GGACP Rewind: Episode #38: Alan Zweibel

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Emmy award-winning writer Alan Zweibel started out in show business by peddling jokes to Catskills comics at seven bucks a pop, before a chance meeting with Lorne Michaels led to a staff job on the hottest new show on television, “Saturday Night Live.” Alan joined Gilbert and Frank at the George Burns Room at the Friars Club to talk about the earliest days of SNL, co-creating the groundbreaking “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and collaborating with everyone from Gilda Radner to Billy Crystal. Also: Alan heckles Larry David’s act, “borrows from” Paul Simon, turns down “Hollywood Squares” and inspires a classic “Seinfeld” episode. PLUS: Totie Fields! Christopher Lee! The subversiveness of “Duck Soup”! Uncle Miltie gets banned! And Gilbert tries (unsuccessfully) to follow The Beatles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Gilbert Gottfried.
0:23.6	Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast, and I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Potra.
0:31.0	And I'd like to give a shout out to two of our loyal contributors to Patriot.
0:39.2	The first one is Ryan Story, Ryan Story.
0:45.9	And the second one is Frederick.
0:50.1	He didn't give me a last name.
0:52.5	So he's kind of a fan, but he doesn't want people to know it.
0:59.0	He doesn't want people to find him and go,
1:01.6	you actually listen to Gilbert Gottfried?
1:05.1	That's what you do with your life.
1:06.9	So he's just Frederick from Oslo, Norway, where it's, I think most of my fans are from,
1:16.0	Oslo, Norway. And but Frederick, get in touch with me and give me your last name. I'll say your last
1:27.1	name on the air.
1:28.7	But, uh,
1:30.0	also you can contribute to patron and it's...
1:36.6	Frank.
1:37.7	God's sakes.
1:39.5	I know you were going to do the hell do I have you here for?
1:44.6	The one time I need you.
1:47.8	Usually you're just interrupting me when you're not wanted.
1:51.9	But now all of a sudden, I need you.
1:56.3	And you're just leaving me out in the cold.
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