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  • It's possible to make jokes about tragedies. It's possible to make jokes that are offensive and still extremely funny even to the audience who would be offended by them. Those jokes were just plain not funny. That is five-year-old level comedy. "There was a big wave. I'll say something that has something to do with water, and it'll be hilarious." Nope. Fail.

  • comedians don't have to be responsible they are making jokes, if you don't like them then don't support their work.

  • Hey what was osama's very football team? The NEW YORK JETS!!

  • there were three jokes that i did not laugh at, the rest fucking hilarious!!!. its cool to make light of a situation to ease the tension and relieve disparity but that was a bit much. a few of those felt more like direct insults rather than jokes.

  • AAAAFLAAAACCCC!

  • Cenk Uygur is a fucking douche !

  • アメリカに失望した。

  • Those were fucking funny.

    stop whining.

  • If you want too early.....a guy at my school wanted to go out as a "zombie steve jobs" for hallowe'en this year.

    (Cause Steve Jobs died a few weeks ago)

  • Rednecks suck, they will die of eating Big-mac too much someday.

  • 47 trillion dollars was stolen and they worry about ONE racist joke?

    The world is fucked.

  • Are the young Turks Turk American? LoL

  • Afflack is stupid. Gottfried has always been a dirty comedian with nothing off limits. Affleck knew it already when they hired him. People got pissed, so they had to fire him for the sake of their business. Egh...

  • @ColibriAnna08 people die every day, between the time you reply to this comment hundreds of people have died, and guess what, if they lost everything oh no, how will we ever recover from this emotional trauma of things which dont happen to us. become less of a pussy bro, your empathy restricts you.

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  • you pricks have no sense of humor, the jokes are hilarious

  • @cockywombat Classic. Just because someone doesn't get YOUR sense of humor, they have no sense of humor at all. That's just how fucking ignorant people are. Humor is subjective. Know what that means? Look it up then get back to me.

    People fucking died. They lost everything. He's sexualizing death, for crying out loud! You can mask a lot of ugliness with humor. It's not okay to trivialize someone's death just because you call it a "joke".

  • comedy is not easy, you critics should try it before you knock it, and hebrew national Tsunami was funny. Maybe it was the person reading it like a robot and her stick up his butt sidekick that was not funny.

  • I almost always agree with you guys but you really have a stick up your arse when it comes to comedy. The first one was pretty funny imo.

  • @SaintFookinJimmy Yeah, because people aren't ready to make fun of a natural disaster that killed thousands and destroyed lives, they have a stick up their ass? It's funny how in this world people will tolerate just about anything BUT the people who stand up for what's right.

  • I get worried when people start trying to reign in people and restrict what they can do.

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  • @Rasheedy7 HAHAHAHAHA the size of your dick is so funny

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  • I know it's the wrong place to say this, but I find his jokes hilarious!

  • 5:45 - 6:05

    Ana's using the 9/11 attacks as an example of something that would be distasteful to joke about. Gottfried got into some trouble for joking about it only a couple of weeks after the fact.

  • Some of those jokes were funny. Twitter is just random thoughts. It's not like he was using them for a TV special. Not all the jokes need to be perfect. Why be so critical.

  • That school one was funny :/

  • This is white Chinese

  • Japan very advanced. They don't go to the beach the beach comes to them :)))))

  • If you noticed it sounds like she laughs after like the first joke from 1:02-1:03 lol

  • Only thing that Japs love more then kiling people is to kill them self xD

  • i do not know why people feel so damn bad for japan because guess what we had a huge war with them in the 40s after THEY killed many of our civilians and those jokers were pretty good. people are too sensitive.

  • wow people bitch to much.

  • THE JOKES ARE HILARIOUS!!!!!

  • It's pretty bad when you get fired from being a duck!

  • @avery4life82 LOL!!!!!

  • so when is her gang rape happening?

    rape all the fucking white bitches

  • young turks=lame

  • I wonder what would happen if someone from Japan made a joke about the earthquake would he get fired? Yeah didn't think so

  • I laughed, the comedian is the man, the young turks are annoying as hell

  • I'm half-Japanese. I have family in Japan, and I used to lived there. Trust me, the tsunami jokes hurt really bad, but the Aflac guy shouldn't get fired. He's been wildly offensive before. He's made fun of gays, prostitutes, etc. I don't understand why this joke got him fired, but not the other ones.

  • @iplaydrumsnguitar He's Jewish and has made Holocaust jokes. No one is immune from his rants!

  • OMG... are we Americans becoming these humorless overly-sensitive politically-correct wussies?!?! I think its worse to hypocritically express concern as if we actually cared... sorry... i dont... I thought it was hilarious... thanks Gottfried for making the world a better place by making us smile, we have enough reasons to be depressed... we cant cry for all the disasters in the world...

  • Ana is such a cunt , Cenk is a douchebag too

  • Japanese comedy hardly EVER involves World War II events. The most common you'll hear are old men talking about when they were at war. That's really it.

  • @hirothemouse

    Why does it never involve WW2 events?

  • @Loupland Well as a country that lost the war our perception of the War is not the same as it is for Americans, and we just don't make jokes about them, I can't speak for everyone in Japan but I personally wouldn't.

  • He should have been fired for having very stupid jokes - not for being 'insensative'. Give the comedian a break! Tell him to get his jokes to a funny standard - or get the hell out.

  • Take top off. Makes more interesting to watch.

  • These jokes aren't funny. I don't remember Gilbert ever being funny. Just like Adam Sandler and a bunch of these guys you have to wonder how they make a living? The Vietnamese comic who won the Last Comic Standing (And what ever became of the sitcom reward he was supposed to get) was funnier than these guys!

  • Alright I think Gilbert can be funny, but this was a dumb decision on his part. I'll just say if you came home from work one day and witnessed your house burning down along with all your belongings hell I won't even go as far as saying loved ones got hurt in the fire and you heard your favorite comedian on the planet make a joke about someones house being burned down I'm sure you wouldn't laugh at it.

    It's like making fun of the Apocalpyse while everyone is standing in it?

    Wtf?

  • he also made a joke a couple weeks after 9/11 at a roast and the audience quiet until someone shouted "Too Soon"

  • I guess he got F'ed by a duck. The jokes were neither funny nor horrible. They were not racist and barely touched the sexual content meter. Maybe Aflac should send Gilbert to Japan as a probation rather but I personally would consider finding a duck that doesn't sound like it's being F'ed.

  • If someone told this guy he sucked at cracking jokes, he could have kept his job. lol

  • there are hundreds of 911 jokes and the real estate joke made me laugh

  • real estate agent joke made me laugh so hard

  • Gilbert Gottfried is not capable of saying anything offensive about the Japanese. Just look at his eyes!

  • I love it when people bitch about something a single American does, then tosses in an insult against all American people. Every damn time. It's pathetic. I bet they're self-loathing Americans saying this crap, lol.

  • why is it ok when a fuckin american dude makes fun of Muslims or other countries but its such a big deal when others make fun of stereotype worth less americans ? fuck Gottfried and his lame ass jokes .

  • lame ass comedian.......... i want to see him making lame ass jokes when his country is suffering. what a mother fucker

  • @cantarokundayo he made a lot of 9/11 jokes.

  • HAHA fucking idiots they compared it to 911 first of all 911 was caused by people japan caused by natural disaster japan is a different country different culture and way more people died in a country which got flooded radiated earthquaked than two buildings falling down man you americans are anoying sometimes

  • he should have gotten fired for how much these jokes sucked

  • He should have been fired regardless of the "jokes" His voice is fucking annoying.

  • @macroevolve lol

  • "Im Ana,i agree with freedom of speech unless its something i disagree with"

    and the last person quoted is right,i suffer from spontaneous lung collapses and me and my friends always joke about it,even when ambulance was on the way the jokes were flying.OH and ana believe me there was 1000's if 9/11 jokes within hours of it happening

  • I liken the last one that was kinda funny it made me smile but not bust out laughing

  • whether or not he should have been fired all you fuckers who say its freedom of speech, that only means you cant be arrested or jailed for what you say. your boss can still fire your ass whenever he decides you are bad for the company

  • Twin Towers!

  • Flood Lights was funny....

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  • Gilbert is the same guy who made a joke about having to catch a lay over at the Empire State Building the week after 9-11. Tragedy plus time = comedy. Tragedy and immediate response = Gilbert Gottfried.

  • So it's okay to make jokes at the expense of the death of tens of thousands of Japanese citizens and the destruction of so many more lives, but just as long as you find them funny? Go eat some cancer.

  • lol wtf? They were twitter-posts, not stand-up comedy bits.

  • I didn't know he was the voice of the Aflac duck, lol. Fuck Japan, he's a comedian.

  • @MaicoMoon listen u fuckin bitch, "fuck japan"? wat the fuck is ur problem!!! y dont u just go to hell u duche bag.

    just go fuck urself!

  • gottfried got fired lmfao

  • Fuck the young turks. you arent funny for gods sake.

  • gilbert should of waited at least 2 years before putting up these joke , some of them were funny despite what just happened

  • in a world were everything offensive fuck you all and marry early christmas get it i dident say happy holidays

  • those jokes are funny

  • First the Turks ruined my beautiful country, the Netherlands, and now they've ruined the internet too! * throws his shoe*

  • pearl harbor vs. japan natural disasters = America win

  • Fuck GoDaddy that elephant shooting coward!! I'm moving all my shit to HostGator

  • Women Like You Shouldn't Speak Out Loud. Those Jokes Were Very Clever And Funny. And You Def Can Find Humor In Tragedy Look At Old Literature Like The Divine Comedy And Romeo And Juliet.

  • if yall listen carefully after that "Japanese real estate agent" joke, u can hear the lady giggle a little WOW

  • The guy on this show is so annoying. seriously. like i agree the jokes werent that great but hes just soooo annoying. id rather have Gottfried hosting this show

  • CHARLIE FUCKING SHEEN DID THE SAME THING AND HE NOW HAS A COMEDY TOUR.....DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE FUCKING STUPID

  • @Whiteboy692 no its human, not knowing that is stupid

  • Hilarious. Go Gilbert.

  • this isnt funny ha ha ha ha ha yeah its not funny but im gonig to giggle at them

  • The Young Turds yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy better fit... than again the chick has nice titties

  • pussies dont have a sense of humor.

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  • @verynice420

    You're such a dumbass.

  • @verynice420 no they dont

  • comedians can joke abot anything, but thet more sensitive they are the funnier they have to be. These jokes sucked.

  • @verynice420 They don't.

  • @verynice420 Japan has comedians?

  • @verynice420 Oh, really? Do you know that? You don't. For your information, the tsunami was a greater disaster than Pearl Habor. Beat on it.

  • F. U all I hope you learn to grow a brain not to make joke that are stupid and your ass so deserve to be fire you should be lide on fire and let see how funnig that is

  • They say its not funny, but they laughs and chuckles after reading em'... SHUT THE FUCK UP douchebag host of TYT

  • You have to wait 20 years for "Japan Disasters" to be funny!

    :D

  • Well, it's not the first time he's done this kind of crap. He was making 9/11 jokes the day after it happened.about that. I guess his own poor impulse control finally bit him in the ass.

    It's not that I find his jokes too hard for me to handle personally, I really could care less about his semi-successful career. But, on behalf of the people that are a bit more sensitive about this, or people who lost loved ones or friends, his timing was complete and utter shit.

  • There was probably only like 3 of those jokes I DIDN'T like. He mentioned how one of them was juvenile, or third grade, well no shit, try to find a mature way to mock something like this. Dumbasses.

  • wow guys, maybe these jokes aren't funny NOT because of being unsensitive, but because he's not even a top/popular comedian. fuck you both

  • since when did aflac offer flood insurance?

  • i fucking hate tyt

  • @Emariella You're making a lot more sense than many of these assholes in here. Let people who they care deeply about die & see if it's so damn "funny"....

  • im not japenese, but i respect them with all my heart. i had my whole life planned out to move their and graduating from college there. my whole career was planned in japan. now my whole plan for the future is ruined, and people are making JOKES about this? this is like making jokes about 9/11. Japans incident was awful and it ruined so many lives, including mine. making jokes abot it isnt going to make it better, but only make it worst. May God bless Japan and everyone in it.

  • They should have given him a raise. If they were jokes about white conservatives you would be having a field day, and this is coming from someone on the left.

  • Damn. With those terrible jokes, he should be fired from being a comedian.

  • Only the 2nd joke was funny.

  • how can you joke about 9/11??? how?!

  • you guys are pussies. Fucking liberal ass pussies. Reality isn't soft and fuzzy like you want it

  • she is sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

  • Screw TYTS there a bunch of idiots lighten up I would have been made fun of any way

  • Who is this tool? Who gives a fuck about what he thinks is funny?

    Gilbert kills me everyime, and I watch a lot of stand up

  • Those jokes are about %500 funnier if you hear them in Gottfrieds voice rather than a couple of tool youtube reporters.

  • Since when is this guy the god of jokes reviewing every one haha

  • @massxtinction93 You do know opinions can be criticized & questioned right? Also this is far from an "act" & people are only using their hatred disguising their hatred as "opinions".

  • @metathus I think you should do yourself that favor & realize that not everything in this world is a joke. You wanna make light of your own tragedies then knock yourself out but if you do it with someone else's then don't act surprised that you'll get slammed for it.

  • I would fire him for being incredibly lame.

  • Typical fucking americans, they take everything way to seriously. They all need to pull that 5 foot stick out of their ass and learn to laugh. I mean, come on, I bet 95% of americans honestly dont give a fuck about japan, me included. But the difference between me and most americans is that I am not afraid to say how I really feel. I am as far away from politically correct as you can be, because im not a typical stuck up american like most of the countrys citizens are.

  • @metathus i agree its only people doing such an act for publicity and afraid to be on the bad end if they laugh

  • Ana's cleevage.

  • gilbert DID do 9-11 jokes right after 9/11 lady, and they were hilarious.

  • @massxtinction93 He's in the public eye & on twitter once you tweet something you can never take it back cus lots of people have already seen it & if they have a problem with something that person said they're gonna say it.

  • @jay256385 true enough people just want to state their opinions to be heard or they want to be different and go against something because everyone else hates it

  • @13Xanadu Still thinking your funny huh? Sad.

  • look at me im a girl who will show my cleavage to get guys to listen and complains and im a guy who is probably laughing in the background but for publicity ill go against these jokes.. come on these jokes aren't here to amuse all people and it never hurts to laugh at yourself... GET OVER IT ITS FUNNY HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO GET FIRED!

  • @13Xanadu Well you're certainly about as funny as gilbert which is not saying much.

  • @13Xanadu Don't make me laugh. Why don't you apologize for opening your mouth.

  • It's okay to tell jokes about the tsunami, as long as they are funny!

  • @Benjifritz93 You're a moron.

  • gilbert gottfired?That's a good one but I for one am gonna miss him.My favorite aflac ad was gilbert doing the italian song. aflac aflac lac  aflac aflac lac

  • He shouldn't be fired as the spokesperson for Aflac, he should be fired as a comedian. The jokes just aren't funny. I do believe that tragedy plus time equals comedy (although there hasn't been a lot of time) but the comedy has to be funny. Here's one, did you hear the one about the voice of Aflac losing his job? Yeah...Gilbert Gott fried.

  • He shouldn't be fired as the spokesperson for Aflac, he should be fired as a comedian. The jokes just aren't funny. I do believe that tragedy plus time equals comedy (although there hasn't been a lot of time) but the comedy has to be funny. Here's one, did you hear the one about the voice of Aflac losing his job? Yeah...Gilbert Gott fired.

  • How could Ana possibly think to compare making jokes about 911 which was a crime of humans against humans and a natural disaster. They both dont understand the jokes and American humor. Ana even giggles as she's reading the joke. Whats really funny is someone on camera wearing a suit jacket that looks like it came out of the Tsunami Dry Cleaner, Cenk, Your shoulders look like a camel's humps! And Ana you could wash your greasy hair instead of pony tailing it. They both need the use Deodorant!

  • People are, once again, bitching about free speech. You all need a lesson on what free speech is. It doesn't mean Free from Consequences. You can't tell your boss to fuck off or call him stupid and expect to keep your job. Would you still bitch about free speech them? I don't blame them for firing him, they don't want to be associated with those comments, can you blame them?

  • @rylraven13 Exactly. The right to "Freedom of Speech" has been so ABUSED in this world by the likes of comedians who are at the top of that list among other people. All they ever want to use it for is to be negative, offensive, insensitive pricks or just plain assholes. What about using ir for positivity? No I guess that's asking too much..........................­....

  • gilbert gottfried is fucking hilarious and so are those jokes.

  • @haering316 Both of you are idiots.

  • Is this show about people being butthurt 24/7?

  • Either everything is ok to make fun of or nothing is.

  • I don't find any of those jokes funny, he's a comedian, i don't think he should be fired, but he should take any consequences of his jokes. Man, this is not the time for jokes.

  • Fuck boundaries, all this "too soon" stuff is bullshit. If you can't handle jokes you perceive to be offensive, watch Jeff Foxworthy. I like TYT but this video blows.

  • @frybacon

    I can understand people do think about some of these jokes a little too seriously and I don't think he should have been fired from his job... *people always do these kinds of things, but they don't get fired for it*

    Anyway, the jokes are just stupid. And almost seem intentionally cruel... but he was just joking... I guess. I think he should have thought up funnier jokes that are work having a controversy over.

  • @frybacon

    yea im sure you'd have a different opinion if your home country got hit with an 8.9 magnitude earthquake where 20,000 ppl died & your food is full of radiation & your family died

  • @frybacon Yes the "too soon" stuff is bullshit & so is the "if you can't handle jokes" excuse too. There are things in life you just DON'T joke about. EVER.

  • @frybacon well you're obviously a dumb ass. how old are you? i bet you weren't even alive when 9/11 happened. during that time they censored anything that had to do with american patriotism. they halted the shipment of games like C&C 2 red alert and prohibited jokes about the disaster. there is a freedom of speech, but still there are certain limitations (you cannot shout bomb in a theater). if there are such exceptions to the standard, then its oxymoronic to do it to others. grow up little boy.

  • @frybacon FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOWN WITH GETTING FIRED FOR SAYING SOMETHING ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNET WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TROLL EVERYDAY

  • Yes guys there is freedom of speech, but really if it was you in the japan situation how much would you appreciate jokes. It isn't about restricting their freedom of speech its about learning to be sensitive. Kinda like telling a jew nazi jokes a bad idea even though its legal

  • @peacelovetrees24 no its called grow a pair sally bitches these days cant handle dark humor

  • Fuck You Cenk And Ana,I Think It's Hilarious!

  • The reason the jokes aren't funny is because they're coming out of your mouth (no offense). His jokes automatically become more funny when you imagine his voice telling them.

  • I agree with TYT on most things... but here it seems like they are saying, "We should allow free speech to be infringed upon during tragedies."

  • three of those jokes were funny to me at least

  • that dudes a faggot

  • 75% of their business is in Japan? Bad time to be an insurance company

  • AFLAC will use Adolf Hitlers voice for the duck. Hitler controlled the media, AFLAC honors Adolf Hitler! Political Correctness is Un American. GILBERT GOTTFRIED IS A FREAKING COMEDIAN. We need to move AFLAC out of the United States!!!! How come Oprah wasn't chastised back in 1989 when they were talking about the subject about humor and a guest on her show said that funerals are funny? I have that clip.

  • Meh, he seems to always do this with tragedies.....He did it with 9/11 and a few others.

    I chuckled at one or two. The others were crap. As for whether he should have been fired, I can see why they did it but I'm not sure whether I agree or not. He didn't really mean to do this as a representative of aflac but as a comedian but at the same time......he kind of is one regardless.

  • not funny jokes, but he shouldnt of got fired. the prime minister of Italy was racist against Barack Obama. Makes jokes about Hitler. And people are still going 'Ayyy Silvio! Wanna kiss my baby?!' That last one was proper clever though. But i dont think you shouldnt make jokes anyways.

  • The Young Turks... PC at it's worst. Are you afraid you'll offend someone by laughing out loud? Fuck you! You laughed at some of the jokes. Don't sit there and tell us how horrible these jokes are while laughing at them. You're a hypocritical piece of shit. Fuck PC, laugh out loud. You know you want to.

  • Those jokes were awesome.

  • Yeah...I don't care this was a stupid decision on Aflac's part and I think Gottfried could sue...even though he probably won't.

  • she even laughed hahahahaha theyre jokes...lighten up. People joke about everything dont take it personal.