{"id":16202,"date":"2019-05-02T08:26:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T12:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=16202"},"modified":"2020-07-02T10:04:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T14:04:48","slug":"gottfried-on-gottfried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/gottfried-on-gottfried\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Gottfried"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gottfried on Gottfried<\/h1>\n

Gilbert <\/b>is back (he thinks) on a Maine stage at Aura <\/b>in Portland on May 17<\/b>.<\/span><\/h4>\n

May 2019<\/p>\n

Interview by Evelyn Waugh<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Gottfried\"What\u2019s in store for your Aura show?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think they can expect to sit through five minutes of it, and then look at each other and say, \u2018Whose idea was it to go see Gilbert Gottfried?\u2019 And then walk out angrily. <\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever performed in Maine before?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure I have. There are entire states I swear I\u2019ve never been to, and then I show up at the club and I\u2019ve signed a wall, so I go, \u2018Oh, okay, I guess I\u2019m back!\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n

When you get a script like Sharknado<\/em>, intentionally campy and absurd, do you expect it to become so popular?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I\u2019ve done at least three Sharknados<\/em>. And the amount of care that goes into the script and the logic\u2026the first one I did I got killed by sharks, but then I was back in the second one. They said that if you watch it on TV, I survive, and if you watch the home edition, I get killed. Either way, I\u2019m back in the second one. It\u2019s always hard to judge! I mean, every single review of Problem Child<\/em> was terrible, and it was a major hit. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me about your most embarrassing stand-up experience?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once I was on stage in Chicago and someone in the front row yelled out, \u2018Your fly is open!\u2019 I walked to the edge of the stage and asked them to zip it up for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

How about your best?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Those times when I wasn\u2019t making any money, in my early days, when I\u2019d just go up and say anything that popped into my head. Sometimes I\u2019d have one of those nights when my mind was working overtime and coming up with bits. Those times I remember, but not one in particular. <\/span><\/p>\n

Any recent projects? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been doing a podcast for about three years now, Gilbert Gottfried\u2019s Amazing Colossal Podcast. And I concentrate on Old Hollywood. I\u2019ve gotten some people I never thought I\u2019d get, like Dick Van Dyke, Carl Reiner, Bruce Dern.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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