Gilbert Gottfried fired

[Minjin]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/03/14/gilbert-gottfried-canned-as-aflac-duck.html

This situation reminds me of him at the Hugh Heffner roast making a 9/11 joke. Anyone see The Aristrocrats? It's one of the few DVDs that I've purchased in the last 5 years. He talks about the joke and using humor to bring us all together and help the healing.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ka...pect-gilbert-gottfrieds-911-joke-was-maybe-t/

Should "too soon" exist? and how soon is "too soon"?

 

[zinfamous]

wow. definitely too soon.

yikes.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Gilbert's recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor...

No they weren't. They were lacking in taste.

 

[dmcowen674]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/03/14/gilbert-gottfried-canned-as-aflac-duck.html

This situation reminds me of him at the Hugh Heffner roast making a 9/11 joke. Anyone see The Aristrocrats? It's one of the few DVDs that I've purchased in the last 5 years. He talks about the joke and using humor to bring us all together and help the healing.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ka...pect-gilbert-gottfrieds-911-joke-was-maybe-t/

Should "too soon" exist? and how soon is "too soon"?

Someone forgot he is a comedian.

 

[DingDingDao]

It's too soon, because IT'S STILL FUCKING HAPPENING. Fuck Gottfried.

 

[Aharami]

Someone forgot he is a comedian.

even comedians know when it's too soon to make jokes like this. That guy must be a dumbass. Did he really not expect him to get fired after that?!

 

[pyonir]

No they weren't. They were lacking in taste.

Actually it was both. They weren't funny...at all. Not because they were distasteful or it was "too soon", they just weren't funny.

 

[darkxshade]

Definitely too soon considering dead bodies are still washing up. But I loled

 

[Ns1]

I too lol'd but agreed, too soon.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

No they weren't. They were lacking in taste.

They were lacking in both humor and taste. Too soon and just plain unfunny. Of course anyone that hires Gilbert knows he isn't going to be funny, so the firing had to be on lack of taste.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Actually it was both. They weren't funny...at all. Not because they were distasteful or it was "too soon", they just weren't funny.

You don't get to make that decision.

 

[pyonir]

You don't get to make that decision.

I think i just did.

 

[Nik]

His comments made me rofl.

 

[nageov3t]

tasteless and crude.

a little funny, but regardless of how serious the situation is, it's a dumbass move to make fun of the client's of the company you work for in a public forum.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Doug Stanhope was making offensive Tweets nary an hour into the tsunami.

 

[Skitzer]

Bad taste ... a little too soon, yeah.
But I LOL'd

 

[LumbergTech]

poor taste, but funny.....funny doesnt mean like..FUCK YEA FUCK THE JAPANESE..it means like..yea...fuck..that is really fucked up..

people use humor to cope

he obviously should have expected that he might lose his aflac gig tho

 

[arcenite]

I find him quite annoying and couldn't care less about his career.

 

[rudeguy]

His comments made me rofl.

you would say that you prick

I cracked up as well

 

[yh125d]

One of the things that I most like about myself is that nothing is off-limits to me. I l'dih

 

[GundamW]

It's poor taste and all but it's his own tweeter account. He is a comedian. He will make fun of his own funeral if given the chance.

On the other hand, maybe they will get rid of that stupid annoying duck.

 

[Kadarin]

I find him quite annoying and couldn't care less about his career.

He has made a career out of being annoying.

That said, I chuckled at the girlfriend floating by joke, but yeah, it's both in bad taste and way too soon. Japan is facing real tragedy and my heart is going out to those over there who are facing this head on.

 

[Wheezer]

Bad taste ... a little too soon, yeah.
But I LOL'd

me too....can we get a group rate on the train to hell?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Aflac did the right thing. Gottfried has been on Howard Stern saying all kinds of non-mainstream things for years. Im surprised it hasnt happen sooner.

I was watching ABC News a little while ago, and a reporter said in the most devistated area, the smell of corpses was everywhere. Cars piled up into every nook and cranny, peopled lined up for miles to buy food. I do feel sorry for them.

For the record, a chuckle escaped. Damn you Gilbert!

 

[Fritzo]

Definitely too soon considering dead bodies are still washing up. But I loled

I did too. Don't tell anyone