Gilbert Gottfried on Getting Ahead in Hollywood

[lexdimond1]

for some reason I see some Adam Sandler here...

[loumag7]

He looks like Jerry Seinfeld's evil twin. Gotta love Gilbert.

[TehKarmaPolice]

Is he a chinese?

[wilcox24]

@TehKarmaPolice no. he's a russian jew (the russians were conquered by the mongols at one point, thus he looks asian--though that's exacerbated by his constant squinting).

[Acolis]

some things never change..

[PrimericanIdol]

This is how a New York Accent OUGHT to be spoken

[NY1love]

@PrimericanIdol Not everyone in NYC has that accent. Brooklyn is one of the strongest accents, Bronx is quite unique too.

[chriskardos]

There's a reason he got Iago's role in Aladdin.

[SancLunatic]

Yeah he was perfect for that role

[Terrakinetic]

I'm trying to find a video of Gottfried where he's not squinting. So far I can't...

[ThePRPD]

Young Gilbert Gottfried?? 0.0

[vasquero616]

is he adam sandler's dad?

[paddedpencil]

aw he is cute ^_^

[huckapoo2jordan]

he IS very annoying but hes coool.

[BellyFlopProductions]

He Looks like adam sandler.

acts like him too.

:P

[bracefacekrysty]

he had hair!

[1PrincessFiona]

that isn't gilbert

[luckymexxxx]

uh, yeah it is

[1PrincessFiona]

I know it is

[standupanger]

It was wrong how they treated him on SNL!!!

[1PrincessFiona]

how did they treat him?

[enigma19833]

They raped him.

[1PrincessFiona]

of his talent or like had sex with him beyond his will

[NyeTunes]

They underused him shockingly (he was basically treated as a living prop - he was a corpse once), and then fired him after only twelve episodes.

[1PrincessFiona]

oh my thats terrible. i heard he was in depression during that time when he was on the show

[NyeTunes]

That's correct.

[1PrincessFiona]

I feel bad for him that affected his performances and those bastards misused him

[NyeTunes]

Well, to be fair... back then, he wasn't exactly "Gilbert" yet. His trademark squinting and screeching voice wasn't there, and he spoke normally. (Oddly, the rare times he did scream like his usual self, the audience didn't laugh; they sounded more confused than anything.)

[1PrincessFiona]

lol well at least he's the funny and talented gilbert gottfried of today

[BandRecord]

Hahaha, wow, that is great, this must be from when he was in his prime, man.

[alstinson]

Gilbert Gottfried is a living legend!

[HannerBananer5]

jimmy fallon does a good impersonation of this guy.

[darrinpipe]

Jimmy Fallon is crap. The only time he does a good impersonation is when he bursts out laughing in the middle of a skit like Horatio Sands.

[drumguy2007]

jimmy fallon is a horrible "actor" he isnt funny and laughs in the middle of every snl skit, truely horrible

[777274]

how can he be asian? he has a jewish name.

[norr787]

hes not

[thechurchofdave]

Wow I have never seen him fall outta character before lol. Here is a character he has grown into very well. He now looks like the voice sounds hehe.

[743406424]

I thought Gottfried was asian for the longest time.

[ThomWithKawliga]

he is

[743406424]

Really?

[MacheteCity]

gottfried is a god

[pete092775]

i wonder what color his eyws are

[kcaag1985]

I HATE HIS VOICE SO ANNOYING!

[BeSmAHt]

I was thinking the same thing . GLad someone said something

[UkitakeJuushirou]

hes not annoying his awesome

[dolphinluv2413]

He's Jafar's parrot,Iago

[deepgrudge]

look at his smile at the very end with his teeth showing LOL!

[logom0]

he is jewish? i did not know that

[7beers]

Why on earth would a comment like this get negged?

[BruceBeach8]

Gilbert is the Comedian's Comedian.

[MusicBox1986]

Wow! Thanx for the video! Is this one from the 80s?

[bapyou]

<3 Gilbert is a total whackjob! He kills me.

[computeraidedyami]

Gottried maista!!!!

[69screenwriter]

i love this GUY, what is he half PHILLIPINO?

[nathanielto]

Gottfried you idiot!!! Jewish! LOL @ Phillipino!

[Bakagenkai]

gottfried is german

[professornutbutter10]

YOU FOOL!! (lol if youve seen the Hollywood Squares video you'd get it)

[MusicBox1986]

German/Jewish

[abkizzle]

he's actually a jew of romanian/vietnamese extraction named Gilbert Mordechai Nguyen who was raised in Germany where his family took on the germanic name "Gottfried". And he finally became simply Gilbert Gottfried at Ellis Island when he migrated to Brooklyn, NY in 1974

[seintzeit]

ha...

[arypots]

I think Gilbert Gottfried is one of the most underated comedians ever. He's a riot!

[hbroome333]

He may be underated by the public, but is very respected by professional comedians.

[hipechik]

Yeah, he's amazing. His Seinfeld impression is dead on.