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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Carl Gottlieb Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of everyone's favorite summer blockbuster, "Jaws" with this ENCORE of an 2018 interview with screenwriter-director Carl Gottlieb. In this episode, Carl discusses his work on “Jaws 2” and “Jaws 3-D,” the ingenuity of Steven Spielberg, the effectiveness of “unseen horror” and the many challenges of bringing the original “Jaws” to the screen. Also, John Belushi spoofs Richard Dreyfuss, Groucho guest hosts “Music Scene,” Ringo battles the Abominable Snowman and Carl and Steve Martin team up for “The Jerk.” PLUS: “The Absent-Minded Waiter”! “Son of the Invisible Man”! The Smothers Brothers vs. CBS! Sterling Hayden vs. the I.R.S.! And “The Jaws Log: The Musical”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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 make sure you're

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subscribed to the new show there so you don't miss any episodes links can be found in the

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show description we'll see you all soon hi this is Andrea Martin, and you are listening to Gilbert Godfrey's amazing, colossal podcast.

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Music Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host, Frank Santopatra.

1:19.0

And we're once again recording at Nutmeg with our engineer, Frank Verde Rosa.

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Our guest this week is a producer, author, actor, Emmy-winning writer, and Oscar-nominated director.

1:33.8

He started out his performing career as a member of the San Francisco-based comedy troupe, The Committee,

1:48.4

and went on to write and perform in popular variety shows and situation comedies, such as the Glenn Campbell Good Time Hour, the Flip

1:57.9

Wilson Special, the George Burns Comedy Week, the Ken Berry Wow Show, Chico and the man,

2:07.3

all in the family, the odd couple, the Bob Newhart show, and of course the groundbreaking

2:16.0

and rule-breaking Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he was

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awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement and Comedy.

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He also wrote the feature films Dr. Detroit and the Richard Pryor vehicle,

2:37.5

Which Way Is Up, directed the Ringo Star comedy, Caveman, and Oscar-nominated short,

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The Absent-Minded Wader, and appeared in movies Mesh, The Long Goodbye,

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Johnny Dangerously, and Clueless, and of course, in a pair of iconic films that he also

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happened to write.

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Steve Martin's The Jerk and a little picture called Jaws.

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He's also the screenwriter of the sequels,

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Jaws 2 and Jaws 3,

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and the author of a best-selling book, The Jaws Log,

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an indispensable production guide and behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of Hollywood's greatest adventure films.

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