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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Alan Zweibel Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

GGACP marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 feature film "North" (released July 22, 1994) with this ENCORE of an interview with the much-maligned movie's writer, Emmy-winner and Thurber Prize winner Alan Zweibel. In this episode, Alan discusses (among other topics) the evolution of “Saturday Night Live,” the genius of Larry Gelbart and Neil Simon and the 2018 documentaries about his longtime friends and collaborators, Gilda Radner and Garry Shandling. Also, Jay Leno offers advice, Buck Henry makes a bad investment, Gilbert makes like Willy Loman and Lorne Michaels locks horns with Uncle Miltie. PLUS: Praising Kate McKinnon! Remembering Bruno Kirby (and Herb Sargent)! Mel Brooks comes to dinner! Desi Arnaz invents the sitcom! And Alan writes the Paul “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Simon Special! 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.

0:21.8

Make sure you're subscribed

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.

0:50.7

Music Hi, I'm Rosanna Arquette, and you're here listening to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is, uh, Gilbert Gottfried's amazing. I've already forgotten the name of the show yeah i haven't done it

1:30.1

for a couple of weeks forgot the name of the podcast we've been off you see yeah i'm gonna say it's

1:37.1

gilbert godfrey's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre.

1:50.0

Our guest this week is back for a return engagement on this podcast.

1:55.8

He's a screenwriter, producer, playwright, children's book author,

2:02.4

Thurber Award-winning novelist and Emmy Award-winning television writer. He's been honored with the Ian McKellen Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Writers Guild of America.

2:13.3

He wrote the screenplay for the feature films Dragnet, The Story of Us and North.

2:22.0

A movie film critic Roger Ebert is still panning five years after his death.

2:32.4

He collaborated with both Billy Crystal and Martin Short on that one-person shows.

2:43.5

The Tony winning 700 Sundays and fame becomes me,

2:49.5

and also served as a writer and producer on two of the most admired

2:56.1

and innovative TV series of the last 30 years curb your enthusiasm and curb your enthusiasm

3:06.3

i give up and it's carrie shanling show a program he also co-created

3:15.1

but he's perhaps best known as one of the staff writers of the original saturday night live

3:23.6

penning classic comedy skits such as john of the original Saturday Night Live,

3:27.5

penning classic comedy skits such as John Belushi's samurai sketches

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