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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Jeff Altman Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday (August 13) of comedian, actor and magician Jeff Altman with this ENCORE of a warm and funny conversation from 2021. In this episode, Jeff talks about his family connection to Houdini, his decades-long friendships with Buddy Rich and David Letterman, the early days of the Magic Castle and the Comedy Store and the infamous NBC variety show “Pink Lady & Jeff.” Also, Raymond Burr takes a seat, Sam Kinison sees a ghost, Gilbert watches Rodney Dangerfield eat and Jeff opens for Pia Zadora and The Captain & Tennille. PLUS: Sean Connery! “Legends of the Superheroes”! Jerry Lewis demands credit! The comedy of Jim Varney! And Jeff and Dave kill off the careers of the Starland Vocal Band! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast

0:23.8

with my co-host Frank Santo Padre. Our guest this week is an actor, comedy writer, voice actor,

0:32.8

a drummer, a skilled magician, and a popular stand-up comedian who's been making audiences laugh

0:41.2

since the 1970s. As an actor, you've seen him in such films as American Hot Wats, easy money,

0:50.4

Highlander 2, Soulman, B-Movie, and yes, the cinema classic, back by Midnight.

1:02.3

Also featuring some guy named Gilbert Gottfried, he also appeared on such hit TV series like

1:11.6

Mord, Mork and Mindy, WKRP and Cincinnati Nightcourt, Solid Gold, Caroline and the City.

1:22.8

Tiny-dune adventures and in recurring roles on the Duke's uphazard, nurses, and Baywatch,

1:32.4

and of course, as the co-host and co-star of one of the strangest, most infamous shows in the history

1:44.0

of television, Pink Lady and Jeff, or on that later. You'll also know him from dozens of

1:56.3

memorable stand-up comedy shows and talk show appearances, most notably on Late Night with David

2:04.2

Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. In a career that started back in 1974,

2:13.6

at LA's Magic Castle and the comedy store, he's gone on to perform for audiences all over the

2:23.0

country and work with everyone from Muhammad Ali to Jerry Lewis to Sean Connery to Robin Williams,

2:35.5

as well as our podcast, Adam West, John Aston, Ed Bagley Jr., Dick Van Dyke and Sid and Marty

2:46.8

Frog. Please welcome to the show one of the funniest human beings we know and a man who told Frank and I

2:56.7

that if he didn't like the way this interview turned out, he blip us like a cheese omelette.

3:06.0

The always laid-back and low-key Jeff Oldman.

3:16.0

Jeff, welcome. Well, I've been in show business since I was seven and I've never had an

3:24.5

introduction like that. That was fantastic. There you go. That sums it up, Jeff. Some of those

3:28.5

things may even be true. Possibly. So, so you were old, so I see I still have not seen this movie.

3:38.6

I don't know if there's a way of seeing this. You were also in back by Midnight with Rodgers

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