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Here are the people who have inspired me in 2009

1. Gilbert Gottfried

Unique, a true original. He really loves to be hated, he gets off on people not liking him, while moving forward doing what he wants. A great man.



i'll see your gilbert and raise you norm macdonald. for all of gilbert's brilliantly played pretend, i feel like ultimately he's got a soft center that he'd collapse in on with enough of the wrong kind of abuse- tears on the pillow type thing. don't get me wrong i've heard every minute of him on stern ever, and he's still #1 guest. his bombing intentionally if he doesn't like a room is what reminded me of norm.

norm macdonald dominates. he is ahead of his time, and has maybe the most evil streak of subtle sarcasm out there. he revels in awkward silence like oprah rolling around on a giant cake. perfect example is the confusion he caused at bob saget's roast- all the morons saying he 'bombed' afterward was awesome. he basically roasted the roast, mocking the clichéd "routine" because it was beneath him. he made the crowd grin nervously because they weren't sure what to think, and it was totally calculated. a few short outtakes:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gc3QZIMKqA&feature=related
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLllujNEs88&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-xSruL_O8&feature=related

"believe nothing, learn everything." -LouCypher