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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

GGACP marks the recent 50th anniversary of ABC's "Welcome Back Kotter" (September 9, 1975) with this ENCORE of an 2020 interview with Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer and The Lovin’ Spoonful founder (and singer-composer of the "Welcome Back, Kotter" theme song!) John Sebastian. In this episode, John entertains Gilbert and Frank with anecdotes about Cass Elliott, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon and Jim Morrison and reveals the stories and inspirations behind hits like “Daydream,” “Summer in the City,” and “Do You Believe in Magic?” Also, Groucho co-hosts “Music Scene,” Richard Pryor plays the Cafe Au Go Go, Art Garfunkel nails a Spoonful cover version and John remembers legendary bandmate Zal Yanovsky. PLUS: Vivian Vance! “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?” John plays Woodstock! Boris Karloff plays Captain Hook! And Ed Sullivan introduces the “American Beatles”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Frank here. Everyone at Fun for All Ages is thrilled that so many of you are listening and enjoying the new show. But FYI soon will no longer be available at the Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal podcast feed. So the only place you'll be able to listen and join in on the fun is on the official Fun for All Ages podcast feed. So make sure you come over.

0:21.8

Make sure you're subscribed

0:22.7

to the new show there.

0:24.4

So you don't miss any episodes.

0:26.0

Links can be found in the show description.

0:28.7

We'll see you all soon. Hi, Ditchie.

0:40.3

Hi, D is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre.

1:06.4

Our guest this week is a musician, recording artist, soundtrack composer,

1:12.6

Broadway composer, children's book author, TV presenter,

1:17.4

and one of the most admired and accomplished singer-songwriters of the last six decades.

1:25.3

As the lead singer of one of the founding members of the iconic 1960s

1:31.8

pop rock group, The Love and Spoonful, he sold millions of records, appeared on dozens of

1:39.7

television shows, played to sold out venues, and even influenced artists like Paul McCartney,

1:48.5

John Mellencamp, and Brian Wilson, to name a few.

1:54.0

You know his famous compositions by heart.

1:58.0

Daydream.

1:59.0

Do you believe in magic?

2:00.6

You didn't have to be so nice. Darling, come home soon.

2:04.7

Did you ever have to make up your mind? Nashville Cats, welcome back and the chart-topping

2:12.5

number one hit song, Summer in the City. He's collaborated with filmmakers like Woody Allen and

2:21.1

Francis Ford Coppola and worked with a who's who of music icons, including Cass Elliott,

2:30.2

Crosby Stills, and Nash, Paul Simon, the Everly Brothers, The Doors, Gordon Lightfoot,

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