Weird Al Yankovic

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Comedian, musician and multiple Grammy winner "Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the show to talk to Gilbert and Frank about the influence of Mad magazine, the golden age of Top 40 radio, the reclusiveness of Tom Lehrer, the cultural importance of "Word Crimes" and the mystifying longevity of "The Joe Franklin Show." Also, Little Richard buys a vowel, Al and Coolio bury the hatchet, Jerry Lewis tries to take over "Comic Relief" and Charles Nelson Reilly makes "sweet, sweet love" to a manatee. PLUS: Pat Boone! "The Rutles"! Remembering Frank Jacobs! The wit and wisdom of Shel Silverstein! The rise and fall of Allan Sherman! And Al narrates the Tiny Tim documentary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:48.2	Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey. And this is Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast with
1:55.2	Michael Holtz Frank Tanto Padre. Our special guest this week is making a return visit to
2:01.7	the show. He was on one of our early episodes way back in 2014. But his career didn't
2:11.6	suffer quite enough from that first appearance. So he's back to give it another shot.
2:17.9	He's a comedian, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, occasional actor, and voice
2:24.9	artist. A New York Times best-selling author. The most successful best-selling comedy recording
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