Gottfried shows Kermit his underpants on Muppets Tonight.
Gottfried as "Denny the Distractor" on Sesame Street with Telly Monster and Chris
Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022) was a stand-up comedian with a deliberately loud and obnoxious stage persona.
A cast member of Saturday Night Live for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show.
Aside from stand-up, Gottfried has also appeared in the Problem Child movies (with John Ritter), was a regular on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Hollywood Squares and guest parts on The Cosby Show, Night Court, and Wings. His distinct voice was featured as Iago in Disney's Aladdin, Mr. Mxyzptlk on Superman: The Animated Series, Digit on Cyberchase, and as the duck in Aflac commercials. For the latter, in some spots, Gottfried's voice was attached to a Jim Henson's Creature Shop animatronic incarnation of the duck.
Muppet-Related Appearances[]
- 1994 — Appeared in the "She Drives Me Crazy" music video from Kermit Unpigged.
- 1997 — Guest starred on Muppets Tonight in episode 207.
- 2002 — Voiced a possum in the fourth season Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Welcome to Woodland Valley."
- 2008 — Appears on Sesame Street in Episode 4182 as "Denny the Distractor."