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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Alan Alda and Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Bobi NYC

Comedy, Society & Culture, Science

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda is coming back soon for a sensational season 4! In the meantime, we've been having a lot of fun behind the scenes creating bonus episodes, new experiences, and great content for you. And, we also want to introduce you to some of our favorite podcasters. So, here's a podcast we like called Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. In this episode Gilbert and Frank welcome a sought-after guest, writer-director-actor Alan Alda, who discusses (among other topics) growing up in Burlesque theaters, working with his father Robert Alda, coping with the pressures of sudden fame and learning to live life "in the moment." Also, Buster Keaton does a backflip, Mickey Rooney "hails a cab," Sarah Silverman forms an unlikely friendship and Alan remembers M*A*S*H colleagues Harry Morgan, Wayne Rogers and McLean Stevenson. PLUS: The Great Blackstone! "The Beast with Five Fingers"! Revisiting "Crimes and Misdemeanors"! Beetlepuss rescues Bela Lugosi! And Alan shares the stage with Red Buttons, Phil Silvers and Mae West!   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Alan Alder and this is Clear In Vivid, conversations about connecting and communicating.

0:11.4

This is a pretty different episode from the one you're used to hearing on Clear In Vivid.

0:18.5

I had a really good time being interviewed by the stand-up comic and actor Gilbert Gottfried

0:23.7

and his co-host Frank Santo Padre.

0:26.9

A conversation took place on their show called Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast.

0:33.4

It's amazing because we wind up talking for a long time and it's colossal because we're talking about me.

0:39.8

Clear In Vivid will be returning soon with season four and a delightful conversation with our first guest,

0:46.2

Secretary of State, Madeline, all bright.

0:49.1

In the meantime, keep checking Clear In Vivid each Tuesday because we'll be releasing some really terrific bonus episodes,

0:55.5

including all of your best answers to my seven quick questions, which we've been collecting on Facebook and Twitter.

1:03.3

Keep listening and stay tuned for another great new season with our extraordinary guests.

1:08.9

And now, enjoy Gilbert, Frank, and, well, moi.

1:25.5

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried.

1:35.3

And this is Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast with my co-host Frank Santo Padre.

1:42.9

And our engineer Frank Ferdaroza here at Earwold.

1:48.5

Our guest this week really needs no introduction, but we wrote one and damn it, he's gonna get one.

1:57.1

He's a writer, producer, director, TV host, New York Times best-selling author, podcaster,

2:05.7

and one of the most recognized and admired actors of the 20th and 21st centuries.

2:14.7

You've seen his work in films like, same time next year, The Seduction of Joe Tynon,

2:22.1

Crimes and Mr. Meeners, Bridges Bridge of Spies, the aviator for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

2:35.1

He's also written and directed several pictures of his own, including Sweet Liberty, Betsy Sweady, and The Four Seasons.

2:46.5

Memoral TV appearances include E.R., The West Wing, 30 Rock, The Blacklist, Scientific American Frontiers,

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