Full disclosure: I first thought the 'school' in the real estate joke referred to a school of fish
― hapshash jar tempo (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Been thinking about Neil Hamburger, too. I mean, who would want an apology from him?
― The Construction of the Duck Character (Eazy), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Google Image Search is mildly amusing.
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/7379/screenshot20110315at105.png
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I would just like to point out – Japan has v cute Aflac ads w/a maneki neko cat & duck – they should just start using them here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d53aQ4EVCs8&feature=related
― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
ok that was adorable
― ENBB, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeGZ4rEX2s4&feature=related adorable
― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
best animal friends
― ENBB, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
The ones without the maneki neko are cuets toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TVaecx29bI&NR=1
― if I hate the headline, I'll make up a headline (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i know people do often laugh in the face of tragedy, i have done it myself, but right now i can't imagine ever laughing about what is happening in japan, it's one of the worst, saddest things i've ever heard of, and when i read his tweets they seemed so unstoppable and self-destructive and cruel.
― estela, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:42 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
agreed
― deej, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i think that tam tam was prob just saying "eh i dont get the big deal and some of it was kinda funny" which is sorta my take on this as well. sorry yall.
note: i also do not hate japan or whatever.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:26 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i think he said that the tweets were 'great!'which jon overreacted to but, uh, i dont think they are great
― deej, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link
The block of pictures from the google image search containing Gilbert holding a goose, the shamrock shake, tsunami destruction, and Gilbert pushing a carriage(?) is like some terrifying image-poem/nightmare.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Rebus deluxe
― The Construction of the Duck Character (Eazy), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 04:35 (thirteen years ago) link
frogbs did not have to drop the n-bomb upthread - as he's a new poster whom I like a lot I feel it is appropriate to say so idk
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 07:54 (thirteen years ago) link
No, he didn't. But anything for a chuckle round these parts.
― Call on me (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I never understood the Aflac commercials. There was a duck, and he yelled "AFLAC". If I'd realized GG was the voice, I would have gotten it. He was always a comedian that yelled stuff. That was the joke. USA network used to GG on their cable, and he was yelling and cutting up.
NASCAR used to have that duck walk across the screen and yell "AFLAC" each episode. DW and Larry really seemed to love that duck.
― UiiiiiiiiiiiiD (Zachary Taylor), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 08:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I never understood the Aflac commercials. There was a duck, and he yelled "AFLAC". If I'd realized GG was the voice, I would have gotten it. He was always a comedian that yelled stuff. That was the joke.
No - the joke is that the duck dreams he is a viking.
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:24 (thirteen years ago) link
you are so wrong
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I read this in the paper this morning, so I think it's new--sorry if someone's already posted it:
In a statement, the comic said Tuesday, "I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy...I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims and their families."
ILX apologies to follow.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
those were his Twitter posts from yesterday
they should hire Artie Lang to be the new AFLAC duck
― rockapads, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Iago the Parrot for the win. He was the best part about Aladdin, not that stupid blue genie.
― Simpsons Christmas Boogie (MintIce), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
zing
― hapshash jar tempo (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
FREE NELSON MANDELA
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
HARVEY KEITEL FOR NEW AFLAC DUCK
― sometimes magic sounds like tape (San Te), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
SAN TE TO STFU
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lol roxy
― ENBB, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Slate's Jack Shafer defending Gottfried
http://www.slate.com/id/2288387/
Key line for me is this: Before posting, Gottfried must have thought, Who but a lover of daring comedy would follow me on Twitter? But he was wrong. The new rules have made everybody—including edgy comedians—accountable in the public sphere for the things they say "privately" in social media spaces.
― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Thursday, 17 March 2011 10:01 (thirteen years ago) link
VERY interesting conclusion
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 March 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
"If you didn't make an immediate connection between Japan's nuclear disasters and Godzilla, the mutant product of atomic radiation and the star of dozens of films, you're a better man than I."
you know i really didn't think about godzilla at all until everyone in newspapers and everywhere started talking about godzilla. but maybe godzilla isn't one of the first things i think about when i think about japan.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
people get paid to write for slate, no? man, that's a pretty sweet gig. the standards are so low online. you can write anything.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
The first thing my son thought of was Godzilla, but not in terms of the nuke thing - he was just hoping the big guy was okay.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
wait really? that's adorable.
― ENBB, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a good thing i never made my ILM parody thread about Pitchfork giving scores of 7.9 and 8.8 to albums by a band called Earthquakes in Japan
― some dude, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Tsunami-_A_Brilliant_Mistake.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Adolescent_sex.jpg
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
so did anyone see him 'curating' on TCM last spring?
https://twitter.com/RealGilbert/status/319896388852912128
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
i just had a terrible vision of gg apologising for getting carried away.
― estela, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:30 (2 years ago)
It is sad this beautifully subtle pun was lost in the mire of joke upmanship.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
" Even Gandhi loved a good nigger joke."
― online hardman, Thursday, 17 July 2014 10:00 (nine years ago) link
jesus
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
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
At this stage in the game, doing an impression of George Jessel is the equivalent of dressing up as a Gibson Girl for Halloween.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
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."
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
Butch PatrickBarbara Feldon
both are really great interviews, lots of good stories
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
Danny Aiello is great
― breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
oh nm, that already came up on the comedy podcast thread
― breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/gilbert-gottfried-his-amazing-colossal-podcast-ala-229522
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 January 2016 05:17 (eight years ago) link
Currently listening to Gilbert's interview with Chevy Chase. Gawd even around people he likes, Chase is difficult.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 7 January 2016 07:41 (eight years ago) link
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.)
― glandular lansbury (sic), Thursday, 7 January 2016 07:46 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Josefa, Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
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
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 April 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
also gil's tic response when recalling something of "oh yes, yes [AGHHAHHAGAH] cackle/laugh" is now constantly stuck in my head
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 April 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link