Ron Friedman Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts

4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

The team at GGACP bids a fond farewell to our recently departed friend and one of the podcast's favorite guests, comedy writer Ron Friedman (“Get Smart,” “The Odd Couple,” “All in the Family”) by presenting this ENCORE of a memorable interview from 2018. In this episode, Ron recalls working with everyone from Lucille Ball to Milton Berle to Danny Kaye to Orson Welles and shares the war stories to show for it. Also, Herve Villechaize packs a rod, Sammy Davis meets Charlie’s Angels, Ron writes “Murder Can Hurt You!” and Pat McCormick takes a…”dip” in Jonathan Winters’ pool. PLUS: Vaughn Meader! Stump and Stumpy! Forrest Tucker introduces “the General”! And Ron creates Paul Lynde’s Uncle Arthur! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.7	Well, hello there. It's me, Sven Gouli. You see me every week on MeTV showing scary movies,
0:37.2	but there's nothing more scary than Gilbert Gottreys, amazing movies. Sven Gulli, you see me every week on Me TV showing scary movies,
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0:44.4	amazing colossal podcast, which you're listening to right now.
0:46.2	You can plug your ears if you want,
0:47.6	you're still going to hear it. I'm sorry.... Hi, this is Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
1:18.7	I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santo Padre, and our engineer Frank Ferdorosa.
1:25.2	Our guest this week is a painter, former architect, author, occasional actor and singer,
1:33.8	and one of the most successful and prolific television writers in the history of the medium.
1:40.8	His credits are too numerous to mention. But hey, when has that ever stopped us?
1:48.7	My favorite Martian, Get Smart, Bewitch, Gilligan's Island, I dream of Jeannie, the Andy Griffith Show,
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