ajlposh 549 Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, DoorSlammer said: Gilbert Gottfried dead: As a superfan of his podcast, I am absolutely gutted right now 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted April 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, ajlposh said: As a superfan of his podcast, I am absolutely gutted right now Was it public knowledge he was ill? Did he mention it on his podcast? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted April 12, 2022 Just now, Gooseberry Crumble said: Was it public knowledge he was ill? Did he mention it on his podcast? No, but episodes of the podcast were becoming more irregular recently and he was recording most of them (all of them?) remotely rather than in-studio. He went silent on social media for a few months as well... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,731 Posted April 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said: Gilbert Gottfried dead: RIP. Very unexpected. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted April 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said: Gilbert Gottfried dead: Fucking hell, first thing I see when I get home. Lost Norm last year and now Gottfried. RIP 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted April 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said: Gilbert Gottfried dead: Gutted to hear this. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 480 Posted April 12, 2022 Apparently he died of heart disease. Maybe no one was funnier at a roast than Gilbert Gottfried. I realize he obviously did a lot more than just that in his career, but this man's roast sets were insane. He would have his fellow comics howling. May he RIP. Comedy Legend Gilbert Gottfried Dead At 67 (tmz.com) "Gilbert's rep, Glenn Schwartz, tells us he died from a heart abnormality called Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 561 Posted April 12, 2022 48 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said: Gilbert Gottfried dead: He posted this only 7 months ago and Jeff Ross is now the only one still alive from that picture. RIP. I liked his work. 1 6 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted April 12, 2022 Such a hard loss, super shocking! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted April 12, 2022 I lay myself bare, here. I don't actually know who the fuck he is. Maybe I am getting old, don't read enough, watch enough TV, all of them, probably. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted April 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I lay myself bare, here. I don't actually know who the fuck he is. Maybe I am getting old, don't read enough, watch enough TV, all of them, probably. He voiced Iago in Disney's Aladdin, if you've seen that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted April 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I lay myself bare, here. I don't actually know who the fuck he is. Maybe I am getting old, don't read enough, watch enough TV, all of them, probably. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm not going to say anything ignorant or crass as 'Who?' but reading all these replies from such a wide variety of posters, I am surprised I'm in the minority. I expected a few posts and that was it. Might as well check out what GG was all about.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted April 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, markb4 said: He voiced Iago in Disney's Aladdin, if you've seen that. Not seen that. I've seen The Jungle Book, tho, if that helps. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted April 12, 2022 Sad times. The American comedic world has seen some shocking losses in a very short amount of time. Unlike anything I can recall. Gilbert Gottfried (4/12/22) at age 67. Heart disease Louie Anderson (1/21/22) at age 68. Cancer Bob Saget (1/9/22) at age 65. Head trauma Norm Macdonald (9/14/22) at age 61. Cancer In less than 6 months all these hilarious people have passed. Sad thing is they were all friends, Saget/Gottfried/Macdonald especially. These are all people I knew and followed, as I'm sure many others did as well. RIP 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted April 12, 2022 What a horrendous year it has been for comedy. Implore everyone to set a couple hours aside and check out Gilbert's appearance on Norm Macdonald's podcast. It gets bizarre and goes completely off the rails but that was when both were at their best. The audio-only is available on youtube but it losing something without picture, which can be seen here: It is unbelievably sad, to me, that we'll never see something the likes of this again. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted April 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Not seen that. I've seen The Jungle Book, tho, if that helps. I wanna be like you 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted April 12, 2022 From The Dead of 2021 thread following the death of Dean Stockwell: On 09/11/2021 at 15:13, YoungWillz said: Double crossed baddie in Beverly Hills Cop 2. Lotta talk about trilogies on this Forum (Star Wars, Back To The Future) but not this franchise. Yes, I know a fourth is in the works. Look back at the cast lists from the Cop movies, lots of potential fodder coming in the next some years - they are almost star laden. Gottfried was the baddie's accountant as I recall in Beverly Hills Cop 2. Should have listened to my slightly younger self when picking a Silver Screen DP movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted April 12, 2022 I didn’t know who Louie, Norm or Gilbert were. I didn’t know who Chadwick Boseman was. In 2008, I didn’t even know who Heath Ledger was. We all have blind spots in our cultural make-up. What's eating Gilbert Gottfried? Worms. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted April 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, Dead Wait said: I wanna be like you Well, you can't! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted April 12, 2022 47 minutes ago, Salmon Mousse said: What a horrendous year it has been for comedy. Implore everyone to set a couple hours aside and check out Gilbert's appearance on Norm Macdonald's podcast. It gets bizarre and goes completely off the rails but that was when both were at their best. The audio-only is available on youtube but it losing something without picture, which can be seen here: You know, I'm old enough to remember back to simpler, more innocent times, when the worst thing you'd hear about on the news was hijacked jet liners flying into buildings. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadboy999 176 Posted April 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: You know, I'm old enough to remember back to simpler, more innocent times, when the worst thing you'd hear about on the news was hijacked jet liners flying into buildings. Pure genius 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted April 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I lay myself bare, here. I don't actually know who the fuck he is. Maybe I am getting old, don't read enough, watch enough TV, all of them, probably. Same. Or any of the others mentioned. But I tend not to watch American stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 13, 2022 Sometimes I thought Gottfried was brilliant, others the worst most annoying comic ever. Regardless, I wish he was still here. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted April 13, 2022 This one hits me in the guts. Sad day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
