Ronnie Schell Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

GGACP celebrates the birthday of screen legend Alan Ladd (September 3rd) with an ENCORE of a 2017 interview with comedian and actor Ronnie Schell. In this episode, Ronnie remembers his early days on the club circuit, recalls decades-long friendships with funnymen Bill Dana, Pat McCormick and Harvey Korman and discusses his memorable role as Gomer Pyle's bunkmate, Duke Slater. Also, Ronnie reminisces about sharing the big and small screen with Andy Griffith, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, Tony Curtis, Goldie Hawn, George Carlin and even Groucho Marx. PLUS: Billy De Wolfe! The Kingston Trio! The reclusive Jack Burns! Sinatra drops by the Blue Angel! And the prodigious talents of Theodore Bikel! 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 Sandopadre and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast.
0:29.8	Our guest this week is a comedian and actor who's been working pretty much nonstop since the 1950s.
0:37.2	He was a fixture on television for decades, appearing on hit shows like The Paddy Duke Show, The Andy Griffiths Show,
0:46.4	That girl, Love American Style, The Dick Van Dyche Show, Mesh, Sanfordon Son, The Loveboat,
0:54.0	Mark and Mindy, Coach, and Yes, dear, just a name of you.
0:59.6	You forgot the McLean Stevenson Show, an NBC lasted three episodes.
1:04.2	Okay, the McLean Stevenson episode, McLean Stevenson Show, if you caught any of the three episodes,
1:15.0	you would have seen Ronnie Shell.
1:18.0	But if anyone watched the McLean Stevenson Show, it wouldn't be off the air.
1:24.4	That's right. Yeah, he would have liked it at least for show.
1:29.6	He also starred in his own CBS series Good Morning World.
1:35.0	Yes, sir. But it's brahat. Yes.
1:37.2	I got interrupt. I think it'll be it'll be starting January, all the reruns with an antenna TV.
1:45.8	You guys have antenna TV? Yeah, great antenna. Yeah, sure.
1:48.6	Good morning world.
1:50.6	Well, let them get through this.
1:51.6	Yes, there's a lot about you here.
1:53.6	Got to be CBS.
1:54.6	Go ahead, go ahead, Gilbert.
1:57.2	He thinks it says show.
1:58.8	He thinks it says show.
1:59.8	But it's perhaps best known as Jim Neighbors friend and bunkmate.
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