John Byner

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Comedian, actor and master impressionist John Byner returns to the show to share hilarious anecdotes about James Cagney, Jerry Lewis, Groucho Marx, Ed Sullivan and Jackie Vernon (to name a few) and to talk about his recently-released memoir "Five Minutes Mr. Byner: a Lifetime of Laughter."Also, Jack Carter lashes out, George Jessel lawyers up, Joey Bishop promotes a boxing match and Billy Barty sits on Bob Hope's lap. PLUS: Annette Funicello! "Angels with Dirty Faces"! Dueling Rod Steigers! "Merv Griffin's Talent Scouts"! And John and the boys remember the late, great Bob Einstein! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried. This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host,
0:25.3	Frank Santopadre. Our guest this week is back for a return visit since his first episode back in 2016
0:36.3	was a fan favorite and one of our favorites. I have to follow this.
0:43.8	He's an actor, voice artist, impressionist and one of the most gifted and popular comedians of his generation.
0:59.2	You've seen him in TV shows too numerous to mention, but here are a few.
1:06.2	Get smart, the odd couple, love American style, a pink Panther show, more so married with children, Duck Man,
1:16.2	and the long running sketch show Bizarre as well as a million talk shows and variety shows including
1:25.8	the Carol Burnett show, the Dean Martin show, the Steve Allen comedy hour,
1:32.2	Ronan Martin's laughing, the late show with David Letterman and his own variety shows,
1:39.4	something else and the John Biner comedy hour. He's also appeared in 18 episodes of the Ed Sullivan show
1:49.4	and a whopping 37 episodes of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and a long and very successful
1:59.3	career that started back in the early 1960s. He shared the stage and screen with a Housu of
2:09.6	Shobiz Royalty including Bean Crosby, Henry. Everybody loves him, but that's his song.
2:19.9	Well, I just want to tell you, I've worked with him many times, I had a good time with Bingo.
2:23.5	Oh, you're going right into it, Kilt.
2:28.2	Okay.
2:30.8	Oh, can you do a Henry Fonda?
2:34.3	Well, I try to do it sometimes, but it doesn't always come out right.
2:41.4	Do you do a ball, Bob?
2:45.1	How about that?
2:46.6	Well, obviously Jerry Lewis, hey, that goes without saying!
2:56.9	Who else is on that list of people he worked with?
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