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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

148. Bernie Kopell

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2017

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

One of the funniest and most beloved character actors of his generation, Bernie Kopell joins Gilbert and Frank to reminisce about his six decades in show business, working with legends Steve Allen, Jack Benny and Phil Slivers and his signature roles on Get Smart, When Things Were Rotten and The Love Boat. Also, Charles Boyer apologizes, Raymond Burr takes a seat, Harvey Korman peddles encyclopedias and Bernie remembers his old pal Dick Gautier. PLUS: The world's slowest agent! Louis Armstrong hails a cab! Jonathan Winters lays down the law! In praise of Dick Van Dyke (and Mary Tyler Moore)! And a surprise guest calls in to the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried. This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. I'm

0:24.6

here with my co-host Frank Santopadre and we're once again recording at Nutmeg with our engineer,

0:31.8

Frank Hurteroza. Our guest this week is one of the most prolific and recognized character

0:38.1

actors of the last six decades. You know him from dozens of TV appearances including Be Witch.

0:45.6

That girl Alfred Hitchcock presents the Beverly Hillbillies, The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show,

0:53.6

The $6 million man, The Bob Newhaw Joe, Saturday Night Live. My name is Earl,

1:00.6

a RESTED development and scrubs to just name a few. In his 50 plus years in show business,

1:09.5

he shared the stage and screen with Jack Benny, Bill Silver's, Lucille Ball, Danny K Lee J Cobb,

1:20.3

Steve Allen, Lana Turner, Dara Stays, Sid Seeds, Jean Kelly, and Tonga the Jim.

1:30.8

And let's see, did we leave anything out? Only his turn as Alan A. Dale in Mel Brooks cold series

1:39.9

when things were rotten. His unforgettable portrayal of the nefarious sigthread on the iconic spy

1:48.9

comedy Get Smart. And his nine memorable seasons has the lady killing Dr. Annam Bricker on the

1:58.8

wildly popular series The Love Boat. Please welcome to the show of First and I Lactor,

2:05.7

who's played everything from a Puerto Rican dentist to a German submarine captain.

2:12.4

One of our favorite performers, the pride of a Rasmus High Bernie Cupel.

2:20.6

Gilbert, could you say a little of that for my memorial?

2:25.6

I appreciate that. Welcome Bernie.

2:29.4

Holy moly, that's that was just what a, that was very, I'm bored, I'm bored. Just the,

2:36.0

you left out some of the tennis things I've done.

2:39.0

You want to tell us about it?

2:41.8

Oh yes. Back in the 70s, 80s and 90s, the beginning of the 90s, the big companies had some excess

2:52.4

money that dried up since then. And they, they sent people on television out all over the world for

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