Dick Cavett Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday (November 19th) of 4-time guest and friend of the podcast, the legendary Dick Cavett, by presenting this ENCORE of a fascinating interview from 2019. In this episode, Dick shares delightful (and hilarious) anecdotes about Jack Benny, Stan Laurel, Truman Capote and Walter Winchell (among others) and looks back on memorable sit-downs with Orson Welles, John Lennon, George Harrison and Laurence Olivier. Also in this episode: Peter Lorre fails the audition, Lily Tomlin storms off the set, Bob Hope comes to Lincoln, Nebraska and Jack Paar sabotages “Fat Jack” Leonard. PLUS: Oskar Homolka! “Chuckles Bites the Dust”! The return of Richard Loo! Johnny Carson disses Jerry Lewis! And Dick introduces “An Evening with Groucho”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is where the DJ talks. Don't say anything.
0:02.5	Okay.
0:03.7	Hey, I'm Dave Thomas.
0:04.8	You're listening to Gilbert Godfried's amazing colossal cod pass.
0:11.1	Cod piece.
0:12.2	This amazing colossal codpiece.
0:15.8	All right, let me try that again.
0:19.2	Hi, I'm Dave Thomas.
0:21.1	You're listening to Gilbert Godtreet's
0:22.8	colossal amazing podcast.
0:25.6	Is it?
0:26.4	It's amazing colossal
0:28.8	podcast.
0:29.5	One more time.
0:32.5	Hi, I'm Dave Thomas.
0:33.8	You're listening to Gilbert Godthreat's
0:35.5	amazing colossal podcast.
0:38.9	Perfect. Yes. Perfect.
0:40.2	Yes. Yeah. Hi. This is Gilbert. Godfrey. This is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
1:17.8	I'm here once again with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre, and our engineer, Frank Ferdorosa.
1:26.0	Our guest this week is back for a third go-round in the hot seat, and we're both thrilled
1:31.8	and surprised that he continues to indulge us.
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