The Hidden Talent of Gilbert Gottfried 

This is a beautiful tribute. I actually forgot it was created by a high schooler about halfway through. It really felt like a legit big money documentary. Well done, Lily!

Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to miss Gilbert more, here comes this wonderful, insightful and quietly moving documentary! Not just a testament to Gilbert’s incredible artistic talent, but also to his effectiveness as a father…to have been so loving that he would inspire this heartfelt film from his daughter speaks volumes about him as a human being. Most of us only got to see one side of Gilbert, the take-no-prisoners, deliriously unapologetic dirty joke spewing stand up. Now we have a small insight into another side of him, and I will be forever grateful to Lily for sharing it with us. Gilbert was such a gift to us all, and I know he will continue to be long after we’re gone. Thank you Lily!

I have nothing to add that hasn't already been said multiple times, but: - This was an incredibly well made short film, and I will definitely be keeping an eye out for whatever Lily Gottfried does next. - I miss Gilbert so much, this film brought tears to my eyes.

Heard your great interview this morning on Jim & Sam and immediately came home to watch your documentary. Fantastic work Lily. I never knew he was an artist. Thanks for sharing.

What a tribute. Thank you, Lily, for sharing this wonderful film about your iconic dad. I am an even bigger fan now.

Beautifully done, Lily!! ❤ When art bares a soul, it’s a triumph!! And for my money, no one articulates Gilbert’s extraordinary gifts like Penn J!! 👏🏼

cool but the part that got me shook is at 1:21 Gilbert Gottfried was kinda fine?

Thank you, Lily. We loved your dad, and we know you did too. You put together a lovely film about his "hidden talent.'

Heard Lily on the radio this morning. So impressive. She has a bright future ahead of her. Beautiful film. Great job!

Wonderful job, Lily! You've really got some talent. I have never seen his artwork before. Thank you so much for sharing this. Great to see another side of Gilbert's mad genius. ❤

Excellent work Lilly, your dad is very much missed.

Congratulations Lily! You’ve got a BRIGHT future ahead of you! Stay away from drugs and toxic relationships!

Heard you on Jim and Sam, came straight here after the interview (and subscribed). The written school comments from his teachers was a PERFECT opening - well done!

I Miss You 😘 Gilbert Gottfried

This is absolutely amazing! Well done Lily! So beautiful!!!!!

I absolutely love this 💖 Great job @LillyGottfried , I loved all his appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Thank you for showing us another side of the very wonderful man that was Gilbert Gottfried

I really enjoyed this! Thank you! Love from Canada.

Great work, Lily. Your father is dearly missed. He was a special man, with a special talent. To this day, he never fails to make me laugh hysterically.

YESSSSS !!!!!!!!!! Thank you for making this Lily, you have excellent talent

Also heard Lily on the radio this morning. It was so unexpected and I loved it the surprise! All the best for her in life ❤ and I hope she keeps promoting this amazing and heart warning project about a truly 1 of a kind human being ❤ If the Internet was a fair place, this would have 1 million times more views!

I love that teacher who actually saw his talents and encouraged it! My dream was to be a cartoonist and in 8th grade My art teacher said I wasn’t good enough to be in her class, I stopped drawing after that. If a kid shows an interest in something you should always support it! Love this, Gilbert is so missed! ❤

Oh what an amazing treat! I had no idea Please Lilly. If you guys are in any position to sell copies of his art, I and many others would love to have this in our homes.

To the lovely Lily… Your Father meant so much to all of us. You did a wonderful job showing us a side of him we never would have known. Thank you so much. We love you

Yeah Lily! Great doc! It really gets to the core of who your father was! Bravo!

Thank you for sharing this side of your father.

I heard lily on the Jim Norton and friends morning show on Sirius. She was a good.

This is such a warm way to honor your father; you’re adding to the legacy of a man many loved.

I really loved an interview Gilbert did with Dick Cavett on his podcast. He was so warm and friendly with Cavett and it was just a wonderful listen. He had a great spot on Norm McDonald’s video podcast too. Like he was just a great guy to spend time with! And I remember Dick and him talked at length about the Marx brothers :)

Excellent job Lilly. I was a big fan of your father, thank-you for sharing this previously unknown side of your fathers already brilliant legacy.

Bravo, Lily! Thanks for revealing your dad’s amazing artistic skills!

Thank you Lily! So well done! Your father was such an incredible performer and artist. I'm sure he's yelling in character at someone right now saying "Look! Look what my little girl did! Isn't she amazing!?"

Idk if you'll ever read this Lily, but I'm deeply sorry about you losing your dad. My dad also passed away recently, in 2021. I never knew your dad, but I grew up watching his movies and my own dad actually introduced me to his comedy. So, in a way I guess I feel like I knew him. Your dad was a great man, not because he was famous but because of how he treated those around him. Thanks for this amazing insight into his talents. I never would have known he was such an amazing artist.

Gilbert was my favorite comedian and I'm blown away by his cartoons! This is a beautiful tribute.

Just watched your interview on The Jim And Sam Show and I'm very impressed by your documentary, your Dad was a talent beyond comparison. Your Doc felt like a teaser to so much more to be said about the life of a man we know so little about. You have a very bright future.

Great job, Lilly!!! This was really cool. 💜RIP Gilbert Gottfried💜

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

What a great and informative tribute Lily... Your dad would be so proud of this. I never knew he was such a gifted artist. Thank you for sharing this with the world!!! :)

Great documentary. Some of the seedier details in the art made me chuckle. Love that Gilbert is giving us new laughs posthumously.

Great job. Never knew about the artistic talent, but I’m not surprised. Thanks.

Gilbert has many Howard Stern appearances on RU-vid which crack me up.

Lily, I was always a fan of your father. I love to draw and sometimes life gets in the way of that. Thanks for reminding me, through your father's memory, to draw. My wife and I are expecting a baby girl soon, and I hope I can leave an impression on her as your father has on you. Great video.

Your dads humour was off the charts. His master Of some Many voices And ability to use them at the right moment with his shock talk was unparalleled. I can’t tell you how many times I couldn’t stop laughing at the stuff he said. I think you have done a great thing with this

Your father was a unique comedic genius. There were times in my life when I was depressed. Guess who cured it. clips from Gilbert's comedy.

Great job on Jim & Sam, Lily! Loved your film.

Lily, this was a great tribute and taught me something I didn’t know about Gilbert. Nice work!

Fantastic job! Keep exploring your talent Lily.

Beautiful. Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world. You should be very proud.

Gilbert Gottfried was a very strange and interesting character.

Young Gilbert's features reminds me of a young Richard Pryor

did gilbert draw enough to publish? this looks like stuff that fantagraphics would love to publish

Lily this is awesome! Thank you. Back in the day there were very few of us that recognized the was a genius behind the character. I wonder why he didn't use some of the drawings for album or DVD covers? I think he mightve hid that because he thought it'd turn off some of the audience if they thought he was smarter than them. Norm MacDonald was the same, he was brilliant but acted less smart than he was

Wow! His art would be great animated.

Wow that was nice ..I didn't now how much he was apart of my life till I saw this ..wow I really going to miss him 😔 .. lily if you read this Thank you

I grew up loving Gilbert. The stand up , movies in the 80s , USA up all night in the 90s ect. You did a great job honoring your Dad young lady. I know he’s proud as hell of you.

Wonderful 💕 thank you for sharing this with the world.

Pretty cool to see this side of Gilbert - Thanks Lily, seeing what a great daughter Gilbert raised warms my heart

Lily Your dad would be proud of you! Like your dad, you have talent in directing and producing! Keep it up!

I knew of Gilbert before but what made me a fan was Norm MacDonald’s interview show on RU-vid. He was something else on that show, milking the jokes a million times over. And Norm, another provocateur, laughing his ass off. This short film of him shows a bit of the other side of him which I suspected he had. Because nobody can be obnoxious all the time. 😀

This was amazing... never knew this side of one of my favorite media personalities.

Wonderful. Thank you for sharing that with us. Gilbert was a genius

Thank you. This is great. I didn't know he drew. Amazing.

I miss Gilbert almost every day. I can hear his iconic exaggerated voice reacting to anything. At this point it’s ingrained. He made the world better through this art and we are all better for it. Thank you Lily for this, you definitely are the spawn of one of the greats. Looking forward to anything else you craft next

Amazing job. Gilbert is smiling down so proud. Miss him a lot!!!

I enojyed that! I miss him. Nice job Lily! Thank you.

Lily: What a beautiful tribute. I'm about your dad's (and Penn's) age, and you got me choked up.

Beautiful documentary and his artstyle reminds me so much of my own. It makes sense that I found him hilarious.

This is great! I love your documentary. Keep up the good work! Gilbert was very talented.

Lily Gottfried! What an amazing piece you have made of your dad! My condolences that he was taken from you too soon. Good on the art teacher and Gilbert's mom for getting him art classes! I do love his art. You could look for hours and days and still find something new. One of the best tributes to a performer I've seen.

One of the highlights of my life was talking to Gilbert on the phone on the radio show call in. I still brag about it to this day. I felt as though I had shared a moment with an icon. In fact I did.

Great Mini Documentary. You Dad would've been proud of this!

Incredible tribute to a legend, to a dad. Wonderful job, Lily 👏

Damn, he was really creative artistically. I can he could have take the art world by storm.

I'm a massive fan of his podcast, and I was constantly listening to old episodes since I had only found out about it a couple of years ago, when I heard of his death. Him, Norm and Sean Lock were the hardest stand up deaths to take, he's very missed.

Wow amazing talent he had. Also well done with this documentary. You clearly share some of his talent. Pursue it.

Damn I can’t stop the tears from coming watching this. Amazing doc. Thanks Lily

This is really touching and I loved the artwork presented.

Fantastic job. Would love to see more. He is very missed. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you for this. Your father was wonderful.

So beautiful. I could only dream I’m spending my life that my niece would love and think of my so highly to make a film about what I do with my passions.

Thank you so much, Lily, for this beautiful film about a beautiful human.

Sounds like he experienced similar things as I did in grade school as a kid. I don't know if they still do it, but back then they would say stuff like, he/she is shy or a loner. Like it was a character flaw, and they usually had no useful help to offer.

Well done! He was fantastic!

My rating for this mini documentary is 10 out 10!

Incredible! What a great video and simply amazing artwork. Gilbert is a national treasure.

Got all excited & couldn't wait to jump into know-it-all mode, intended on dropping a bunch of similar - that is, also fabulous - artists names like Rory Hayes & Basil Wolverton, only to have Drew Friedman beat me to it.

Thank you, Lily, for sharing your father's wonderful other talent.

Heard Lilly on Jim and Sam this morning. Very good job.

what? why was this just recommended now? this is amazing.

What a creative person Gilbert was! It was so enjoyable to learn about his hidden talent. Thank you Lily.

I think anyone would be proud to have this loving tribute.

Thank you for sharing this, Lily. You could've held onto this as something just for you, family, and close friends. But you decided to share it with the world.

Great work Lily! I was a loyal supporter of GGACP. From the podcast I knew Gilbert used to draw, as he mentioned it a few times, but I never realized how great he was. He could have drawn for MAD, definitely, but I'm glad he focused instead on his comedy.

Thank you for giving us a glimpse. Beautiful

A moving and beautiful tribute thank you….

This is an incredibly well done short film. Both a beautiful tribute from a daughter to her father and an eye opening documentary. Gilberts drawings look super interesting. They appear to be drawings that could be revisited many times each time discovering new hidden gems. Thank you for sharing this with us. Lily, I have a feeling we will hear from you again if you decide to pursue a career in the arts. Again, great job and also great job with the interviews on the Jim & Sam Show.

Enjoyed watching this. Thank you! :)

I remember the first time I saw him on stage. I remember thinking how easy he made it look. Everything seemed to work. Every nuance of the performance was brilliant. It's hard to imagine how much work it took to make it look that easy. Lots of people are able to project an aura of innocence while just giving hints of the underlying irreverence. Gilbert did the opposite, which seemed impossible to me before he was doing it. He cast this outward sense of irreverence, while there was this undertow of innocence. His art seems to do the same thing. I had no idea he could do this. And to Lily, aside from the obviously storytelling skills, the love and respect for her dad is heartwarming. Lily, I'm sorry that you lost your daddy.

Beautiful. Really moved me & made me want to get back into drawing. Thanks for sharing this with us Lily.

Wow, Americans really can't do cursive

Excellent documentary. I loved it.