# Gilbert Gottfried has passed away {April 12, 2022} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [April 12, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736 "2022-04-12T20:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/41 "2022-04-13T20:37:06Z")
Is this a whoosh? What role was he in Scrooged? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/42 "2022-04-13T20:55:50Z")
I wonder if @carrps has Gottfried confused with Bobcat Goldthwait? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/43 "2022-04-13T20:57:45Z")
Could be, or David Johansen? Probably not Billy Murray… ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/44 "2022-04-13T20:57:57Z")
As a regular listener to his podcast I had a vibe something was up as the were rerunning a lot of older episodes as “encore” episodes for the last few months. Still heartbreaking. One of my favorite jokes: So I was having lunch today with Charles Manson and he turned to me and said, “Is it hot in here or am I crazy?” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/45 "2022-04-13T21:11:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I wonder if @carrps has Gottfried confused with Bobcat Goldthwait? Dammit! Blame old brain. It was the weird voice that got my wires crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/46 "2022-04-13T21:26:13Z")
This one hit me hard. I was a fan since the 80s, when virtually everyone else I knew found him unlistenable, and I just thought he was brilliant. He loved being offensive, but without Lenny Bruce’s chip on the shoulder – there was something good-natured about him even as the things he was saying were completely beyond the pale that made everything that much funnier. (It didn’t hurt that he’d always take the piss out of himself before anyone else.) Being offensive or shocking is easy – being likable at the same time is a very difficult skill. Everyone is testifying to what a friendly and amiable person he was offstage, and I believe it; I actually feel like I knew it already. And I want to post another vote for his podcast – by unhappy coincidence, I just came upon it a few weeks ago and have been diving in ever since. His knowledge and love for old movies and TV was both formidable and infectious, and he has (had) a fan’s enthusiasm when talking to his guests that’s fun to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/47 "2022-04-13T22:48:18Z")
Wait til you hear him “sing” _MacArthur Park_ to songwriter Jimmy Webb. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/48 "2022-04-13T23:00:02Z")
Comedy radio has been playing a lot of his routines and roasts. He was famously frugal, ordering five meals at clubs and wrapping what he couldn’t eat in tinfoil. He preferred taking the Megabus when travelling and was friends with many of the drivers. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/49 "2022-04-13T23:00:35Z")
Stolen from Twitter: Gottfried died like he lived his life, with people saying “too soon”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/50 "2022-04-13T23:10:31Z")
> **[Gilbert Gottfried Was More Than Just a Funny Voice](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/gilbert-gottfried/629547/)** > > The late comedian helped move stand-up beyond the realm of the merely observational and create space for the absurd. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/51 "2022-04-13T23:41:20Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > He was famously frugal … I just caught this reddit post & video: [A few months ago I was having a particularly rough day and was thinking about Bob Saget and Norm Macdonald’s passings. I bought a Cameo from Gilbert and asked if he would share some stories. Originally, I didn’t plan to share the video… but I’m hoping it will make someone’s day a little better. RIP](https://youtu.be/63HHKjpsaJA) I think he looks a lot like Obama with this narrow screen. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/52 "2022-04-14T01:39:20Z")
A wonderful clip of Gilbert from Hollywood Squares. “You fool!!!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WM-3QDQGmHo/hqdefault.jpg "The You Fool! Sequence from Hollywood Squares") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM-3QDQGmHo) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/53 "2022-04-14T21:31:58Z")
That’s very funnny. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/54 "2022-04-14T23:44:13Z")
I started with the Gilbert and Richard Donner podcast. I’m enjoying it. Great stories about actors in Superman and Lethal Weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/55 "2022-04-14T23:52:15Z")
The mention of Superman reminds me of his role as Mister Mxyzptlk in a couple episodes of _Superman: The Animated Series_. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/56 "2022-04-15T00:53:35Z")
He also played the villain Nik Nak in the live action Superboy series. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/57 "2023-07-13T20:56:05Z")
His 16 year old daughter made a little 8 minute documentary about his love of drawing masks. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qQNO-mVMuzY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Hidden Talent of Gilbert Gottfried") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNO-mVMuzY) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/58 "2023-07-13T21:36:30Z")
Gottfried’s art reminds me of Slug Signorino’s a bit. Something about the inking, and the eyes on the masks. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-has-passed-away-april-12-2022/962736/59 "2023-07-24T16:04:06Z")
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