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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

4. Paul Shaffer

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Musician, comedian, actor and composer Paul Shaffer was heavily influenced by the musical (and comedy) acts he grew up watching on "The Ed Sullivan Show," so it was only fitting that we interviewed him in the "Ed Sullivan Room" of the famed New York Friars Club. Not many people can say they worked with James Brown, John Belushi, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Brian Wilson, Chevy Chase, Mickey Rooney AND the infamous Phil Spector, but Paul has -- and he shares memorable anecdotes about every one of them. Also, Gilbert and Paul discuss their mutual obsession with a certain Cindy Crawford/Valerie Bertinelli infomercial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried from Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.

0:26.6

Now most of us know Paul Chaffer, it's the musical director of the David Letterman show,

0:32.8

which he's been doing for I think a thousand years now.

0:36.9

But did you know that every year he's the director and producer at the rock and roll,

0:44.7

whole of fame and duchy and ceremonies?

0:47.7

Did you know that he helped create the Blues Brothers with John Baluchian Dan Acroix?

0:55.7

And he was the musical director of the house band for Saturday Night Live for several years.

1:02.9

And he was the musical director of God's Bell.

1:07.7

He has worked with everybody in show business over the years, Sammy Davis Jr., Jerry Lewis,

1:16.1

Bob Dylan, you name it, he's worked with them.

1:20.4

You realize why David Letterman hired him and kept him all these years.

1:26.4

He's fast, he's funny, he's sweaty, and best of all he's a friend of mine and he's here now, whole shape.

1:35.4

It's Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.

1:45.4

I'm here with my co-host Frank Santopodre and special guest we have on the show today, a friend of mine,

1:54.4

and a very talented performer, Mr. Paul Chaffer.

1:59.4

Thank you so much, Gilbert, for that marvelous introduction.

2:04.4

And Frank Santopodre, how did you get him?

2:11.4

There was a lot of begging and that was going to be a good guy, an easy, easy audience.

2:21.4

Now of course, my interviewing skills are to just turn it to me as best as possible.

2:30.4

So let's talk about the first time, let's start there.

2:34.4

The Letterman.

2:36.4

First time you did the Letterman show.

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