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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Norman Lear Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts, Comedy

4.84K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

GGACP salutes the incredible life and career of the late writer-producer-director Norman Lear with this ENCORE presentation of a 2017 interview. In this episode, Norman holds court on a variety of subjects, including the inscrutability of Dean Martin, the Jewishness of Edward G. Robinson, the "inventiveness" of Mickey Rooney and the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen. Also, Norman woos Frank Sinatra, praises John Amos, presents Jerry Lewis with a one-of-a-kind gift and remembers his friend Carroll O'Connor. PLUS: James Franciscus! Roscoe Lee Browne! "Hot l Baltimore"! Norman buys the Declaration of Independence! And the legend of Joe E. Lewis!  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. Hey,

0:40.3

Hey, guys, Frank here, and Gilbert and I are still getting our sea legs back after a long holiday and an even longer and a very tiring year.

1:06.6

So we're going to take some much needed time off and run another best of GGACP episode.

1:12.6

This is a classic show from 2017 with a guest who conveniently ties into a historic anniversary in popular culture.

1:22.6

Fifty years ago, this month, January 12th, 1971, to be exact, a TV show named All in the Family

1:31.1

made its debut on CBS, and network TV would never be the same, as you all know. So, we're

1:38.9

going to talk to the greater of that show and the producer of that show, the legendary Norman Lear.

1:45.7

Again, a show we did back in 2017. We talked about everything on this episode. Norman talked

1:51.0

about working with Martin and Lewis. He talked about writing and directing the movie Cold Turkey.

1:56.4

We talked about a few of his rare failures like Hodel Baltimore.

2:02.5

He tells a very, very funny story about his mother.

2:06.1

And he even gives a shout out to my mother.

2:07.9

So there's a little something for everybody in this episode.

2:11.4

So we will be back with a fresh show, a new show next week.

2:15.9

But until then, enjoy this Best of GGACP from 2017 with the great

2:21.8

Norman Lear. Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.

2:54.1

I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre, and we're once again recording at Nutmeg

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