Changes: Gilbert Gottfried

Latest revision as of 21:43, 13 April 2022

Gottfried-Sesame — Gottfried as "Denny the Distractor" on *Sesame Street* with Telly Monster and Chris

Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022) was 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.

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 and guest parts on The Cosby Show, Night Court, and Wings. His distinct voice was featured as Iago in Disney's Aladdin, Mr. Mxyzptlk on Superman: The Animated Series, Digit on Cyberchase, and as 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.

1997 — Guest starred on Muppets Tonight in episode 207.

2002 — Voiced a possum in the fourth season Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Welcome to 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''.]]
+[[File:Gottfried.jpg|300px|thumb|Gottfried shows [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] his underpants on ''Muppets Tonight''.]]
 [[File:Gottfried-Sesame.jpg|thumb|300px|Gottfried as "Denny the Distractor" on ''Sesame Street'' with [[Telly Monster]] and [[Chris]]]]
-'''Gilbert Gottfried''' (b. 1955) is a stand-up comedian with a deliberately loud and obnoxious stage persona.
+'''Gilbert Gottfried''' (1955-2022) was 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.
+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.
-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|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin]]'', Mr. Mxyzptlk on ''[[Superman|Superman: The Animated Series]]'', 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.
+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|The Tonight Show]]'' with [[Jay Leno]], and ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' and guest parts on ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[Night Court]]'', and ''[[Wings]]''. His distinct voice was featured as Iago in Disney's ''[[Aladdin]]'', Mr. Mxyzptlk on ''[[Superman|Superman: The Animated Series]]'', Digit on ''Cyberchase'', and as 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]]''.
+==Muppet-Related Appearances==
-'''1996:''' Guest-starred on the [[Dennis Quaid]] episode of ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''.
+* 1994 — Appeared in the "[[She Drives Me Crazy]]" music video from ''[[Kermit Unpigged]]''.
+* 1997 — Guest starred on ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' in [[Episode 207: Dennis Quaid|episode 207]].
-'''2002:''' Voiced a possum in the fourth season premiere of ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'', "[[Heroes of Woodland Valley]]."
+* 2002 — Voiced [[The Possums|a possum]] in the fourth season ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'' episode "[[Episode 402: Welcome to Woodland Valley (2)|Welcome to Woodland Valley]]."
-'''2008:''' Appears on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Episode 4182]] as "Denny the Distractor".
+* 2008 — Appears on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Episode 4182]] as "Denny the Distractor."
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-[[Category:Sesame Street Guest Stars|Gottfried, Gilbert]]
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