20. Weird Al Yankovic

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Visual Arts, Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2014

⏱️ 74 minutes

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The man with the #1 album in America, the wildly inventive Weird Al Yankovic joins us to talk about everything from the history of novelty records to why he's forbidden to make eye contact with Prince. Also, Gilbert flashes Marge Simpson, prays to a statue of Red Buttons and loses a part to 3' 9" Billy Barty. PLUS: Dueling Crazy Guggenheims! Irving Berlin vs. Mad magazine! "Disco" Art Fleming! And Weird Al's "Mount Rushmore of Comedy"! 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 with my co-host Frank Santopodre.
0:28.0	You know, when Frank and I were kids, we used to love to listen to people like Alan Sherman and Stan Freiberk, who are like brilliant at these clever imaginative song parodies.
0:46.0	And today, we are joined by the modern day Master of the genre, the man with the number one album in the country, the great weird Al Yankovic.
1:05.0	Now, this is going to be a very uncharacteristically somber and revealing interview, where it really touches some runners' at points, so but be patient and be strong.
1:24.0	Who has the biggest album of the year? Not you Taylor Swift, not you Beyonce, not you Iggy Asalia, not you Ariana Huffington, not you Taylor Swift.
1:42.0	I think you said that already.
1:43.0	It's Ariana Grande, Ariana Huffington, she doesn't make her the mature though.
1:48.0	Huffington, I think so. You know, fuck you Ariana Huffington, you can't even sing.
1:57.0	And your aggregated website.
1:59.0	Yeah, your website's a piece of shit and I'm going to last up on the bottom.
2:06.0	Fuck you Ariana Huffington. Ariana Grande, at least has record out.
2:15.0	Anyway, the person with the biggest album of the year, it's not Ariana Huffington, believe it or not.
2:23.0	I thought it was.
2:24.0	Yeah. Well, that's how I tricked you.
2:28.0	Oh, switcheroo.
2:31.0	It's ladies and gentlemen weird out of the anchovies.
2:37.0	Please just call me ladies and gentlemen.
2:39.0	Yes, ladies, we have ladies and gentlemen on the show right now.
2:44.0	Now ladies and gentlemen.
2:48.0	This is your, we're doing this at the friars club in New York.
2:53.0	You've never been to the friars.
2:55.0	I have never, I've been to one LA, not this particular one in New York City.
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