Gilbert Gottfried Fired

[Riot]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

When you hire a standup comic to be your voice for something you can't be surprised when he does his job.

Don't think they hired him to make fun of their insurance clients who died in a terrible natural disaster.

Originally Posted by Riot

Don't think they hired him to make fun of their insurance clients who died in a terrible natural disaster.

Wasn't he hired before 9/11? Where was the feigned outrage then?

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Riot

Don't think they hired him to make fun of their insurance clients who died in a terrible natural disaster.

You really are dreadful. At least consistent.

[PeteMugg]

Didn't realize he was the duck. It's easily his best work.

As for his tweets, I'm not offended, but I'm not laughing, either. They just aren't very funny.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

You really are dreadful. At least consistent.

What nonsense. Dreadful? How? I like Gottfried as a comic myself. He made terrible jokes about dead Japanese, people who were the clients of his employer. Yeah, he deserved to fired.

You think he was "doing his job" to make fun of them? - and you call me dreadful? BWAAAHAAAAA

[Danzig]

http://www.slate.com/id/2288387


In Defense of Gilbert "Aflac Duck" Gottfried
Purveyors of dark, bleak humor deserve our thanks, not our condemnation in times like these.
By Jack Shafer
Posted Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 5:35 PM ET

If you didn't make an immediate connection between Japan's nuclear disasters and Godzilla, the mutant product of atomic radiation and the star of dozens of films, you're a better man than I.



good reading. i'll be back in a few, gotta follow the link in the article to see exactly what got him fired.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.slate.com/id/2288387


In Defense of Gilbert "Aflac Duck" Gottfried
Purveyors of dark, bleak humor deserve our thanks, not our condemnation in times like these.
By Jack Shafer
Posted Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 5:35 PM ET

If you didn't make an immediate connection between Japan's nuclear disasters and Godzilla, the mutant product of atomic radiation and the star of dozens of films, you're a better man than I.

Don't expect Riot to understand this. Tough for bleeding hearts

[Danzig]

one of my coworkers believes that god was punishing the bad japanese people. i asked if she thought pat robertson was right when he said new orleans was hit by a hurricane as punishment. she said yes. i told her i'd think she was onto something if detroit or chicago was nailed by a hurricane, rather than a city right on the gulf of mexico. she didn't get my sarcasm. wonder if she's a wnba fan...

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/n...ory?id=6215398


and i thought only sarah palin sounded dumb when she tweets.