38. Alan Zweibel

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2015

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Emmy award-winning writer Alan Zweibel started out in show business by peddling jokes to Catskills comics at seven bucks a pop, before a chance meeting with Lorne Michaels led to a staff job on the hottest new show on television, "Saturday Night Live." Alan joined Gilbert and Frank at the George Burns Room at the Friars Club to talk about the earliest days of SNL, co-creating the groundbreaking "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and collaborating with everyone from Gilda Radner to Rob Reiner to Billy Crystal. Also: Alan heckles Larry David's act, "borrows from" Paul Simon, turns down "Hollywood Squares" and inspires a classic "Seinfeld" episode. PLUS: Totie Fields! Christopher Lee! The subversiveness of "Duck Soup"! Uncle Miltie gets banned! And Gilbert tries (unsuccessfully) to follow The Beatles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Gilbert Gottfried. Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. I'm here with my co-host Frank Santobos.
0:29.9	I'm a co-pod drink and I'd like to give a shout out to two of our loyal contributors to patron.
0:38.8	The first one is Ryan Storry. Ryan Storry. The second one is Fredrick. He didn't give me a last name.
0:52.4	So he's kind of a fan but he doesn't want people to know it. He doesn't want people to find him and go,
1:01.5	you actually listen to Gilbert Gottfried? That's what you do with your life. So he's just Fredrick
1:09.2	from Oslo Norway. Where it's I think most of my fans are from Oslo Norway. And but Fredrick,
1:19.1	get in touch with me and give me your last name. I'll say your last name on the air. But also you can
1:31.4	contribute to patron and it's Frank. God sakes. What the hell do I have you here for? The one time I need you.
1:46.3	Usually you're just interrupting me when you're not wanted but now all of a sudden. Well you didn't
1:54.5	set me up here too. And you're just leaving me out in the cold. You want to know what happens to
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2:14.8	cool video hangout. Just just Gilbert images of Gilbert walking around and flippers. He's stolen
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2:46.4	contribute to our show. And it's sort of like PBS Gilbert without the tote bag. All right.
2:54.0	A sheet be a pop rod. He just like that. Mackenzie Phillips doesn't come on and bullshit for 40
3:01.2	minutes while you're trying to watch a documentary about the momma's and the poppers. Yeah it's like
3:06.4	you don't get behind the scenes information about Dalton Abby. Dalton Abby. Yes. So again that is
3:16.1	patreon.com folks slash Gilbert got freed. And thank you Ryan's story and Frederick.
3:23.5	Of Oslo. Oslo Norway. Tell us your last name for God's sake. Hi this is Gilbert got freed.
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