https://variety.com/2022/film/news/gilbert-gottfried-dead-dies-comedian-aladdin-1235231387/
Gilbert Gottfried has passed away.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/gilbert-gottfried-dead-dies-comedian-aladdin-1235231387/
Gilbert Gottfried has passed away.
Best version of the "Aristocrat" evarrr. Youtube it if your dare but totally, totally NSFW.
RX Reven' said:Best version of the "Aristocrat" evarrr. Youtube it if your dare but totally, totally NSFW.
Also NSFW but if you dare, look him up reading 50 Shades of Grey.
He had muscular dystrophy. I had to do some reading about the disease - I thought it was something only seen in young kids, but there are forms that can affect adults as well.
In reply to 93EXCivic :
Checked it out...not disappointed.
Well, that's a bummer. I was never his biggest fan, but I follow enough comedians on social media to know he was very well loved in that community.
Sad news. Saw him freshman year and somehow scored like third-row seats.
He only opened his eyes once during the entire performance: during his Seinfeld bit.
We actually booed him offstage at Jones Beach Theatre back in 87 (88?). He was a last minute sub for Paul Carrack who was supposed to open for Belinda Carlisle. That's right, I went to a Belinda Carlisle concert. Fight me.
In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
My first real concert ever, age 16. The Go-Go first album tour. Opening act, A Flock of Seagulls. A double date kinda thing with my older sister and her boyfriend. He drove. Pine Knob Amphitheater, Detroit.
" If you help me find my motorcycle, we can ride around to find our way out."
Tough year for comedians - first Louie Anderson, then Bob Saget, and now Gilbert.
stuart in mn said:Tough year for comedians - first Louie Anderson, then Bob Saget, and now Gilbert.
Dang. I didn't even think of that. 
Fuuuuuck. The world needs humor more than anything right now. Tell me Rhonda Shear is still alive.
The man was absolutely fearless.
In reply to Steve_Jones :
That's right - Norm McDonald too.
Too many funny comedians dying. Gilbert was an acquired taste but I had grown to enjoy his style of humor. RIP.
vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) said:back in 87 (88?). That's right, I went to a Belinda Carlisle concert. Fight me.
Belinda Carlisle in the late '80s was awesome!!! Susanna Hoffs too...
AFLAC!!!!!! To me, I could take his voice in relatively small doses. He was damn good at what he did.
In reply to OHSCrifle :
Same sentiment. Was essentially non existent to me 20 years ago but I eventually evolved to appreciate him.
If you couldn't get passed the voice, you missed the joke.
When I was a kid I thought his performance as the parrot in Disney's Aladdin was the best thing ever. RIP.
stuart in mn said:He had muscular dystrophy. I had to do some reading about the disease - I thought it was something only seen in young kids, but there are forms that can affect adults as well.
Myotonic Dystrophy. Note that it isn't just the muscles it impacts, it hits organs and really all of your sub-systems.
My father died of it in 2018, but symptoms began appearing for him around 1980. They aren't kidding when they say "long illness".
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