Adam West Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate the recent "Fun for All Ages" podcast about the 1966-'68 "Batman" series, GGACP presents this ENCORE of a 2014 interview with the caped crusader of Gilbert and Frank's childhoods, the legendary ADAM WEST. In this episode, Adam shares memories of everyone from Gary Cooper to Jackie Gleason and jokes about some of his more “challenging” gigs (“Voodoo Island” anyone?). Also, Adam duets with Dino, makes history with William Shatner and pays Gilbert one of the greatest compliments of his career. PLUS: The origin of the Batusi! Liberace gets tough! Adam turns down the part of James Bond! And the Riddler goes to an orgy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Godfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast
0:25.7	with my co-host Frank Santo Padre. And I remember when I was a kid, the biggest show on the
0:34.8	air was Batman. That was a show every major star wanted to be on. So we got in touch with
0:46.7	the great Adam West who starred as Batman. So move aside, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Kristen Vale.
1:01.0	Because now, on the 75th anniversary of Batman, we are speaking to Adam West.
1:15.4	Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
1:23.4	I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santoopatra, and now on the 75th anniversary of Batman,
1:36.2	uh, ladies and gentlemen,
1:38.2	the only true Cape Crusader, Adam West.
1:43.9	Well, thank you.
1:45.5	Gilbert Grape.
1:49.8	Hey, it's wonderful to be with someone who's so alive.
1:55.4	That he is.
1:57.0	You should sit six inches away from him.
1:59.8	Yes.
2:01.0	Now, we were talking before we got on the air that we had met before, and you remember meeting me.
2:11.1	Yes, I do.
2:11.8	Who could forget?
2:14.2	Yeah.
2:15.0	No, you give a wonderful impression.
2:19.3	Oh, thank you.
2:21.0	Because when you're offstage, when you're normalized in a sense, you're so wonderful with people.
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