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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

300 episodes · Explicit

Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, a man Stephen King once called “a national treasure,” talks with the show business legends, icons and behind-the-scenes talents who shaped his childhood and influenced his comedy. Along with co-host and fellow pop culture fanatic Frank Santopadre, Gilbert is joined by comics, actors, musicians, talk show hosts, writers and other eyewitnesses to Hollywood history, including Bruce Dern, Chevy Chase, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Adam West, Steve Buscemi, Micky Dolenz, Jim Gaffigan, Judd Apatow and DOZENS more, for a funny, frenetic, fly-on-the-wall look at showbiz then and now (but mostly then.) Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast was named "Best Podcast of 2015" by the Village Voice and one of iTunes' "Best of 2014." It has been featured in Rolling Stone, Wired and the Los Angeles Times.

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  1. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #22: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" and "Paper Moon"

    · 20 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  2. GGACP Rewind: Episode #63: Leonard Maltin

    · 1 h 18 min · Explicit

    Movie fanatics Gilbert and Frank place a call to one of the world’s most recognized authorities on cinema — author, critic and historian Leonard Maltin, who shares his thoughts on everything from the perils of…

  3. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #21: "Act Of Violence" and "Broadway Danny Rose"

    · 18 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  4. GGACP Rewind: Epsidoe #62: Judd Apatow

    · 1 h 35 min · Explicit

    Writer, producer, director and “Amazing Colossal Podcast” fan Judd Apatow took time out from his busy “Trainwreck” press tour to stop by Gilbert’s apartment and entertain the boys with stories about everyone from Jack…

  5. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #20: "The Harder They Fall" and "The Verdict"

    · 18 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  6. GGACP Rewind: Episode #61: Michael Oliver

    · 49 min · Explicit

    To mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the cult classic black comedy “Problem Child” (premiered July 27, 1990), Gilbert and Frank reached out to Junior himself, former child actor Michael Oliver, to talk about…

  7. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #19: "Road To Perdition" and "Marathon Man"

    · 18 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  8. GGACP Rewind: Episode #60: Josh Groban

    · 1 h 17 min · Explicit

    Singer and actor Josh Groban has sold over 25 million records and performed with legends like Sting, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand, which is why it was so surprising that he allowed Gilbert and Frank into his home…

  9. GGACP Rewind: Mini Episode #18: "No Way to Treat A Lady" and "The Hudsucker Proxy"

    · 19 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  10. GGACP Rewind: Episode #59: Greg Evigan

    · 1 h 21 min · Explicit

    This week, Gilbert and Frank welcome one of the most visible and popular TV actors of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, former heartthrob and “B.J. and the Bear” and “My Two Dads” star Greg Evigan, who shares memorable anecdotes…

  11. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Epidode #17: "1941" and "The Incident"

    · 14 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  12. GGACP Rewind: Episode #58: Tracey Jackson and Paul Williams

    · 1 h 30 min · Explicit

    Screenwriter Tracey Jackson and legendary songwriter, musician and actor Paul Williams join Gilbert and Frank at New York’s famed Friars Club to cover a wide array of topics, including the “musicality” of comedy, the…

  13. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #16: "The Wicker Man" and Roddy McDowall

    · 14 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  14. GGACP Rewind: Episode #57: Bill Scheft

    · 1 h 23 min · Explicit

    Standup comedian, novelist and comedy writer Bill Scheft spent 24 years as David Letterman’s confidante, right-hand man and head monologue writer, being nominated for 15 Emmys in the process. A few days after Dave’s…

  15. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #15: "Treasure Of the Sierra Madre" and "Double Indemnity"

    · 17 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  16. GGACP Rewind: Episode #56: Richard Kind

    · 1 h 38 min · Explicit

    TV, film and stage actor (and devoted “Amazing Colossal Podcast” fan) Richard Kind drops by Gilbert’s apartment to check out GG’s memorabilia collection and to join Gilbert and Frank for a spirited discussion of the…

  17. Fun For All Ages New Season Announcement

    · 2:25

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  18. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #14: "A Simple Plan" and "Radio Days"

    · 19 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  19. GGACP Rewind: Episode #55: GGACP Anniversary Special, Part 2

    · 1 h 09 min · Explicit

    This week, the not-to-be-missed conclusion of our one-year anniversary episode as actor Craig Bierko, illustrator Drew Friedman, comedy writer Tom Leopold, writer-producer Bill Persky and musician Paul Shaffer join…

  20. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #13: "Being There" & "The Mortal Storm"

    · 15 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  21. GGACP Rewind: Episode #54: First Anniversary Special, Part One

    · 1 h 04 min · Explicit

    To celebrate the podcast’s one-year anniversary, Gilbert and Frank round up an all-star cast of their favorite guests — Craig Bierko, Drew Friedman, Tom Leopold, Bill Persky and Paul Shaffer — for a lively,…

  22. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #12: "Two Seconds" and "Going In Style"

    · 20 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  23. GGACP Rewind: Episode #53: Artie Lange

    · 1 h 36 min · Explicit

    Gilbert and Frank take a day trip to the New Jersey home of comedian, actor and former Howard Stern sideman Artie Lange to bash “Godfather Part III,” to praise their favorite character actors (paging Philip Baker…

  24. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #11: "Island of Lost Souls" & "Time After Time"

    · 17 min · Explicit

    In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  25. GGACP Rewind: Episode #52: Paul Dooley

    · 1 h 30 min · Explicit

    Gilbert and Frank chat with one of Hollywood’s busiest character actors and favorite “movie dads,” Paul Dooley (“Breaking Away,” “Sixteen Candles,” “Runaway Bride”) who looks back on everything from tackling the role…

  26. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #10: "Bang The Drum Slowly" & "Murder By Decree"

    · 19 min · Explicit

    In a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  27. GGACP Rewind: Episode #51: Ed Asner

    · 1 h 01 min · Explicit

    Gilbert and Frank ring up one of their favorite character actors, seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, to talk about his early days in the business, his seven memorable seasons as the irascible Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler…

  28. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #9: "The Boys From Brazil" & "Where’s Poppa?"

    · 16 min · Explicit

    In a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  29. GGACP Rewind: Episode #50: Michael Nesmith

    · 1 h 14 min · Explicit

    Gilbert and Frank attend the 2015 Chiller Convention, where they manage to snag a rare interview with musician, songwriter and producer Michael Nesmith. In this episode, Nesmith looks back on everything from his mom’s…

  30. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #8: "Quick Change" and "Freaks"

    · 21 min · Explicit

    In a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  31. GGACP Rewind: Episode# 49: Lee Meriwether and Julie Newmar

    · 1 h 35 min · Explicit

    In a rare two-part episode, Gilbert and Frank are joined by not one, but TWO of the actresses to play Catwoman during the run of the classic 1966 “Batman” series, Lee Meriwether and Julie Newmar. First, Lee looks back…

  32. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #7: "Night Moves" and "My Darling Clementine"

    · 18 min · Explicit

    In a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  33. GGACP Rewind: Episode #48: Lewis Black LIVE

    · 1 h 40 min · Explicit

    In the "Amazing Colossal Podcast"s first live recording (at New York City’s Carolines comedy club), Gilbert and Frank are joined by the angriest man in showbiz, Emmy and Grammy-winning comedian, writer and actor Lewis…

  34. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Epidode #6: "Charade" and "The Conversation"

    · 16 min · Explicit

    In a series of topic-focused GGACP mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  35. GGACP Rewind: Episode 47: Craig Bierko

    · 1 h 37 min · Explicit

    Actor and singer Craig Bierko has appeared in movies (“Cinderella Man,” “The Long Kiss Goodnight”), hit TV series (“Damages,” “Boston Legal”) and Tony-nominated musicals (“The Music Man,” “Guys and Dolls”) and worked…

  36. Mini-Episode #5: Around the World with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon

    · 15 min · Explicit

    In another topic-focused GGACP mini-episode, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  37. GGACP Rewind: 46. Joan Kramer & David Heeley

    · 1 h 45 min · Explicit

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  38. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Ep #4: Pennies From Heaven and the Great Lon Chaney Jr.

    · 19 min · Explicit

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  39. GGACP Rewind: Episode 45: Steve Buscemi

    · 1 h 16 min · Explicit

    Brooklyn-born actor and director Steve Buscemi (pronounced “BOO-SEMI”) joins Gilbert and Frank for lunch and laughs at the New York Friars Club and tells us all about his early days as a struggling stand-up, his…

  40. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #3: Biopics and Reserved Rod Steiger

    · 20 min · Explicit

    In another topic-focused GGACP mini-episode, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  41. GGACP Rewind: Episode #44: Carol Leifer

    · 1 h 24 min · Explicit

    Emmy-nominated writer, producer and comedian Carol Leifer joins Gilbert and Frank to talk about early comedy influences Mickey Katz, Allan Sherman and Vaughn Meader, her salad days at The Comic Strip and Catch a Rising…

  42. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #2: Boss Hogg and Martin Scorsese

    · 11 min · Explicit

    In another topic-focused GGACP mini-episode, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  43. GGACP Rewind: Episode #43: Bobby Rydell

    · 1 h 10 min · Explicit

    The pride of South Philadelphia, former teen idol Bobby Rydell joins Gilbert and Frank at the Friars Club’s George Burns Room to talk about his early days as a drummer, his hit records “Swinging School,” “Wild One” and…

  44. GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #1: George C. Scott and Mr. Warmth

    · 12 min · Explicit

    In the first in a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and…

  45. GGACP Rewind: Episode #42: Dan Harmon

    · 1 h 11 min · Explicit

    Outspoken and controversial writer-producer Dan Harmon went from performing improv in his hometown of Milwaukee to creating hit television shows like “Community” and Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty.” Dan joined Gilbert…

  46. GGACP Rewind: Episode #41: Bill Mumy

    · 1 h 14 min · Explicit

    To mark 2015's 50th anniversary of the classic adventure series “Lost in Space,” Gilbert and Frank dial up Will Robinson himself, actor, musician and voice artist Bill Mumy, who shares childhood memories of working…

  47. GGACP Rewind: Episode #40: Dave Attell

    · 1 h 28 min · Explicit

    Gilbert and Frank sit down with one of their favorite funny people -- comic, writer and Comedy Central host Dave Attell, to talk about everything from Louis CK’s cult blaxploitation spoof “Pootie Tang” (featuring Dave…

  48. GGACP Rewind: Episode #39: Ken Berry

    · 1 h 21 min · Explicit

    Actor, dancer and singer Ken Berry grew up in a small Midwestern town, admiring the musicals of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. After winning several local talent contests, he found his way into show business and was soon…

  49. GGACP Rewind: Episode #38: Alan Zweibel

    · 1 h 37 min · Explicit

    Emmy award-winning writer Alan Zweibel started out in show business by peddling jokes to Catskills comics at seven bucks a pop, before a chance meeting with Lorne Michaels led to a staff job on the hottest new show on…

  50. GGACP Rewind: Episode #37: Chuck McCann

    · 1 h 27 min · Explicit

    As a young boy growing up in Queens, New York, Chuck McCann worshipped stars like Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton and Groucho Marx, and within a few years, he would find himself befriending (or working with) all of them.…

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