Alan Alda Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates National Italian-American Heritage Month by presenting this ENCORE of a memorable 2018 interview with Emmy-winning actor-writer-director Alan Alda (AKA Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo). In this episode, Alan discusses 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, Mickey Rooney “hails a cab,” Buster Keaton does a backflip, 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Frank here. Everyone at Fun for All Ages is thrilled that so many of you are listening and enjoying the new show. But FYI soon will no longer be available at the Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal podcast feed. So the only place you'll be able to listen and join in on the fun is on the official Fun for All Ages podcast feed. So make sure you come over.
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0:22.7	to the new show there.
0:24.4	So you don't miss any episodes.
0:26.0	Links can be found in the show description.
0:28.7	We'll see you all soon. The Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host, Frank Santopatra, and our engineer Frank Ferdorosa here at Earwolf.
1:14.1	Our guest this week really needs no introduction, but we wrote one and damn it, he's
1:21.4	going to get one.
1:22.8	He's a writer, producer, director, TV host, New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, and one of the
1:32.3	most recognized and admired actors of the 20th and 21st centuries. You've seen his work in
1:41.9	films like same time next year, the seduction of Joe Tynan,
1:47.9	crimes and misdemeanors, Bridges, Bridge of Spies, the Aviator, for which he was nominated
1:56.4	for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
2:05.3	He's also written and directed several pictures of his own,
2:11.6	including Sweet Liberty, Betsy's Wedding, and The Four Seasons.
2:19.1	Memoral TV appearances include ER, The West Wing, 30 Rock,
2:20.6	the blacklist,
2:23.9	Scientific American Frontiers, and of course as Captain
2:27.2	Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye
2:30.3	Pierce on one of the most
2:32.9	revered programs in the history of the medium, Mesh.
2:39.0	More you want from the guy? Okay.
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