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Just what we needed. it couldnt have been a better time, better place or a ber person it. >> if you -- >> 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. glod bless america. >> i thought what gilbert did that night was heroic and ultimately you can say whatever you want to say about whether it was appropriate or not it made a lot of people in that room feel very good and...

It couldnt have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, ill repeat 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 can say whatever you want to say about whether it was appropriate or not, it made a lot of peo...

We had richard pryor and steve martin. all of those guys were involved in the comedy community. we had bet -- bette midler. i think i did okay, but i dont think i was the biggest guy by any stretch of the imagination working at the comedy clubs. i deaf that thely -- i definitely think richard pryor was -- along with robin williams. >> as a kid in the suburbs i didnt know about richard pryor. we just knew what was on tv and it was dyno-mite. everyone had a catch phrase. fonzie had aye and you had...

Martin. all of those guys were involved in the comedy community. we had bet -- bette midler. i think i did okay, but i dont think i was the biggest guy by any stretch of the imagination working at the comedy clubs. i deaf that thely -- i definitely think richard pryor was -- along with robin williams. >> as a kid in the suburbs i didnt know about richard pryor. we just knew what was on tv and it was dyno-mite. everyone had a catch phrase. fonzie had aye and you had dino-mite and freddy p ri nz h...

Lets talk about bill cosby. i think for most this was the most jarring allegations. >> i think its so interesting, when he was coming to prominence, social media was not there to rebutt that image. now we have a whole new world where a comedian like hannibal burress can call youous and then he can have consensus about rape culture, believing victims. >> liz within the comedy community, was this an underlying -- something people kind of knew an open secret and how have people in the world, in the...

Why hes been so successful. >> that and he doesnt have kids. if you have kids -- >> and a very patient wife. >> thats your excuse. >> lets talk quickly about the conan obrien debacle as it became. conan is a great guy, very funny guy. obviously the whole thing became a disaster. many comedians blamed jay leno. i must say i never did. i thought it wasnt his fault. he was told look you got to leave in five years time. when it came he was still by far the most popular guy doing that in the country....

President obama, 1, 011. george w. bush was the second most. over 200 more jokes than these other three combined. so who is number one, i think its pretty obvious, leno loved to joke about powerful figures and scandalous behavior. so it made former president bill clinton his prime target. 1 in every 10 jokes leno made about anybody were aimed at that former president. theres another thing that the legacy of jay and leno, in the comedy community. everybodys got their hold on the generational divi...

Comics dont agree on anything. everyone is talking about the comedy community. are you friends with elan? yes. elan just got a special. >> i hate elan. >> we dont even have health insurance. its like comedians assemble. >> its kind of funny, too, because of the activism and it got so crazy because its something like them. its the narcassism behind, lets hold this torch up. >> the thing is, all of a sudden it became about free speech. thats where this whole argument became awry. no government ent...