864- Gilbert Gottfried Fought With My Babysitter with Actress/Comedian Mollie Heckerling

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Comic/Actress Mollie Heckerling had a babysitter, Barbara, who decided to take on their close family friend, Gilbert Gottfried. This hilarious argument landed them on the Howard Stern Show for many episodes! Listen to Mollie recount this and many more stories growing up with her mom Amy Heckerling.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the story worthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
0:23.6	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a brand new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.
0:29.3	Now, I know that I have not been putting out regular StoryWorthies recently with guests
0:34.8	because I had a cochlear implant inserted a couple of weeks ago, and I am now
0:43.4	activated, so the sound is definitely getting better, but before I got the cochlear implant,
0:50.0	recording this show and editing this show was virtually impossible. So I have not been able to
0:56.2	put out new episodes. But today I am talking to you live. It's January 27th. And I'm bringing back
1:05.1	a story today from Molly Heckerling. Molly Heckerling has a fantastic story you're going to hear in a couple
1:12.0	seconds here about Gilbert Godfried fighting with her babysitter Barbara. And they got on the
1:19.8	Howard Stern show and there was this big fight and it's hilarious. And just recently I've had
1:25.8	about four Stern fans reach out to me asking me to replay this story.
1:30.8	So that's what I'm doing.
1:32.5	It's about Gilbert Godfried and Howard Stern, so I know you're going to love it.
1:37.9	Molly Heckerling is an accomplished writer and a comedian, and she's just fantastic.
1:43.2	But before we get to her story, I did want to remind you guys that we are playing
1:47.9	Story Smash this Saturday at the Lyric Hyperion, February 1st at the Lyric Hyperion with
1:54.6	Danny Zucker and Blankapatch.
1:56.7	You do not want to miss the funniest show in Los Angeles.
2:00.5	So if you're here in L.A., first of all, I hope you weren't involved in the fires.
2:05.0	But secondly, I do hope you can come to the show.
2:07.8	This Saturday night starts at 7.30.
2:09.9	It's damn funny.
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