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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

243. David Yazbek

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Gilbert and Frank are joined by Emmy-winning writer and Tony-winning composer David Yazbek ("The Full Monty," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "The Band's Visit") for a funny and freewheeling conversation about the golden age of kiddie show hosts, the comedy albums of Spike Jones and Allan Sherman, the long-lost era of Top 40 radio and the trials (and triumphs) of composing music for the Broadway stage. Also, Jerry Lewis goes to therapy, Larry David whistles a happy tune, Gilbert remembers Kathleen Freeman and David weighs in on the "Baby, it's Cold Outside" controversy. PLUS: Umm Kulthum! "The Sammy Maudlin Show"! "Richard Kind Theater"! Moe Howard meets Officer Joe Bolton! And David critiques Gilbert's "musical" abilities! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is David McCallum and you're listening to Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast.

0:30.0

Hi, I'm Gilbert Godfrey, Mrs. Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast and I'm here with my co-host Frank Santopadre and our engineer Frank Ferdarosa.

0:43.0

Our guest this week is a man of many many talents. He's a musician, songwriter, recording artist, record producer, Emmy-winning comedy writer, and Tony Winning and Grammy-nominated composer.

0:59.0

He's released five solo albums of original music and worked with such diverse artists as Queen Tito Puente and XTC.

1:12.0

He's composed commercial jingles music for popular TV shows like Boardwalk Empire and composed the theme song to wear in the world this Carmen Sandiego.

1:27.0

Hell, he's even won an Emmy for writing on late night with David Letterman. But it's his work on the Broadway stage that's brought him the most attention and let's face it, the most tale.

1:47.0

As the composer of hit musicals such as The Pulmonte, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Bombay Dreams, Sturdy Rotten Scoundrels, and the band's visit for which he was awarded the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Original Score.

2:12.0

Most Frank and I saw that show and now we know why he won the Tony and why he's getting laid like a feed. In a still young career, he's already worked with people like Larry David John Litzkow, David Letterman, Salma Hayek, Paul Rudd, Patty Lapone, and our buddy Richard Kind.

2:41.0

And yes, even Kathleen Freeman, his new musical and adaptation of the Broadway winning film, Tucci.

2:52.0

What winning film? Oscar winning I give up. It was so good they gave it an entire avenue. Oscar winning film, fuck it all.

3:07.0

A two his new musical and adaptation of the Oscar winning film, Tucci makes its Broadway debut in the spring of 2019. And of course I'll be hitting him up for free tickets.

3:25.0

Please welcome to the show of musical Renaissance Man, a big fan of this very podcast and God help him a fan of my stand-up comedy.

3:41.0

Our pal David Yasbick. I wouldn't say I'm your pal. But otherwise everything. A couple of inaccuracies I never worked with Queen.

3:50.0

I don't know why that's on the internet. But it is interesting. And then Bombay Dreams is something I wasn't you're not supposed to know that I helped with a little bit.

3:57.0

So it's on every I don't care. It's a you know that I'm glad people know why you credit with basically can I just say David Yasbick has done shit.

4:08.0

That's that is a more appropriate introduction. Why are you connected with Queen on the I produced the band called Queen Sarah Saturday.

4:17.0

And someone just got it wrong. You know 15 years ago. And that so it's up there Gilbert. I brought you something. Oh, yeah. Oh he loves a guest that brings gifts.

4:27.0

I brought you I was at a hotel recently. So I brought you the some soap unused shampoo some bath and shower gel.

4:38.0

They had the nice little kit with the sewing stuff excellent and some pads for your ass or for your face. And then I happen to I only used one of them some glycerin suppositories.

4:49.0

So when we're done with this you're going to need one one more.

4:55.0

Oh, this is excellent. Wow. It's Christmas. So I promise not to start crying on the I would know what to do.

5:05.0

So so few guest bring gifts. Well, yes, they're assholes and I'm not. That's what we're learning here. And that's why the suppository.

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