Changes: Gilbert Gottfried

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Gilbert Gottfried (b. 1955) is a stand-up comedian with a deliberately loud and obnoxious stage persona.

A cast member of Saturday Night Live for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show. The Cosby Show would be his next break, where Gottfried honed his trademark persona.

Aside from stand-up, Gottfried has also appeared in the Problem Child movies (with John Ritter), was a regular on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Hollywood Squares. His distinct voice has also been featured as Iago in Disney's Aladdin, Mr. Mxyzptlk on Superman: The Animated Series, Digit on Cyberchase, and was the voice of the duck in Aflac commercials. For the latter, in some spots, Gottfried's voice was attached to a Jim Henson's Creature Shop animatronic incarnation of the duck.

Muppet-Related Appearances

1994: Appeared in the "She Drives Me Crazy" music video from Kermit Unpigged.

1996: Guest-starred on the Dennis Quaid episode of Muppets Tonight.

2002: Voiced a possum in the fourth season premiere of Bear in the Big Blue House, "Heroes of Woodland Valley."

2008: Appears on Sesame Street in Episode 4182 as "Denny the Distractor".

External links

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+[[Image:Gottfried.jpg|300px|thumb|Gottfried shows [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] his underpants on ''Muppets Tonight''.]]
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 '''Gilbert Gottfried''' (b. 1955) is a stand-up comedian with a deliberately loud and obnoxious stage persona.
+A cast member of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show. ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' would be his next break, where Gottfried honed his trademark persona.
+Aside from stand-up, Gottfried has also appeared in the ''Problem Child'' movies (with [[John Ritter]]), was a regular on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' with [[Jay Leno]], and ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''. His distinct voice has also been featured as Iago in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin]]'', Mr. Mxyzptlk on ''[[Superman|Superman: The Animated Series]]'', Digit on ''Cyberchase'', and was the voice of the duck in Aflac commercials. For the latter, in some spots, Gottfried's voice was attached to a [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] animatronic incarnation of the duck.
 ==Muppet-Related Appearances==
+'''1994:''' Appeared in the "[[She Drives Me Crazy]]" music video from ''[[Kermit Unpigged]]''.
-<b>1996:</b> Guest-starred on the [[Dennis Quaid]] episode of [[Muppets Tonight]].
+'''1996:''' Guest-starred on the [[Dennis Quaid]] episode of ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''.
+'''2002:''' Voiced a possum in the fourth season premiere of ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'', "[[Heroes of Woodland Valley]]."
-Appeared in the "[[She Drives Me Crazy]]" music video from "[[Kermit Unpigged]]".
+'''2008:''' Appears on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Episode 4182]] as "Denny the Distractor".
-Voiced a possum in the fourth season premiere of ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'', "[[Heroes of Woodland Valley]]."
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-==External Links==
+==External links==
 *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331906/ IMDb]
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 [[Category:Celebrities|Gottfried, Gilbert]]
+[[Category:Muppets Tonight Guest Stars|Gottfried, Gilbert]]
+[[Category:Muppet Voice Actors|Gottfried, Gilbert]]
+[[Category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Gottfried, Gilbert]]
+[[Category:Creature Shop Voice Actors|Gottfried, Gilbert]]