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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

58. Tracey Jackson & Paul Williams

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2015

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Screenwriter Tracey Jackson and legendary songwriter and actor Paul Williams join Gilbert and Frank at New York's famed Friars Club to talk about the launch of their new podcast and to cover a wide array of topics, including the "musicality" of comedy, the addiction of fame, and the movies that changed Paul and Tracey's lives. Also, Paul auditions for The Monkees, Tracey hangs with Hunter S. Thompson and Gilbert "favors" Paul by performing some of his greatest hits. PLUS: John Byner! The Jewish Elvis! Robert Mitchum's bed! Tracey bootlegs a Paul Williams concert! And the return of Pat McCormick! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Don't forget to follow us on our Facebook page. Gilbert got freed's amazing colossal podcast

0:08.8

on Twitter at real Gilbert, ACP and on Instagram. Gilbert pod freed, P-O-D-F-R-I-E-D.

0:27.2

You see it's kind of a pun on the last name, I never mind.

0:32.0

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

1:02.0

With my co-host Frank Santopadre and we're here at the Friars Club in New York City. Our guests today

1:12.3

are a screenwriter, television writer and playwright who's written 12 TV pilots as well as the screenplays

1:21.8

for the movies, the guru and conventions of a shopaholic and our other guest, a songwriter,

1:33.0

singer, actor and member of the songwriter's whole of fame who's written some of the most

1:39.4

popular and enduring songs of our lifetimes including we've only just begun rainy days and

1:50.0

Mondays and the rainbow connection among many others. He's also an actor, he's appeared in everything

1:59.3

from smoking the bandit to phantom of the paradise to Batman the animated series. So please welcome

2:09.0

Tracy Jackson and Paul Williams. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome, guys. Welcome to me here.

2:18.2

I want to hear you sing those songs. Okay, Jerry, the Ryzen. Gilbert sings the

2:26.7

Paul Williams songbook. I think that would be a hit album. You know, he sings on almost every

2:32.0

episode. Yes. And as a matter of fact, he's sang a little bit of a Paul Williams song on one

2:36.8

episode. Any sang, Gilbert, you want to tell Paul? Nice to be around. Oh my god, you know that one.

2:42.4

Yes. Paul's going to want money because of ASCAP. You better come up to the moment.

2:47.8

I keep that stuff really quiet. Right, right. Yeah. Okay, then I'll keep my mouth shut.

2:53.4

Yeah, no, he's going to put his hand up. Sing away. Go ahead. Give him a little bit of that.

2:57.1

Okay, I always sing Paul Williams songs as Paul Williams. So yes,

3:05.6

ah, hello, with a fiction from a sentimental fool to a little girl who's broken every

3:17.6

rule. One that brings me up when all the others seem to let me down. One who's nice to be around.

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