GGACP Rewind: Episode #34: Susie Essman

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Visual Arts, Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Actress-comedian Susie Essman is best known to audiences for playing the acid-tongued Susie Greene on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” but she began her career as a stand-up, opening for people like Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Belzer and a young Gilbert Gottfried. For the first live GGACP episode (as part of the annual NYC Podfest), Gilbert and Frank sat down with Susie to talk about her obsession with Turner Classic Movies, her favorite “Curb” moments and how comedy saved her from a life of crime. PLUS: Peter Lorre! Margaret Hamilton! Susie roasts Jerry Stiller! Larry David pens a pilot for Gilbert! And the curse of the “Shiksa Goddess”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. My co-hosts, Frank
0:29.1	Santo Padre and I have done over 40 or so episodes of the podcast, but we've never done a live episode until now.
0:40.9	A week ago, we took part in a New York City pod fest, where we sat down in Fontana's
0:47.7	bar in front of a live audience with my old pal, Susie Esmond.
0:53.7	We think it turned out pretty well.
0:56.4	Listen for yourself.
1:00.8	Ladies and gentlemen,
1:02.1	please welcome to the stage.
1:03.3	Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast.
1:05.8	Thank you. Thank you. And that was my show for tonight.
1:42.3	Wait why I see. We'll put Susie on the end. Welcome to the first line. And that was my show for tonight. Where do I sit?
1:44.3	We'll put Susie on the air.
1:45.0	Oh, okay.
1:46.4	Welcome to the first live episode of Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
1:54.3	I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre.
1:59.6	Thank you.
2:01.7	So much. Thank you. And tonight we're joined by an original and audacious stand-up comedian and actress
2:13.1	who's appeared in movies with people like Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Travolta,
2:22.3	and in hit shows like American Dad, Blue Bloods, Law and Order, and the King of Queens.
2:30.2	But she's probably best known for her unforgettable role as Larry David's arch enemy's Susie Green.
2:41.6	On HBO's curb your enthusiasm.
2:46.0	Please welcome our friend and the always shy and retiring, Susie Esmond.
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