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Just what we needed. it couldn't 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, it's okay when it's 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 that's that. >> i don't believe too soon. the minute someone says something is off limits all we...

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! >> 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 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 that's that. >> i don't believe in too soon. a little secre...

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 don't 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 didn't 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 had looking good. was it part of your stand up before you were on "g...

Martin. all of those guys were involved in the comedy community. we had bet -- bette midler. i think i did okay, but i don't 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 didn't 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 had looking good. was it part of your stand up before you were on "good times." no. people get so -...

Let's talk about bill cosby. i think for most this was the most jarring allegations. >> i think it's 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 comedy world, how have they reacted to it? >> it has been one of the worst kept secrets around bu...