79. Steve Stoliar

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2015

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Marx Brothers fanatics Gilbert and Frank sit down for a fascinating conversation with Groucho's personal assistant and archivist (and author of the memoir, "Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House") Steve Stoliar, who shares fond memories of the man himself, as well as brothers Gummo, Zeppo and famous houseguests George Burns, Liza Minnelli and Mae West. Also, Marvin Hamlisch grouses, Groucho takes in an Alice Cooper concert, Zeppo heads south of the border and Steve rescues "Animal Crackers." PLUS: Claude Rains! S.J. Perelman! The "Israeli Chico Marx"! Bob Hope roasts Danny Thomas! And Erin Fleming turns down Woody Allen! 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 on Twitter at real Gilbert, ACP and on Instagram.
0:16.7	Gilbert pod freed PODFRID. You see it's kind of a pun on the last name and never mind.
0:46.7	Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey. This is Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast. I'm Hewitt by cohost Frank Santo Padre.
1:04.4	Our guest this week is a TV writer, documentary filmmaker and author with credits that include Simon and Simon Merteshy wrote
1:16.0	and sliders. He's written and produced documentaries on everyone from Elvis to Shempowered.
1:25.2	And as a voice artist has contributed to animated specials including Frosty Returns and you're in the Superbowl Charlie Brown.
1:38.2	In 1974 when he was just 19 years old he went to work for the legendary Groucho Marx.
1:49.2	An experience he writes about in his book Raised Eyebrows. My years inside Groucho's house
1:58.4	soon to be a major motion picture directed by filmmaker Rob Zombie. Welcome to the show Steve Stolier.
2:09.4	Thank you a pleasure to be here. Thanks Steve. Thanks for doing it. Sure. Well it's nice to speak to you
2:18.1	from from beyond the grave. I was under the impression that I was going to be speaking with Arthur Godfrey.
2:29.0	And I don't I don't hear anyone playing a ukulele or anything remotely resembling a ukulele.
2:41.7	That's Arthur Godfrey. Did you realize that a lot of the pictures we did was because Chico needed the money.
2:49.4	Oh that's a catchphrase. Chico needed a lot more than just money but Hoppo and I couldn't provide those
2:58.0	specific services. Hello. This is the Groucho's. This is the real.
3:06.1	Bang bang bang bang bang. I gotta tell you I care about the ecology but not about the Jews.
3:17.5	I I want to save the whales but I don't care about any of the Jews surviving.
3:26.0	Thank you Arthur Godfrey. I never heard you do Arthur Godfrey. That's pretty damn good.
3:31.8	Big demand for that. Yeah well the kids go crazy. The kids go crazy for that and they stop me on the
3:37.3	street corner to ask me to do my Bennett surf impression. Are you currently appearing on Broadway
3:46.7	and a play involving a small child or a citrus fruit of some sort. There's a big demand for that.
3:59.2	How's your Percy Hilton? That is good as his Percy Kilbrud. Oh well we'll have
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