Mac Davis Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

GGACP marks the 50th anniversary of the hit single "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (September 23, 1972) with this ENCORE of a memorable interview with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and actor MAC DAVIS. In this episode, Mac talks about 70s-era variety shows, sharing the screen with Jackie Gleason, sharing a bill with George Burns and Henny Youngman and penning hits for Elvis Presley (“Memories,” “In the Ghetto,” “A Little Less Conversation”). Also, Buddy Hackett pulls out a piece, Buddy Holly plays a roller rink, Richard Nixon guest stars on “Laugh-In” and Mac crashes Sam Elliott’s screen test. PLUS: Solomon Burke! The Memphis Mafia! “North Dallas Forty”! Remembering Kenny Rogers! Appreciating James Garner! And Colonel Parker “gifts” Mac with a velvet Elvis! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think it's Gilbert Gottfried.
0:16.0	Nick is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-hosts, Frank Santopardry.
0:28.4	Our guest this week is a Grammy-nominated musician and recording artist, the record producer,
0:36.7	an actor and TV personality, and one of the most versatile and successful singer-songwriters
0:46.1	of each generation.
0:48.2	As an actor, you've seen him in films like Cheaper to Keeper, The Sting too, and North
0:56.6	Dallas Fordy as well as popular TV programs, The Muppet Show, Lois & Clark, that 70s
1:05.6	show, and King of the Hills.
1:08.6	He's also starred on Broadway in the long-running Will Rogers Follies and made memorable appearances
1:18.9	on dozens of talk shows, TV Spatials and Variety shows, and even star-songwriters.
1:26.5	He starred in a good one called The Mact David Show, which ran from 1974 to 1976, and featured
1:39.1	dozens of showbiz icons, including Bob Hopper, Retha Franklin, Ray Charles and Dean Martin,
1:50.0	and Sinanthly, that show also featured several of our podcast guests, including John Biner,
2:00.2	Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Webb and Paul Williams.
2:05.1	But it's as a single-songwriter that this man has made his most lasting mark, composing
2:13.2	hit songs for everyone, from Bobby Gold's Pearl to Kenny Rogers to Dolly Pardon, and
2:22.3	penning the iconic tunes, Memories a Little S Conversation, Don't Cry Daddy and In the
2:31.4	Ghetto, for the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley.
2:37.5	He would later embark on a hugely successful solo career, selling millions of records
2:45.3	and recording the hits.
2:47.7	Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me, One Hell of a Woman, It's Hard to Be Humble, Stop and Smell
2:55.2	Roses, and His Signature Tune, I Believe in Music.
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