It’s kind of amazing they were bold enough to make 9/11 jokes so soon afterwards. The country truly went blind with “patriotic” rage, and I guess the Onion writers weren’t afraid of that bullshit.
Days after this Gilbert Gottfried would go on to tell his own 9/11 joke at the roast of Hugh Heffner. It was not received well. He followed it up with the greatest rendition of “The Aristocrats” ever told.
It’s kind of amazing they were bold enough to make 9/11 jokes so soon afterwards. The country truly went blind with “patriotic” rage, and I guess the Onion writers weren’t afraid of that bullshit.
Days after this Gilbert Gottfried would go on to tell his own 9/11 joke at the roast of Hugh Heffner. It was not received well. He followed it up with the greatest rendition of “The Aristocrats” ever told.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yiBAfmxwdKc
GG really broke the mould on the whole idea of “too soon” with this. RIP you dirty fuck.