re: #74 Egregious Philbin

I just remember how hilarious it was when Gilbert Gottfried parodied him and his act. He did it once on Stern’s show when Dice was on it. It really pissed him off, Gilbert was owning him and laughing his ass at him. I miss Gilly, met him twice, he was a really nice guy.

I seem to recall some stand-up comedy special where Paul Rodriguez* was one of the early performers. And at that point I am pretty sure he was mainly an insult comic. And he starts in on Martin Mull who is one of the comedians there. Refers to him as “the Hitler Youth Poster Child” and so forth. Nothing particularly good IMO. And Mull just sits there and stoically takes it - which fits how Mull did things anyways.

I don’t recall if Mull actually retaliated in any way. And he didn’t have to since two other comedians there were Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. And they proceeded to rip on Rodriquez cleverly and repeatedly during most of the show. I don’t know if there is any sort of unwritten rule about stand-up performers not ripping on other performers, but I had the impression there was and that Rodriquez had crossed that line.

* - Not 100% sure it was Paul Rodriquez, but pretty sure it was.