650 - Living with Eddie Van Halen! The weird way Craig became THE "impressions" guys. Going on tour with KISS, bouncing from the worst despair, and a special visit from Christopher Walken - Craig Gass.

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🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Craig Gass, American actor, comedian, Voiceover artist, and impressionist is the most interesting person, and has to most interesting stories that I have ever known! He grew up around deaf parents and ended up learning an amazing impression skill! He shares the stories of how he got out of this addiction, that time he lived with the one and only Eddie Van Halen, and that time when he was touring with KISS! Also, a special visit from Christopher Walken and a surprise visit from a celebrity baby. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.1	Oh my God, so many amazing stories.
0:19.8	Imagine turning this into a career.
0:23.1	You're born into a family where everyone in the family is deaf.
0:28.6	Try to picture how you could turn that into a huge successful career.
0:35.0	And then imagine this because this has happened to me.
0:38.6	One time I broke up with a girlfriend, I called up a friend and he said,
0:43.3	why don't you stay with me for a while?
0:44.7	You're in shock.
0:45.7	Stay with me for a while.
0:47.8	But imagine, so that's happened to me, but this hasn't happened to me.
0:51.2	Imagine if the friend who says that to you is Eddie Van Halen.
0:56.5	So we talked to Craig Gas about his amazing ability in doing impressions and how he learned
1:01.2	it in this truly remarkable way.
1:03.3	His experience is, you know, he's an impressionist.
1:07.3	He does impressions on all sorts of TV shows, including every time you hear a celebrity
1:11.0	impression on family guy, it's probably Craig Gas.
1:13.4	He's a star on Howard Stern's Show.
1:15.4	You might know him from that.
1:17.0	He also lived with Eddie Van Halen and he's got some amazing stories in particular in the
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