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Topic: Gilbert Gottfried

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried performs at Caroline's On Broadway on December 22, 2011 in New York City. (Getty Images/Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage)

Gilbert Gottfried, defender of comedy

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
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The shock jock of stand-up exposed

Gary M. Kramer

Gottfried's top 5 rappers

D. Watkins

Gilbert gets truthful

Gary Kramer

the last laugh

Stephen Talbot
(Reuters/Yuri Gripas)

Why we fight about Colbert

Andrew O'Hehir
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried arrives with a duck at the Webby Awards in New York June 14, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS) (© Lucas Jackson / Reuters)

So, about those tsunami jokes ...

Kerry Lauerman
FILE - In this June 14, 2010 file photo, Gilbert Gottfried arrives with the Aflac duck to the 14th Annual Webby Awards in New York. Aflac on Monday, March 14, 2011 announced that it has severed ties with Gottfried over jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that the comedian posted on Twitter. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File) (Charles Sykes)

Associated Press
Gilbert Gottfried arrives with the Aflac Duck to the 14th Annual Webby Awards in New York, Monday, June 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) (Charles Sykes)

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Stephanie Zacharek
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