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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Carol Kane Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday of Emmy-winning actress Carol Kane (b. June 18) with this ENCORE presentation of an interview from 2020. In this episode, Carol talks about the cinema of the 1970s, Oscar acceptance speeches, the generosity of Jack Nicholson, the inventiveness of Andy Kaufman and her admiration for (and friendship with) the legendary Bette Davis. Also, Bill Murray takes a beating, Mike Nichols performs a magic trick, Gilbert kibitzes with Charles Durning and Carol takes a (career-changing) call from Gene Wilder. PLUS: Fritz Feld! Defending “Ishtar”! Saluting Hal Ashby! “Harry and Walter Go to New York”! And Carol Kane fills in for…Carole King? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:25.3

Frank Santobadre. Our guest this week is a multiple Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress

0:33.4

and a favorite performer of both Frank and myself.

0:38.8

We've wanted to have her on this show for a long time,

0:43.2

and it only took being trapped in her apartment to get her.

0:49.3

You've seen her work in popular TV shows such as Cheers, Seinfeld, Homicide Life on the Street,

0:58.2

family guide, girls, Gotham, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Taxi,

1:07.6

for which she was awarded two Emmys for her work as Simca de Blitz. And she can be currently seen as

1:20.1

weapons expert Mindy Markowitz in Amazon's new hit series, Hunters.

1:29.9

She's also given memorable performances on the Broadway and off-Broadway stage in notable films

1:40.0

like Carnal Knowledge, The Last Detail, Annie Hall, the Muppet movie, a dog day afternoon,

1:52.9

the Princess Bride, Scrooge, Ishtar, and My Blue Heaven, Sleepwalk with me, and Hester Street,

2:04.6

for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

2:10.6

In a professional career that began when she was just 14 years old.

2:18.3

She worked with talents like Woody Allen, Mike Nichols,

2:23.3

Elaine May, Steve Martin, Andy Kaufman, Bill Murray, Jack Nicholson,

2:30.9

Sidney Lemeth, and Al Pacino, as well as podcast guests, Steve Busemi, Ed

2:41.8

Bagley Jr., Lee Grant, Richard Donner, Mary Lou Hennar, Richard Benjamin, and Peter Rieger.

2:52.5

Please welcome to the podcast, one of the most versatile and original performers of the last five decades,

3:02.7

and a woman who says that job offers stop after her Oscar nomination until she was rescued by the late great Gene Wilder.

3:17.9

The fabulous Carol came.

3:21.3

Well, sadly, our time is up now.

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