Andrew "Dice" Clay and Howard Stern; (with the exception of Lisa Lampanelli (Italian and Polish); unconventional, racial/ethnic humor, un-P.C. (yes), but hilarious, at the same time.
Gilbert handled that expertly.. he knew he wasn't going to answer the inappropriate questions but he also knew the segment would run out of time and all he had to do was keep throwing out jokes until they caved and moved on. This is what happens when a group of spineless newbies try to corner someone who's a veteran and many times their senior in show business into making an awkward statement - he ends up looking even better for it. "I don't think that was the question" indeed.
@@osalcido85 I've never heard about that. Gilbert seems a little crazy and a little crazy like a fox. He is one of those people who doesn't seem like he cares too much about being labeled, so it seems like many people don't bother. I saw him on a rerun of a celebrity wife swap episode, and he is definitely odd. I'm sure he doesn't want to take a financial hit, but that seems like the only thing that would bother him (not his reputation, or his wife or his kid etc.). He seemed like he was in his own world and went about an average day regardless of cameras and a different "wife" being with him.
I like how they seem to have expected really thought provoking, articulate answers from Gilbert Gottfried. He's never serious about anything in public.
Look how they get all huffy & uncomfortable when Gottfried SAYS the word .... masterbation. It’s so strange when a news show is so afraid of what they do. In an interview you: Ask questions, try to get answers. Don’t be afraid of the answers or really... why ask the questions to begin with?
Ban Parlous, Yeah it's weird how we live in a society that glorifies violence like Hostel, Saw and the Hills have eyes, but god forbid if the audience sees on little female pubic hair, FCC is all over that... The opposite of how it's handled in Europe
Jeff MacInnis Actually seeing pubic hair outside of an intimate context (and sometimes even inside of one), at least to me, is pretty repulsive at a base nature, not a societal, discomfort type one. I could see it, I wouldn't feel offended or abused, but I'd probably be a little disgusted. Is that a figure of speech?
Sure ... And the whole topic of masturbation. How does something that's so "natural" when you're in your teens get to be so "disgusting" because you're an adult? Check the body language of the blonde on the left in the panal. She's twisting her legs away after he mentions doing it. Jeez, what a hypocritical society we live in.
I thought this was supposed to be about Gilbert Gottfried’s new documentary. Clumsily asking him about sex scandals he has no part in is inappropriate.
..what? Yes, of course it's inappropriate. All those things you mentioned don't in any way give them a reason to break out of their topic and paid plug to ask him randomly about Louis C.K. who is, at a far stretch best, tangentially related. You can apply this same answer to the hypothetical about Mr. Rogers, too.
The only conection I can see between Gilbert and Louis is that they are both comedians. Other than that, why ask him about it? Do they really care about his opinion? I doubt it. Only his fans really care about what he has to say on the topic, and those fans don't need a morning show to ask him about it. They wouldn't really need a morning show to find out about his documentary either. So really this morning "news" show, is about as useless as you can get.
Norwindian Couldn't agree more. He really is the perfect comedian to discuss this kinda stuff. Gottfried knows better than to take things too far on a morning news show. Imagine someone like Jezelnik, his response would've put himself under investigation. "What he did was appalling, disgusting, disgraceful in front of that group of women. But hey...I'd probably do the same..."
Probably partially why he turned the tables a little and made the whole thing awkward by mentioning the word "masturbation" on a TV morning show. They had no idea what to do.
seriously though, jokes are jokes, why is PC culture attacking comedians? you cant say anything anymore that could offend someone or you will lose your job lol...
2:44 The face you make when you realize how stupid it was to wade into the Louis CK scandal on the assumption that the comedian will be perfectly appropriate for a local newscast.
Gilbert has morphed into Linda Hunt (who played Billy Kwan in "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982), with Mel Gibson, and much more recently in "NCIS: Los Angeles", and I love BOTH of them!
LOL! Absurd interview. "Hey, everyone, we're laughing and having fun...soooooo, whaddaya think of the public masturbator guy? You must have some insight."
“They’ve got Harvey Weinstein and I’m thinking, ‘OK! Once they get him, there are no producers who’ve ever made a pass at an actress before!’ “ What a Goddamn master.
I got to hang out with Gilbert in his green room at the improv years ago before a show. He is sooooo sweet. In reality his voice is actually softer and lighter than what he does in his documentary. It sounds absolutely nothing like his comedy voice. We hung out for like 30 minutes.
'At the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards [1991], Gottfried made "an endless series of masturbation jokes" in reference to Paul Reubens' arrest for masturbating in an adult movie theater. Viewers on the east coast saw the entire set live, but Fox censored the broadcast for the west coast delay.Fox issued an apology, stating that Gottfried's jokes were "irresponsible and insulting". Gottfried said that producers stated he would not be invited back, and Rolling Stone wrote that the monologue resulted in him being "blacklisted".' [wikipedia] - so a great idea to ask him about Louis CK huh?
i really like how the newscaster talks almost -exactly- the same way that dennis does when he's being recorded in the IASIP episode where they do that podcast
25+ years ago when Paul Reubens, Peewee Herman, got caught spankin’ it in a porno theater and was threatened with jail time Gottfried made a joke: _”If Peewee goes to jail for masturbating then I should be on death row!”_
Interviewer: Ill ask Gilbert Gottfried about masturbation and see what he thinks. Gilbert: Gives logical answer to said question. Interviewer: Appauled
Some people were mad that Louie didn’t joke about it when he started doing standup again-seemed to think it was his moral obligation to address the issue in his work
David B It is not his real voice. He is just always in character. It is actually weird hearing his real voice and seeing him when he isn't always squinting.
I became a huge fan of Gil around 2014 when I started listening to his podcast. I knew about him since “Problem child” but back then I was just a child, in a different country😁
I love how he kept going with the "traditionalist" line. He added extra sentences that were completely unnecessary, but ... Obviously they were necessary based on the reaction.
Gilbert's podcast or actually Norm McDonald's podcast with Gilbert as his guest is beyond HILARIOUS. It's a must see. I never cared much for the guy until I saw him on there. Super funny and very smart dude
Gilbert thinks back to a simpler time, when the worst thing you’d see on the news was hijacked jetliners flying into buildings.
This reminds me of that tragedy.
@@carswithadamdavis Norm coming to a draw with cancer was the biggest tragedy to happen in the month of September.
@@Trevor_M_F well said sir
@@carswithadamdavis Oh now Gilbert. You're gonna get into trouble again.
@@carswithadamdavis Oh, don't laugh at 9/11.
I like how the news crew ask Gilbert Gottfried about masturbation then act awkward and uncomfortable when he jokes about it
They are morons. Letting him hang like that.
born2bewired I thought the same thing. Dumb idea to try and bring something up and expect a COMEDIAN to beat around the bush (no pun intended). This should have been way shorter.
Don't lie you intended it lol
He was shunned for years, do we even remember why? Gilbert wouldn't have been allowed on a news show if other ppl hadn't been more 'inappropriate' lately
I like to beat around the bush from time to time if ya know what I mean... and on it... and in it.
I'm talking about shrubberies.
Gilbert is morphing into an old Chinese man.
LOL!!!
which is more weird considering he was fired from his job as the aflac duck for anti asian comments
what went wong
he reminded me of george takei. oh my
He should be selling pets that you can't feed after midnight.
"I'm more of a traditionalist, don't like people watching me do that kind of stuff.." then silence by the crew. Gilbert, you sir are a legend.
I had to pause the video while I laughed and laughed at that one
I absolutely love how comfortable Gilbert is making other people uncomfortable
one of the funniest Jewish people, like Mel Brooks, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Andrew "Dice" Clay and Howard Stern; (with the exception of Lisa Lampanelli (Italian and Polish); unconventional, racial/ethnic humor, un-P.C. (yes), but hilarious, at the same time.
Gilbert handled that expertly.. he knew he wasn't going to answer the inappropriate questions but he also knew the segment would run out of time and all he had to do was keep throwing out jokes until they caved and moved on. This is what happens when a group of spineless newbies try to corner someone who's a veteran and many times their senior in show business into making an awkward statement - he ends up looking even better for it. "I don't think that was the question" indeed.
damn right.
They got off easy. When Howard stern pressed gilbert, gilberts reaction got him banned from the show and made sure the episode could never be re-ran
@@thrillofbattle3801 started dropping n-bombs
@@osalcido85 oof... :O Guess it's banned on RUclips then
@@osalcido85 I've never heard about that. Gilbert seems a little crazy and a little crazy like a fox. He is one of those people who doesn't seem like he cares too much about being labeled, so it seems like many people don't bother. I saw him on a rerun of a celebrity wife swap episode, and he is definitely odd. I'm sure he doesn't want to take a financial hit, but that seems like the only thing that would bother him (not his reputation, or his wife or his kid etc.). He seemed like he was in his own world and went about an average day regardless of cameras and a different "wife" being with him.
It's the interviewer who thought Samuel L Jackson was Lawrence Fishbourne.
I can't tell the difference. I know one was in Pulp Fiction and the other was in Snakes On A Plane. That's about it.
Funny how the two have never been seen together though.
Revelian1982
Both those movies starred Samuel L Jackson.
See!?
Jamie S yes they have in a Spike Lee movie
Thank you KTLA for being adults and letting this clip slide. Gilbert is hilarious and a comedic legend.
You can’t setup a comedian like that
"Morning fluff news people biting off more than they can chew" may be a good alternate title for this video.
GG is one of the most under appreciated people on planet earth!
I like how they seem to have expected really thought provoking, articulate answers from Gilbert Gottfried. He's never serious about anything in public.
Look how they get all huffy & uncomfortable when Gottfried SAYS the word .... masterbation. It’s so strange when a news show is so afraid of what they do. In an interview you: Ask questions, try to get answers. Don’t be afraid of the answers or really... why ask the questions to begin with?
The NEWS doesn't want to hear the truth.
Ban Parlous, Yeah it's weird how we live in a society that glorifies violence like Hostel, Saw and the Hills have eyes, but god forbid if the audience sees on little female pubic hair, FCC is all over that... The opposite of how it's handled in Europe
Jeff MacInnis Actually seeing pubic hair outside of an intimate context (and sometimes even inside of one), at least to me, is pretty repulsive at a base nature, not a societal, discomfort type one. I could see it, I wouldn't feel offended or abused, but I'd probably be a little disgusted. Is that a figure of speech?
Sure ... And the whole topic of masturbation. How does something that's so "natural" when you're in your teens get to be so "disgusting" because you're an adult? Check the body language of the blonde on the left in the panal. She's twisting her legs away after he mentions doing it. Jeez, what a hypocritical society we live in.
Jeff MacInnis lol...what is glorified in any of those films?
I thought this was supposed to be about Gilbert Gottfried’s new documentary. Clumsily asking him about sex scandals he has no part in is inappropriate.
Clumsy though. It's not really morning show material, from a local news station perspective, for a paid plug.
..what? Yes, of course it's inappropriate. All those things you mentioned don't in any way give them a reason to break out of their topic and paid plug to ask him randomly about Louis C.K. who is, at a far stretch best, tangentially related. You can apply this same answer to the hypothetical about Mr. Rogers, too.
The only conection I can see between Gilbert and Louis is that they are both comedians. Other than that, why ask him about it? Do they really care about his opinion? I doubt it. Only his fans really care about what he has to say on the topic, and those fans don't need a morning show to ask him about it. They wouldn't really need a morning show to find out about his documentary either. So really this morning "news" show, is about as useless as you can get.
Norwindian Couldn't agree more. He really is the perfect comedian to discuss this kinda stuff. Gottfried knows better than to take things too far on a morning news show. Imagine someone like Jezelnik, his response would've put himself under investigation. "What he did was appalling, disgusting, disgraceful in front of that group of women. But hey...I'd probably do the same..."
Probably partially why he turned the tables a little and made the whole thing awkward by mentioning the word "masturbation" on a TV morning show. They had no idea what to do.
I cancelled my AFLAC when they fired him.
The Japanese people are so advanced that they don't go to the beach, the beach come to them.
seriously though, jokes are jokes, why is PC culture attacking comedians? you cant say anything anymore that could offend someone or you will lose your job lol...
@@kingkoopa157 If they hadn't fired him , noone would have known or cared.
Gilbert is the love child of Joan Rivers and Yoda.
Yoda?😂😂😂😂
I love Gilbert so much. His days on the Howard Stern show are a buffet of anti-PC humor.
grungecrunge I still listen to those. Amy Heckerling’s nanny is classic.
Scott Wyatt I love them, I listen and think there is no way they could say half of that stuff in this day and age. It was so funny though.
grungecrunge could we have some links?
Search "Gilbert on the Howard stern show" here on YT :)
grungecrunge cool! Thank you
Never really cared for this mans comedy but he seems like such a kind gentle soul.
Gilbert could be (and most likely is) an amazing father. Imagine anything his kids couldn't bring to him when they're teenagers.
"I come across as the pope".. Not the best analogy considering the recent history of Catholic church and sex crimes :P
shh thats the joke ;)
Ohhhh! As the Pope...
Gustaf Georg Lindström But the new Pope rocks - and I say this as an atheist Jew.
LMAO. FTMFW
He’s trolling then
I love how he does the Gilbert Gottfried voice even in a serious news interview.
Great interview. I appreciate it when Gilbert opens up and gets serious.
God bless you, Iago.
Mister Mxyzptlk
"90s kids will know"
Andreas Nor
Andreas Nordvall ...its Yago idiot
The problem with your daughter...
This is not his real voice and character, how can he invite people to his home? He's normal and calm guy, opposite of this Gilbert character.
When he dropped that one liner I died hahahahahaha Gilbert is a subtle genius. Always been a fan
I AM A TRADITIONALIST..
Good thing Gilbert already looked like he was in his 60s, when he was in his 20s. The deterioration seems minimal.
2:44 The face you make when you realize how stupid it was to wade into the Louis CK scandal on the assumption that the comedian will be perfectly appropriate for a local newscast.
yes, that was very naive of them.
that is a voice he 'puts on'. In early interviews you can hear his normal voice.
True, he has a laugh to himself when asked about his voice here. He is not joking when he says he sounds like Sir Ben Kingsley.
He uses his natural voice but with a fake Spanish accent in the 80's movie Bad Medicine.
imagine inviting Gilbert Gottfried on your show to talk about the Louis CK scandal and be shocked when he makes a joke about masturbation
I love gilbert! His roast of joan rivers was classic
The Roseanne too, amazing.
Riot...
Wow, that was a lot of nothing.
If orange is the new black, then rape allegations is the new orange...
This isn't his real voice. He's always in character.
Facts... He sounds like Ben Kingsly lol
Stern show voicemail
I rate Gottfried up there with Norm Macdonald. Both of them have a unique comedy voice & style. Had in Macdonald's case RIP Norm.
R.I.P.
rip :(
Gilbert has morphed into Linda Hunt (who played Billy Kwan in "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982), with Mel Gibson, and much more recently in "NCIS: Los Angeles", and I love BOTH of them!
Would have loved to have seen that newscaster at the end when Gilbert extended his hand to shake say "Nope I now know where that hands been".
LOL! Absurd interview. "Hey, everyone, we're laughing and having fun...soooooo, whaddaya think of the public masturbator guy? You must have some insight."
love how actresses used their bodies to get work and stuff for free 10 years ago and now they are all #metoo
Come on, dude.
Boo.
I've been waiting for this one.
“They’ve got Harvey Weinstein and I’m thinking, ‘OK! Once they get him, there are no producers who’ve ever made a pass at an actress before!’ “
What a Goddamn master.
I got to hang out with Gilbert in his green room at the improv years ago before a show. He is sooooo sweet. In reality his voice is actually softer and lighter than what he does in his documentary. It sounds absolutely nothing like his comedy voice. We hung out for like 30 minutes.
After the segment the interviewer immediately sanitized the hell out of his hands.
'At the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards [1991], Gottfried made "an endless series of masturbation jokes" in reference to Paul Reubens' arrest for masturbating in an adult movie theater. Viewers on the east coast saw the entire set live, but Fox censored the broadcast for the west coast delay.Fox issued an apology, stating that Gottfried's jokes were "irresponsible and insulting". Gottfried said that producers stated he would not be invited back, and Rolling Stone wrote that the monologue resulted in him being "blacklisted".' [wikipedia] - so a great idea to ask him about Louis CK huh?
I was never a big Gilbert fan over the years, but in this insane age we live in, he’s a Godsend.
you would love norm mcdonald lol
More like a Gottsend...
I've always thought Gilbert Gottfried could make a fortune in animated voiceovers
This is the first time I've seen a Gilbert interview. I always thought he was in character when he spoke. My god... he's like a living caricature.
Yep he’s still in character here doing that screechy voice
Gilbert was like: "You're gonna ask me about masturbation at 09:30 am on national TV. Okay...be careful what you wish for."
Has that interviewer been working out?
i feel like asking gilbert about that live is like playing russian roulette with your career
The interviewer shakes Gilbert's hand at the end, which is probably ill-advised given the content.
He comes across as being as honest as a buddha while maintaining hilarity.
Now RIP to both Gilbert Gottfried and Sam Rubin
Look, don't bring Gilbert on your show and ask him about "the Louis CK thing" and expect him to use euphemisms and innuendo. That's not his style.
One of my favorites. Great to the end. RIP!
They call him Gilbert, but all I hear is Iago
He's now been outed as having been inappropriate with Wendy Williams - and she's got the receipts.
Clickbait title. They barely talked about it. Video should have been one minute long.
Gilbert sounds like a serial killer in real life Howard Stern actually revealed his voice and he has a really low creepy slow voice
Gilbert is so brilliant they overlook him.
I need to watch this.
i really like how the newscaster talks almost -exactly- the same way that dennis does when he's being recorded in the IASIP episode where they do that podcast
Gilbert knew exactly what he was doing hahaha Once a Gilbert, always a Gilbert.
25+ years ago when Paul Reubens, Peewee Herman, got caught spankin’ it in a porno theater and was threatened with jail time Gottfried made a joke: _”If Peewee goes to jail for masturbating then I should be on death row!”_
'I'm old fashioned that way' lol
I went here for Gilbert. I stayed for the badinage.
That shirt has some miles on it, just today, love Gilbert.
farber2 😂😂😂
Was JT Watson at Master Control?
Now THAT's how you avoid a question on a morning TV show kids, just say a word that makes them nervous and they'll move on swiftly ;)
Interviewer: Ill ask Gilbert Gottfried about masturbation and see what he thinks. Gilbert: Gives logical answer to said question. Interviewer: Appauled
Super classy. Invite him on to talk about his documentary, then post the video as if he was there to talk about recent news of someone else.
It’s strange that he has a wife and kids, I always thought he was the type who lived alone in a resident hotel.
how long until we can joke about it? or better yet how long before louie can do it?
Some people were mad that Louie didn’t joke about it when he started doing standup again-seemed to think it was his moral obligation to address the issue in his work
His documentary is amazing !
Hell yeah , a Gilbert documentary !!
This man has such a unique voice that it doesn't seem to matter what he says. Pretty much anything he says is funny as long as he shouts it.
The way he answered the question that has nothing to do with his documentary made want to watch his documentary!
How is he not on Howard?
He has the Adam Sandler's funny voice
No, Adam Sandler has HIS funny voice. Gilbert was in the business and famous first.
I thought his comment was gonna be “OH THERES A BIG SURPRISE! I THINK I’M GONNA GET A HEART ATTACK FROM THAT SURPRISE”
Thought he was going to share some detailed opinion on how a comedian comes back
From this but it was pretty much “I don’t know”
Depends on the person. Some do PSAs about crack.
My gosh his kids are adorable
kinda sucks that we've been laughing at a man's actual voice for like 2 decades :/
David B It is not his real voice. He is just always in character. It is actually weird hearing his real voice and seeing him when he isn't always squinting.
He looks and acts more like an Adam Sandler skit than his actual self. Love it.
Is that his real voice?
Yes. Watch Cyberchase
I became a huge fan of Gil around 2014 when I started listening to his podcast. I knew about him since “Problem child” but back then I was just a child, in a different country😁
I used to love Gilbert Gottfried when i was a kid on ''USA up all night''
Funny!
I agree.. I am kind of old fashion myself.
or you are just old
No I am old, no doubt! Us older guys are cut from a different stock, a different gib if you will..
Gilbert is the king!!!
I was expecting him to do "The Aristocrats" on that morning show.
gilbert Gottfried was a true hero of comedy. He did literally anything he could think of to get people to laugh.
Always loved Gilbert since I first heard him shrieking on TV in the 80s
I just realized he sorta souns like Stan Lee in the voice but a bit higher pitched
I love how he kept going with the "traditionalist" line. He added extra sentences that were completely unnecessary, but ... Obviously they were necessary based on the reaction.
CLASSIC GILBERT!!!!! LOVE IT!
Gilbert's podcast or actually Norm McDonald's podcast with Gilbert as his guest is beyond HILARIOUS. It's a must see. I never cared much for the guy until I saw him on there. Super funny and very smart dude
R.I.P. Gilbert Gottfried 🌹
Truly enjoyed it. :D
Gilbert: "How the heckkkk! Did I get on the, "Celebrity Apprenticeeee!" ...get my agent on the phoneeee