“I Had Stupidity On My Side’: Comedian Gilbert Gottfried On Career And New Documentary

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s first break in show business came completely by accident. The Brooklyn native was performing at Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club in New York one night and a television executive happened to be in the audience. That exec asked Gilbert to audition at MTV and the network cut up his audition tape and played it on air. Gottfried’s career exploded from that moment and features appearances on shows such as “Saturday Night Live” and “The Cosby Sh