FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS A COMEDIAN WHOSE VOICE ALONE HAS
OVER 90 IMDb CREDITS.
PLEASE WELCOME GILBERT GOTTFRIED!
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>> Stephen: HEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YEAH, WELL, I'M-- I'M-- I'M DOING THIS SHOW UNDER PROTEST
BECAUSE MY TWO KIDSMENTED TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING.
AND I SAID TO THEM, "NO, I'M DOING STEPHEN COLBERT."
AND THEY SAID, "WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO STEPHEN COLBERT.
WE WANT TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING."
>> Stephen: ARE THEY HERE RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DO THEY WANT TO MEET MARK RUFFALO?
HE'S THE HULK.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: HE'S BACKSTAGE.
>> THEY WANT TO MEET HIM MORE THAN THEY WANT TO KNOW ME.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HALLOWEEN IS A BIG NIGHT.
HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS?
>> EIGHT AND 10.
>> Stephen: PERFECT HALLOWEEN TONIGHT.
THEY'LL NEVER GET TONIGHT BACK.
( LAUGHTER ) HALLOWEEN, WOULD YOU GO OUT
DRESSED UP AS A COMIC BOOK CHARACTER?
>> I HAD A REALLY CHEAP PIRATE OUTFIT THAT I'D WEAR AS A KID,
AND I WOULD GO OUT IN THE-- AND I'D GO TRICK-OR-TREATING, GO
HOME, DUMP OUT THE CANDY, AND THEN I HAD A ZORO MASK, SO I HIT
ALL THE SAME HOUSES AGAIN.
YEAH
>> Stephen: WITH THE ZORO MASK ON?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHY DOESN'T EVERY CHILD DO THAT?
THAT'S GENIUS!
>> I WAS BASICALLY EVEN AS A KID A SNORA.
THIS, I'M TEACHING YIDDISH NOW.
>> Stephen: LOOK IT UP.
NOW, YOU ARE STILL DOING STAND-UP, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: HOW-- HOW ARE YOU LIKING THE ROAD?
ARE YOU HAVING FUN ON THE SHOW STILL?
>> YEAH, I FEEL LIKE WILLY LOEHMANN OUT ON THE ROAD.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SAD STORY.
>> I'M TEACHING NOW, CULTURE.
>> Stephen: THAT STORY DOES NOT END HAPPILY?
>> NO, THAT ENDS WITH-- I DON'T WANT TO TO RUIN THE ENDING FOR
YOU.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON RUNNING OUT AND SEEING "DEATH OF A
SALESMAN" I JUST DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT, THE BIG SURPRISE.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT I WILL SAY AT THE END OF
MACBETH, IT DOESN'T END WELL.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SO-- SO-- ARE YOU
HAVING FUN?
LIKE, IT'S-- YOU TRAVEL ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES STILL?
>> YEAH.
I TRAVEL, AND BEFORE I FORGET, I HAVE A DOCUMENTARY.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
>> AND IT'S CALLED "GILBERT."
>> Stephen: OKAY, IS-- >> I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT IT'S
ABOUT.
YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) FILMMAKER NEIL BERKELEY MADE A
OF A DOCUMENTARY-- HE CAME TO ME AND HE SAID, "I'VE ALSO DREAMT
OF MAKING A GILL DO YOU MEANARY.
AND I SAID WELL YOU SHOULD SET YOUR DREAMS HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND WE MADE IT.
>> Stephen: WHY-- WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO A DOCUMENTARY?
>> I WANTED TO DO A DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE I HAD BEEN DEAD FOR 20
YEARS.
THAT'S--
THAT'S USUALLY WHY THE SUBJECT OF A DOCUMENTARY IS.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU DIDN'T MIND HAVING, LIKE, A CREW COME
INTO YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR LIFE?
>> I HATED IT.
I HATED IT FROM THE FIRST SECOND.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A WIFE AND CHILDREN.
HOW DID THEY LIKE IT?
>> NO, THEY HATED IT, TOO.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SO WHO LIKED IT?
>> NO ONE.
NO, BUT IT'S GOTTEN GREAT REVIEWS SO FAR.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> PEOPLE SAID YOU'LL LAUGH AND YOU'LL CRY.
WHICH IS WHAT WOMEN HAVE SAID AFTER THEY'VE HAD SEX WITH ME.
( LAUGHTER ) YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE YELP REVIEW.
THAT'S THE YELP REVIEW.
NOW, DID-- WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM THE DOCUMENTARY.
YOU CAN SET UP WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS?
>> IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
( LAUGH ).
>> Stephen: I THINK IT'S YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN.
>> YES, YEAH.
MY WIFE AND KIDS ARE IN THIS.
AND-- YEAH.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: JIM?
>> I STILL FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GOING, YOU KNOW,
MY WIFE."
STILL FEELS WEIRD.
"MY KIDS."
STILL FEELS ODD TO SAY IT.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
I'M THE MOTHER.
>> OKAY, SO, THIS PICTURE IS A FAMILY PICTURE FROM THIS YEAR.
MAX, DARAA, GILBERT, AND ME.
>> SAY NICE-- SAY, "NICE TO MEET YOU."
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THERE'S A SCENE IN THE DOCUMENTARY WHERE WE GO TO A
HOTEL AND IT'S IN CHICAGO, AND THEY'RE HAVING A WAR
REENACTMENT.
>> Stephen: A WAR REENACTMENT?
>> YEAH, IT'S LIKE EVERY DIFFERENT WAR, THEY'RE HAVING,
LIKE, PEOPLE DRESSED AS SOLDIERS--
>> Stephen: OH, THEY'RE COSPLAYING, LIKE, THE WAR?
>> YES, CIVIL WAR, KOREA, VIETNAM, WORLD WAR I.
SO I IMMEDIATELY RAN TO THE WORLD WAR II ONE, AND ALL THESE
NAZI OFFICERS RAN OVER TO ME EXCITED GOING, "OH, PROBLEM
CHILD."
AND THEY'RE THERE WITH THE SWASTIKAS AND THE IRON CROSS,
GOING, "OH, CAN WE TAKE A SELFIE?"
AND I REMEMBER THINKING, "YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THESE NAZIS WRONG
ALL THIS TIME."
( LAUGHTER ) I-- I-- THEY'RE REALLY A SWELL
BUNCH OF GUYS.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS VIOLENCE ON BOTH SIDES.
THERE WAS VIOLENCE ON BOTH SIDES, GILBERT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE DOCUMENTARY,
"GILBERT," OPENS THIS FRIDAY.