GGACP Classic: Trading Card Confidential with Gary Gerani

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday (October 5) of writer, author and "Card King" Gary Gerani by revisiting this 2018 mini-episode about the fascinating, decades-long history of Topps trading cards. In this episode, Gary looks back on developing and writing card series for "Creature Features," "Star Wars," "The Incredible Hulk," "Superman," "Star Trek: the Motion Picture" and "Dinosaurs Attack!" (among many others). Also in this episode: the artistry of Norm Saunders, the birth of action figures, the wit and wisdom of Stan Lee and the golden age of Wacky Packages. PLUS: Gilbert remembers Chick Tracts! Frank pens Bazooka Joe gags! And Gary meets the King of Pop! 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	It's trivia and dirty jokes
0:09.0	And eating with the voices
0:11.0	Once is never good enough for
0:14.0	Something so fantastic
0:17.0	So here's another Gilbert and Price
0:20.0	Here's another Gilbert and Price
0:23.0	Here's another Gilbert and Price
0:26.0	Colossal Classic
0:30.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey
0:51.0	This is Gilbert Godfrey
0:53.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey
1:07.0	And I'm Hewit by Hoho's
1:21.6	Frank Santopadre. And this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsessions. Now you're
1:32.4	talking, brother. Now I like to bring you people. I like to bring you fellow Lonceney junior
1:37.0	fans. Oh, good. I like to, you know, I just, I put a sandwich sign in those old cardboard
1:43.0	sandwich signs on the street. Yeah. And I walk up and down 45th street looking for Lonceney
1:49.0	junior fans. Anyway, our old friend Gary Gerrani is here. Gary and I go way, way back. How far
1:55.5	back do we go? Oh, way back to the classic era at top trading cards. Gary, they call
2:02.6	Gary the card king. This is true. And how many trading cards series off the top of your
2:07.8	hand? I'm going to put you on the spot. Have you written hundreds and hundreds? I remember
2:12.6	back when the century turned, I tried to count how many cards sets I wrote, edited, or
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