57. Bill Scheft

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2015

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Standup, novelist and comedy writer Bill Scheft spent 24 years as David Letterman's confidante, right-hand man and head monologue writer, being nominated for 15 Emmys in the process. A few days after Dave's farewell, Bill stopped by Manhattan's Nutmeg Studios to talk about his two-plus decades in late night and to regale Gilbert and Frank with beloved showbiz tales about everyone from Larry David to Redd Foxx. Also, Bill pens jokes for the Oscars, praises the commitment of Martin Short and pays tribute to the British Invasion. PLUS: Slappy White! Larry "Bud" Melman! Bogie goes postal! The infamous "Uma, Oprah" bit! And Jerry Lewis sings The Who! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast producer of the month for June is Ryan's story.
0:11.2	Thank you, Ryan.
0:13.2	If you would like to be just like Ryan and be rewarded for supporting the podcast,
0:20.3	head over to patreon.com slash Gilbert Gottfried.
0:27.6	For a small amount, you can get some colossal benefits such as access to new podcast episodes before anyone else.
0:41.2	Exclusive video hangouts. Shoutouts from me on Twitter.
0:48.7	I will even read your advertisements, speech, or manifesto on the show.
0:58.3	Go to patreon.com slash Gilbert Gottfried. That's patreon.
1:07.3	P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com slash Gilbert Gottfried. We thank you for your generosity.
1:37.3	You know, we have great advertisers that support the show and keep it free for you guys.
1:44.9	So one of the reasons why advertisers love Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast is that they know the show has amazing listeners.
1:52.5	So about once a year, we run a listener survey to help demonstrate this to advertisers.
1:56.9	And right now we have an all-new survey that Gilbert and I would like you to take to help us learn more about our audience.
2:02.5	So just go to pod survey dot com slash Gilbert.
2:06.5	The survey only takes about five minutes. We're going to ask you some questions about yourself, what you'd like to buy,
2:11.7	but it's completely anonymous. Your answers help us find advertisers that are matched to you, your interests, and the show.
2:17.3	When you're finished, you can enter a monthly drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card. What do you think of that, Gilbert?
2:22.5	Well, what kind of questions are you going to ask them? Because we can't get two person.
2:29.3	Oh, no, no. And there's some questions I'd like to ask, but I'd like to know how far.
2:35.3	And there are certain questions that if I ask our listeners, I don't think I want to know the answers.
2:43.3	I get that. I don't want to know the answers either.
2:46.1	Once again, that's pod survey dot com slash Gilbert.
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