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The James Altucher Show

838 - Gilbert Gottfried: What to do when half of you want to please everybody!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It's really sad that Gilbert Gottfried, a great American stand-up comedian and actor, has recently passed away battling a long-time illness. I remember the first time meeting him, and talking to him on the podcast, I can feel his passion and love for comedy, and how he never gives up doing it!This is a re-release of the episode that I recorded with Gilbert where we talked about his passion for comedy, and how you can never please everybody in the world!-----------------------------------------------------Gilbert Gottfried started doing stand-up comedy when he was 15 years old. He dropped out of high school and within 10 years he was on Saturday Night Live. And he built his career up from there. But he's also been the center of a lot of controversies. People get upset at comedians for "going too far." But Gilbert does it for a reason... He said, "I remember, I did this show that was a tribute to Joan Rivers. It was right after there was that shooting at a gay nightclub. I started doing jokes about the shooting and the audience was laughing all the way through and you know, Joan Rivers has a large gay audience. One guy tweeted me and he said, 'I never thought that I'd wake up crying and go to sleep laughing.'" It's easy to misunderstand people. And get upset. Whenever I'm made, I say to myself, "This means I'm not understanding something." So then I move that anger into curiosity. I kept asking Gilbert about his jokes. And we walked me through the humor. This episode will make you laugh and maybe uncomfortable but I promise the laughter makes it all worth it. The laughter is medicine for your day.-----------------------------------------------------Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:10.0

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.3

Oh man, I am sorry to hear that Gilbert Gottfried, one of the best comedians of all time, has

0:23.7

just passed away.

0:25.4

I did a podcast with him a couple of years ago.

0:27.6

It was really a great podcast.

0:28.6

I mean, this is a guy who has been doing stand-up comedy for 50 years, longer than anyone

0:35.9

has ever done stand-up comedy.

0:38.8

And he's been through, you look at him and he's kind of a strange guy, he has a strange

0:44.0

voice.

0:45.0

I mean, we talk about that in the podcast.

0:47.1

He speaks to his normal voice in the podcast, which is interesting.

0:50.2

He talks about some of his ups and downs like when, you know, he made a lot of money on

0:53.7

the aflack commercials, but because of a joke, I believe it was a joke he made about

0:58.5

9-11 actually, he got fired from those and he's had his share of ups and downs and wild

1:05.2

experiences, an icon of comedy, one of my heroes in comedy, such a funny guy.

1:11.1

Also, I highly encourage you to listen to the YouTube video of his joke, Gilbert Gottfried,

1:16.7

Land of the Three Name People, and enjoy this podcast with him and Rest in Peace, Gilbert

1:23.5

Gottfried.

1:34.3

Tell me when you start rolling though.

1:36.1

Yeah, let's start.

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