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Talk about it. like back in the day when monica lewinsky would come on late night talk shows and shed go, id like to talk about my line of handbags. its like, well... we do have to broach this, though. dont we? >> its kind of why we book to you. you have to elaborate on the cigar, at least. do you at least feel that its open season. before you were under fire for cancer cancel culture. our people in the comedy community feeling a little bit on edge? >> people in the comedy community feel on edge...

The Laugh Factory in Hollywood express their support of the comedian after the slapping incident at The Oscars.

It couldnt have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, ill repeat it! >> it absolutely had to be done. somebody had to stand up in front of the comedy community and say, its okay. when its not okay. but those words must be spoken. >> god bless you! god bless america! >> i thought what gilbert did that night was heroic, and i think it -- ultimately you could say whatever you want to say about whether it was appropriate or not, it made a lo...

Comedians. thats what i want to get to you guys to answer. you tweeted, pete, that chapelle is your favorite of all time? >> yeah. you can separate the art from the work. "killing him softly" is my favorite of all time. i know him. ive been doing standup for 20 years. i dont know him well. hes widely respected in the comedy community and arguably the greatest of his generation, of our generation, if not of all time, though thats subjective. i watched the special, too, and i found myself laughing...

You tweeted out, last week, chappelle is your favorite of all time. do you still feel that way? >> yeah. i mean he -- you take an artist, their entire body of work. you can even separate the art from the artist in a case like bill cosby or something, but i was never really a huge fan of his comedy. yeah, chappelle is special. killing him softly is my favorite. i know him. i have been doing stand-up for 12 years. he is respected in the comedy community. he is arguably the greatest of his generati...

Please stop talking about o.j.? totally fearless, beloved by all. just a fantastic human. only 61 years old when he passed away and i know that everyone in the comedy community certainly like greg and jesse here after last night our mourning his passing. >> dana: he was wonderful. >> dana: everybody know i married a brit. he has tried to explain to me the rules of cricket. yind it. this is a dog who stole the ball and show during cricket match in ireland. this dog named dazzle is like i got it. ...

Time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, ill repeat it! >> it absolutely had to be done. somebody had to stand up in front of the comedy community and say, its okay. when its not okay. but those words must be spoken. >> god bless you! god bless america! >> i thought what gilbert did that night was heroic, and i think it -- ultimately you could say whatever you want to say about whether it was appropriate or not, it made a lot of people in that room feel ...

I lost an audience as big as anyone in the history of performing. >> somebody said, "too soon!" and that didnt slow gilbert down. that pushed him to a whole new place. >> the sister starts [ bleep ] the -- >> telling the aristocrats joke. which is like comedic jazz. its license to offend just for the [ bleep ] of it. and i remember laughing so hard that i was sort of crying. >> it was just such a release. and it was just what we needed. it couldnt have been a better time, a better place, or a be...

The date, 1952. >> in the 40s there were things you should never joke about. religion, politics, things were still sacred. "m.a.d. magazine" changed that. it was very, very influential. it was embraced by the comedy community and it was sort of like a precursor to underground comics in the late 60s. >> i never had been exposed to that kind of humor before. it was like shaking your fist at authority in a clever and funny way. >> in case youre not familiar with "m.a.d." its a magazine of broad sat...

Performing. >> somebody said, "too soon!" and that didnt slow gilbert down. that pushed him to a whole new place. >> the sister starts [ bleep ] the -- >> telling the aristocrats joke. which is like comedic jazz. its license to offend just for the [ bleep ] of it. and i remember laughing so hard that i was sort of crying. >> it was just such a release. and it was just what we needed. it couldnt have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, ...