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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

GGACP Classic: Kliph Nesteroff

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates April's National Humor Month by revisiting one of the funniest mini-episodes in the archive as pop culture historian Kliph and illustrator Drew Friedman join the boys to cover discuss the dark secrets of vaudeville, the tragic childhood of Eddie Cantor, the phenomenon of Martin & Lewis and the strange death of “Parkyakarkus.” Also, Bob Hope dons blackface, Jack Benny swipes his stage name, Don Knotts sends up Hugh Hefner and the mob releases a comedy album. PLUS: Batman & Rubin! “The Baileys of Balboa”! Rodney Dangerfield vs. the feds! Aunt Esther goes electric! And the angriest man in show business! 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.

0:21.8

Make sure you're subscribed

0:22.7

to the new show there

0:24.0

so you don't miss any episodes.

0:26.0

Links can be found

0:26.9

in the show description.

0:28.7

We'll see you all soon. TV, comics, movie stars hit singles and some toys.

0:46.3

Trivia and dirty jokes, an evening with the boys.

0:51.3

Once is never good enough for something so fantastic

0:57.0

So here's another Gilbert and Franks

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Here's another Gilbert and Franks

1:03.0

Here's another Gilbert and Franks

1:06.0

Colossal Classic Hello! Hi! Hi, I'm Gilbert Gottfried.

1:33.1

This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.

1:36.7

I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre, and we're here once again at Nutmeg Post with Frank Ferdarosa.

1:48.2

And our guest this week is a best-selling author and comedy historian with a vast, almost

1:55.4

scary knowledge of old-time show business.

1:59.3

Vice Magazine referred to him as the human encyclopedia of comedy,

2:04.9

and Los Angeles Magazine called him the king of comedy lore.

2:10.6

His work has been praised by the Atlantic Monthly, the Chicago Tribune, Vanity Fair, and Comedy Central.

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His website, Classic Showbiz, a site devoted to comedians and showbiz, was called Invaliable

2:28.0

by the Onions A.V. Club and his new book from Grove Press, The Comedians, Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and

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