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September 14, 2017

Photo by 4 Jig’s never up for Gilbert Gottfried ‘Loud’ comedian to perform at Buck Hill If you go ... What: Gilbert Gottfried, Brewery in Blairstown on Sept. 21 stand-up When: Thursday, Sept. 21, By ROBERT PRICE Gottfried enjoys the occa- at 9 p.m. (doors 7 p.m.) [email protected] sional live show. Where: Buck Hill Brewery A quick scan of Gilbert “I come back to it just and Restaurant, 45 Route 94, Gottfried’s professional because you dance with the Blairstown resume suggests he’s one of one who brought you. Stand- Admission: $35, plus $25 the hardest working people up is where I started,” he food/drink minimum in show business. said. Tickets, information: www. Known for his work in Gottfried, whose entertain- buckhillbrewery.com, 908- “Beverly Hills Cop II,” for his ment persona features a 854-5300 voice-overs of (the par- loud, irritating voice, is sur-

Thursday, September 14, 2017 Thursday, rot) in “” and of the prisingly subdued in real life. Leno,” “The Late Show with duck, and for his early “I guess people talk about Seth Meyers”, “@Midnight MTV promos, Gottfried’s how quiet and shy I am in with Chris Hardwick” and experience in movies and person,” he said. “I don’t numerous appearances on television has run deep and know that I was ever the “The Howard Stern Show.” wide since his first break as a class clown. Those are the He also has had a recurring cast member in season six of people who come up to me role on “Law and Order” “” in and say they’re the funniest SVU. 1980. guy in the office.” All told, Gottfried has “It’s a funny thing,” But that voice does define appeared in more than 50 Gottfried said, over the Gottfried’s career. “It certain- films and hundreds of TV phone from his home in New ly helps, especially after shows. York City. “There was never ‘Aladdin.’ Then I started get- Lately, Gottfried has any rhyme or reason to how ting more and more voice- branched out even more, my career has gone. I don’t over work,” he said. with the DVD/CD release of do that much planning. Most What should have been “Gilbert Gottfried Dirty people answer the phone Gottfried’s big break — the Jokes;” a book (“Rubber with ‘hello.’ I answer ‘I’ll take “SNL” gig — turned into a Balls and Liquor”) that’s part it.’ disaster. During his 12-epi- memoir, part twisted social “I’m one of those people sode stint, he was given very commentary; reality shows who thinks that at any min- little airtime and seldom Photo courtesy of Arlene Gottfried (ABC’s “Celebrity Wife ute the jig will be up. Show used in sketches. Swap”and NBC’s “Celebrity business is a party I snuck “My experience was the Comedian Gilbert Gottfried will perform his stand-up routine Apprentice”), and “Gilbert into, and I’m afraid a guy worst time to be on ‘SNL’,” at Buck Hill Brewery in Blairstown Sept. 21. Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal with a clipboard will come Gottfried said. “It was right Podcast!” featuring casual over and tell me my name’s when the original cast and Letterman,” which led to his lending his voice to several talks with Hollywood icons. not on the list,” he said. Lorne Michaels were leaving. role as Sidney Bernstein in commercials, cartoons and This year, “Gilbert,” a doc- Gottfried will return to his It’s kinda like in the middle of the hit sequel “Beverly Hills movies, including the frus- umentary about Gottfried, comedy roots on Thursday, Beatlemania, John, Paul, Cop II.” trated duck in the Aflac premiered at the Tribeca Sept. 21, when he performs a George and Ringo left and More film roles followed, in Insurance commercials. Film Festival. Director Neil stand-up show at Buck Hill they got four strangers to such movies as “Problem Gottfried has made numer- Berkeley’s “Gilbert” reveals Brewery and Restaurant in play The Beatles. Or if Child,” “Problem Child II,” ous memorable appearances an unexpected, personal side Blairstown. ‘Friends’ changed the entire “Look Who’s Talking II” and on roasts to the iconic comedian. Gottfried, 62, a lifetime cast. People were panning us “The Adventures of Ford and the Comedy Central “Neil said he always want- New Yorker, started hanging even before we made it to Fairlane.” series, “The Burn with Jeff ed to do a Gilbert Gottfried out at comedy clubs and air.” After his stellar perfor- Ross.” Gottfried’s “Fifty documentary. I said ‘you doing stand-up at open mics But his hilarious promos mance as the wise-cracking Shades of Grey” reading should really set your when he was 15. Like many for MTV in 1981 led to several parrot, Iago, in the Disney received over 5 million views dreams higher’,” Gottfried comedians who start out in television appearances on classic “Aladdin,” Gottfried on YouTube. said. stand-up and morph onto the “” and “Late became one of the most rec- He has been a guest on “Gilbert” premiers this fall big and small screens, Night with David ognizable voiceover talents, “The Tonight Show with Jay on Hulu. 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