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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. ball beforehand nobody can catch him. might deserve a spot on the team. if you are in, you are in, s...

Time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, i'll repeat it! >> it absolutely had to be done. somebody had to stand up in front of the comedy community and say, it's okay. when it's 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 very good. and that's that. >> i don't believe in too soon. you want a little secret amongst come...

I lost an audience as big as anyone in the history of performing. >> somebody said, "too soon!" and that didn't slow gilbert down. that pushed him to a whole new place. >> the sister starts [ bleep ] the -- >> telling the aristocrat's joke. which is like comedic jazz. it's 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 couldn't have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, i'll repeat it! >> it absolutely had to 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 you're not familiar with "m.a.d." it's a magazine of broad satire aimed at practically everything americans hold dear, sex, success, beauty, patriotism, anti-...

Performing. >> somebody said, "too soon!" and that didn't slow gilbert down. that pushed him to a whole new place. >> the sister starts [ bleep ] the -- >> telling the aristocrat's joke. which is like comedic jazz. it's 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 couldn't have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, i'll repeat it! >> it absolutely had to be done. somebody had to stand up in front of the comedy...