Aug. 19: Gilbert Gottfried (repeat)

I just sailed back from the Blue Bridge Comedy Festival in beautiful downtown Esquimalt and jolly old Victoria (more on that later) and realize I don't have a guest booked for tonight's show. Next week we've got Chip Danylo of the Comedy Strippers, but tonight we'll run a repeat... er, special encore presentation of that Gilbert Gottfried episode, which was lots of fun. Maybe you caught Gilbert on the most recent Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne, so there's that tie-in. I'm stretching here, but go with me. I know, you can listen to it whenever you want on iTunes, but not all of my radio listeners are so tech savvy and maybe they haven't heard it before. So that's the plan, Stan. Join us at 11 pm PDT for the rewind show.

Podcast episode 280ish: Gilbert Gottfried

Finally, a long seven days after its original air date on the radio, the infamous Gilbert Gottfried episode of What's So Funny? hits the Podosphere. Gilbert amazes with his obscure show business references, takes us on a trip down memory lane to talk about his season on Saturday Night Live and Alan Thicke's Thicke of the Night, and discusses his firing as the Aflac Duck after his comedic Tweets about the tsunami in Japan. And as a special bonus, he gives us a piece of information about himself that was heretofore unknown. You won't find it in Wikipedia or anywhere else.

So have a listen by clicking below or downloading it at iTunes or wherever it is you download podcasts.

May 27: Gilbert Gottfried

You're in for a treat tonight. Well, if you tune in to CFRO 102.7 FM from 11 pm to midnight, that is. Our guest is the one and only Gilbert Gottfried. And it's a good one. I sat down with Gilbert inside an empty Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club one afternoon a few weeks ago when he was in town. I wasn't sure how it would go, since Gilbert is rather shy in real life. He barely said a word before I hit the record button, but as soon as I did out came the Gilbert we all know. We talked about the early days (he's been at it since the mid-1970s), his disastrous season on Saturday Night Live (he was on the cast that replaced the original Not Ready For Prime-Time Players in 1980), and the brouhaha over his joke Tweets about the tsunami in Japan a year ago. And quite a bit more than that. Like what? Well, like his time spent with Canadian Alan Thicke's foray into American late-night talk show TV. I posted this clip of tonight's show last week but in case you missed it, here it is again. And the full episode, as mentioned, runs tonight. If you're outside the Vancouver area, listen online at coopradio.org.

Laying it on Thicke

The Gilbert Gottfried episode isn't airing for another 9 days, but it's been in the can for several weeks. I thought I'd give you a taste of what's to come with a video snippet. Here he is talking about his time spent on Thicke of the Night, starring Canada's darling, Alan Thicke.