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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

12. Mike Reiss

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Visual Arts, Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2014

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

With an epic marathon of 552 (!) episodes of "The Simpsons" launching this week (on cable channel FXX), Gilbert and Frank decided to sit down with someone who's been there from the very beginning (way back in 1988), writer, producer and former show runner, Mike Reiss. Mike joined the boys in Gilbert's Chelsea apartment to share a few "dark secrets" behind TV's longest-running prime time series, including the true story behind Itchy & Scratchy, how Groundskeeper Willie became a national hero, and why Marge's bouffant is so tall (bet you don't know the story behind that one.) Also, Mike recalls writing fake "letters to Santa" for Johnny Carson and working on one of our all-time favorite sitcoms, "It's Garry Shandling's Show." You want more? How about Michael Jackson's sound-alike, hookers in helicopters and Raymond Burr does Tiny Tim? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, if you've never heard of Mike Grease, let me tell you who he is.

0:10.3

He's written for National Lampoon.

0:14.1

He wrote several years for Johnny Carson on the tonight show.

0:19.9

He wrote Gary Sandling's show.

0:23.3

He wrote The Credit.

0:25.5

He wrote The Simpsons where he never once hired me to do a voice.

0:33.5

And here he is now, Mike Grease.

0:39.4

Hi, Gilbert Gottfried.

0:41.4

This Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.

0:44.8

I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre, who told me in the last podcast I didn't mention his name.

0:55.3

So I'm mentioning his name here.

0:58.9

And I said, well, I didn't mention your name because I really consider you a total load on the show.

1:06.5

And you're just like having weight around my ankles when I'm trying to...

1:14.2

That was my goal, really.

1:15.7

So I feel like I've accomplished something.

1:17.5

Yeah, like I'm trying to run track and you're just holding my ankles.

1:21.7

I do what I can.

1:22.7

I do my little part.

1:23.9

Okay.

1:25.3

Now tonight on the show, we have Mike Grease.

1:31.9

Now Mike Grease has been a writer on The Simpsons.

1:37.1

I show that's been on the air for like, you know, if you ended up like gun smoke and mesh,

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