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🗓️ 4 December 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Documentary filmmaker Neil Berkeley desperately wanted to make a movie about the screeching comedian Gilbert Gottfried. But when he started spending time with Gottfried and his wife Dara, he found someone who was much different from -- and quieter than -- his onstage persona. Berkeley tells us about getting to know the real Gottfried and following him on the road, where he is shockingly frugal.
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0:00.0 | From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. |
0:04.8 | Like, I guarantee if there was a check for a million dollars right here for a gig, |
0:08.4 | and they said, if you do this gig, we'll give you a check for a million dollars, |
0:11.3 | but here is a six-pack of diet soda. |
0:13.9 | He would go, oh, free diet soda. |
0:15.4 | Like, he loves free stuff. |
0:18.1 | Documentarian Neil Berkeley was long fascinated by loudmouthed comedian Gilbert Gottfried. |
0:23.1 | He finally decided to make a film about the man and found that Gottfried can squeeze a penny |
0:28.1 | till it screams. |
0:29.7 | And that offstage, the bombastic comedian is a quiet, devoted family man. |
0:35.5 | Berkeley tells KCRW's Matt Holtzman about the risky strategy he used to make Gilbert, |
0:40.3 | filming the entire documentary even though Gottfried had not signed a release. |
0:44.8 | And Berkeley explains how he funds his filmmaking through a day job as a graphic designer |
0:49.0 | for TV shows like the Property Brothers and Real Housewives. |
0:52.9 | But first on the news banter, still going. |
0:56.1 | Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. |
1:04.1 | I am joined by my buddy in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter. |
1:08.1 | Hello, Matt. |
1:08.8 | Hi there. |
1:09.7 | So still to this day, we are talking about giant disruption caused by sexual misconduct. |
1:16.0 | The latest big name, one of them is, I hesitate to even say that. There are a couple of big names. |
1:21.3 | One of them is in the public radio space, Garrison Keeler. I did not see that coming. |
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