who is gilbert gottfried snl?
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 According to Jenna Fischer , the series used an unusual casting process which did not involve a script . The producers would ask the actors several questions and they would respond as the characters they were auditioning for . NBC programmer Kevin Reilly originally suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott , but the actor declined . Martin Short , Hank Azaria , and Bob Odenkirk were reported to be interested in the part . In January 2004 , Variety reported that Steve Carell , of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , was in talks to play the role . At the time , he was already committed to another NBC mid @-@ season replacement comedy , Come to Papa , but the series was quickly canceled , allowing his full commitment to The Office . Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned . He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais ' characterizations . Other people who were considered or auditioned for the role included Ben Falcone , Alan Tudyk , Jim Zulevic , and Paul F. Tompkins . Rainn Wilson was cast as power @-@ hungry sycophant Dwight Schrute , and he watched every episode of the series before he auditioned . Wilson had originally auditioned for Michael , a performance that he described as a " terrible Ricky Gervais impersonation " ; however , the casting directors liked his audition as Dwight much more and hired him . Seth Rogen , Matt Besser , Patton Oswalt , and Judah Friedlander also auditioned for the role . 

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 Meanwhile , Jenna , worn out from working on TGS during the day and on her unlicensed Janis Joplin biopic at night , visits Dr. Leo Spaceman ( Chris Parnell ) for help so she can work on both . He gives Jenna a military @-@ grade experimental drug currently being tested on rats to stay awake . At the same time , Tracy believes that having enough money to pay FCC fines means that he can say anything on television , and he says to Liz , " I can even say what Ernest Borgnine whispered to me . " As a result , Tracy curses on The Martha Stewart Show , and after learning that the show 's advertisers are pulling out , due to his actions , decides to sponsor the show . Meanwhile , Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric , Jack Donaghy , desperately tries to find a name for a pocket microwave oven that is not offensive in any language . With Liz gone , Jack assigns the TGS writing staff , Frank Rossitano ( Judah Friedlander ) , James " Toofer " Spurlock ( Keith Powell ) , J. D. Lutz ( John Lutz ) , Josh Girard ( Lonny Ross ) , and Sue LaRoche @-@ Van der Hout ( Sue Galloway ) , to this task . After their unsuccessful attempts , Kenneth suggests " The Funcooker " which Jack decides is the perfect name . 

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 Gilbert Gottfried as Iago , Jafar 's sarcastic , foul @-@ mouthed parrot assistant . Iago 's supervising animator Will Finn tried to incorporate some aspects of Gottfried 's appearance into Iago 's design , especially his semi @-@ closed eyes and the always @-@ appearing teeth . 

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 After their stint on Someone Like Me , Carey and Helford developed and produced the storyline for The Drew Carey Show . The sitcom revolved around a fictionalized version of Carey , as he took on the stresses of life and work with his group of childhood friends . The show premiered on September 13 , 1995 on ABC . In his autobiography , Carey revealed his frustration with having to deal with censors and being unable to employ the off @-@ color humor common in his stand @-@ up routines . Carey initially earned $ 60 @,@ 000 per episode in the first seasons , then renegotiated for $ 300 @,@ 000 . By the final season , he was earning $ 750 @,@ 000 per episode . The show had high ratings for its first few seasons , but declining ratings and increasing production costs ( around $ 3 million per episode ) precipitated its cancellation . The program had a total of 233 episodes over its nine @-@ year run and Carey was one of four actors to appear in every episode . The show starred ( in order of episode appearances ) Carey , Diedrich Bader , Kathy Kinney , Ryan Stiles ( all in every episode ) ; Craig Ferguson ( starring role in seasons 2 – 8 and guest appearances in 9 ) ; Christa Miller ( seasons 1 – 7 ) ; and Ian Gomez ( semi @-@ regular from seasons 1 – 9 ) and John Carroll Lynch ( semi @-@ regular from seasons 3 / 4 – 9 ) . 

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 Wallace Shawn as Gilbert Huph , Bob 's supervisor at his white @-@ collar insurance job 
