The 20 Best of Gilbert Gottfried
I have listed the twenty best appearances by the comedian Gilbert Gottfried.
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- DirectorHarvey MillerStarsSteve GuttenbergAlan ArkinJulie HagertyUnable to gain acceptance into an American medical school, aspiring physician Jeff Marx studies abroad in a small Latin American medical program run by the country"s dictator.
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarGilbert GottfriedImprovisation and impersonations.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.1 (113)TV EpisodeDirectorsDave WilsonJonathan DemmeRandal KleiserStarsElliott GouldDenny DillonGilbert GottfriedThe host for the episode is Elliott Gould (his sixth appearance), and the musical guest is Kid Creole & The Coconuts. The skits for this episode are as follows: Elliott Gould wakes up in bed with the rest of the cast, and tells them what it was like working with the old SNL team. For his opening monologue, Eliott starts showing some of his old underwear to the audience, and ends up trading lingerie with Denny Dillon. To help educate Americans in their cars, a new program puts works of classic literature on billboards along the highways. After President Carter loses the 1980 election, Rosalyn tells him that now he"s free to do whatever he wants. A couple receives a singing billy-gram from the woman"s disapproving parents. A topless spokeswoman for the American Cancer Association demonstrates how to self-examine for breast cancer. During the Weekend Update, Charles Rocket reports on Ronald Reagan"s planned appointments to his cabinet and proposed budget measures, Gail Matthius tries to inform John Anderson that he lost the election, and Ron Grosscup explains his theory that Reagan actually died several months earlier and has been replaced with a stand-in. For the Rocket Report, Charles attempts to get an interview with John Lennon, but instead starts investigating the state of trash collection in the neighborhood. A sergeant explains some of the new training measures being adopted now that homosexuals are allowed in the military. A stockbroker in his forties awkwardly tries to have a date with a teen-age valley girl. As a complement to speed reading, a new education service offers viewers the chance to learn speed listening. Kid Creole and the Coconuts perform "Mister Softee".Gilbert Gottfried gets his first credit on television with this episode from the sixth season of SNL.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.1 (96)TV EpisodeDirectorsDave WilsonMartin BrestLinda Lee CadwellStarsJamie Lee CurtisDenny DillonGilbert GottfriedThe host for the episode is Jamie Lee Curtis, and the musical guests are James Brown and Ellen Shipley. The skits for this episode are as follows: The Mean Majority explain how things are going to change now that their man has won the presidency. For her opening monologue, Jamie Lee Curtis obliges the audience by screaming in terror. Over the course of the show, Brooke Shields gives three vacuous endorsements for Clovin Hind jeans. Jersey Guy Paulie Herman encounters a three-card monte dealer on the street. Two poetesses make their work famous by the only means available to them: committing suicide on live television. A public service announcement warns viewers of the dangers of playing poker while high on pot. Members of the Badgers Club get together to celebrate berating random people and insulting their waitress. An aspiring photographer plots to blow up the Statue of Liberty so he can take an award-winning photo. James Brown performs "Rapp Payback", plus a medley of his older hits, and Ellen Shipley performs "Fotogenic".This would mark Gottfried's last appearance on the show before leaving.
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsTim MathesonCharles HaidMichael SacksFollow a group of interns in a large teaching hospital. When Chief Resident Jo has a breakdown, the interns are reluctantly placed under the tutelage of the senior resident, who"s known as The Fatman. Like "M*A*S*H," "The Hospital," and "St. Elsewhere" (from which this story draws), this film is closer to the truth than the public wants to know.Gottfried plays a paramedic in this satire of the medical profession.
- StarsPaul ReiserGilbert GottfriedCarol LeiferGottfried stars along side Paul Reiser in the ABC tv movie.
- DirectorsJack DonohueLowell GanzStarsClinton Derricks-CarrollRon MasakPeter ScolariA coach"s sanity and the outcome of a championship track meet depend on one team member: the streetwise class clown.Gilbert Gottfried has a role in this movie from the comedy team of Lowell Ganz and Barbara Mandell.
- StarsAlan ThickeRichard HackGloria LoringOff-beat talk show hosted by Alan Thicke.Gottfried performs stand-up on this short-lived talk show lead by Alan Thicke.
- CreatorGeorge SchlatterStarsGeorge SchlatterChristopher BroughtonBlake ClarkThis was a show with several comedians doing stand-up. Part of the show was "in the round." Jackie "The Joke Man" was featured on it.