212. Peter Fonda

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Actor, director, producer and counterculture hero Peter Fonda stops by the studio for a fascinating conversation about the making of "Easy Rider," his difficult relationship with his legendary dad and his encounters with Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau and Ernest Hemingway (among others). Also, Dennis Hopper holds a grudge, Elvis straps on a helmet, Jack Nicholson replaces Rip Torn and Victor Mature gives a bravura performance. PLUS: The genius of Terry Southern! In praise of Christopher Plummer! The Monkees foot the bill! The Beatles find inspiration! And Peter names his favorite Henry Fonda movie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	You're participating in Gilbert Godfrey's podcast amazing colossal.
1:10.0	Nice.
1:16.0	Hi, I'm Gilbert Godfrey. This is Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast.
1:39.0	I'm here with my co-host Frank Santopadre and we're once again recording it, not make with our engineer Frank Bertorosa.
1:49.0	Our guest this week is a writer, producer, director, activist and one of the busiest and most popular actors of the last six decades.
2:02.0	You know his work from movies such as The Trick, The Wild Angels, The Hired Hand, Race with the Devil, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry,
2:14.0	One Didn't Avada, The Limey, Escape from LA, Ghost Rider, 310 to You Moth, and Ulyse Gold for which he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor.
2:31.0	And of course as the star, producer and co-writer of one of the most iconic and groundbreaking films in the history of American cinema, Easy Rider.
2:48.0	His newest film is Foundry's, Ghost R and Christopher Plummer, and he'll be seen in the new Amazon Action series, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.
3:02.0	Along his fascinating journey, he's met, worked with and befriended a who's who of 20th Century pop culture figures, including Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Pablo Picasso, Bob Dylan, Christopher Lee, Mick Jagger,
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