Hi, this is Gilbert Godf, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.

I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre, and once again, we're recording at Nutmeg with our engineer,

Frank Ferdorosa.

Our guest this week is an actor, producer, director, and one of the most successful

and original television and film writers of the last 60 years.

And frankly, when we found out he was willing to do this podcast, we were thrilled.

As a performer, you've seen him on TV shows like Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, 30 Rock and the Daily Show,

and as one of the most popular guest hosts of Saturday Night Live, hosting that show on 10 separate occasions, a record at that time.

He also has done memorable acting work and movies, including Taking Off, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Gloria, eating Raoul, shortcuts, defending your life, the player, and first family,

which he also directed.

But it's as a writer he's left his most indelible mark on the 20th century culture, writing satire and

sketch comedy on the Steve Allen show, the Gary Moore show, and that was the week that was,

as well as creating or co-creating three TV shows we've discussed and celebrated at length

on this very podcast. Quark, Captain Nice, and one of television's most enduring and well-loved

comedies, Get Smart.

And as for the big screen, well, he scripted a few films you may have heard of, including

Heaven Can Wait, which he also co-directed, Catch 22, The Owl and the Pussycat,

Watch Up Doc, to Die for, and of course an obscure little picture called The Graduate.

Please welcome to the show, one of the great comic minds of his time,

and a man who had the good fortune of meeting Humphrey Bogart when he was a kid,

the legendary Buck Henry.

Thank you for that beautiful, beautiful endorsement.

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