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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Mini-Ep #12: Two Seconds & Going In Style

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Each week, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedy writer Frank Santopadre share their appreciation of lesser-known films, underrated TV shows and hopelessly obscure character actors -- discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: Edward G. Robinson on the hot seat! Hyman Roth holds up a bank! And Gabrielle Anwar tangos with Tattoo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried. I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre. And let me see if I've got the title right.

0:29.0

Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsession. Oh, that's wonderful. First nine episodes in and I didn't say colossal. No, this is progress. Congratulations.

0:41.0

Now, so we'll go first. You can do it. You can start. All right, two seconds. You're on a roll. You got the title right? Yeah, yeah. You should stay with it. Okay, two seconds, two seconds. Okay. That's actually the name of the move. Really? See, I pulled an avenue and cut still.

0:58.0

I know that movie. Yeah, this was a movie called two seconds made in the 40s starring Edward G. Robinson. Okay. You have stopped me again. Yes, yes. And it sounds like cabinet. Hey, tell me the name.

1:15.0

I'm moving. It's two seconds. I can't just tell me now. I told you to name the movie two seconds. No, it starts Edward G. Robinson. Of course, Jake Carol Nash. Of course, favorite of us. Opps up in there. And this is a movie. Well, first of all, let me tell you, I'm going to take notes on this. Yeah, two seconds.

1:39.0

Edward G. Robinson is arrested for murder and he goes to the electric chair. And I didn't give away the end of the movie. I love it. I didn't spoil a movie for you. That's the beginning of the movie. This is a film more. Yeah. Okay.

1:57.0

Edward G. Robinson is going to the electric chair. And these two guys are talking and they said, how long is it going to take him to die in the electric chair? And he said, well, a man his size, I'd say about two seconds.

2:18.0

And the other guy says, that'll be the longest two seconds of his life. Wow. And I and the whole movie, I think is told, like, I guess it's supposed to be in the two seconds that he's.

2:34.0

Is this an I haven't seen the movie at all? Is this an anti capital punishment kind of film like I want to live this isn't a word fiction. Okay. It's it's a film noir where you get. Okay. You know, he gets involved with the wrong girl.

2:49.5

He's warned. And he he opens up to the wrong girl and it's right to the top of my list. Yeah. Yeah. And and it's like one of those tragic movies Robinson. As always great. Who else isn't it?

3:04.6

Oh, God. J Carol Nash. Yeah. J Carol Nash. I owe something foster. Uh, who plays his best friend. Phil Foster. Yeah.

3:21.4

And Eleverning Shirley. I don't know where. It seems so in Congress saying, we gonna make it.

3:29.1

I love it. Where G. Robinson in the in the Wells movie, the one with. Oh, where he plays. Uh, he's hunting a not stranger. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And yeah, that's the one with that. The clock like they have in central park. Right. Right. But with soar. Right. Where Wells is the heavy. Yeah. Terrific. Well, well, so two seconds. And it's made in the 40s. Yeah. I think it was Melvin.

3:58.8

And Leroy. Really? Yeah. You mean, Mervin Leroy Melvin was his Jewish cousin. Melvin Leroy. How I'm Melvin Leroy. Hi. Hi, I'm Melvin Leroy with the camera and the thing and the person with the high.

4:19.8

Melvin. Melvin. Melvin. Leroy. I you want it. She didn't run it. And I'll go action.

4:31.8

He's revered in France too. Wasn't it? Melvin. Leroy. Uh, hilarious. Okay. This is an education for me. So two seconds with Edward G. Romance said you think it was directed by Mervin Leroy. Yeah.

4:44.6

Well, Mervin Leroy also directed speaking of films of that tone. Um, I am a fugitive from a chain game. Oh, yes. Yes. Another great. And Robinson does an entire speech in the courtroom.

5:00.6

Where he says it's such an odd speech. And where he says, you know, like I, I deserve to die. I just, I should be executed, but not for this crime. Wow. Okay. And he gives a whole and passion speech. I love my energy. Robinson. He's being executed. He should be executed, but he's being executed for the wrong reasons.

5:28.6

How have I never seen this movie? Is it? Is it there's a turn up on TCM? Does it turn up? I don't know. I just saw it once and I not heard about it. And it was fascinating. Okay. It's kind of like the way the story takes place. It's I think it's kind of like incident at Al Creek. Oh, I love that. Oh, the incident at Al Creek Bridge. Yeah. Fascinating reference. Okay. Two seconds. We think it's Mervin Leroy. Melvin Leroy.

5:58.6

With the editing and the film stuff. White action and the thing with the camera.

6:13.6

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6:43.6

The season season. The season season. Okay. I'm going to jump. I'm going to jump. Tones a little bit here from Jerry Lewis. From Melvin to a movie we were talking about before. We had Richard our buddy Richard kind on the show today. And we were talking very briefly about a paper movie called going in style. Oh, very good. Yes. I'm moving. Finally, I'm landing on one. You're excited about. Yes. Last week I talked about Quick Change for a couple of weeks ago. I talked about Quick Change. A paper film that I love.

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