9/8/2023 0 Comments Twin tower pizza joke![]() ![]() I can’t get a direct flight - they said I have to stop at the Empire State Building first.” I said, “I have to leave early tonight, I have a flight to California. It was impromptu I don’t remember thinking about it beforehand. I was at the roast of Hugh Hefner, and I just wanted to be the first person to make a really-poor-taste joke about September 11. It kicked off the trend of jokes being delivered “too soon,” which still continues to this day. (That joke, and his legendary version of the Aristocrats that followed, were completely scrubbed from the telecast.) Nate Jones spoke with Gottfried for this as-told-to piece. We’ve already talked to the writers of Airplane! about the iconic “Don’t call me Shirley.” Today Gilbert Gottfried revisits the 9/11 joke he told at a Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner mere weeks after the attack. To go along with our list of the 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy, Vulture is taking a closer look at some of the jokes on the list. ![]()
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