GGACP Rewind: Episode #7: Robert Osborne

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Millions of movie buffs knew Robert Osborne as the elegant, erudite film historian and host of Turner Classic Movies, but few knew that he spent time as a struggling actor, was mentored by comedy legend Lucille Ball, and even appeared in the pilot of “The Beverly Hillbillies” — a show he was certain would “never catch on.” Some years ago, Gilbert sat in as TCM’s “Guest Programmer” and Robert generously returned the favor by traveling to Manhattan’s Society of Illustrators on a hot July evening to dish a little dirt and share anecdotes about Hollywood luminaries Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Natalie Wood and Walt Disney (among others). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:31.4	You know, if you're like us and you watch Turner Classic movies, you know Robert Osborne as that guy with the white hair that comes out who seems to know every single thing there is to know about movies. Well, did you also know that he was an actor
1:39.0	in the pilot episode of the Beverly Hillbillies, that he was mentored by Lucille Ball, that he's been friends
1:49.0	with everyone from Betty Davis to Olivia De Havillan, and he's arguably the world's foremost movie authority.
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