Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Amazing Colossal Trivia Call-in Show with Rupert Holmes Encore

Episode Date: February 24, 2025

GGACP celebrates the birthday of musician, author, playwright and pop culture expert Rupert Holmes (born February 24) with this ENCORE of the first-ever “Amazing Colossal Trivia Call-in Show," as Rupert and the boys attempt to answer tough trivia questions offered up by GGACP listeners. Also in this episode: Cesar Romero meets Sid Melton, Kirk Douglas inspires “Barney Miller,” Jay Leno teams up with Pat Morita and Frank Gorshin passes the torch to Jamie Farr. PLUS: “The Phantom of the Paradise”! “The Return of Doctor X”! James Bond’s greatest nemesis! Rupert hangs with Charles Bronson! The curse of the Spinal Tap drummers! And the secret origin of “Escape (The Pina Colada Song”)! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi, this is Treat Williams and you're listening to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing, colossal podcast. I'm not so sure if it's amazing, but and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre and our return guest. Yes, the great Rupert Holmes is in our presence. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Rupert Holmes. mr this is gonna be our special trivia our call in trivia we've never done this river we did a call-in show we just took calls people telling us how wonderful we were but we never did trivia now before we get to the show maiden voyage a new a new the plot thickens. Okay. Not only was Caesar Romero having orange wedges flung at his ass,

but Caesar Romero fucked Desi Arnaz. Not, not substantiated. Yeah. Yeah. Not confirmed. And I heard when Caesar Romero came, Desi Arnaz would scream, Caesar, you got some spleining to do. Rupert, are you sorry you came already?

Already. That's what Caesar Romero said. I'm sorry I came. Caesar Romero played the mad magician in Charlie Chan on Treasure Island in 1939. You are spooky. Excellent. That's good. So any f*** Charlie Chan? War for Holland? It was a threesome with Fernando Lama. This is the kind of goodies you can look forward to, listeners, on the Maiden Voyage, the first ever call-in trivia show. So we're gonna get right to it. We brought Rupert in as our guest trivia expert to make Gilbert and I look good Yeah, you gotta remember I'm a 20th century trivia expert, you know what I'm saying around 1990

I stopped having any interest so we'll see what happens. Okay, so questions about Sandra Bernhard. Yeah No, no, well, I can do Sarah Bernhard Sarah. Yeah Yeah, here we go. We're going to start, Frankie. What do we got? We have the first caller from the amazing area code of 314, Dara? Dara 314?

Dara's going to guess area codes. I don't know everyone. She's stumped. I'm going with Sheboygan. Let's have a listen. Okay. Don't mention my name. Here we are.

Who's on the line? Hey guys. Hey, who's this? This is Andrew LaPosha from St. Louis. Andrew, we know you from Facebook. Yeah, I'm very active on the listener's society. That's probably where you know me from. You are the first caller.

You are the sacrificial lamb tonight. Say hi to our pal Rupert Holmes. Hi there, Andrew. Good to meet you. Andrew, did you call us last time when we did the dial-in show? Oh, I tried like over a hundred times. You really did? And I had no luck.

Bless your heart. You've scored this time. Yeah, I'm glad over a hundred times. You really did? I had no luck. Bless your heart. You've scored this time. Yeah, I'm glad. You hit pay dirt. So try to, let's see if you can stump the two geniuses sitting here with me and I will try to hold my own. Okay. So in 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at Cedar Sinai.

When he died, who was the celebrity who was recovering from angioplasty in the next room? Boy, we're going dark. Oh! All I know is that... What a weird first question. It is a weird call. No one loves a good angioplasty joke as much as I do.

That's why we invited you here. Here's what I can tell you. I think there was a big controversy because Barbara Marx, he was married to Barbara Marx. Zepo's ex. I think it was Harper? No, Zepo. It was Zepo's ex?

Barbara Marx was Zepo's ex. I always wondered if there's kind of like a cadre in show business of like, Zepo says she's she's really good Frank Do we have a guess on this I don't I was getting an angioplasty in Margaret to Mont 1998 An angioplasty did this person sir an answer did this person survive the angioplasty Yes, he is and he's still alive today and doing very well. So it's a guy? Wow. Yeah. I have no guess.

He's hit a singer. No. There goes Trini Lopez, which I was going to guess. Is it an actor, Andrew? We're absolutely stumped. Rupert, you want to take a guess? Burt Lahr. That's not still very good.

Bob Barker. Who was it? No, not quite. Andrew is not still with us. That's very good. Bob Barker. Who was it? No, not quite. Andrew, we're really curious. Dana Carvey. Dana Carvey? Well, that's a brilliant question.

Wow. Because you see, we're just automatically picturing someone in that same age range. Wow. Yes, I was going for Burt Remso all the way. Oh, and that's the one with Dana Carvey wound up suing the hospital because they operated on the wrong part of his heart or something.

Yeah, something like that. Yeah, maybe the same. Some crazy shit. They operated on the wrong valve in his heart. Andrew, you were a cardiologist? No, not quite. I work in a heart. Andrew, you were a cardiologist? Uh, no, not quite. I work in a hospital. How'd you, how did you stumble across this piece of information?

I'm not sure where I first heard it. Uh, I heard it somewhere. It might've been an article, like one of those 10 facts about Dana Carvey kind of things, I just stumbled across that one day and I'm like, oh, that's pretty cool. You have stumped us. This is excellent. Excellent question. Yeah. Andrew we're impressed and thank you. We're very good when we don't answer all the easy questions then it will be more embarrassing.

And all of us were thinking of some guy in his 80s or something. I was you know I was going to say Victor Moan. Yeah. Who was getting a spinal fusion on the third floor? Congratulations, thank you We'll talk to you buddy. We'll see you on social All right. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. This is the kind of thing you can look forward to tonight. Oh boy I haven't had fun like this than never All right, we're off to a rollicking start who's next Frankie, Frankie? This caller is from the great state of wherever 530 is. Dara, 530. Is that Texas?

Hello, this is Ray Garten calling from Anderson, California. Anderson, California. Hello, Ray. I know you too from Facebook. How are you? Yeah, yeah. I'm good.

How are you? Good. Say hi to Gilbert in the great Rupert. Hi. Hi there. Hello, Gilbert and Rupert. This one is for Gilbert. Okay. Oh What was the first horror movie in which Lon Chaney was the leading man?

senior or junior Junior I'm sorry. Oh It's gotta be a tray careful Gilbert first. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Well, there was some That one oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, there was that one, oh fuck, the one he did one that was right after of Mice and Men. Not the Indestructible Man. Not the Indestructible Man. That's the 50s.

This was, was it like Man-Made Monster? Or so? No. Rupert, you ever guess on this no I mean you're obviously supposed to say it's the wolf man what isn't the wolf man wasn't the wolf man like was Lionel I will a mad doctor in it no no oh there's that oh that whole bunch of mad doctor ones aren't there there's a cluster of them. Yeah. The mad ghoul. Oh. Well, we're... That was George Zuko in the mad ghoul. Yeah, yeah. Gilbertson is element. We're 0 for 2, Ray.

Andrew stumped us before you and now we're gonna throw ourselves at your mercy. What do you got? It's called a scream in the night. 1935. Who was the leading lady? Who was the leading lady Rupert wants to know? Oh, he's got to look it up. St. Marjorie Maine. I'm wondering if it's someone, it feels like an Ann Southern or something. Go ahead. Sheila Barry. Somebody I've never heard of.

Sheila Barry? Sheila Barry? What? Carrie? That's another great one. Good question, right? It's amazing. Was it made by a major studio?

Do you see there? Is it a monogram picture or universal? It was a poverty row studio called Commodore Pictures. Commodore, there's a name to Ray. Oh, how about that? Ray, great question. We appreciate the call, man. Screaming the night.

Thank you, buddy. I'm gonna have to look out for that one. Thanks for following the show. Thank you, buddy. I'm going to have to look out for that one. Thanks for following the show. Thank you. And for being such a great fan. Thanks. Bye-bye.

Wow, if he stumped me on a Lon Chaney Jr. clip. On a Lon Chaney Horror movie, right? That's good. Yeah, Dara's also been stumped on two area codes. Yes. Let's go for three. We're off to a slow start. None of us know what the

fuck we're talking about basically. I think my name is Robert Holmes. The man came walking in the door with Robert Sterling trivia. We just we gotta hit a nugget. We gotta hit a nugget here. Area code 585, any guesses? 585, Dara, but she's the area code expert. New York, somewhere in New York. Somewhere in New York. Are you a New York caller? It is New York, yeah. Ah! Well, pardon New York. New York.

Where? It's Rochester, New York. Oh, Rochester. Oh, Rochester. I'm from Dennis Day, New York. I was accepted to Eastman School of Music in Rochester the day after my father sent a check to Manhattan School of Music and I really wanted to go to Rochester. I really was. Eastman is probably the best one in the country

next to Julia. Yeah absolutely and their wind ensemble is amazing. Amazing. And the percussion too. You would have frozen your ass off up there. And by the way Lou Graham of Foreigner. Foreigner sure. Right he comes from Rochester. Yes didn't know Absolutely, absolutely Yeah, and Gilbert and Frank and Rupert do you know who now lives right outside of Rochester in a suburb I? Don't have you identified yourself by the way do we ask your name? Oh, by the way Frank This is Otto from Rochester. Otto Bruno? Yes. I'm a big fan of yours, Otto.

Thanks for calling in. I'm a big fan of yours, too. Otto is very active on the listener's society. Jerry Lewis's son, Gary. You were going to tell us who lives just outside of Rochester. Jerry Lewis's oldest son, Gary, married a woman from right outside of Rochester and they live on a farm just outside of the city. Wow!

That's amazing. Pretty cool. We gotta get Gary Lewis on the show. I think he just had her birthday. Okay, Otto, so someone from the local paper just interviewed him and they said he's almost impossible to get as an interview because he doesn't like to talk to anybody. Well then he must be adopted because his father's a breeze to get along with, so.

You know Rupert worked with his dad. I got to work with Jerry Lewis. We're gonna be doing a reading of a musical I wrote with Marvin Hamlisch of Nutty Professor before the end of the year. Oh great. I actually got to work with Jerry the last couple years of his life, really.

Yes, you've shared that with us before. It's amazing. I worked on that musical for a long time, but I never heard any, you know, what came of it. Well, what happened was the rights, after Marvin died and then Jerry died, the rights all went into legal turmoil and we've just now settled it after about six years.

Good, oh Gilbert's gonna look forward to that. Yeah, okay. You're gonna come. Otto, you wanna fire one at us? All right, Frank and Gill especially. Now, Otto, wait. Wait. Otto to me sounds like Jamie Farr. Listen to his voice. He's got a little bit of a Rochester accent. Jamie Farr was from Toledo. Toledo, yeah. He's from Toledo. And Jamie Farr took, and this, try to picture this casting. Yes. When Frank Gorshin, after about three years, stopped touring with my play about the life of George Burns called Say Good Night, Grace Hill, he was replaced by Jamie Farr. Can you picture

Jamie Farr as George Burns? I can't. No. No, I cannot. Especially not in profile. Oh my God, yeah. Oh my God. We have to ask you about that and ask you about Gorshin sometime. Okay Otto, take a shot.

You and Gil should know this because one of your guests once told you this bit of information. I usually don't listen. They don't listen. They've never, they don't know. I start daydreaming during these. I'm sorry. It's Rupert Holmes, not Robert Holmes. It's Rupert Holmes.

We tune out. Okay, Otto, not Robert Holmes. It's Rupert Holmes. We tune out. Okay Otto, take a shot. Well, Frank... Frank knows I'm currently writing a book on the TV show Barney Miller. He does sound like Jamie Farr. Yeah, he sounds exactly...

I think it is Jamie Farr. Okay, what's the... He sounds exactly... Next we'll have a guy that sounds like the Colonel. Now Jamie might not have been able to pull off George Burns, but if there's a one man Jamie Farr show, Otto you're in. You know Jamie Farr was in, Jamie Farr, a very young Jamie Farr was in the Blackboard Jungle.

That's right. Yes he was, very good. Okay, what's the question? The question is, what was the dramatic film upon which Barney Miller the TV show the comedy was based upon the film was a dramatic film That's a fantastic question Was it police story? That this inspired him Was it police story or something like that? Was it 87th precinct?

William Wyler's police story? Is that William Wyler? The one Lee Grant won an Oscar for? Maybe. It was not called police story, it was called detective story. Detective story! Kirk Douglas and Lee Grant. Yes! Kirk Douglas and Lee Grant.

Gilbert had the movie, just the wrong title. That's right! As another bit of trivia, the character was named after title. That's right. All right. What does he got for that? As another bit of trivia, the character was named after a real life police officer that Danny knew called Barney Ruditzky and they did a TV show in the 60s about Barney Ruditzky called The Lawless Years and it starred James Gregory who eventually played... Sure, played Luger, Detective Luger. Right. We know James Gregory. James Gregory who eventually sure played Luger detective Luger yeah James Gregory had one of the noblest voices yes he on there's a gig

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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Yeah, all right. It was Frank over to Otto great question great Jamie far impression. We appreciate the call buddy Maybe maybe you guys I love you guys. Thanks so much How Linda maybe there are carousels where you're from Martin I Don't want to know I don't know. Yeah, then you know when I'm going to I don't want to know Yeah, what about how what about how Lyndon? Oh just that he played a very good What about Hal Linden? Oh, just that he played a very good clarinet.

Yes, he played it on this show, didn't he? On this podcast. He did! It was great. You bet. I'll send you that link. That's amazing. Because I'm always wondering how the guest is going to be.

And so it begins, he takes out his clarinet and plays. And I thought, Hal Lden's already a great guest. He was a terrific guest. Just claim the clarinet. All right, who's up next? Frank Vergarosa. I don't know where this area code is, but let's see if they can tell us. Hello, caller.

Yes, I have a question for Jamie Parr. Would you happen to be from Milwaukee, caller? Yes, I have a question. Do you know of a mediocre comedian who steals stories and has no origin in the story? This is a friend of ours. I'm filling Rupert in. Is this London Lee? My mother says to thank you. London Lee? My mother says to thank you.

London Lee. Gino Salomon, friend of the podcast. Hello. Hello, pal. You know, talking to Rupert is a great thrill. Rupert, you add so much. I wish Frank would get rid of the other guy. Rupert is here to class up the joint.

How you doing doing kiddo? Did Gilbert steal another story? Oh, please. It never happened. Geno's an old friend of Gilbert's and he claims that Gilbert steals all of Geno's best anecdotes and then owns them. Co-ops them. This is like the time when I was in school and the teacher said, Gino, can you answer this question?

Gino, did you actually come armed with a trivia question? No, the show sounds great. I just wanted to call and say hello and I've always wanted to talk to Rupert. Hello Rupert. Hi, I have a lot of problems. You want to listen? Here's the thing. Did you know Rupert so hello Rupert. Hi I have a lot of problems you want to listen here's the thing you know Rupert met Groucho. I did I did get to meet him. How about that? Yeah I did. How about that? What was the circumstance? I was at Columbia Pictures 30th anniversary party and I sat at a table and I'll tell you who was at the table. There was Frank Capra, John Houston, Charles Bronson, George Siegel, Groucho Marx, Barbara Streisand, who was my date, sort of,

and me. There was a caption under the photo saying, circle which person? That's a pinch yourself day. Nice work, my friend. It was an amazing thing. Yeah. And Groucho said, because Rupert needed some money. You do the greatest aged Groucho ever. And there's a lot of call for it. Anyone can do the eye wiggle, but you do the, like, I've got one more year with Aaron and

it's all over. Yes, yes. Gino, we love you. Thank you. You know what's so sad about that story, Rupert? But you do the one more year with Aaron and it's all Sorry Rupert what that it'll be Gilbert's story next week You know, I love you to death bye-bye pal, we'll talk to you also Gino it's time to switch cell providers. Yes. We're going to go to a beautiful star spread in the news, New York, New York. OK, with a 212? Close, 646.

Who's on the line, please? Hello? Hello. He just got in under the wire. Who's calling? This is Sam Weisberg from Hidden Films. How are you? Sam, how are you? Thanks for calling the show. Good, good.

We thought we were going to lose you there for a second. Say hello to the great Rupert Holmes. Hello, how are you? See, there's an excitement that he's holding back. I make a great 12th impression. Is this Tommy Newsom? Turns out he doesn't like pina coladas. I make a great 12th impression. Is this Tommy Newsome? Turns out he doesn't like pina coladas. Sam, how are you, man?

You got a trivia question for us? Yeah, sorry about that. Not at all. Two and a half year old daughter wanted me to put, you can't always get what you want on my wife's cell phone. Wow. That happens all the time. She's a big Mick Jagger fan.

That's amazing. Okay, you want to take a whack and stump in the brain trust here? Sure. So you guys had an episode where you did actors that directed only once? We did. And I wanted to try to bump you with

name at least one comedian that directed only once and and the movie I'm a comedian the direction only one sag it. Yeah, I was a good guess there was a dirty work Yeah, Bob says Bob Saget a good guess Yeah, let me see if he wasn't the one So we're wrong again! I'm going to have so much fun with sound effects later. Um, it's... I'm sure you have someone else in mind who goes further back, right? Give us an error. Maybe we'll try, we'll guess it.

Female, female, female comedian. Oh, Joan Rivers with Rabbitist? Yes. Nice Gilbert. Yeah. Oh that's Joan Rivers with Rabbitest. Starring Billy Crystal. Beautiful. As the first pregnant man. That's right. Yeah which he by the way he won't talk about that he never talked about that movie. Crystal won't. Yeah. Interesting. That was a great question, Sam. Gilbert redeemed himself for the address through Facebook. And the prize is Gino Salomon's cell phone. A brand new cell phone plan for the best question of the night.

Well, they're great questions. Good questions so far. These are all every time you sound. So there is a slight competition. All of that not directly. Yeah. Really good. Moving right along.

Let's go to 732. 732, Dara. Texas. Texas. No, or is it, or is it New Jersey? It's somewhere in the US. Dara guesses New Jersey. Yeah, it's Jersey. It's New Jersey.

Correct. Correct, Dara. Very good. Who may I say is calling? This is Tom and Deb calling from Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Hello, Tom and Deb. Uncle, how do you think he's in Point Pleasant? We just saw Gilbert a couple weeks ago at Uncle Vinny's in Point Pleasant.

Oh, thank you. How was he? We gave, my wife gave him an orange after the show. They actually flung it at my ass. That's right. Yeah. No greater sign of respect. Isn't the first Jersey Mike's Sub Sandwich place from Point Pleasant?

Isn't that where it originated? That is correct. Look at this guy. Arnold Avenue, Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Rupert's not only got, he's got Rochester and Point Pleasant, New Jersey trivia going, not only showbiz trivia. I'm impressed. Tom and Deb, right?

Yes. Okay, Tom and Deb. So fire away. See if you can stump the geniuses here. I have a honeymooners trivia question. Oh, you've come to the right place. Alright. What was Alice Crandon's maiden name? I think it was Gibson or Gibbons. Alice Gibson.

You spun him a... Yes, Gibson. Gibson. Yeah. or Gibbons? Alan Guttmacher – Alas Gibson. Alas Gibson – Yes, Gibson. Alan Guttmacher – Gibson. Yeah. It's in the episode where Ralph makes the recording to apologize to her. Alas Gibson – Exactly.

Yes. Alan Guttmacher – And Norton sends the wrong record. Alas Gibson – Care of Gibson. Alan Guttmacher – Care of Gibson. Alas Gibson – Right. Alan Guttmacher – Can I ask the geniuses across from me, who was, who pre, who, um, who was Alas Cramden before? Alan Guttmacher – Was it Francis Langford?

Pert Kelton. Pert Kelton. No. Pert Kelton. Pert Kelton. Yep. Pert Kelton. And what was Trixie's occupation?

Trixie had an occupation? Wow. What did Trixie do before she got married? Wow. Wow. And then Pert Kelton wound up appearing on the show as Alice's mother. That's correct. Yeah, that's correct.

How do you want to be her agent explaining that to us? We give up, Tom. To go from the white to the mother, I know. What was Trixie's occupation? She was a burlesque dancer. No. Oh, no. Where did you find that out? Oh yes. It's trivia. I've read it many a time. She was a burlesque dancer. Wow.

We'll take your word for it. Okay we're gonna look that up and double-check it. What? What about one more? Okay God, fast. What movie did this line come from? Who did it? Who did it? Oh, uh, Mr. Robert. Yes, sir. Ha ha ha! Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver. Now, what's all this crap about no movies? Gilbert's on fire.

Yeah. Ha ha ha! Nice one. Thank you, Tom and Jeff. Who did it? Who was the... Oh, sorry, go on. Who did it? Yeah, it was James Cagney. Who was the most beautiful person in that movie to look at? Jack Clemmon?

He was there, you know, in the right light. William Palkibbie. Betsy Palmer. Betsy Palmer. Yes, very, very good. Tom and Deb, we love the questions. Thank you so much. We appreciate it. You're giving Gilbert a chance to shine.

Well done. Well done. We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing Colossal podcast, but first a word from our sponsor. You ready for this great call? I'm ready. Yes. Here we go. You're on. Hello boys, how are ya? Who do we say is... Who shall we... Who shall we... What am I trying to say? Who do we have the

pleasure of speaking to? Longtime listener first caller Lex passers from Hollywood, California now Lex is a Lex you're retired from the business now, right? I Am completely retired but following up on the first thing I heard when I got in I once directed not only Hal Lyndon, but Hal Lyndon and Sid Melton in the same scene in The Golden Girl. Wow! Lex was a director of television shows. That's pretty amazing. Talking about Cesar Romero, what movie were Cesar Romero and Sid Melton in together? Oh hang on Lex. We were talking about Caesar Romero earlier. Yep.

We should give Lex a shot at that one. Lex do you know? Wow. Sophie's Choice. That would be an easy choice. That would be a very easy choice. With six you get citrus. And also Hugh Beaumont. Oh now you're just showing off. Beaver's father. It was called The Lost Continent. Wow! It was an early Cesar Romero, they were going for some rocket that had landed on a plateau and they were very cheap stop animation, very early Sid Melton work. Did we invite the right guy or what? Wow, yes!

Hey, I got to ask you a question though. What was it like to direct Sid Melton and Hal Lyndon? How old was Sid Melton? We invite the right guy or what? Wow. Wow, yes. Hey, I got to ask you a question though. What was it like to direct Sid Melton and Hal Linden? How old was Sid? By that time, Sid had to be very old. Well Sid had a recurring role on the show in flashbacks as Sophia's husband. But this was the only time he played somebody else entirely. The guys had seen, they'd originally written a thing where Hal came back as Dorothy's ex-prom

date who stood her up. And he calls out of the blue and they end up going out. And originally it was supposed to be a karaoke night. And then for some reason, Cheers had the same plot that week. So at the last minute, they changed it to a medieval times restaurant. And Sid was the waiter.

And he came in. I'm so sorry I asked. Were you expecting Sid Melton trivia when you got here? Lex, how many episodes of Golden Girls did you direct? 21. Wow. Do you ever work with Herb Edelman and Leslie Nielsen? Oh yeah, I worked with Herbie. I directed Herbie. I directed Leslie. How about that? In the last two. Man. Wow. Steve Landisburg. Oh, Steve Landisburg. From Barney Miller. There's a name back to Barney Miller. Yeah. All right, Lex, did you actually prepare a question for us my friend? I did but wait a minute, before I get to that, you're not going to believe this.

Go ahead. There's an apparition coming into the room. Hey where is he? Where is that guy? Where is that cocksucker? What has been given, goofy? Give it, give it! You keep saying I don't get the good pussy.

Oh he's doing an R.V.D. with Shazam Pressure Free. Ah yes, I'm doing an R.V.D. with Shazam Pressure Free. name Gilbert Goofy? Gilbert Gilbert! You keep saying I don't get the good pussy! Oh he's doing an RFA deal with Shazam Rush. Ahhhh yes! I wanna tell you Gilbert! Tom Selleck he just got my reject! I got all the good pussy! It was not him! So you, listen, you keep say these things about me Junior he's too busy getting drunk with

And John Huston not bad like that. That's more lines than the hair they ever had in an episode What's the trivia question pal? All right, so Gilbert, you know all the lyrics to the theme from Lords of Flatbush. Yes Do you know the lyrics to the jingle for the commercial? Lord no now obscure All right fire away I will try to sing it for you, but I guarantee I'll be worse than you. Okay Are you ready? Go quick? Yes So dodo dodo the lords of flatbush is a movie

Do dodo dodo about how life was in the 50s I don't mean to, but you'll dig it the most. The lords of flatbush, flatbush, flatbush rated PG. Can I tell you how I think you're right? Because that used to run in the days when you would check into a hotel and they would show trailers for the pay-per-view movies. Yes, yes. And you would see the same trailers if you left the TV on, you'd see, and that I heard a million times.

Yeah. Who was that? That was Henry Winkler, that was Sylvester Stallone, that was Perry King, and Suzy Blakely? And originally, originally they had Richard Gere in it. Really? And he didn't get along with Stallone, I heard. Really? And so he either left or they got rid of him or something.

Lex, fantastic trivia, very detailed. We appreciated the Irv A. impression. That was an extra bonus. Thank you, my friend. Herb Edelman had a TV series with Bob Denbrough. The Good Guys. All right, there you go. Thank you, my friend. Herb Edelman had a TV series with Bob Denbrigham. The Good Guys. All right, there you go. Oh, The Good Guys.

Yes. With our previous podcast guest, Joyce Van Patten. Wow, that's great. Yes, very good. Thank you, Lex. We'll talk, buddy. Thanks, guys. Talk soon. It gets more and more obscure. Okay.

I could have maybe gotten sung the actual You Are a Lord, but to know the TV trailer for it. He sings the theme from the movie. Hey, hey, what do you say? Looks like it's gonna be a very fine day. My girl is with me today looks like some real fine things are coming my way hey hey what do you say looks like it's gonna be a very fine day just hanging out with nothing to do. Alright we're going to another caller. Okay who's next? We're gonna go to Miami. Miami, alright. Who's next? We're going to go to Miami. Miami. Darry, you would have gotten that one.

Who's on the line, please? Hey, boys. Hi, Frank. Hi, Gilbert. Can I take my phone off mute now that he's been singing? Is he finished singing? Yes, he's finished singing. You can take your phone off mute.

I wonder, wonder, wonder, will I make you mine? Bow bow bow bow bow bow. Who are we talking to? I wonder wonder wonder will I make you my We talking to This is Larry calling from the Berkshires Not from Miami at the moment. Oh not in Miami where your person after Daris Hart and Gilbert and I have I have a quick one for you go and the third edition and the third edition of the alien franchise With Sigourney Weaver where she has the big fight right with the mother alien, right?

What does she call her in the big fight bitch? Yeah, that's what I thought too Is that it? No, I tell you, if you don't know, the first thing that could come to my mind on such a quick note was get away from her, you bitch. There you go, well we got it. Yeah, so that was it. You said the word bitch? We got it.

Yes, both of us said the word bitch. Rupert and Gilbert were right on that. They screened the phone calls on the Berkshires. You can't get that word through. I didn't hear that. Get away from her, you bitch. Yes, indeed. It was a tough moment.

Very good question. And what happened to Michael Bean, speaking of Aliens, the second movie? The guy from the Terminator. You guys know? Mr. Bean? No, not Mr. Bean. Good question! The Terminator. You guys know. Mr. Bean? No, not Mr. Bean. Good question! Thank you so much for the call. Love the show, love the show. Bye guys. Thank you, man.

Who is next on the line, Mr. Frankie? A lot of swearing there. We're going to go all the way to New York City. You ready for this one? Yeah, a lot of calls from New York. A lot of locals. They love us here. Who's up? You are on Hello did I reach the Howlinden mystery hour? Yes, yes you did. This is Howl's manager

Hey, this is Dave Milstein calling from Woodside Queens. The great Dave Milstein who has appeared on this very podcast Thank you, buddy. Thanks for calling in. What do you got for say hi to the wonderful Rupert Holmes. Mr. Holmes, very nice to talk to you. Say again about No Small Affair. What did you say? He's a big fan. Oh, well, there's a whole part of my skull where there's no hair from that film. That movie was supposed to be Matthew Broderick. Let me tell you the story on that. Now listen, it was supposed to be Matt Broderick and Sally Fields. And a different director.

No, yes. Martin with Mark. Yes, he had a heart. Martin Ritt. Martin Ritt. It was supposed to be Matthew Broderick and Sally Fields and it was a coming-of-age story. She was going to initiate young Matt Broderick. So then the director had a heart attack. I think you read the script and and they recast it and as in Matt Broderick's role

they did some logical casting because they gave it to John Cryer who would replace Matt Broderick on Broadway. In I guess Brighton Beach memoirs it would have been. And to replace Sally Fields in this, they put in Demi Moore who was like one year older than Matt. Ha ha ha. So it was like a, it was a crazy April May romance. Jerry Schatzberg. Directed it. Yeah, he was.

Yeah, you did the score. I did the score and I did five songs in it and Demi was supposed to sing all her own songs. Wow. And they came to me and said, we promised her she's singing her own songs. I said, can she sing? And they said, she says she can. I said, have you heard the pitch of her voice?

I said, she's lower than Bluetooth, you know? So they said, well, what than Bluetooth, you know? So they said, well, what we're going to do is, this is a terrible story to tell you, they said, what we're going to do is you record her singing these songs of yours and we're going to shoot her and she'll lip sync to her own voice and then if it's not great, we'll replace the voice. So the first day of recording, they said, well, how is she? Is she okay?

I said, we bid goodbye to okay about five minutes Wow, it was a night it was very difficult. Wow. What was the name of that movie? Hang on Dave with Where it was also like old lady with the young guy affair? With John Travolta and Lily Tomlin. Moment to moment. Moment to moment. A lot of eye to eye contact. A big bomb.

Something about eye contact. That was one of the movies that killed Travolta's movie career the first time. Yes. Dave, what do you got for us, pal? All right, so my question is, it's a Humphrey Bogart question. Oh, good. Oh, Humphrey Bogart trivia. All right, so he played a man with the last name Martin in three films. Oh good. Oh, okay. Oh, good. Okay. Oh, good.

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Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good. No. Is it that one where he gets the plastic surgery wherever that one, whatever that one was called? It ends with the paratrooper, with the parachute shot. Is it the one with Gloria Graham? Oh, in A Lonely Place?

I feel like that might have been his... No? Not that. Is it... The harder they fall. If it helps, they're all between 1937 and 1939. Oh, jeez. The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, just because I want to say that.

You just want to say it. The return of Dr. X, because I want to say that. Oh, yeah. Is that possible? Either one? He played the monster in that. Yeah, he had white makeup on. Yeah, and a white streak in his hair.

He looked like Elsa Lancaster. How about Dead End? Yes, that's the first one actually. Wow, okay. He played Hugh, Babyface Martin in Dead End. I got one. What are the years? What's the-

37 to 39. 37 to 39? Yeah. Warner Brothers only had to make 17 films. When did he make Across the years? What's the- 37 to 39. 37 to 39? Yeah. Warner Brothers only had to make 17 films. When did he make Across the Pacific? Oh, no, that's right after- That's after Maltese Falcon. Yeah, after Maltese Falcon.

Almost the same cast. I'm way off. Was he- Petrified Forests. What about the western he did? Oh, with Cagney? Was it Oklahoma Kid? Yeah.

Yeah, Oklahoma Kid. Is it possible it Oklahoma Kid? Yeah. Yeah, Oklahoma Kid. Is it possible it's that? It's not that. They're all basically crime movies. Oh yeah, those budget. Okay, I give up. Not High Sierra, that was later too. No. We give up. So in 38, he did Racket Busters. Racket Busters, he ragged the star Martin. And then in 39 in Invisible Stripes he was Chuck Martin. Invisible Stripes! Invisible Stripes!

Oh my god, and the third one was Dead End. With Sylvia Sidney, right? Yeah, exactly. Clifford Odets. By the way, that was the origin of the Dead End Kids, right? Yes, indeed it was. Yes, yes! I think Sidney Lumet is in that one as a boy, isn't he?

Uh, yeah, I think you see his face, the building is burning. Yeah, you're very young Sidney Lumet. The beautiful thing is that, that was supposed to be a searing, and it was, a searing social drama by Clifford Odette about the ghetto, the life in the slums, and the Dead End Kids appeared in that, and the outcome of it was it was great to be a dead-end kid and they made lots of comedies after that. Yes, yes. And I love the dead-end kids, much like Abbot and Costello in their series. The dead-end kids were these kids in a gang and they're like, you know, they're like in their early 50s.

I'm tall, towards the very end. They had the alcoholic lines in their face. Wasn't Leo Gorsy's father in them as well? Yes, that was... Bobby? Bernard Gorsy. Bernard Gorsy. He played like the luncheonette owner.

Dave, this is more than you wanted to know. Louis Dumbrowsky? He played like the luncheonette. Dave, this is more than you wanted to know. I'm sorry, sorry. Louis Dabrowski? Yeah. All the crazy boys in my son's shop. There are two movies, there are two Bogart movies where he plays someone named Rick and he has a sidekick named Sam. You'll get this one. I know one of them. Bernard Gorsy, his father was a Jew.

Dave, did you know that? Do you know that? Two movies where he played... I knew Lauren Bacall was a Jew. Yes, Gilbert's proud of that. I'm trying to corner you here on this one. Go ahead, quick. So Humphrey Bogart played a character named Rick and he had a side person assisting him named Sam, named both movies. You're making that shit up. I'm not. Well one is obviously Casablanca. So there is? So this is a real question? Yeah yeah. Casablanca you've already named the movie. I did? Yes. Across the Pacific? Yes he does a Chinese fellow who says oh much trouble always much trouble Rick. Look at this. And his name is Sam. Nice. Oh the great Rupert Holmes ladies and gentlemen. Very good. see how about that from from no small affair to across the

Pacific without taking a breath I would have liked to have been across the Pacific and we were making no small affair Dave you're the best we appreciate this anytime and if I could bring it full circle doesn't isn't there a Rupert and Humphrey Bogart connection? Yes, but your... That was a Paul Williams song! The Rupert... no, a collection. There's a lot of... Connection.

There's a lot of connections, but the one I think you're... One day we'll find it, the Rupert Holmes connection. It's descended into chaos. What is the connection? The connection was a decision I made in ten seconds that changed the course of my life. Which is as I was about to sing a song called Escape, which was not called the Pina Colada song, as I was about to sing it and sing the chorus of If You Like Humphrey Bogart and Getting Caught in the Rain, which is what I wrote,

at the last minute, ten seconds before I sang the vocal, which is the vocal you hear on the record, first vocal, I changed it from Humphrey Bogart to Pina Colada. I assume that's what you meant. Exactly, yes it was. That is a life-changing event. Dave, you know your shit, we're impressed. Thanks for the call, pal. I try. Come back and do another mini with your buddy Seidel. Would love to. Okay, we'll do it.

Thank you. Oh, that was fun. Seidel sitting right here, he said no. We went down 12 rabbit holes there during one call. Who's up next? We're trying to get as many people as we can. Everyone dropped. They were like, I don't want to, you know.

They quit? They gave up? No, we're gonna go all the way to 217, Darrow. 217, Darrow? That's in Illinois. Illinois. Illinois. Is Darrow right? Illinois, you are on, I think. There you go.

Hello. Hello, how are you? Are we talking to Illinois? This is Don Gerard in Champaign, Illinois. How about that, Darrow? Don, how are you? The honorable Don Gerard. Exactly right. Thank you very much.

I appreciate you knowing your decorum. Don, thanks for calling in. Say hi to the great Rupert. You know, Rupert was the first guest I heard on this show and it was my test, my litmus test, where I said, if they can make the peanut collated song, or I was actually thinking the Humphrey Bogart song interesting And then this I'm gonna stick with it and it was just fascinating

I love the episode and now I've listened to every single one and I'm up to date now. That's right We all we had some episode. I'm basically here to do that for the guys, you know They were actually just playing they were actually just listening to it themselves alone at home And they said, you know, let's bring in Rupert and get in champagne. By the way did the guy downstairs tell you that he was a big fan when you checked in? I thought I thought maybe you told him to say that. No I said I just told him who was coming. Okay well he loved the song all on his own. What do you got for us Don? Well I have one extra I'm gonna lob it up just for Rupert because I know

Gilbert hasn't heard this song and I'd be surprised if Frank knew, but I think Rupert's going to get this one. I don't know. Go ahead. Eric Stumpy Joe Childs, the second Spinal Tap drummer, died by choking on vomit and he was replaced by Peter James Bond Bond who famously spontaneously combusted while playing at the Isle of Lucy blues jazz, alternately jazz blues festival. Jazz fusion. Jazz fusion. Which one was that Begley jr. playing? He was the first drummer. He was the one who did the flower people. Correct, correct. Who was the real-life drummer

who portrayed Peter James Bond? Boy, I really, I'm gonna, was it possibly Rick Morata? It was not. Can you give me the first name? Nor was it Ricky Fattar. I remember Rick Morata. Rick Morata. And he was the drummer in No Small Affair.

Yes, I remember his work. Can you give me the first hint? Yeah, give me a hint and if it's Ringo I can get it. What kind of hints do you want? You want initials? You want his other employers? No, I don't read. What kind of hints do you want? You want initials? You want other employers? No, no, initials are good.

No, I don't read. Give him an initial, first initial. RK. RK. Is his last name O? No, sorry. Okay, I don't know. You got me.

We're stumped. Gilbert's never seen the movie. I have met this gentleman a number of times and I am reasonably good friends with his summertime employer, Lyle Lovett. It is Russ Kunkel. Russ, the great Russ Kunkel. Oh, I should not say that. Oh, Russ Kunkel playing on those Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor records.

James Taylor. Yeah. Of course. Every record of the 70s. Everyone. Warren Zvon. I was a New York person in that period and I worked with all the studio musicians but rarely did I get to work with, I think Russ was pretty much LA, wasn't he?

Yeah, West Coast. Yeah. Yeah, pretty yeah. The only time I worked, when I worked on the Streis. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. David Linley's on those albums, Waddy Wattel. And brilliantly produced by Andrew Gold.

Yes. Andrew Gold, whose father wrote the game from Exodus. Ernest Gold. Exodus. And whose mother is Marnie Nixon. Marnie Nixon. Who did the voice of. You know it, buddy.

Yeah, yeah. Good stuff. There you go. Did we, did we? I sure appreciate the opportunity to stump you guys. I thought you'd get that one. No, it was a wonderful question. It's an honor to...

It will finally motivate Gilbert to watch this as Spinal Tap. Why do a damn movie, Gilbert? Watch the damn movie. We've had three people on this show who are in that movie, and he still hasn't watched it. I know. I refuse to. I know.

My first comedy thriller that we did at the Pasadena Playhouse that ended up going to Broadway had two-thirds of Spinal Tap and it was Michael McKeon and Harry Shearer. Oh boy, you cast well. Yeah, well, we cast on Arrival. They said they'd do it and I said, wow. Two comic geniuses. They are. Don, thank you so much for the call, pal.

We'll see you on Facebook. All right, take care, fellas. Bye-bye. That was a good one. Fun trivia, since that was from Champaign, Illinois. Do you know the trivia here? If you're not from Champaign, Illinois, you can only call yourself Sparkle. Sparkle is a comedian.

Sparkle is a comedian. Sparkle is a comedian. Sparkle is a comedian. Sparkle is a comedian. Sparkle is a comedian. That was a good one. You know, fun trivia since that was from Champaign, Illinois. You know the trivia here? If you're not from Champaign, Illinois, you can only call yourself Sparkling Illinois. I don't know if you knew that. Didn't know that. If you're not from Champaign, Illinois. Has it already gotten to that point in the evening?

And there's no alcohol here, which is. So we're going to take a trip all the way to Area Code 973. Darin 973. That's my hometown. New Jersey. All right. Darren 973. That's my home town. New Jersey. All right, here we go. Who's on the line, please? You are on the air.

Hey guys, it's JP from Parsippany, New Jersey. Parsippany. Rupert, do you have any Parsippany trivia? I thought I did, but I don't. I have Piscataway trivia. He's got some Piscataway. But I do not have Parsippany. How are you JP

Welcome to the welcome to the inaugural trivia night trivia call-in show Do you have anything to stump these two gentlemen with me? Or me Frank the first thing first thing I've got right here next to me I'm one of the rare people that actually owns a Papian suzu autograph Do you know Papiani on Susu is? She's the... Miso Horny! Miso Horny! She's the Asian actress in Full Metal Jacket.

And I've been trying to get her on this podcast and Frank keeps saying to me, So what, you're going to get her to say Miso Horny and that's going to be it for the hour? Where do you go with that? And I pretty much said, yeah, yeah. That's pretty much it. JP, where did you get her autograph and how's her English? I actually, I never met her. I bought her autograph at the Chiller Convention. Okay, I see. So she's elusive as ever. Throwed in with a Miyashi Yumechi autograph. Exactly.

Alright JP, good stuff. What do you got for us? Try to stump these boys. Here's what I got for you. So six actors have been nominated for playing, have been Oscar nominated for playing the same character in more than one movie. Oh my god. Okay, well one's easy, John Wayne. Six, wait a bit. John Wayne played, didn't he play Rooster Cogburn twice? Is it, is it, wait a second, let me clarify the question. Okay, yeah, sorry.

Could you, could you be more specific about the question? The actor, different actors were nominated for playing the same part like Abe Lincoln? No, I guess the question is more like the same actor played the same character in more than one movie. So if it's John Wayne then Jeff Bridges was also the same actor with the same... Okay, so just so I'm clear, so Sean Connery playing James Bond is what you mean? Something similar to that. I'll give you a one. So for example, Sylvester Stallone was nominated twice for playing Rocky. Okay, so you want an actor that was nominated six times for playing the same role.

Oh, oh, oh, okay. Do I have it? Six actors were nominated twice for playing the same role. Oh, six actors. I'm blurring here. I'm totally blurring. Six actors who were nominated twice for playing the same role. Oh, six actors. I'm blurring here. Okay, so- Was Rooster Cogburn a standalone character or did he-

I think he played, it was a true grit and then what? Rooster Cogburn. Is it John Wayne? Is one of them? John Wayne's one? John Wayne was not one of them. Not one. Okay, so we established that Stallone was one.

Well, you need a series, but usually series movies don't get Oscar nominations. That's what I mean. That's what makes it a fun question. I mean, Warner Oland. Yeah. Never. And the Oscar goes to Sydney Tuller. Are these all males or actresses?

And the Oscar goes to Roland Winter. Say it again,. We've got five males and we have one female. Five males and one female and they were nominated twice for playing the same part. And they were nominated both times or one time in that role? I am all fucking confused here. No I know I think it's just narrowing it down. It's like Stallone was nominated twice for playing Rocky. It's an actor that was nominated for playing the same part more than once in separate movies But we are not saying just so I'm clear are we we're not saying that they won the Oscar each time they played that What the two times they played that role nominated nomin. Oh, these are nominations nominations. Oh, okay. Sorry about that

That makes it harder. Okay, yes, it does. Can you give us an era? I mean, I get... Are we talking about 60s, 70s, 50s? It spans the entire, I mean, but going back... All of these people who were Oscar nominated, they were Oscar nominated at least once in the role that we're trying to identify

that they played more than once. Yes, more than once. Not just that they got one once in their career? No, they were nominated twice for the same part. Twice? Yeah. Two Oscar nominations. For the same role.

For the same role. This is a fascinating question. It's a fascinating question. I have no idea how to tell you. What if Al Pacino won? Oh yeah, that's good. You're right there. Gilbert.

Gilbert. Gilbert. Son of a bitch. Okay, so then can we offer Robert Duval Robert Duvall as well Robert Duvall? Not on the list. Okay, fuck you leave Okay, Stallone you gave us we have Pacino Wow This is so hard. People are screaming at their devices

Wow, this is so hard. People are screaming at their devices. Who repeat? Well, you know, Godfather, the rare film that had sequels that was a prestige film that would generate multiple nominations, which rarely happens. Jaws 3, the apology. Not, sir, yeah, no, I'm not gonna say Roy Scheider twice How about Gene Hackman twice for the French kid for playing Popeye Doyle? Nope, not on the list worth a shot. Oh Wow Hmm in the interest of time we're each gonna take one guess and then we'll we'll we'll we'll cry uncle Okay we'll cry uncle. Okay.

Is there another one from the seventies that we didn't name? I'm gonna try to narrow you down to my favorite era. Uh, no. Okay. Ziegfeld, William Powell. William Powell? Not on the list, sorry. That should be. How many times did Spencer Tracy play Father Flanagan? I'd try that. Spencer Tracy was a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination every year. Sorry Frank, not on the list either.

Want me to go through the answers? We're taking... I guess we'll have to turn the cards over. We'll have to turn all the cards over. Yeah, thank you, Peter. We'll start with the innies and then we're good. Okay, what do we got? All right, so we got Bing Crosby for Father O'Malley. Oh yeah, Bing Crosby and going my way and the bells of St. Mary's. Okay, good. Peter O'Toole for King Henry II. He was nominated in Lion in Winter. And what's the second one? The second one I didn't realize I had to do that much research. What are you Paul Rayburn? It was called Lawrence of Winter.

Who are the other actors? The other two actors were, it was Paul Newman and Fast Eddie Felsen. Paul Newman and Fast Eddie Felsen. Oh, I should have gotten that! There you go. Okay, what else? I thought, and then the last one was more recent, it was Cate Blanchett playing Queen Elizabeth.

Just playing Cate Blanchett. Very good. Excellent question. Really good question. We'll let you hang on the Peter O'Toole one. We'll let you slide by on that Peter O'Toole one. That feels a little shaky. Great question JP.

My pleasure. Thanks man. Thank you so much. On the plus side we found the new Pauls. What's funny? I love that. I didn't know I was going to have to do research. We're getting a lot of New York calls tonight. I love that I didn't know I was gonna have to do research. We're getting a lot of New York calls tonight. I love that.

We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal podcast after this. Here's another New Yorker. Okay, what do we got? Who's on the line, please? You got me. Hi, my name's Emil. I'm a New Yorker too. I'm from the Bronx. Emil! You guys are group, how's it going guys? Thank you for calling, man. You guys are too good, especially Rupert.

They should rename the show Rupert. You know everything about trivia. As a matter of fact, my question was gonna be Bogart's Dr. X question, but no, that wasn't enough words. Okay. I have something else. I got my B material. Okay, let's say your name again. I didn't catch it.

Emil. Emil. Okay, Emil. Let's hear the B material. Okay, B movies, right? And B materials, right? Yeah, these are B movie experts. I recently heard your episode with Jeff Abrams and Bert Kern. Yes. About death and all that stuff. So I guess this question's about that. And it's a honeymoon stuff So I guess this questions about that and it's a honeymoon question, too I don't know somebody else had a honeymoon question, but here goes Where is the raccoons burial grounds in Bismarck, North Dakota? That's a that's a that's layup for the likes of us, Anil.

Yeah. The hour wait and 150 times I tried to call this number. Oh, I'm sorry you called that many times. It was all worth it. It was all worth it. I'm so sorry. You have a beautiful speaking voice on the phone. You do.

If it makes you feel any better. Bless your heart. Thank you for, thank you for, thank you for patiently waiting and calling that many times. We appreciate it. Not a problem. A lot fun guys. Bye. Bye That was fun. See Rupert. They're full of compliments for you. That's very nice. Yes Gilbert and I said that I think we all shouted that at the same time All right, who's the next victim Frank?

Daris 610? Daris 610? Oh, that's Pennsylvania Pennsylvania All right, let's see It's the Keystone State Frank? Dara 610? Dara 610? Oh, that's Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. All right, let's see. It's the Keystone State. Who are we talking to?

Hello? Hello? Hey, it's Gene Beretta. Hi. Gene Beretta! Gene, identify yourself. Gene is a, I'll do it for him. Gene is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator.

He does wonderful work. He's a big fan. He's the gentleman who drew your Cesar Romero with the orange wedges that's framed in your living room. Thank you. And he's got a bird that stays on his shoulder the whole time. Yes. What part of Pennsylvania are you from, Gene? Right outside of Philadelphia in Bryn Mawr. Gene, plug your latest children's book as long as we got you.

What are you, hitting on me or something? Go ahead, buddy. My latest one, The Bat Can Bat, a book of homonyms. Terrific. How many books have you published? Well, I've written 12 and illustrated about 30. You should see his work. He's very talented. Okay, you want to try to stump the boys? Yeah, this is pretty obscure. You've come to the right place. You have a backup one? Yeah, I do. I have a backup one. It could be a bonus if you like. Okay.

Sissy Spacek met her husband. Jack Fisk. They claimed production design. Yep, Jack Fisk. They met on Badlands in 1972. Hell of a movie. And then they also worked together. They worked together on Carrie in 1976. But between those two films. Raggedy Man. They worked. No.

Okay. They worked together on another film. Jack directed that one. Right, so between those two films they worked together on a film on which Sissy was not an actress but a set dresser. What was that film? Wow. Oh my god. Between, between, what did you say, between which movies? Between Carrie and? Between Badlands. Between Badlands. And Badlands. Terrific movie, Badlands. Yeah, oh yeah. Martin Sheen, right?

Yeah, Terrence Malick. She worked as a production. You know, I never leave a movie house without seeing who the set dresser was. I'm not correct. I just want to say, people, I say, sit down. We haven't got the set dresser credit yet You want to see that you want to see a really good obscure? Movie that Carrie that sissy spacex in prime cut with Gene Hackman. Yeah directed by Michael Richie Yeah, but that's not the answer three women the good one. Yes

I thought you were going for the one that Jack Fisk directed that she was in. So what is the answer sir? The answer is the Phantom of Paradise. The Phantom of Paradise with our friend Paul Williams. Jessica Harper. Yes. What a guess she would make. I just saw it at a drive-in theater. Very good. That was supposed to be called Phantom of the Fillmore and they couldn't get the name. Really? Yeah, absolutely. I went to an early... That was the beginning of my recording career and I got to go to an advanced screening of it.

Met Paul Williams who I later wrote a couple songs with. But that was supposed to be called Phantom of the Fillmore. Good stuff. Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Winter comes and the's got colder. Some people get wise, but you just get older and you never can listen to them. That's the hell of it. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You're lousy in bed, you're bad in heart. Look what you've caused, Gino. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. We all came to say goodbye. I once turned to Paul and said, say, do you remember that great evening when we were at Patty Farrell's house? He said, wait, was this the 70s? That's Paul.

That's it. Gene, thanks so much. What was the backup? What was the backup question? All right, here it is. Speaking of musicians, in the crowd scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian, there's a brief glimpse. George Harrison.

There's a brief glimpse of a faint. Oh, you got it. Yeah. Yeah, he also used to give the money. Money. To make those movies. You put up the money, you get to be in the crowd scene. Yeah, you put up the money.

Thank you, man. Okay, thank you. Check out Gene Beretta's books, everybody. Thank you, man. Okay. Thank you Check out Jean Beretta's books everybody. Thank you, Jean. Thank you. Oh, that was fun. All right, Frank. We're we're oh Okay, we got plenty of time left. Let's see how many we can get in We're gonna go all the way back to New York area a lot of New York or Brooklyn. Okay, seven one eight You're on. Yep, seven one eight. We have to guess that one. Welcome to the trivia show. Who do we have? Oh, hello. I'm on. Hello. Hello You're on who is this?

This is Ernest the third from Staten Island, New York. We know you are in us the third. Welcome to the show How are you? We honored that you know me. I'm doing okay. How are you guys? Say hi to the talented Rupert Holmes Hello Rupert. Hello. This was a long... Have you noticed that every time you say, say hi to the great Rupert Holmes, there's like an eight second silence. Although there is a big lag with the phone system.

Is there a lag? Yeah, yeah, yeah. When they say, say hello to Rupert Holmes and they all go, is that one of the trivia questions? That's me pounding the table. Mr. Holmes, but I'm not a fan of pina coladas. I had never drunk one when I wrote this song. My mother is though, and she's not even a drinker.

What's your question, Ernest? Well first of all, I think Gilbert Gottfried was a Rob that he wasn't nominated for for Problem Trials 1 and 2. Yes, clearly. Clearly. The bias against the comedies continues in the Academy. What's the trivia question, pal? That's true.

Well, it has to do with the TV show I Love Lucy and character actors. You've come to the right place. That's Mr. Holmes' sweet spot. You think come to the right place. Mr. Holmes sweet spot. You think it is, but I just... It's a question about good. Now are you familiar with the fact that Caesar Romero fucked Angie Arnett? And Danny Thomas happening for Glass Coffee Table.

Yes, yes. Okay, what's the Lucy question? We're running short on time. All right, well there was an episode, one of the Hollywood episodes called Don Juan is shelved. Sure, where he was working for Dory Sherry. Right, but the question is, people think that Dory Sherry, the real Dory Sherry was in that episode but he wasn't.

He was not. What character actor played him instead? Oh God, I can picture his face and I don't know his name. I know, and I'm right with you. Ricky goes to- I have some clues if you want some clues. The clues are good. Clues are good. Ricky goes to LA to play Don Juan.

I know, this is the Richard Widmark here. The old Richard Widmark. The Grapefruit. Bill Holden and the Brown Doty. Richard, it's Richard. Yeah. OK, give us some clues. All right, well besides that, there's also,

for bonus points, there is another connection that this character actor has to the show, which I'll get to. But the clues are he was in North by Northwest. He was in the mating game. Hold on. Wait, was it Leo G. Carroll? No. No, it wasn't Leo G. Carroll.

No, hold on, was it? And he was in a Twilight Zone episode. He was in a Twilight Zone episode called Spur the Moment from 1964. Oh, this is very good. And he was in three big movies. He was in three big movies with Burt Lancaster, Comeback, Little Sheba, From Here to Eternity and Elmer Gantry. I know his face and I couldn't place his name for the life of me.

Philip Ober. Philip Ober. Right. Philip Ober. Oh my God. Hey, hey. And for bonus points, sir, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Santo Padre, what other connection Right Mr. Godfrey mr. Santo Padre what other connection does this the best Philip over have to the show to which to which show actually?

Philip over had another connection to I love Lucy you're saying Yeah And the big one to he fucked as the And it's a big one too. He fucked Asi Arnaut. Okay, Philip Ober, Philip Ober. Close, close. He was married to Mary Jane Croft. Philip, Philip Ober's the guy. No, he was married at the time to the late, great Vivian Vance, Ethel Mertz herself.

Oh, wow. That's a great question. That's good. Excellent. If you couldn't get the chief. Oh, he was in that movie too. Philip, who played the chief on blank for momentarily. On what?

On Get Smart. Ed Platt. Ed Platt and Philip Ober were both in North by Northwest. You're right. Wow. If you couldn't get Ed Platt you got Philip Ober. Yes very good. Very good.

Earned a terrific question. Thank you man. Good stuff. I am honored. Thank you so much guys. Thanks for the call. It's our honor. Thank you. Alright. Philip Ober honored. Thank you so much guys. Thanks for the call. It's our honor. Thank you.

All right. Philip Ober questions. Did you expect Philip Ober and Russ Kunkel tonight? Russ Kunkel. I'm ashamed about Russ Kunkel. I'm ashamed about Russ. I should have known that. He's one of the great jazz drummers.

We'll have to invite Russ Kunkel on and apologize to him. I didn't recognize him in Spinal Tap and I'm a drummer. Okay. I didn't even know that was him. I knew Ed Begley Jr. was the drummer. Yeah, he was in the give me some money. Yeah. The flower people. Okay, what do we got? Errico 260. Dara 260. I'm gonna go with Champagne, Illinois. No, it's not. Where's 260? Who are we talking to? Hello? Yeah. Rob Martinez speaking to you from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Rob Martinez, who sends all the wonderful gifts. And the Christmas CDs.

Thank you for all the swag you've sent, Rob. Thank you, I appreciate it. Good evening, Rupert. It's an honor talking to the person who had the last number one hit in the 1970s. I'm, it was all part of a plan. Yeah. That's good trivia in itself. All part of a plan.

Rob, good stuff. What do you got for us? Try to stump these boys. I have two questions. One for Gilbert and one for Rupert. I will start with Rupert first. Can I have Gilbert's? In 1941, one Chaney Jr.

Alright, go quick. Okay, Rupert, who is the oldest 1941, Unchained Jr. Alright, go quick. Okay, Rupert, who is the oldest living composer to have a hit in the Billboard Top 5? The oldest living composer to have a Billboard hit. What stretch, the Billboard Top 5 since it started? Yes. Leroy Anderson? No. Oh, okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, no, no, wait, hold on.

Okay, so how about Hoked on Classics and the oldest of those? Is this a classical composer who had a, oh, Clementi, Clementi's 35th Sonatina was turned into Groovy Kind of Love by the... Mindbenders. Wayne Fontaine and the Mindbenders. Is that what you think? Clementi's 35th sonatina, he would be pretty old, he goes back farther than Beethoven. Is that right?

No. No. Would you accept that it's a really good answer? Is it Ed Norton? No. Okay, can you give me a hint, just a quick hint? Dara thinks she knows. Is it Billy Ray Cyrus? Billy Ray Cyrus? No, a? Oh no, a composer.

Sorry, we didn't hear what you were saying. It was a one hit wonder in 1983. Okay. And the video was pulled. Let him finish the question. Go ahead. The video was pulled thanks to background actors in Blackface. The video was pulled thanks to background actors in blackface. Was it, was it, is it putting on the ritz or taco is putting on the ritz? Absolutely correct! Oh jeez! Taco Suck. Yeah. Irving Berlin.

So the answer is Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin. He was 95 years old in 1983. But it's a trick question. But it's a, I mean, there's, oh, but I guess top five. But a song made the Billboard charts and he was still living. And he was still alive.

Okay, what's the question for Gilbert? Pretty good. Lived to be 100. Gilbert? Yeah. On the recent podcast about celebrities and musicians who died on stage, the name of Joey Ross was mentioned.

He died of a heart attack in 1982 while performing in the clubhouse of his apartment building in Los Angeles. Who delivered his eulogy? Who delivered Joey Ross's eulogy? Ritzig? Russ Kunkel? Hey.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Joey Ross for a while teamed up with- Fred Gwyn. No, no, no, no. No, he did while teamed up with... Fred Gwynn. No, no, no. No, he did. No, towards the end of his career, he was a comedy team with Steve Rossi. Of Alan and Rossi. Joey Ross and Steve Rossi? Yes, I think so.

Can I ask you, was it a comedy partner of his? Was it someone? No. No, it was not. Not a comedy partner doing the eulogy. It wasn't Nat Hiken who pre-deceased him. Oh, Nat Hiken. He knows. He hated him. He hated him.

I know Steve Rossi. Go ahead. The first hint is he is a contemporary of Gilbert. Jeez. A contemporary of Gilbert. Judgey Jessel? Do you mean a comic of Gilbert's era like Gabe Kaplan? Yes. Yes.

Holy. Up to that point he was best known as a comedian on TV shows. Was it Richard Belzer? Wasn't Belzer. Bose. The second hint, and this is gonna give it away, he had a very prominent mandible. Jay Leno.

No, no, no, no. David Brenner. Jay mandible Jay Leno no no no no David Jay wait a minute Jay Leno gave the eulogy at Joey Ross's funeral That's correct. I would like to hear Where did you come up with that? He was on, uh, he was on com 54. He was on com 54. I mean everybody watched it. And I read somewhere, I read somewhere that Jody Ross was an actor.

That's how he read that somewhere. That he was an actor. And, you know, he was a caveman. He was a caveman. He was the caveman. It's about time. It's about time. Sherwood Schwartz.

Because I read somewhere that they used to have cavemen. Where did you come up with this, Rob? Imogene Coco and Joey Ross. Yes, right. And Sherwood Schwartz. Frank a letter. It is verified on Wikipedia. Well, it must be true if it's on Wikipedia. We're gonna call Jay

and verify this one. Great question man. Thank you so much for calling. You stumped them both. Thank you Rob. Wow. What would have prompted that? Joey Ross was loathed by a lot of people. Everyone hated him. Really? Seriously? Jay was making movies back then. He was in the Silver Bears. Oh, and what was that?

Cop course? It was one of his way down on the totem pole. What was that? Cop movies. Collision course with Pat Morita. Oh, jeez. See, nobody asked me this shit I know. No, I know.

No, you know what, I'm thinking of Jay Leno now, but Joey Ross passed away quite a while. 82. Yeah. 82, 83? Nat Hiken was a very good guess. Yes, but he hated his guts. But he didn't like him. He hated.

Okay, Frank, what do we have next? This one just says, inmate from Litchfield Correctional Facility. Let's have a listen and see. Welcome back listener. Who's on the line please? It's Liz. Our first lady calling in. I was going to say we're going to get through this whole show without a single woman calling

in. Hi Liz. Oh my God. How are you? Hi. I'm fabulous. Say hello to the wonderful Rupert Holmes. We will now observe a moment of silence.

Hi Rupert Holmes. Hi there, how are you? You don't have to say anything to Gilbert, we understand. What's your question? All right, who played the voice of the car in my mother's car? I got it, I got it. Anne Southern. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sorry. And who was her, and who was the guy? Who was the guy? Jerry Van Dyke. Jerry Van Dyke, yeah. Right, and who was Anne Southern married to? Oh God. The actress Tisha Sterling was the daughter

of Anne Southern and who? That was her daughter. It's not Robert Sterling. Robert Sterling. That's how Robert Sterling. Robert Sterling. That's how our day began. Robert Sterling, full circle. He wasn't married to Ann Jeffries? Ann Southern.

Ann Southern. Okay, so what was his relationship with Ann Jeffries? I think I have this right. We don't have time, Paul's not here, we don't have anybody to Google it. I thought that matters. Tisha Sterling, where would the Sterling come from otherwise? Tisha Sterling, I believe was the daughter of Ann Southern and

What kind of car was was what kind of car was the car in my mother the car? Was it I don't know was an old one. I don't Do good. Oh my lord Was the man who she works for you remember who she works for when she was in private private secretary Secretary was married him. She married him in the series, right? Yeah, I can't remember what was. Who was it? Honey, no.

But you know what her boss's name was? What was it? Peter Sands. Peter Sands. Peter Sands. This is good stuff. By the way, the car was a Porter. It was a Porter.

And not my mother the car. Wow. Yes, it's in the theme song It is Liz good stuff. We appreciate this Anytime tell Dara I say hi. She's right here. Wait, this is high back. Hey Dara Rupert had that one too. I Thank you so much Liz String of movies was a torchy. Did she play made a whole string of movies. Bye guys. Was it Torchy? Did she play characters?

Torchy I think. Torchy, yeah. Very good stuff. Okay Frank, who else is on the line? Dara906, what do you think? 906... Thank God a woman called. I'd glass this up.

906 is from the one... 906? The only... 906 is in Upper Michigan. Rupert has some upper Michigan trivia. He's got some stuff on Battle Creek that'll rock your world. Who are we talking to? My name is Ryan. Hi Ryan, welcome to the show, thanks for calling. Say hi to Gilbert and Rup. Hi there Ryan.. Hi, Gilbert. Hi, Rup. Hi. What do you got for us, Ryan?

Try to stump us. It hasn't been hard tonight. Okay, this is about one of my favorite character actors. We love character actors. He was in four episodes of The Twilight Zone. He was also in the movie Psycho. And he was on the show, MacGyver. Not Martin Balsam.

What? No. Not Martin Balsam. Okay, four times on Twilight Zone, but also in Psycho. Oh, John Anderson? John Anderson. Yes, yes.

Look at this guy. Yes. Wow. Yeah! Yes, yes. Look at this guy! Yes, John Anderson, he's the guy who sells her the car. I'm not going to... That's very good. And he is also the pilot... Yes, California Charlie. Yeah, and he is also the pilot on Twilight Zone where he keeps trying to land and they go back in time. They look down and they see the world. Yeah, that one. That's John Anderson. Do you know the other Twilight Zones?

I mean, he was in them a lot. He usually played a lot of Western characters. Passage for Trumpet. He's in Passage for Trumpet with Clugman. Yeah. Yeah. Very good. Yeah.

I'm really pleased. Brian, terrific question. John Anderson. I did a movie. Brian, terrific question. John Anderson. I did a movie. I got one more. Go quick. Okay. What Mary Tyler Moore show actor was in a Twilight Zone episode with Jack Warden?

Ted Knight. Ted Knight. Yes, yes. And also in Psycho. That was the one where he's on the, he has a mechanical woman with Jack Warden. Yeah, yeah. He has a mechanical woman who keeps him company and he starts to believe she's alive. Yeah, yeah.

I wish, I'd like to have that robot. Oh yes. I was watching, last night I watched a couple of episodes that could not even begin to air today of My Living Doll with Bob Cummings and Julie Newmar. And I'm telling you, by the 73rd frame of that episode, It made My Dream of Jeannie look like a show from the Me Too era.

Yeah. Yeah. Right, I know. My Bob Cummings. Bob Cummings, yeah, I got stories about Bob Cummings that I found in my research. He fucked Desi Arnett. No! Stop that.

Stop that. Do you know Bob Cummings came over to this country pretending to be a British actor? I heard that story. Yeah. I have a great autograph from him. Oh! Good stuff. Ryan, good have a great autograph from him. Oh good stuff Ryan good questions Thank you so much for calling and the autograph says from Bob Cummings Cummings was in the gnarly Charlie Chan movie very good. Thank you man

He was Charlie Chan in London has I think Bob Cummings Let's see if we can squeeze three more in Frank in the last 10 minutes We're gonna go all the way to 212. A lot of 212. What up 212? Very nice thing. Who are we speaking to? Uh, Gary. Hi Gary! Say hi to Gilbert and Rup.

Hello. Hi Gilbert. Hi Mr. Holmes. And that's correct. You call him Gilbert, you call me Mr. Holmes. Oh Gary, what do you got for us? Can you stump the brain trust, the unstumpables? I got a movie question. What was the name of the character played by Bela Lugosi in the Island of Lost Souls? Gilbert? Oh, was it? Doctor? in the Island of Lost Souls. Gilbert? Oh, was it?

Doctor... Wait, Island of Lost Souls? He was the law man, I think. Oh, we're not talking about Island of Dr. Moreau. No, no. Island of Lost Souls, yeah. Lugosi and Lionel Atwell in that? Is that...

No, that was Charles Lawton. Oh, Charles Lawton. The first Dr. Morell. He was the keeper of the law. Like the keeper of the law, so I remember. You're close. It was the sayer of the law. The sayer of the law.

The sayer. Very good. It was like a wolfman creature, in a way. What is the law? Not to kill blood, not to spill blood. That is the law. Are we not men? What is the law?

Not to run on old force. That is the law. Are we not men? Does the Devo album, We Not Men come from that? I'm sure of that. I always assume it was. Oh, and the best part is when the animals decide to turn on him and they go, he smacks the whip and he goes, what is the law?

And he goes,, no more. That's great stuff. That's a great film. Good film. Gary, great question. Thank you so much. Scary film. Terrifying.

Yeah. Really terrifying. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks for calling in, man. We appreciate it. Who's next, Frankie V? We're gonna go all the way to 720.

720, Dara. Dara says Colorado. Dara says Colorado. Dara says Colorado. Are we right? Dara is absolutely correct. She's good. Well, she used to live in Pueblo. She's pointing to herself.

Oh, right on. No, she never did. How do you know that's Colorado? I went to University of Colorado. She went to University of Colorado. Where's that located? In Boulder. Boulder.

Any Boulder trivia? They're made of stone. There was a Warren Zvon did an album called Stand in the Fire with a band called Boulder. That's all I got. I spoke at the Pike's Peak Writers Conference once, but I can't really dredge up any. I thought you had trivia for every state reunion. I do usually. Who are we speaking to, sir? Hey, this is Mike Kane. Mike Kane.

Welcome to the show, Mike Kane. So your real name is Michael Kane? Yeah, it actually is. Bet you didn't change it from Morris Nickelwhite. Mike, what do you got for us, pal? My real name is Alfie. What's that all about? Laird Krieger is Gilbert's real name.

What do you got for us? Alright, I got a really short personal story that I wanted to share with Gilbert for a couple of decades now. Okay, I'm just going to leave the room. If you can keep it to 30 seconds because we're trying to squeeze callers in. Alright, I'll try. So in 1989, I was a high school senior and me and this girl that I was dating at the time, we come home from whatever we were doing and we're in her place and we're watching USA Up All Night, which was a relatively new show.

Sure. How, we're hanging out, we're making out, and one thing leads to another. And I get my first blow job, which I was really excited about. You know, I knew we were going here. All my attention, completely on it. A little shortly afterwards. By the way, we blew them 30 seconds a little high. You're way over, Mike. Can you send this to us in a text?

What's the payoff? The blow job. I look up afterwards and I notice Gilbert is like sitting in front of a fireplace in a study wearing a smoking jacket. Uh-huh. And he's talking up this movie called Return to the Killer Tomatoes. So you're saying to this day you can't get an erection unless you picture Gilbert in a smoking jacket.

Yeah. Was that the gist of this? Him and me both! Real quick, what's the question? Alright, in the movie Return of the Killer Tomatoes, which former podcast guest played the villainous Dr. Gangrene? Oh, god. Return of the Killer Tomatoes.

I should know this. Is it John Astin? It is. Yeah, very good. Damn it. Thank you. I'm good for something on occasion. That's great. John Aston. It is. Yeah, very good. Damn it. Thank you. Very nice.

I'm good for something on occasion. That's great. Mike, thanks and thanks for taking the show right into the gutter. Yeah. No problem. We appreciate it. You'll probably get it out and I'm okay with that.

Thank you. Bye bye. Now I'll never get another erection. All right, who else can we squeeze in? I think he was just calling a brag. I think so too. I do think so too. Well, Gilbert has that effect on men.

We're gonna go to 310. 310, I know that one. Los Angeles, who we speaking to? Hey guys. Yes. Bruce Tenenbaum. Bruce Tenenbaum, hello Bruce. Yes.

You're in the greater LAR area, are you not? Greater, lesser, yeah. Pay your respects to the great Rupert Holmes and Gilbert Godfrey. Hello gentlemen. Hello there. And your question is? I'm totally intimidated by your knowledge. I have some James Bond questions. James Bond questions? Oh good. Oh you've come to the right place. Fire away. Who was the first James Bond? Barry Nelson. Yes you're right, I'm sorry.

In Casino Royale. Casino Royale for television. I thought I might get you with that. Wow good job. Did you tell us your name sir? No no. Bruce Tannenbaum. Bruce Tannenbaum sorry I didn't write it down go ahead Bruce. So since you guys know the first Bond was who was the first actor to play Ernst Valvara Blofeld? Telly Savalas? No no no no Donald Pleasence. Oh that's right. No it's the other guy it's Charles Gray. Charles Gray. No but that's no Pleasence was first and you only lived twice. He's right Donald Pleasence was first. Oh wait wait unless you're talking does he make an odd never the first time you see his face is in You Only Live Twice and he's played by Donald Pleasence.

Are you talking, was that the right answer? Well, that's the first time you see him, it's not the right answer. So he's, but he's in Thunderball. He's in a couple of other films, but you don't see him. Well, you see him. You seem stroking a cat. Yeah, that's right. Okay, is it a name we would know?

I just always assumed it was an extra or something like that. No, he's an actor who's actually appeared in the first Bond film, and he's been in a lot of movies. I don't know if you know who he is, but yes, he's been around. Give us the initials. A.D. Is it Albert something, Aldo? No.

An Italian actor? No that's Thunderball. We give up. I don't know if he's Italian. We give up. His name is Anthony Dawson. Anthony Dawson is the man who was murdered in Dial M for Murder. Yes, very good.

Yeah, that's right. Okay, okay. By the way, I just... Okay, so you, so really Rupert is right. Donald Pleasance is the first time you actually see his face. It's the first time you see his face, correct. Yeah. Okay, so he got you on a technicality.

Give me some credit on knowing Charles Gray. Give him some credit on Charles Gray. Charles Gray too. Okay, what's the other Bond questions? Okay, the other one is a little bit more convoluted. Let's see if you can get it. There's a Bond movie in which Bond discusses an assignment that had previously happened to him But we don't see that assignment until the next movie

Kind of time travel. That's a very involving time travel Is this part of the real bond franchise the broccoli cubby broccoli franchise or is it one of the ones like, you know They've been remaking Thunderball. I know. Never say never again. Never say it's Thunderball because the joints, the rights to it are co-owned. Uh, is this part from the regular franchise? Yes, it's part of the regular franchise. Is it a Roger Moore thing? Pierce Brosnan thing.

You want to just go down the actors? Nah, just tell us the answer because we're stumped. In Doctor No. Yes. And give Bond a new gun because his gun jammed on a previous assignment that he talked about. That assignment actually happened in From Russia with Love because the books are in different order than the films and we see that assignment in the next movie.

Very good. Yep, yep. Very good. In From Russia with Love in the book he dies and then they have to find their way, how he recovered in the next film. He gets poisoned. Yeah, he gets poisoned from Rosa Klebb's boot. Very good.

Absolutely correct. I'll give you one more if you have time. Quick, sure quick, an easier one. Very simple, you should know this, you actually touched on it. What's the only book that Ian Fleming based on somebody else's work? Gil? Hmm. Thunderball.

That's right, Correct. Very good. I was thinking about what a boring book The Spy Who Loved Me was. I was thinking about this today because it was written from a woman's point of view. Yes. And it just seems so weird to be reading a James Bond book with the girl, with whoever would be the pussy galore in that particular bit doing the narration. It just didn't gel. Sure. He was a strange guy. Good stuff.

Ian Fleming. Good stuff. Bruce, thank you so much for the questions. We appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you, man. Thank you, guys. We're gonna stop here.

We're gonna thank all those callers for the main episode and we're gonna go to a Stitcher only mini episode for the remaining callers because we're having too much fun. Yeah, so if you're on the line, hang tight. And Bumper wants to get his money's worth. We're gonna switch over to a mini. Here we go. Gilbert, you wanna wrap up the whole episode?

You wanna just report some? Go ahead, Gil, do a wrap. Oh yeah, so this is Gilbert Gottfried and I'm here with my co-hosts, Frank Santopadre, and this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsession. No, no. The other one. Oh no. the other one. Oh, no. This is our...

No, no, no. Amazing Colossal Podcast. Amazing Colossal Podcast. And we've been doing this trivia show and we've got so many people, more than we thought, we're pleasantly surprised. So we're going to stretch this out into our mini We're gonna milk it Recorded this it's

I'm booked on the John Davidson show. I'm sorry. Yeah, I gotta go. He was just in that chair Like eight weeks ago that is the one that no one's been able to answer is, who is Rupert Hulks? Oh. Yeah. It's just- We'll get to that in a minute. Right after the question, Gilbert, can you name your own show?

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