103. Orson Bean

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Actor, comedian and raconteur Orson Bean is perhaps best known as a longtime game show fixture and frequent guest on talk shows, but he also appeared on Broadway and in popular films such as "Anatomy of a Murder" and "Being John Malkovich," working alongside icons like Boris Karloff, Helen Hayes, Jimmy Stewart, Phil Silvers and Dustin Hoffman. Gilbert and Frank also talk to Orson about his years on the Hollywood blacklist, his friendship with Stan Laurel, his fondness for Ed Sullivan and his personal correspondence with Groucho Marx. PLUS: John McGiver returns! Jack Paar takes a powder! Will Jordan does Sabu! Jack Klugman nails Willy Loman! And Jayne Mansfield upstages Walter Matthau! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Gilbert Gottfried and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
0:27.9	I'm here with my co-host Frank Santopadre and we're once again recording at Nutmeg Post
0:36.0	with our engineer, Frank Ferdarosa.
0:39.2	Our guest this week is an actor, comedian, television personality, author, humorist and storyteller
0:47.4	who's appeared in hit Broadway shows, including Will Success Boyle Rock Hunter, successful
0:55.5	movies like Ananomy of a Murder, Inner Space and Bing John Malkovich, as well as numerous
1:03.7	television shows, including the Ed Sullivan show, The Twilight Zone, Naked City, The
1:11.4	Love Boat, Allie McBeale, Will and Grace, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Two and a Half Men,
1:19.7	Desperate Housewives and Modern Family.
1:24.2	He's made over 200 appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and was a frequent
1:32.6	panelist and celebrity contestant on dozens of game shows, including To Tell the Truth.
1:41.0	What's my line?
1:42.0	I've got a secret, stumped the stars, match game, password and a $10,000 pyramid just
1:51.6	a name of you.
1:53.7	In a long distinguished career he's worked with everyone from Boris Karloff and Peter
2:00.2	Laurie to Walter Mathau to Art Carney to John Q. Sack to Sarah Silverman.
2:08.8	You want more?
2:09.8	He's also a best-selling author of three books and a direct descendant of former President
2:19.2	Calvin Coolidge.
2:22.0	Please welcome to the show a fixture of my childhood in Frank's and one of show business's
2:30.1	greatest raccontours, Orson Bean.
2:35.0	Holy horse pussy.
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