Gilbert Gottfried invited me into his home in 2017 so he could remind us what kind of comedian he was before 2001, why he decided to launch into “The Aristocrats” at the Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner for Comedy Central, and how it completely changed the arc of his career. But first, listen to the version of the joke he recorded for his 2005 special, “Dirty Jokes.” Obviously NSFW.



This episode originally aired in 2017 as part of “On Second Thought,” a series I did for Laughly, an app that no longer exists.