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>> 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 comedians? the minute someone says something is off-limits, all we focus on is, how do i do jokes about...

Broo . the edition,umber 1, the date, 1952. >> in the 40's, there were things you should never joke about, religion, politics, things were still sacred. mad magazine helped change that. it was embraced by the comedy community, and it was sort of like a precursor to underground economics in the late 60's. >> i'd never been exposed to that end do of humor about. in case you're not familiar with mad, it's a magazine of broad satiring that practically everyone americans hold dear. antiwar groups, you name it. in one issue or another, mad has aimed its blunt insment at it.

Behavior was first of all true and second of all that it was hurtful and wrong i think is a big step, and i think for the women who were on the receiving end of this behavior, it was meaningful to get that. on the other hand, i think if you look closely at the statement, it doesn't actually include the words, "i'm sorry" and map not have been as much of an apology to them as it was to some of the people he worked with, his family, other people revered him in the comedy community he also may have disappointed. the bar for these statements may unfortunately be kind of low. most of the other peop...

The comedy community for years. >> reach out to representatives and got no response. the times said a publicist wrote in an e-mail he is not going to answer any questions. the new allegations following so many in just the last month. >> never seen a time in history where sexual violence, assault, has been discussed in mainstream media like it is now. i love you daddy was already controversial. everybody is a pervert. >> even contains a scene similar to the allegations now being made. >> every day it seems a new figure no hollywood is accused of just really disgusting behavior. it does seem lik...

He overwhelms efr thing about comedy. >> jimmy fallon got a lot of attention. he faced so much criticism during the campaign, going light on then candidate trump,s toaling his hair, et cetera. this was a 180 credibility. >> i think jimmy realized and the show realized they're out of tone here. most of the comedy community has one particular point of view on this. jimmy is not a political comic. to his credit, he has his thing and he should stick to it. i think even looked at this and said i have to address this. this is over the top. he did it in an interesting way talking about his own kids. ...