Larry Charles Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Visual Arts, Arts, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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GGACP celebrates the birthday (December 1st) of writer-director Larry Charles (“Borat,” “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) with this ENCORE of an interview from 2019. In this episode, Larry joins the boys for an engrossing conversation about humor as a survival tactic, the hazards of guerrilla filmmaking, the persuasive powers of Sacha Baron Cohen and the Netflix show, “Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy.” Also, Mel Brooks sends up Bill Cullen, Jerry Lewis inspires Bob Dylan, Gilbert guest stars on “Mad About You” and Larry remembers the late, great Bob Einstein. PLUS: “Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp”! The Zen of Jack Nicholson! The influence of Jackie Mason! Larry hangs with Huntz Hall! And the “Seinfeld” episode that never aired! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:48.9	most successful and audacious comedy features in the history of the medium. He's written
1:56.5	for popular TV shows like Entourage Fridays, Mad About You, Dilbert, The Tick, and of course, Seinfeld,
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