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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

GGACP Classic: Bob Burns

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday of actor, film historian, memorabilia collector and “Monster Kid” Bob Burns by revisiting this wide-ranging interview from 2017. In this episode, Bob regales Gilbert and Frank with stories about meeting Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, George Pal and William Castle, among others. Also, Bob mentors Rick Baker, tours with Eddie Munster, brings Lon Chaney Jr. to tears and visits the set of “Plan 9 from Outer Space.” PLUS: “Shock Theater”! Ray “Crash” Corrigan! “Invasion of the Saucer Men”! Tor Johnson goes to the movies! And Bob confirms the “legend” of Forrest Tucker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

TV Comics, movie stars, hit singles, and some toys.

0:06.0

Trivia and dirty jokes.

0:09.0

An evening with the boys.

0:11.0

Once is never good enough for something so fantastic.

0:17.0

So here's another Gilbert and France.

0:21.0

Here's another Gilbert and Frank.

0:23.0

Frank.

0:24.0

Here's another Gilbert and Frank.

0:27.0

colossal classic. And Hi this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal

0:53.5

podcast with my co-host Frank Santo Padre and we're once again recording at

1:00.3

Nutmeg with our engineer, Frankfurtarosa.

1:04.5

Our guest this week is an active producer, archivist, historian, makeup, and special effects

1:12.0

technician and a collector and caretaker of some of the most

1:17.1

iconic movie props costumes and paraphernalia of the last century, a collection that includes the Wolf's cane handle from

1:28.5

the original wolfman, an original replica of the creature suit from the creature of the black lagoon, and

1:38.3

pieces from the mummy's curse, the only existing work of legendary makeup artist Jack Pierce.

1:47.0

As a performer, he's been in films such as Invasion of the Saucer men, Raft of the Sun Demon, and Rat Fink Abubu, and TV shows like My Three Sons, the Lucy Show, and of course opposite our pal Larry Stort in the original

2:08.1

Ghostbusters in the memorable role of Tracy the Gorilla In the such as not of this earth, it the terror from beyond space, Harry and the

2:26.4

Henderson's, and three Lord of the Ring pictures among others.

2:33.0

Over his eight decade journey through the world of fantasy films,

2:41.0

he's met and befriended and worked with everyone from Boris Karloff to

2:47.4

Elsa Lancaster to George Pal to Ray Harryhausen to former podcast guest Roger Corman, Joe Dante, and Leonard

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