GGACP Rewind: Episode #18: Jay Thomas

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Visual Arts, Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and Emmy-winning actor Jay Thomas is best known to audiences as doomed hockey star Eddie LeBec on “Cheers” and tabloid talker Jerry Gold on “Murphy Brown,” but he’s also a showbiz renaissance man, having worked as a stand-up comic, disc jockey, sportscaster and reality show host. Jay stopped by Gilbert’s apartment on a summer evening to share hilariously candid anecdotes about everything from swiping Bill Cosby’s jokes to getting kicked out of an audition for “The West Wing.” Also in this episode: Jay looks back on the infamous “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?," Joe Piscopo runs afoul of the mafia and Jay runs afoul of Rhea Perlman. PLUS: The Lone Ranger “rides” again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jay Thomas is a show business jack of all trades.
0:11.2	He's appeared in movies like Mr. Holland's Opus and TV shows like Mark and Mindy and
0:17.5	Cheers and Murphy Brown for which he won three Emmys.
0:22.5	He's also a popular and successful radio host and the star of the aptly named The Jay Thomas Show.
0:31.9	So here to tell hilarious stories, and to borrow a pair of my socks for some reason is j thomas hi gilbert godfrey
0:49.0	with gilbert godfrey's amazing colossal podcast here with my my sidekick, Frank, Santo Padre.
0:57.2	And if you've never heard of Ray Thomas, that's...
1:00.7	Ray Thomas.
1:02.9	He's tired.
1:04.0	Jay Thomas.
1:04.9	Yeah, Ray...
1:06.1	Oh, if you never heard of Reed, G...
1:09.2	Well, you could call me Reed.
1:10.8	And you could call me Reed.
1:13.4	And you could call me G.
1:13.8	Really?
1:16.6	But you don't have to call me Johnson.
1:19.7	I will tell you, I'm now glad you were fired.
1:20.1	Yes.
1:23.1	I am.
1:31.6	Now, Jay, you've known me a while. Can you please just talk about how great I am?
1:35.6	Are you hard of hearing? Is that why you yell like this? Yes. God forbid. I have to put headphones on. Yes. And I hope these are noise canceling rather than...
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