Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - GGACP Classic: Gino Salomone’s Answering Machine Messages from the Stars!

Episode Date: January 4, 2024

GGACP celebrates the birthday of actress Dyan Cannon (b. January 4) by revisiting this relevant (and frequently hilarious) mini-episode from 2018, featuring friend, entertainment reporter and talent booker Gino Salomone. In this episode, Gino shares treasured answering machine messages from various celebrities, including Burt Ward, Larry "Bud" Melman and Russell "The Professor" Johnson (among others). PLUS: Ruth Buzzi! “Death to Smoochy”! The legend of Timmie Rogers! Florence Henderson sends up Bogie! Gilbert ticks off Alan King! And Gino turns down a request from the Caped Crusader! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TV comics, movie stars, hit singles and some toys Trivia and dirty jokes, an evening with the boys Once is never good enough for something so fantastic So here's another Gilbert and Franks, here's another Gilbert and Franks, here's another Gilbert and Franks. Colossal classic. Gilbert and Franks, colossal obsessions. Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre, and this is Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. Such a pro.

Do we have a guest? Let me look. Oh, look at that! It's the great Gino Salamone! Back for a return engagement. Oh, it's you again. It's you again. Glad to be back. So much fun the last time. How are you, pal?

I'm good. We should start with a thank you. Why? Because you just brought us the wonderful Paul Feig, who turned out to be a top-notch guest. He was great. Now, Paul Feig directed who turned out to be a top-notch guest. He was great. Now, Paul Feig directed The Heat with Sandra Bullock. And that's...

I think it was at that press conference. Not press conference. Press junket. Yes. Sandra Bullock said the following to me. Oh my god! You are brilliant. Come here.

I will fuck you. Yeah. Do I have to hear this again? Yeah. Why do I have to hear this over and over and over? The darkest day. And then, of course, we have to have a guest who was there when it happened. Paul Feig.

Yes. So it brings it back up. Oh, it's a dark day i understand because you because you like sandra well a fun a certain fondness for sandra not once has she said anything like that to me what about sandra gould from bewitched well you know mrs kravitz i'm fine with that where is she now the last time let me tell you something. It's going to be one of those. There are more fulfilling things in life than having gorgeous actresses who want to fuck you. Now, what those things are, I can't... You can't name them.

Right off the bat, if you're pushing me against the law, I can't think of them. What I'm hoping for is a phone call from her publicist to say, yeah, listen, that's got to go away. You cannot. You got to get that clip back. We can't play that clip anymore. I'm surprised that call hasn't come in yet. I know. And what clip are we talking about?

Oh, this one. Oh, my God. You are brilliant. Come here. I will fuck you. Yeah. Thank you, Frank Verderosa. Let's see.

What would you like to talk about, my friend? You brought us more clips. You brought us more stories. Well, I want to start off with this. I'm so angry that fans are sending Gilbert stuff. Free stuff. It's not right. Oh, this bothers you.

It bothers me. Every episode, it bothers me. Oh, this bothers you. Every episode it bothers me. Oh, what did you get this week? Oh, great. Well, Paul got a dollar. He deserves more than that. Why does this happen? For the work he does he should send the dollar back.

Why does it happen that guests decide to send? Because he's a beloved entertainer. Oh, don't I know it. Don't I know it. Don't I know it. It galls you. It does. And I sit at home or I'm driving in the car

listening to this and I hear a story of mine come up. Or worse yet, okay, over the years, what gifts have I gotten you? Do you even remember? Oh, okay. Most of them I forgot about.

Oh, Paul Lynn. even remember oh uh okay most of them i forgot about uh oh uh the the the oh paul lynn yes biography i tell him about this paul lynn biography and and that it definitely says what you've suspected for a long time that he hated the jews that's right so i he said boy i really like that book i sent him the book does he? No. No. It sits on that break front in the hallway. I get him. All of his unread books that people give him. I get him a Paul Lynde autographed picture that I had verified. Nothing. I get him a Kathleen Freeman picture.

I go to the house. I don't see it up. Do you? Wow, a Kathleen Freeman picture. Yes. Yeah. I got him. I got you a lobby card from Of Mice and Men.

Oh. And come to think of it it I haven't seen that framed in your apartment either Dara and in case you're wondering go to eBay Gilbert Gottfried and you will see all these items up for sale has he done that? has he had a liquidation sale?

I'm looking at my notes here do you have a Ruth Buzzy story? pray tell how is that for a smooth how is that for a smooth segue? do you want to Ruth Buzzy story? Pray tell? How is that for a smooth segue? Do you want to tell it, Gilbert? And then claim it for your own. Well, one time I was at an

autograph show. I was at an autograph show and I see Ruth Buzzy. Now, Charlton Heston is there selling his autograph for $15. Who's a bigger star than Charlton Heston? I see poor Ruth Buzzi all by herself. No one's talking to her.

So I walk up and I start to talk to her. She said, are you Italian? I said, yes. She said, so am I. My real name. And she told me her real name. And I see the selection of pictures. And I can't just let her hang.

So I said, you know what? I'll take that one. And it's Gladys Ornsby. And she signs it to Gino. She writes all this nice stuff. And then she looks up at me and said, $40. Yeah, it looked like it was going to be like five. $40.

Back in the day, the black and whites were five and the color pictures were 10. Well, this was back in the day. Wow. So I was shocked. But what could I do? She signed it to me. You don't want to get hit with a handbag. No.

Maybe I did. So I give her the money, and then I'm flying home, and I leave it on the airplane. In some seat pocket. And someone sold it and got a few million dollars he retired in hawaii horrible he has not told that story and claimed it for himself i'm shocked but he loves to remind me of how much money i lost on that deal all right maybe the melt or may story is a little nicer all All right. I'm just going to set you up.

Do you know the Mel Torme story? What happened? Oh, I don't know. Okay, I booked him for a Christmas show. This happened to Gilbert, right? And, of course, he wrote the greatest Christmas song of all time. Absolutely. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. The Christmas song.

The Christmas song, that's right. So I book him, and it's for a charity it's a fundraiser and they have this choir of young kids singing and i see mel torme pacing back and forth and i i go up as the booker and i say is there anything i can get you mr torme said yeah you can get those bleeping kids off the stage. Oh my God. I was crushed. Beloved Mel Torme. Right, the velvet fog. Is that the word he used? No.

Fleeping? No. No. Gee, I wonder if you would know what the word was. Was it, well, get those fucking kids off the stage? That may or may have been the word? Yes. I just like to, because I like to have truth in these stories.

That's what you are. You are all about truth. I know that. Yeah, he's a truth teller. Oh, my God. Okay, let's see. Who else can you disillusion us about? I don't want a disillusion, but these things happen.

Wait, you also brought some recordings. I did, yes. And our engineer, Dave, will play them for us. Yes, I used to have a company where I would book older celebrities for personal appearances. And to make it more enticing, I would have them record my answering machine. And it was great. People would call. I would get people who would call and go, I just wanted to call and hear your answering machine.

Thank you. It was great. And then they would hang up. So who should we start with? I think I want to start with this one. Okay. I queued them up in this order. And we won't actually tell the listener who this is.

I think they can figure it out for themselves. All right. Thank you, Dave. Hello, citizen. Gino's out fighting crime, so I, Batman, am answering his phone while he makes the streets of Milwaukee a safer place for all. Leave a message at the familiar beep. Come on. How cool is that?

It's Batman. In my mind, I see Batman in full costume leaving me that message. How cool is that? And the red color of the house. Right. I bet they had an idea. Right. Former podcast guest, Adam West. Yes, and had the hadn't idea. Right. Former podcast guest

Adam West. Yes, and I used to book Adam for appearances. Yeah, what a lovely guy. What an interesting man. Yes, he was. Very interesting. And a complicated man.

I agree. Yeah. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Willie Anderson. Right. Was that? William West Anderson.

Yes. Yeah, that's where he got the West. Right. His middle name. From Walla Walla, Washington. Listen to him. That's a lot of W's. A nice man. Right. His middle name. From Walla Walla, Washington. Listen to him.

That's a lot of Ws. A nice man. I worked with him twice. I introduced him to Gilbert at that damn autograph show. Oh, yes! In Burbank at the Beverly Garland. Well, I once got a strange call from Adam. You did.

He called me. He said, when are you going to be in Los Angeles? I said, actually, I'm going to be there this weekend. And he said, can you meet up for a drink? I said, sure. Who doesn't want to have a drink with Adam West? So he comes to the hotel. We sit down and we're talking.

And he said, Gino, I have a problem. My son is being bothered at school by a couple of guys. And I need you to send some people there to scare them. Who are you? Who are you? That's right. Don Mazzini? Who are you?

That's right. Don Mazzini? You're a journalist. Yes, I'm Italian. That's a good one. You're a journalist with Fuzzy. Unbelievable. You know, I mean, I love that he loved his son that much. That's sweet.

You know, it's very sweet, but honestly. Hey, Moose Rocco, I need you to pay a visit to this college. Help the judge find his checkbook. That's right, exactly. But still, to have that experience... That's disturbing. I know. Well, what did you

do and what did you say? Well, I had the guys killed. You did? I did! You don't want to let him down. No, I did. He's Batman. I did laugh. I said, Adam, I like that you thought I might have that type of power, okay you don't want to let him down no i said i did laugh i said adam i i like that you thought i might have that type of power but i don't even know anybody like that that could do anything gilbert has never gotten a call like that in his career no gilbert can you can you see did you take care of a couple of guys oh i do remember a guy saying to me, some big lug, saying, you know, hey, anything I can do for you? And I said, oh, can you have some arms broken?

And the guy goes, well, you know. Oh. Yeah. Oh, my God. I thought, oh, boy. Dara wants to call that guy to have an arm broken. She does. She would call him now

so how is his son doing I hope good oh no I'm sure he's doing well I've never met the son he's 53 now yeah right it's not an issue anymore that's a wild story

it is yeah it is yeah now we should explain that you knew these people right I have a company

you got to know them personally right you worked with them professionally and you know them, you got to know them personally. Right, I booked them. You worked with them professionally, and you booked them, but you formed friendships. That's right. And you formed... Still to this day.

Yeah. Yes. Here's another person that you got. I feel like this is like a really bad... This is your life. Yeah. Suddenly I'm Ralph Edwards. There's another person you coaxed into doing

an answering machine message for you. Dave? Holy hang-ups. This is Robin, the boy wonder. Gino is in the Batcave helping Batman interrogate Catwoman. He'll give you a call back. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel. Yes, another guest here.

Another guest. Another podcast guest. Thank you, Dave. And this ran for some time. What did Bert charge you for that? Yes. Bert likes to get paid. I know he does.

I know he does. We love him. After that appearance, it ran for like a month or two on my machine, and Adam got tired of it. And Adam called me and he said, will you get that guy off your phone? Why don't you have someone like Adam West do it? So I did. Is that what happened? Yes.

That's great. That's classic. Bert was great with us. Yeah. Yeah. He was a surprise. He protected the legacy. Yes, he did.

The way some of these people do. Because Gilbert kept asking him about sexual stuff. And he said, Gilbert, I'm 17 years old. Yeah, good guest. And he had a sense of humor. Both of them had a great sense of humor. They both had great senses of humor. Don't you think?

Yeah. I mean, to hear that all those years you have to and and adam kind of denied his thing that burt put in his book that burt had a very large codpiece uh-huh the thresher they used to call yes they used to call burt ward yes adam didn't buy that he didn't that's what he told me okay we're making news god forbid this episode gets out. Okay. We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast after this. Let me see who else we have.

Here's a wild card one. When you sent me these clips, these people I knew that you had worked with because we discussed them. Sure. And these are the kind of people that show up at these autograph shows but this one was surprised this one surprised me this was out of left field dave hello you insignificant person this is larry budd melman gino is far too busy to return your call but you probably have nothing better to do than leave your name and number at the beep i love that man i did too i laid calvert to forest right you know he was whenever they put him out live anywhere he was a disaster but that's what made it so funny a disaster first celebrity i ever wrote for really yeah yeah what for for what purpose what was he doing? For the Millie Martin celebrity roast.

I was a young... Remember James Dixon? Remember when he was handling both of us? Oh, yes, yes. At William Morris a million years ago? I got a call. I was a young writer, and I got a call saying, Larry Bud Melman is going to be a roaster on this day.

You know, they had Mickey Mantle. Right. They had Shecky, Alan King, the usual suspects. And they were going to dress Melman up in a baseball uniform and pass him off as Billy Martin's Little League coach. You're kidding. So he needed scripted material. Yeah, what they call special material.

That is great. So I had to write. Can you tell that Pearl Harbor story? Which one? About James Dixon. Oh. I better not. All right, now this is going to cause everybody. Let's not piss off Dixon. Oh. I better not. All right, now this is going to cause everybody.

Let's not piss off anyone powerful. I'm still shocked that Gilbert has an agent. Well, this was the 80s. Until they realized he didn't want to pay commissions. Yes. Now, when you say Alan King, I think of a great experience you had with Alan King. When he asked you to do a charity event. Yes. Talk about what you wore. Yeah. I think of a great experience you had with Alan King when he asked you to do a charity event. Yes.

Talk about what you wore. Yeah. So, you know, Alan King's out there in a tux, all done up, Vegas style. And I came out in, like, jeans and a sweatshirt. What you're wearing now. Yeah. Yeah. You look like Mr. Green Jeans.

What you're wearing now. Yeah. You look like Mr. Green Jeans. And when I got off stage and the audience is applauding, Alan King is the emcee. So he walks out on stage and watches me walk off. And then he turns to the audience and goes, when I go on stage, my suit is cleaned and pressed. My hair is combed. And then he walks out like he rolled around in shit. And I bet you that was one of your great honors of your life.

Yes. That Alan King said that. So he was old school show business, and he was personally offended that you weren't, again, Paul comes back to Paul Feig wearing a suit. Right. Respect show business. Right. That's why I wore a suit.

Of course. For Paul. That's funny. Yes. That is really funny. Now, getting back to Larry Budd. A lovely guy. Right.

A lovely, lovely guy. If you hear that when you call me, maybe you get tired of it or insulted by it. Yeah. Do you have the clip from the beloved professor, Russell Johnson? I just might have that one. Dave, what do you think? Listen, fuck you, Larry. But, Melvin.

Anyway, this is Russell calling for Gino. And that's pretty funny. Anyway, Gino, it's Wednesday, and it's a little after 5 o'clock. Give me a call if you can before this thing in Tacoma on Saturday. I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask. I haven't heard anything from anybody about it all. Anyway, so give me a call when you can. And after that call,

he made a radio work with Seawater. Oh, yes. What a sweet guy he was. Sweet guy. Never met him. Yeah, just, when I hear that, I'm seeing him in the white shirt and the khakis the way he was on Gilligan's Island. I love that Russell Johnson is calling Gino, larry bud melman's

recorded answering machine oh yeah fuck you larry bud i loved him so much russell and bob denver wrote a book and in the book he claimed that tina louise would have sex in the dressing room next to him and he would hear it through the wall and tina louise was furious so in people magazine she wrote a letter to the editor and it said i don't care what bob denver says i know what happened and anyway i'm happy being here in new york watching the leaves turn red and yellow so russell wanted me to send that to him i sent it to him and i get a copy back where he wrote she can watch this turn red and yellow. Unbelievable.

Oh, he was feisty. Yes. But so funny. Yeah. So funny. We love him in that Twilight Zone episode where he has to try to prevent the Lincoln assassination. Oh my God, yes. Yes.

Wonderful. Wonderful underutilized actor. Yes. Yeah. When I hear that, oh my God, yes, yes, you know I do a Gilbert impression. Let's hear it. Okay. You are a guest complimenting Gilbert on how great he is.

You know, Gilbert, I have to tell you this. I'm really thrilled to be here on the podcast because I'm really a longtime fan of yours. I've seen all your stand-up specials. I love your work. I have your CDs. You're really quite brilliant. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you.

Thank you. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. I hear people say, you see, we just scratched the surface. That's my favorite. Yeah. What I love is when he fakes enthusiasm. When I say, Gil, you know, you were in that movie with that person.

Back in this, you guys. Oh, wow. Yeah. Care less. And it's turned into, except he's a little more shrewd than older relatives. When you're talking about your grandpa who's in the room and you try to engage him in the conversation, he said, Grandpa, you like soup too, don't you? Oh, wow.

He resents that I do that, but I try to bring him back into the show. He caught on. Yeah. It's kind of like someone will be talking about Citizen Kane, and I'll be here quiet, and Frank will go, well, you once walked with a cane.

You hurt Frank. You walked with a cane. Anything. Anything. He's still mad that I slipped him the paper that said Greg Evigan. Because he was about to say Glenn during the sign-off. Right. I actually, it was like those scenes in movies where you see the person, where they slow the film down.

Right. And you see the lips going. Someone's talking about gone with the wind and Frank will go, well, you wear a jacket when it's windy. Oh, yeah. Oh, he has like six or seven fake interest reactions. There are so many drinking and drug games going on out there. Drugs? What, are people taking opioids? Yeah, they're like smoking crack every time.

That's not true because they didn't know where that was. When I was a kid. Oh, yes, that's another one. All right, let's see. I'm trying to remember what we had queued up. Oh, speaking of Russell Johnson. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Gilbert, you have a Johnson, right? Oh, yeah. Will you tell people what that is? Because now we're really scratching. Timmy Rogers. Teddy Rogers. Timmy Rogers. Give him the note.

You see what I mean? Oh, yeah. We watched together a YouTube video of him singing. And he starts off playing the guitar going, Hey, bottom wants to go to Hammond, but no bottom wants to die. And then he would tell a joke and go, oh, yeah. We got to find that. Well, you have a guest coming up who wrote his comedy album.

Yes, we do. Ron Friedman is coming on the show. So here's another one of your beloved friends, someone you used to book, doing you a solid. Hi, this is the Skipper. Gino can't come to the phone right now. Last time I saw him, he was skinny dipping in the lagoon with Ginger and Marianne. Leave your name and number, and Gino will get back to you as soon as possible. The great Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr. He was the first person I booked. He was the Skipper. Yes. And we went out to – the first time I was with him, we went out for dinner. And first of all, he ordered two entrees, which of course the skipper would do. That's a Gilbert move. Do you do that?

As long as someone else is picking up the check. And the most expensive dessert. Three to go home. Well, not that stereotypes ever get played on this show, but it was a young Asian waiter. A young Asian waiter who recognized him but wasn't quite sure. And he said, and now I'm going to be Gilbert. But he goes, are you Captain from Girigan? And he said, no, I'm from McHale's Navy.

And the guy goes, oh, McHale's Navy. He thought he was Ernest Borden. Oh, my God. And when we would do an appearance, he'd wear the skipper's hat, and when I wasn't looking, he would hit me over the head with the hat. And I'd look at him, and he'd say, well, you know, that fan wanted me to do it, but I know you won't sue me. Unbelievable.

I missed that guy. You're suddenly doing stunts. Right. That's right. Suddenly, you're the Bob Denver stand-in. Yes. My God. I know you were very emotional when you lost him. I know you were really fond of the guy.

He was a good, good man. He called me from the hospital and it just broke my heart. That's a shame. At least you have this. Right. You have this to remember him by. And all the times he whacked you in the head. We have another one here and this is from somebody who worked with Gilbert, loved Gilbert,

and co-starred in a commercial with Gilbert. This is Florence Henderson and Carol Brady. Gino is not available right now. He and Marsha, well, they're out on the town. Leave a message at the beep, and if those crazy kids ever get home, Gino will be sure to call you right back. Talk about missing someone. Yeah. She was great.

She was so great. And she loved Gilbert's act to the point where she recited one of her favorite routines. And do you know which one it was? Oh, which one? About Humphrey Bogart going to the post office. Oh, yes. Go ahead. Okay.

Humphrey Bogart in the post office. And to see Carol Brady imitating Gilbert. Imitating Humphrey Bogart. Yes. What an homage. I loved her. She was so great. And I booked her for a concert, and it was in my town.

So I had my mother, my aunt, and my grandmother there. And Florence actually told this story at the unveiling of her star on the walk of fame because she was nice enough to invite me there so she's performing all of a sudden I see my grandmother stand up in her late 80s and start clapping and Florence was so touched and after I said oh that was really nice of you to my grandma and she said oh I had a leg cramp i had to stand up i i couldn't keep sitting florence henderson caught crabs from mayor lindsey yes yes new york's mayor she went public with that yeah that was very strange when we're doing a touching to florence henderson that gilbert i only wish i could have been at her funeral

that's another thing he does you know they call the treacle cutting I only wish I could have been at her funeral to tell that story. That's another thing he does. You know what they call the treacle cutting in screenwriting? That's what he does. As soon as there's a touching or a warm or a sentimental moment, he crabs. Well, and let's talk about how respectful he is with death. If he calls me and says, let's say it was you, he said, you know, I'd like to have lunch with Frank Santo, but I know you died.

Because every celebrity that dies, I get a phone call and that's what he says. I hope it doesn't come to that. I hope that's not how you find out. No, I don't want to hear it. Tell us, as we wind this down, there's a George Burns story? Okay, yes. I got a little intel, a little inside information, that when George Burns, a few months before his death, he fell and he hurt himself.

Okay, see, Gilbert's laughing already. You're a sick man, Godfrey. Gilbert, do you know how he fell? He was taking a shit. You know, you really should be a writer you put things so beautifully he is he is he's so regular thoreau and i'm horrified by this i feel horrible about it so sad about it and then of course i hear george burns on the phone and he would make up songs about falling off the toilet okay my. My head went tap, I was taking a crap.

My head had a thump, I was taking a dump. It's like George Burns via Jerry Seinfeld and Walter Matthau. My skull. Oh, I can't wait for this one. Oh, my God. My skull got hit. I was taking a shit. Good Lord. All right.

I'm in a fog. I was dropping a log. Now he's Ogden Nash. And Frank, I know we're wrapping up. Yes. But Gilbert hit me with a bit of research. I don't know how he knows. What's that?

Oh, well, this happened to me. Growing up, there was a kiddie show host named Big Lee. This is true, by the way. This happened to you, of course. Yes. It was a kiddie show host named Big Lee. This is true, by the way. This happened to you, of course. Yes. And I one time was interviewing Big Lee. Actually, I took him to lunch. See how he gets the story?

No, I took him to lunch. It's the story wrong. And what happened at lunch? Please don't interrupt. Okay. It's okay. I was interviewing Big Lee, my favorite childhood kiddie show host. And he said to me, he was drunk. No, he wasn't.

He was not drunk. He said, you want a drink? And I said, no. And he said, you got an aversion to cunt? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Can I tell you what he said? Yeah, tell the real story.

I think this is when I, you know, growing up in Milwaukee, I used to watch it. I didn't know you grew up there. That's interesting. I thought I knew that. I find Big Lee, Frank, my beloved children's show host, and I take him to lunch, and he was really old and very frail. So we sit down, and he goes, are you going to have a drink? And I said, no, I don't drink or smoke. And he looks at me with a gleam in his eye and he says do you have an aversion to

pussy no i think you said cunt it's such a nicer story it is a nicer story so i'm interviewing robin williams shortly after that for the movie death to smoochie where he plays a movie a movie i actually liked yes i did too so i tell him the story and the camera rolls as i say do you have an aversion? And Robin starts laughing so hard he has tears running down his face. And then he becomes Big Lee. Wow. You know why, kids? Because Big Lee loves pussy.

He just started doing the show. Right. That's brilliant. And he created a sidekick that didn't exist who had his voice box missing. I mean, it was – Oh, my God. I couldn't air one second of the interview. You have lived a charmed life

to have interacted with all these people. Until one dark day. The way you have. When he walked into my life. And it all went to shit. That's right. Now, do you have any recordings of other girls who want to fuck me?

I have a new policy. Be Ben and Garrett. Yeah, exactly. No, I have stopped mentioning Gilbert to attractive women because everyone says what yeah she said oh i love him that's right like it's a three stooges girlfriend i'm gonna break that next time i promise you yeah do you have anything to plug i have nothing to plug i'm sorry to say you can see my interviews on YouTube.

Oh, yeah, you interviewed William Shatner recently live. Yes, but that's not on YouTube because that doesn't belong to me. And I learned on YouTube, you better put stuff up that belongs to you. Well, just tell us quickly how Shatner was. He was fantastic. You did a one-on-one with him in Milwaukee. And we were talking backstage. It was his birthday.

And he was so fantastic. And I had mentioned that Mel Brooks had done this and how great Mel Brooks was. And he said, well, what did he do? I said, well, he took questions from the audience. And a woman in the audience said to him, briefs or boxers? And he said, depends. And the audience laughed really hard. So we're in the middle of the interview on stage.

And out loud, Shatner goes, ask me what kind of underwear I wear. So I said, do you wear boxers or briefs? And Shatner goes, ask me what kind of underwear I wear. So I said, do you wear boxers or briefs? And Shatner goes, depends. And the crowd erupts in laughter and he leans to me and he goes, I steal from the best. I love that. But the YouTube channel, watch Gino TV. Okay. Okay. So he does have something. G-I-N-O. Okay. Gino TV. And thanks again. I want to say to our listeners that Gilbert, not Gilbert, Gino. Gilbert does nothing for the show. Gilbert helped us book Gino Conforti, Richard

Donner, Tony Sandler, Art Mitrano. You've become an angel. The upcoming Ron Friedman. Ron Friedman is going to be, I'm going to tell you right now, this is going to be the biggest treat. He is perfect for this podcast. We can't wait. Thank you. Thank you for all you've done.

Thank you, fellows. Thank you for entertaining us. We have one last clip for you to listen to. This may sound familiar. I understand that you were able to get George Hamilton not to tan. He is horrible. He is horrible. Has anyone written you to say, please stop playing that?

No. In fact, we want to book her for the show. That's like a person who heard the word laugh. Right. And they said it's a sound that comes out of the body and didn't quite ever hear a laugh. It's like an alien. Yes, exactly. Okay, this has been

Gilbert and Frank's amazing, colossal podcast. Obsessions. Oh! Ah, fuck it. Ah, fuck it. And we've had someone who stole

my Big Lee story he's taken most of your good stories Gino Salo thanks pal thank you you are the greatest thank you

love you thank you it was so much fun they'll tighten that up right the what Thank you. It was so much fun. They'll tighten that up, right? What? Those pauses. Oh, yeah. Frank will do all that.

Frank's the best. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Thank you.