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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

GGACP Classic: Jason Alexander

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

GGACP commemorates the 25th anniversary of the final episode of "Seinfeld" (May 14, 1998) by revisiting this 2020 interview with Tony-winning actor and director Jason Alexander. In this episode, Jason talks about network interference, working with animals, classic "Twilight Zone" episodes, Woody Allen's influence on George Costanza and how a "show about nothing" impacted popular culture. Also, Robert De Niro yuks it up, Liza Minnelli lends a hand, Jason and Martin Short perform "The Odd Couple" and Gilbert warbles a tune from "Duckman"! PLUS: Remembering Joe Besser! "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"! The genius of Jerry Stiller! The golden age of comedy albums! And Jason gets advice from William Shatner! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfriedness, Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my

0:24.1

co-hosts Frank Santopadre. Our guest this week is a producer-writer, director, acting teacher,

0:31.9

children's book author, award-winning magician, semi-pro poker player, and one of the most

0:40.0

versatile and popular and likeable actors of his generation. You know his work from feature films

0:48.4

like Pretty Woman, Jacob Slatter, Coneheads, Shallow Howe, The Hunchback of Notre Dame,

0:56.8

Love Valor and Compassion, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and hit TV shows like The Simpsons,

1:06.3

Friends, The Lyrish Endershow, Curb Your Enthusiasm, American Dad, Star Trek, Voyager, The Orville,

1:17.4

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as well as starring in The Cult series Duck Man. And of course, as one of

1:28.0

the most indelible characters in the history of television, the lovably neurotic George Costanza

1:37.3

in the iconic show Seinfeld. And there's more. He's also starred in national tours

1:46.3

on Broadway and off-roadway stage with Merrily We Were All Along, The Ring, Broadway Bound,

1:54.8

Fish in the Dark, and Jerome Robbins Broadway for which he was an awarded Atoni for Best Actor

2:03.9

in a musical. In a career that started way back when he played on member of the Bond Trump family.

2:14.4

Or Bond Trap family. Bond Trap family. Oh Bond Trump, yes. This was the one that had to do a

2:21.8

tunnel drum escaping the Nazis. And when you hit Donald Trump, sing Sound of Music, it is

2:33.8

unbelievable. He has to. And this man has gone on to work with Steven Sondheim,

2:46.1

Mildbrook's Hal Prince, Liza Manelli, Harrison Ford, Robert DuVal, George Clooney, Julia Roberts,

2:56.0

Neil Simon, Larry David, Robert De Niro, and most impressively of all, Gilbert Gottfried.

3:06.8

Please welcome to the show A True Renaissance Man and one of our favorite performers and a man

3:14.8

who almost single-handedly responsible for killing the McDonald's McDLT, the multi-talented Jason Alexander.

3:29.6

Wow, what an introduction. And by the way, I am running out to write the Sound of Music with the

3:35.9

Von Trump. That is next, it's a screw-assite story. That is the new revival. That's a million dollar

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