Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - GGACP Classic: LIVE Singalong and Trivia Show

Episode Date: July 10, 2025

GGACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #1 record of 1975, "Love Will Keep Us Together" with this LIVE singalong episode (from Sid Gold’s Request Room in New York City) and tribute to songwriter Neil Sedaka (and others). In this episode, Gilbert and Frank are accompanied by pianist extraordinaire Joe McGinty and a roomful of passionate (and knowledgeable!) listeners as they warble memorable tunes from ABBA, The Archies, Jim Croce, Paper Lace and Kermit the Frog. Also, Helen Reddy gets the jump on Bette Midler, Herve Villechaize covers the Captain & Tennille, Gilbert picks a bone with Kenny Rogers and Dustin Hoffman shares the screen with Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. PLUS: The songs of Shel Silverstein! “The Blind Man in the Bleachers”! And "The Wreck of the Barry Fitzgerald!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So here's another Gilbert and Franks. here's another Gilbert and Price Here's another Gilbert and Price Here's another Gilbert and Price Colossal Classic Alright, welcome to a special episode of Gilbert Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast. Make some noise, we're live at Sid Gold's Request Room, Chelsea, New York City. I'm Joe McGinty, your pianist for the evening, and please welcome your host, Frank Santo Padre and the golden voice himself, Gilbert Gottfried. Gilly, you're the golden voice.

Welcome, welcome everybody. Wow, what a turnout, we haven't been here in a while. Shall we talk about what happened the last time we were here, Gilbert? We did, I think, three shows here in one night. We did. And at the end of the night, we said, you know, these are great. These are terrific. Sometimes you get that fit, you know.

Each one's a hit. And Frank Ferdorosa erased all of it. No, it wasn't him! Hahaha! Hahaha! Stop sticking up for him! Frank wasn't even working with us then. Hahaha!

That doesn't excuse it. So we're here with Joe McGinty at Fabulous Sid Gold's, I'll be updating the listening audience as we go, Sid Gold's request from Gilbrich turned to me about five minutes ago and said, what's the name of this place? How many times have you been here? Shameful. And to show you what a Guinea Frank is, I don't even know what he was referring to, but he turned to me and whispered,

uh, rabbis bless people, right? And so yeah, so it's going to be a smooth night. There's a rabbi in the house. David Komorowski is here. Which we're thrilled that a rabbi listens to this podcast. That sounds like a show that appeals to Jews and blacks. Rabbi in the house. Yeah. So we're going to do something different than the Lost episodes.

Oh, yes. We thought that we'd bring those back, but for the people who were here for that, we thought we'd do something new. We did one hit Wonders of the 1970s the last time. It was a great show. It was a great show. I wish you would have heard it. It was. It was special.

We're going to do something different from the podcast. You guys who listen to the show, we're going to do story songs. Yes. Gilbert and I lament the loss of the story song. Well you gotta sit there for like three hours to hear the entire song. Songs like Harry Chapin's Taxi and Ode to Billy Joe which is one you like. Oh yes or the classic the one that's like a mini-series, or, uh, Allison's Restaurant.

That's a mini-series, yeah. Yeah. I'm partial to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Oh, yes! I once... Yes, one time on the show, I called it the wreck of the Barry Fitzgerald. Totally different.

If you know who Barry Fitzgerald is, you should be here. So we're going to do story songs. Joe is going to have some fun facts, some song facts that he's going to offer. This is fun too. Gilbert does not know what we're going to sing. So these are... I purposely stayed away. I didn't ask. I'm see what happens in the first three shows I was guessing aren't you pretty much guessing every week yeah yeah yeah no no it's all preparation on my part we also have we also have some trivia questions that we're gonna ask and my wife the lovely Genevieve will be handing out prizes so but we don't we don't have lights or buzzers, so please don't shout out the answer if you know

it. Just shoot your hand up and the first hand I see, the first winning answer or correct answer will get the invaluable priceless $5 orange wedge pin. Shall we start? Sure. Uh oh. I'm going to give a little bit of an intro to this one. This is a song written by Nashville songwriter named Don Schlitz.

We're going to tell a little bit of the stories behind the story songs. Don Schlitz did not play poker. You can probably guess what song it is. Also you have lyric sheets on your tables. And that should be giving it away. It's not really a song about a card game. It's a metaphorical song about... It's my year of Shamama. That's it. Yeah

What I found impressive did you find this in your notes he was all of 23 when he wrote this song Yeah, it's it's a heady song a Philosophical song to be written by a 23 year old he shopped it at the urging of Shell Silverstein the writer Shell Silverstein Who will come up again later. Oh, yes, a bunch of times. Johnny Cash recorded it, but he did not have a hit with it. Mr. Kenny Rogers had a mega hit with it.

I think you guys can figure out what we're talking about. And we will do the trivia right after the song. But I thought this was fun. It was a number one country hit. It crossed into the billboard charts, which a lot of songs, country songs don't usually do. And this guy, the writer, was working as a computer programmer. So when the song went big and spawned five, what, five TV movies, five gambler movies, the guy was actually able to quit his day job and become a full-time songwriter. So I kind of

like that story. We're going to give this a shot. Shel Silverstein's dead, isn't he? He's dead. Yeah. Yes. Or we would have had him. He was the time of like when Playboy Club was really the Playboy mansion. Yeah, and also wrote a very famous story song that we're not gonna do, A Boy Named Sue. Yes, yes. And one of my favorites, well we'll get to that Let's start with this one and see how we do shall we you guys have your lyric sheets. I want to give it a shot Okay, so Joe's been practicing right so I'm gonna count you guys in because I know we don't have a bouncing ball or anything School piano bar count Gilbert in

One two three on a wall Mount Gilbert in. Yeah, here we go. ["On A Warm Side Of The City"] One, two, three. On a warm side of the city. On a warm side of the city. On a train bound to nowhere. I met up with a gambler. We both took time to sleep. So we took turns just staring. Out the window at the darkest.

The board of all the toasties and we began to speak he said John I made a life of written people's faces and no one but the car char by the way they hold their eye so if you don't mind my chance I guess for a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice

So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow Then he bumped a cigarette, and asked me for a light And the night got simply quiet, And he's ready to roll a grin You gotta play the game boy You gotta learn to play it right You gotta know when to hold it Know when to fold em Know when to walk away

Know when to run You never count your money When you're, you never count your money When you sit at the table, there ain't got enough for countin' When the deal is done, key change, key change kill One, two, three, now every gambler knows That the secret to surviving is knowing when to throw away and knowing what to keep Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser And the best to hope for is to die in your sleep

And when he finishes speaking he turns the window Crushed down his cigarette and faded off to sleep. And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler broke an inch by the words, I found an ace that I could keep. You gotta know when to hold them! Know when to fold them! Know when to walk away, no way to run, you never count your money, when you didn't with a table, be countin' up and countin' with the A's.

No way to hold them, no way to hold them, no way to walk away, no way to hold up No way to hold up No way to walk away No way to run You never count your money When you see that table It's time to go from the cabin When the deal is done When the deal is done When the deal is done

Wow! Alright! Alright! Gilbert is on a seven second delay Wow! Gilbert is on a seven second delay. He spent a lot of time working in radio. Wow! Wow, that was energetic! Energy is good. What do you got on the gambler, Joe?

Well, I basically repeat what you said, but you know, there were several TV movies. There is Kenny Rogers as the gambler, Kenny Rogers as the gambler, the adventure continues. Kenny Roger as the gambler, part three, the legend continues. The gambler returns, luck of the draw, and the gambler five playing for keeps. Gilbert's seen them all. Now there was a very strange Kenny Rogers one that won that song another story song where a girl gets raped. Coward of the county. Yeah.

Yeah we didn't pick that one for that reason. And. Thanks for bringing it up. And they made it into a TV movie. My editor here? And that scene, and there's the part in the song where he locks the doors and he's going to get his revenge. And then it turns into like this fun-filled bar-bro.

And it's like, you know, they're cracking the chairs over each other's heads and the bottles cracked and it's loads of fun. I'm going, do they know this had to do with a girl being raped? You know, it was, you gotta see this movie. It's handled in a way. They made a movie out of Coward of the County? They did.

Yes, it's in the movie. I'll be damned. They did and the revenge, it looks like all the most fun Western you've ever watched. Fantastic! Okay, we're going to do our first trivia question and the lovely Genevieve will hand out a prize. Speaking of the Kenny Rogers Gambler movie, the first one, what actor played Billy Montana, the young gambler who is mentored by Roger's character, Brady Fox? Oh, got a guy in the back.

See a hand right in the back, sir. You are correct. Gee. Bruce Box Lightner. Wow. That man is a ringer. Now, Bruce Box Lightner is not a Jew. Yeah.

Identify yourself. Who got that question right? Peter Brown. Peter Brown. Nice work. What's that? He had three orange pins already. Well, got a set. Was Bruce Lightner... Yeah, he had three orange pins already. He had three orange pins already? He had three orange pins already.

Well, got a set. Was Bruce Leitner... Bruce Box-Leitner. Was he the Russian Price Fighter in the Rocky movie? Which was the Russian... No, that was Dolph Lundgren. Dolph Lundgren! Yeah, they're often confused. Yes.

He was in Tron. He was in Tron and he scarecrowed Mrs. King with Kate Jackson. Oh, okay. Who remembers that? Kate Jackson was offered Kramer versus Kramer. I didn't know that. But they wouldn't let her out of her contract with Charlie's Angels. That's a killer. And then she has to not only see Meryl Streep get the part, but Meryl Streep win the Academy

Award. It hurt. That had to hurt. That's like Tom Selleck not being able to get out of the Maggots contract to play Indiana Jones. So I anticipated, I know Gilbert very well, and we've had a lot of musical episodes, and I anticipated he might be a little off tempo, so we're going to do a slower one. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha We just did an ABBA, a whole ABBA Losers Lounge show. My wife and I are kicking ourselves for missing that.

This was originally recorded by ABBA's Friedlingstad, recorded on her solo album, and Bjorn put English lyrics on it. It was originally called Tango, and ABBA's limo driver, boy, I hope these facts are accurate, ABBA's limo driver suggested changing the title of the song to Fernando.

And he also, Bjorn also changed the meaning of the song, Gilbert. I know you're hanging on every words. Yes, yes. He made it, he envisioned it, the song being about two freedom fighters in the Mexican-American war. Ah! Which would explain Andy Garcia. It had nothing to do with the song at all.

Nothing to do with the song at all. Nothing to do with the song at all. But that explains Andy Garcia showing up in the movie. In the second ABBA movie. Topped the charts in 13 countries, sold 10 million records. One of ABBA's biggest songs. We will not talk about the Cher version. Or the Gilbert version to come. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha So let's give this one a try. I think you all know it, if you don't you have your lyric sheets. One, two, can you hear the drums, Fernando?

I love it. I remember long ago another starry night like this. And a firelight! Oh! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha sounds of bugle calls when coming from afar. One, two, they're closer now. Fernando! Every hour, every minute seemed to last eternally. I was so afraid, Fernando. We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die And I'm not ashamed to say the roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando! They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando!

We never thought that we could lose, there's no regret! If I had it all the same again, I would my friend Fernando And if I had it do the same again, I would my friend Fernando I can hear the flutes. Now we're old and gray, Fernando. Since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand. Can you hear the drums, Fernando? Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande? I can see it in your eyes how proud of work and fight for freedom in the land.

Here we go, here we go Gil. There was something in for you and me Liberty! FERNANDO! Though we never thought that we could lose There's no regret Sing it Seth! Cause if I had to do it all again

I would, my friend Fernando There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando They were shining there for you and me For liberty, Fernando Though I never thought that we could lose There's no regrets If I had to do the same again

I would, my friend, Fernando And if I had to do the same again I would, my friend, Ferlandoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo That was beautiful. Okay. What do you got on that one, Joe? Well, you know, I do have some of the original lyrics. Tidbits, tidbits. It's, you know, before, the lyrics were originally written by Stig Anderson. Yes, Stig Anderson, who contributed.

Who is actually a songwriter as well. But the lyrics were, the sorrow can be hard to bear, but the fact that friends let us down is something we all have to cope with. Very good. And then the chorus is, Long live love, can be hard to bear, but the fact that friends let us down is something we all have to cope with. Very good. And then the chorus is, long live love, our best friend Fernando. Raise your glass, propose a toast to love Fernando.

Play the melody and sing a song of happiness. Long live love, Fernando. You know, Abba was getting together to record two songs. You guys know about this? There's two new songs coming in December. For the hologram tour. Yeah, for the hologram tour. They are not reuniting but they did go into the studio to record two songs. Another bit of tidbit is they got their start writing music for a porn movie called The Seduction of Inga. I

knew that. It's worth checking out for the music. that's some Gilbert specific trivia right there now I was illegitimate children I guess is ace and they found out that one of ace to base was like I was a Nazi he wasn't he wasn't old enough to be a real Nazi. He was one of these more modern day Nazi groups. But he said he's ashamed of it, so it's okay. Okay, Rabbi, he's ashamed of it. Rabbi, stay there. Ace to base is the shame of their Nazi past. The base is ashamed of their Nazi past. Oh my God.

Oh. Two songs in, we've had a sexual assault reference and a Nazi reference. It's a party. Okay, trivia. Which two, we're gonna look for hands, Gil, be eagle-eyed. Okay.

Which two 90s films, both Australian comedies, featured this song? I'll need two. I need a hand. Only raise your hand if you know both. This lady in the middle. Adventure to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Muriel's Wedding. Give that lady a pin. Jeez! The Adventures of Priscillaiscilla Queen of the Desert,

a movie I like a lot, and Muriel's Wedding, which is one of my wife's favorites. Did you know those, Gil? I was just about to say it. You were? Before she said it. Yeah. She jumped you.

Yeah. Oh my gosh. So, now we're gonna do something fun. Ms. Gottfried, what do you think? I got your lyric sheet. There's a story attached to this that I heard when I got here that I didn't know about. You want to tell it? Oh yeah, this is kind of how we all got to know each other.

Tara came in one time and her friend signed her up with her last name. And I said, oh, are you related to Gilbert? She said oh yeah I'm his wife and it just so happened that my friend Mike McPatton was coming into town Shout out to Mike. He does all the social media and web stuff and You guys came back the next night. So it was like an instant small world connection. It was very fun And this is the song that started it all. Can I do a little warning first? I really can't sing, and I'm almost as bad as Gilbert.

You've got 60 other people singing to drown you out. Please sing loud. But this is the one song that I love singing. I'm just going to give them a little bit of history about it before we start. It was a top 10 country hit in 1972 for Tonya Tucker. You guys know where we're going with this. Written by the, one of the songwriters was Alex Harvey,

and the song was about his mother, which is interesting. It's a song about a woman obsessed with an old suitor, and his mother was in fact a hairdresser from Brownsville. So it's autobiographical. Helen Ready went to number one with it in 1973 Gilbert his mother of the songwriter's mother eventually committed suicide that would be of interest to you. Yeah Daria you will love this it was almost released as a single by Bette Midler She was the first to record it.

There you go. And what happened? Capitol Records, Reddy's version on Capitol Records beat Bette Midler's version on Atlantic Records by two days. They put it out, they jumped her and put it out two days earlier. You know, that's actually how I think I got to know the song. Was it from the Divine Messen? Yes, it's on that record. so here we go Dara Gottfried on lead What's that flower you have on? Could it be a fated rose from days gone by? And did I hear you say he was beatin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky? She's 41 and her dad still calls her baby All the folks round Brownsville said she's crazy Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand Looking for a mysterious dark-head man In her younger days they called her Deltadon, Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on. Then a man of low degrees stood by her side, Promised her he'd take her for his bride. It's all choruses. To take you to his mansion in the sky Deltatan was that flower you had bought

Could it be a fated rose from day-to-day? And did I hear you say he was making you here today To take you to expansion in the sky Derrick Godfrey! Yelta-Gon! It's a family affair. I love when you did that Sonny and Cher thing there. You were both on the same mic.

Okay. Now we're gonna pick a different person than the people who won previously. But here's the trivia question about Delta Dawn. What character, what character on the show Friends, the show Friends sang this in a karaoke bar, in a piano bar? Any hands? You got six, six chances. Oh, someone. One right there in the back. That is incorrect. It is not Phoebe.

Do we have another guess? Who sang Delta Dawn? Ross. Wrong! Very incorrect. Oh, there's a bunch of people now. Who's this gentleman in the next room? Okay, in the Chanker shirt. Chandler. Huh? Not Chandler.

We're down to three. This gentleman in the glasses. Courtney Cox. Courtney Cox, correct. Monica sang it. Give that man an orange wedge pin. Summer Hard, Summer Easy. Granted, when you guessed it, we had named the entire cast.

We were down the ugly naked guy. We wouldn't name the people from Seinfeld. Dara, great job on Delta Dawn. There we go, Derek Godfrey. How about that? Okay, we're going to let Gilbert run the show on this one. Okay. This is one of your favorites, Gilbert, and it's come up on the podcast.

And we did discuss the great Shel Silverstein. Everybody in here know who Shel Silverstein was? Yeah, they should. One of my favorites. And he wrote a song I adore for Dr. Hook on a medicine show called Cover the Rolling Stone. But not a story song. Oh wait wait wait where where okay this is very well prepared they're in order I don't know how you got lost three comes after two then four this is a favorite from the podcast. I have Fernando. Okay. Delta Dawn. I have the Gambler. Okay. Here we go. Written by Shel Silverstein. The genius Shel Silverstein who had two hits for Dr. Hook in 1972. One of them was the aforementioned cover of The Rolling Stone. This one somehow sold a million copies.

I don't know how. Joe laughed at me when I suggested it. It's autobiographical. It's about... It's sad. Yeah. It's a sad song to listen to. It's a sad song.

Shel Silverstein, the writer, was in love with a woman named, this was deep research now folks, a woman named Sylvia Pandolfi and he realized he found out she was engaged to another man, actually a bullfighter slash painter. And his name was Fernando. There's a callback. Beautiful. So he made a phone call, desperate to reunite with this woman, this ex flame. He called her mother, Louisa. You can find this information on the interwebs. And she told him the relationship was over. He did, in fact, call from a payphone.

So this is a song that is no longer topical or timely. This is a song that is instantly dated. And she told him that the relationship was over and that she had moved on with the bullfighter. The song was covered by Bobby Bear, the country singer, and also Bon Jovi. Did you know that? I did not know that. I did not know that either. It sounds like BS. Gil, this is a favorite of yours, so we're going to do it. Okay. Some of you may know this.

gonna do it. Okay. Some of you may know this. Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's trying to start a new life on her own. Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's happy, so why don't you leave her alone And the operator said 40 cents more By the next three minutes Please Mrs. Avery I gotta talk to her I'll only keep her a while Please, Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye To thee Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's packing

She's gonna be leaving today Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying a fella down Galveston Way Sylvia's mother says, Please don't say nothing to me cause I'd cry in his day and the operator says 40 cents more for the next three minutes Please, Mrs. Avery, I gotta talk to her. I'll only keep her a while. Please, Mrs. Avery, I wanna tell her goodbye. I'm gonna go. Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's hurrying to catch the nine o'clock train.

Sylvia's mother says, take your umbrella, cause Sylvia it's started to rain And Sylvia's mother says Thank you for calling And sir won't you call back again And the operator says 40 cents more For the next 3

minutes sense more by the next three minutes Please Mrs. Avery, I gotta talk to her I'll only keep her a while Please Mrs. Avery, I just to tell her goodbye Tell her goodbye Sylvia's mother. So sad. So sad. Yeah, I find this to be a very sad song, but Shel Silverstein always wrote fun stuff. Yeah.

Although, a boy named Sue gets a little dark. Yeah, that's right. It's a little weird. I also love freaking at the Freaker's Ball. Yeah, that's a classic. Another great one by Shel Silverstein. Lee Hazelwood told me a good Shel Silverstein. Lay it on me, bro.

Well, you know, they used to hang out at the Playboy Club, like you guys were saying, and Shel Silverstein was only it on me bro. Well you know they used to hang out at the Playboy Club like you guys were saying and Shel Silverstein was only a writer at that time and he came up to Lee Hazel who's like I want to write songs he said I'll teach you four chords in two keys and that's all you need to write songs. Wow. And it kind of like his songs are kind of like that usually just two or three chords you know. I love cover of the Rolling Stone don't you? Yeah. There's some great YouTube clips. And the rabbi will be interested to know that Silverstein was a Jew really yeah I'm guessing Sylvia was a Jew as well why

did she wanted to call back again that's? I know, it doesn't quite make sense. Sir, please sir, won't you call back again? I think he's got all the information he needed. Yeah, it seems like stop calling. He's got a lot of change in his pocket too, for all those extra 40 cents. Yeah, it's like if you call again, I'm going to notify the police. Should have been alright. We like songs of heartbreak on the podcast.

We did an episode called Death Songs of the 1970s. And you got into that. Yes, there was that great song with the blind man and the bleachers. The blind man and the bleachers. If you guys don't know this one, go home and Google the blind man and the bleachers. And kill yourself afterwards.

the blind man and the bleachers. And kill yourself afterwards. Because it's that scary and depressing. I like those scary, depressing, sad songs. I'm a sucker for things like seasons in the sun. So what do I know? Oh, that was written, not written. It was a blog by a serial killer. Correct.

Correct. That's true. Okay, so killer. Correct. Yeah. Correct. That's true. Okay, so the trivia ranges from easy to hard. The friend's question was rather on the easy side. This one is super tough. Gilbert, I know you know the answer to this, so don't shout it out. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, they later just became Dr. Hook.

There's a whole interesting story about how the band got its name, which we won't go into, but they appeared in an obscure 1971 Dustin Hoffman movie with a rather unwieldy title. Oh boy, I know this one. And do I have somebody right here, Chris. Who is Harry Kellerman and why is he saying terrible things about him? Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

["The Last Supper"] Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Now that's a guy that earned an orange wedge pin. He did! Christopher Bly. Who was that other actor in it? I don't know if he was...

Barbara Harris was in it. I think Jack Warden. Yeah, but there was another actor in it who played his friend. Well, if we weren't doing a live show, I'd look it up. Oh, fuck! Can anyone look on their phone to see the cast of Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? How many people have seen that movie? No one.

Nobody. Oh, that person over there. Two people saw it. Two people saw who was Harry Kellerman and why is he saying those terrible things about me. I think that person who played his friend may have been a Bowery boy at one point. Oh, it was. It was Gabe Dell. Yes, Gabe Dell. Oh, fuck.

Me and Mrs. Dell are the two people who know that, the answer to that. We did an episode about movies with goofy long titles. You remember that? Yes, yes, like who? No, the one with Anthony Perkin, not with Andy. Anthony Newley and Joan. Joan Collins. Joan Collins, which is the one with, who is, will Heronius Merkin marry Mercy Humpy

and find true happiness? Right, we also did Oh Dad, Oh Dad, Mamas Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad. Yes, yes! Which was an actual movie title. We did an episode, let's see if you can find it, mini episode on that silly shit. Uh, okay.

Oh, and Anthony Newley. Yes. Jew. Rabbi, you're keeping score. Yes! What's that? Also of the Jewish persuasion. Yeah. Very good. Look at this guy fast on his feet.

Anthony Newley used to always come on those variety shows. There's always a joker in the pack. There's always a cardboard clown The poor painted fool falls on his back And everyone laughs when he's down There's always a funny man in the game, but he's only funny by mistake. Everyone laughs at him just the same. They don't see his lonely heart break. The hot break! You guys came here tonight hoping for an Anthony Hulthooley appreciation.

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And now, sadly, we return to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing Colossal Podcast. Okay, we're going to go from the downbeat nature of Sylvia's mother. How many people, by the way, show of hands, had even heard of that song or knew it? Five. Wow. And will you be buying it now? Will you be going out and buying the KTEL collection?

We're going to do something upbeat and we want to hear everybody on this one. From 1973, one of the most popular songwriters of story songs is the late, great Jim Croce. Rap it, Roy, that stock car boy. And uh. Don't mess around with Jim. Yeah, don't mess around with Jim. I always thought what would happen if Bad Bad Leroy Brown ran into Jim, that would have been a good sequel.

It would be. It would be. Now, both the stories. Italian, don't say it. Italian Jim Cochran. Both the stories sung, guys. Both died in car crashes. Who would those be?

Well wouldn't that be Harry Chapin? He died in a car crash, Jim Crocey, thanks for bringing the show up again. Jim Crocey died in a plane crash. A plane crash, sorry. That's okay. Sorry, see, so it wasn't so sad. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha from Chicago's South Side. Any Chicagoans in the room? Any Midwesterners? None. Good. What were the chances out of 57 people? Yeah, it was actually followed. It followed a song with a similar story, which was You Don't Mess Around with Jim,

which you pointed out. This song was inspired by a guy that Croce served with at Fort Dix. Did you know any of this Seth? This is good stuff here pal. There were rumors though that it was about a guy named Don Dedrick Roby who was a muscle guy who worked for the ABC label who used to commit violence to control musicians who are on the label. Okay. So, unconfirmed, the true story behind Bad Bad Leroy Brown. And Leroy Brown, here's a little fun trivia, Leroy Brown himself was credited as a background vocalist on a Croche hit called I Got A Name. And I'm bringing that up. You think you're awesome.

Jim Croche, Jewish? Yes, absolutely. I'll be damned, I can't wait. Yeah! Can we get a big round of applause? That Jim Croce Jewish? I'll be damned I can't win one. Yeah! Can we get a big round of applause? That Jim Croce is a Jew! Can't win one. Rabbi stand up and take a bow. He converted it doesn't count. It's like Sammy Davis. Well and Marilyn Monroe!

Yes. Not really. Rod Peru. Thank you. Panamanian guy. Not a Jew. Not a Jew by birth. I bring up I Got A Name because it was written by Charlie Fox, who was on a recent episode. Great Charles Fox. You will be hearing from him soon as we put that episode up. So we're going to take a shot at this one. And then I got a fun trivia question. So shall we? Everybody knows this. Here we go. One, two, three. And it's part of town And if you go down there You better just beware

Of a man named Leroy Brown Now Leroy's smaller than Charvel You see he stands about six foot four And all the downtown ladies Go to treat the lover And the men just call him sir And it's bad, bad, Leroy Brown! Badest man in the whole damn town!

Better than old Peacock! Meaner than the junkyard dog! Now Leroy, he's a gambler! And he likes his fancy clothes! And he likes to wave his diamond rings! In front of everybody's hoots He's got a custom Continental He's got an Eldorado too He's got a 32 gun in his pocket, for fun He's got a razor in his shoe

And he's bad, bad, Veroid Brown Ben is Ben in the whole damn town Ben and an old king proud Me and an edge junkyard dog Well Friday, about a week ago Leroy was shooting dice At the edge of the falls had a girl in his arms With that girl in the dark was sweet with that girl in the dark Well it cast his eyes upon her And the trouble soon began Cause Leroy Brown he learned a lesson That's how to get this man And it's bad, bad, Leroy Brown

Badest man in the whole damn town Bad little King Kong And he's back, back, Leroy Brown Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town

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Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Baddest man in the whole damn town Look, he's gone. Yeah. And he's back. Leroy Brown. Me and that is your dog. dog. Beautiful. You know what I just thought of now? I wonder if the guys who wrote Trading Day with Denzel Washington were listening to this song when Denzel Washington has the line, King Kong ain't got shit on me. Interesting. A trenchant insight, Gilbert. See?

That could be true. Anybody know? No. Nobody's from Chicago. If McPadden were here. Because there was another Denzel Washington movie in Malcolm X where he says that Pilgrim, we didn't land on Pilgrim Rock. Pilgrim Rock landed on us. But years before that Cole Porter

had that as the leading into, you know, anything goes. He sings that, yeah, that, you know, Pilgrim Rock landed on us. I remember the movie. We go off on tangents sometimes. Perhaps you've noticed. Want to do a little trivia? Who wants an orange wedge pin? This song was covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra. Not well, I might add. Dolly Parton. Jerry Lee Lewis, the killer. I'd love to hear that version. But what comedian, what comedic actor,

frequently discussed on this very podcast, I already see a hand going up, performed this song on a Sandy Duncan, don't tell him, TV special in 1974. Gentlemen in the white shirt. Paul Lin. Correct! Ah! Paul Lin! Correct! Ah!

Paul Lin! Wow! Circle gets the square. Circle gets the square. Wow! Very good, Joe. Very good, Joe. And Rabbi Paul Lin hated the Jews.

And Rabbi Paul Lin hated the Jews. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. He used to get drunk and go, Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Oh, no, an encore performance. He didn't hear it. Oh, I have those fucking jams. They're the reason I don't have a career. I wish your daughter wasn't recording that for the internet.

He substituted the line a water pistol in his shoe. Apparently the NBC censors at the time were not thrilled with the idea of a razor in his shoe. I wonder if they made Croce change it when he sang it live. What do you think Bad Bad Leroy Brown's Paul Lin's version sounded like, Gil? Well, he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown. I know he's bad as any chew. Oh lordy. Floyd the barber. Floyd the barber singing Bad Bad Leroy Brown.

He's bad. Bad. Leroy Brown. He's the baddest cat. In the whole of Amtrak. Groucho on the deck cabinet. Here's a bonus. Gilbert, they're yelling out requests.

Well, it is Sid Gold's request room. John MacGyver doing bad bad Leroy Brown. Well, this bad, bad Leroy Brown, bad as Scott, and the whole damn town, his father's an old King Kong, and it's his meter, I tell you, that I joke your joke. Okay, last one. Old Groucho doing Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Well, well they sped Bad Leroy and Leroy was a name that started with L and that was a name if someone was named Leroy you'd start their name with an L and then there'd be an E and an R. F words. And this. Do it. Do it. Do it.

Do it. Do it. Extra bonus content. This show is its own special edition DVD. Okay, we're gonna bring one back. We're coming down the homestretch. How many people are drunk? Who's still with us?

This is a call back to the fateful night the last time we were here what shall we refer to that night as the night the night the episode died there's a clue to the the song we were doing one hit wonders of the 70s as I said last time we had a malfunction not Frank Verderosa let's keep let's keep Frank's professional reputation intact. We had a malfunction, we lost all three episodes, we decided to bring one back because it covers three categories that we'd like to do on the podcast, Gil. One is it's a story song, obviously. It is a one-hit wonder because there are other

hit charted in the UK so it doesn't count and it's a death song of the 1970s. It's got everything. So we're gonna bring it back you guys have your lyric sheets some of you were here for the last time. It starts talking right one two three four. Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago, back in the USA, back in the bad old days. In the heat of the summer night, in the land of the dollar bill, went a town of Chicago died And he talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone Tried to make that town his own When he called his gang to war And enforced his dog the law I heard my mama cry I heard her pray that night Chicago died Bring it up Seth! Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was Glory be My Aunt Mama cried I heard a pray that night Chicago died Brother what a night the people saw And then Chicago died Brother one and nine the people saw Brother one and nine the people saw Yes indeed And the sound of the battle rung

Through the streets of the old east side Till the likes of the hoodlum gang And some one got up and died There was shouting in the street And the sound of running feet And I asked someone who said About a hundred cups a day I heard my mama cry

I heard her pray that night Chicago died Brother one night he really was Brother one fight he really was Glory be I heard my mama cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother wanna night the people talk Brother wanna fight the people talk Yes indeed And there was no sound at all

But the clock up on the wall Then the door birds open wide and he kissed my mamas face and he washed the tears away and let Chicago die na na na na na na na na na na na let Chicago die brother wanna light the people's hall brother wanna night the people talk Brother wanna fight the people talk Yes indeed

Wow Tonight's Chicago dog Yes, the unforgettable band Paper Lace Right, and uh Who could forget them? They also had a hit with Billy Don't Be a Hero in England. In the UK, buddy. Yeah, it didn't count. And Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods had a hit. Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods. We did them on Dead Songs of

the 70s. I'll just keep plugging old episodes of the podcast. We did it. The night Chicago died. Now a trivia question and this one should be pretty easy. You guys listening? Kodiadis every year. Every year buddy. What is factually inaccurate about this song? I see a hand way in the back but this person did you win already? Are you sure? Let's hear it. East side of Chicago? There is no east side of Chicago. That is correct. Give that man a pin.

Excellent. Lake Michigan. Oh, that's excellent. It's a second Chicago reference tonight. Yes. Yes. I thought we'd have Chicago in the house. Good job.

Boy, these people, you can't stump them. We're gonna move on to something else. We're gonna do a couple of encores. We're gonna change themes slightly. We're gonna move away from story songs here. And we're gonna do three songs that are dedicated to previous podcast guests because I'm shameless in plugging this show over and over again.

So you've got your lyric sheets. This may puzzle you because this gentleman has not been on the podcast as of yet. Ah! And who is it, Dara? Who's coming? You want to tell them? Neil Sadaka. Neil Sadaka. Yes! Yes!

Yes! He'll be with us next week on the 25th. Live with the... Jew? Jew! Jew! Let's chant and bash the place up!

Jew! Jew! Jew! Jew! Jew! Jew! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha and Neil will probably have run by then, yes, but we're thrilled to have him. I'm gonna geek out during that show. So this is a song he wrote, did not have a hit with. Obviously that was the Captain and Tenille, but everybody knows this one. So no excuses, we wanna hear from everybody in the room. Nancy, you're into this one, I know. Let's let it rip.

Mr. St. this one I know. Let's let it rip. Let's just... One, two, three, four, love. Love will keep us together. Think of me babe whenever. Some sweet talking girl comes along, singing his song. Don't mess around, you just gotta be strong. Stop, cause I really love you. Stop, I've been thinking of you. Look at my heart and my love.

Keep us together You, you belong to me now And I'm gonna set you free now When those guys start hanging around Talking me down. Hearing your heart and you won't hear a sound. Oh stop, cause I really love you. Stop, I've been thinking of you.

Look in my heart and let love keep us together. Whatever. Here comes the bridge. Keep us together Whatever Here comes the bridge Young and beautiful Someday your looks will be gone When the others turn you off Who'll be turning you on I will, I will, I will, I will be there to share forever

Love will keep us together I've said it before and I'll say it again And while I'm saying I'll need you now and I'll need you then just stop Cause I really love you, stop I've been thinking of you Look at my heart and I love Keep us together

Whatever I will, I will, I will, I will Where are the lyrics? Good song for the piano. Excellent. Here we go, chorus. One more! You better stop, cause I really love you One more I will, I will, I will, I will Na na na na Ba da da

Na na na na Sadaka is back Ba da da da Beautiful But I don't know coin that's maybe bullshit to coin the term yacht rock so do you know the movie sextet I'm afraid I do because you know Mae West they changed the lyric in the bridge he says your looks will never be gone instead of someday or looks will be gone which is kind of a cruel line I think oh yeah yeah. Interesting. You wouldn't want to say that to Mae West. Now was Tom Selleck one of the boys in there? You're thinking of... Is he in Sex Ted? Timothy Dalton is the one that sings to her. He sings to her. I think you're thinking of

Myra Breckenridge. Oh, maybe it's that. I know he's in one of them. I can't be sure now either. As like the young guy. Written by who? Who wrote the screenplay for that? Oh, Cory Vidal? No, he wrote the book. No. Okay. Yeah.

Herve Gilleschatz. Herve Gilleschatz is correct. What? No, it's not. What? How did she have speech? Love will keep us together. Think of me babe whenever

Some sweet talking guy comes along Singing his song Don't mess around You got to be strong Go stop Cause I really love you Stop I've been thinking of you

Look in my heart and let love keep us together. We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast after this. This episode is brought to you by Adidas. When the frustration grows and the doubts start to creep in, we all need someone who has our back. To tell us we'll be okay. To remind us of our ability. To believe. Because their belief in us transfers to self-belief and reminds us of all that we're capable of.

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Did you find that in your... We should get Tony Tenille on the podcast. Oh, yes! Bet she's got story. Bet she'd be a wonderful interview. Did you find that? We should get Tony Tenille on the podcast. Oh yes! I bet she'd be a wonderful interview. Yes, as Frank points out, she's available. What Joe was referencing, Sedaka is back. If you go home and you listen to that song, as they're doing the, I guess it's the outro.

You can hear her say, Sedaka is back, which was the name of his album, his comeback album. Sedaka's back. Very sneaky. Very sneaky little tribute. And theirs was the third version of it. The second version was Mack and Katie Kasoon. Do you know that? Oh, well, yes. Chirpy, chirpy, chirpy, cheap, cheap is one of my standards. Great song. Let me tell you something, pal. This is the only podcast in the world that talked about chirpy, chirpy, cheap, cheap. That's why we found each other.

Why, it's kismet, Joe, it's kismet. If you know that reference, God help you. Moving along. Okay, we're gonna let Gilbert go a little bit. We're gonna let him run this one. Oh, yeah. And we tried, or actually Frank tried, to get the actual songwriter here to sing this.

I sure did. But he knew enough to stay away. Ha ha ha ha. The Shirley Temple Show probably. Yes, maybe. He was in town, we took a stab. We'll have him back on the show for sure. I think you guys all know this one. Again, this is a tribute to, not a story song, but

a tribute to a former podcast, a previous podcast guest, I should say. One of our favorite guests, the great Paul Williams, who's also a friend of Seth's. And we love him to death. So we're gonna do this one. It's been covered by Judy Collins. It's been covered by, oh, it's from a 40-year-old movie. A movie turned 40 this year, the Muppet movie, by the way. Holy God. 40 years.

We wanna feel old. Covered by Judy Collins, by Kenny Loggins, by Willie Nelson, by the Dixie Chicks, and tonight, most importantly, by Gilbert Gottfried. Gilbert Gottfried as Paul Williams. Here we go, it's the next best thing to having Paul. ["Rainbows and What's On The Other Side"] One, two, three.

Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions but only illusions and rainbows have nothing to hide So we've been told and some choose to believe it I know they're wrong with it and see Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me. Who said that every witch would be heard and answered if we stun a morning star Somebody thought of that and someone believed it Look what it's done so far

And what may sing that keeps us stargazing? And what do we think we might see? Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers and me All of us under each pen We know that it's probably magic Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices?

I've heard them calling my name Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sellers? The voice may be one in the same Heard it too many times to ignore it It's something I'm supposed to be Someday we'll find it The rainbow connection The lovers, the dreamers and me Now just Gilbert All of us under each spell We know that it's probably magic Paul Williams and Kenny Asher

Paul, we love you. If anybody sends this video to you. We adore you and we wish you were here. We really do. Also nod to the great Kenny Asher, who did some wonderful work. Gilbert, that was touching. Yeah. One more. What do you say? Yeah, let's do it. We good on time? Yep. You want to hear the good ship Lollipop? Frankie, we good? Did the early temple ever meet Paul Williams? Moving on. Don't listen to that one, Gilbert. This is a song that is 50 years old and this is really gonna make

people feel old especially me and I mean it's 50 years old like two weeks ago and this is a podcast guest. Before I do that I'm gonna do one quick trivia question. We got any pins left honey? One quick trivia question about the Muppet movie. Paul Williams is in it. He has a cameo, a quick scene. What other Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal podcast guest appears in the Muppet movie for an orange pin? Genevieve knows. You't guess anybody whoa hand right there Michael Goldsman not dick Cabot he should have been way way in the video you won one already it is not Alan Alda any other guesses this gentleman in the beard, Austin Pendleton. Wow.

Excellent. Give that man a pin. I have to say this is a pretty impressive group. So this song, as I say, is 50 years old. It was the number one song of 1969 and it was sung you know where I'm going with this? Ah yes. Have you cheated and looked ahead in your packet? No, no. It was sung well by an animated character Archie Andrews but voiced actually sung by our friend Ron Dante, the great Ron Dante, who was on one of

my favorite episodes. I think that Ron Dante, didn't they use his voice for like Betty and Veronica? I don't know that. That was Tony Wine. She sang Betty and Verona. But Ron Dante had a simultaneous hit around that time with Tracy by the Cufflings. And then he went to produce Barry Manilow. Ron Dante made a small fortune producing Barry Manilow records, one hit after the other. I mean, if you look at them, I mean, from Mandy to New York City Rhythm and Ready to Take a Chance Again, and Even Now and Weekend in New England, all produced by Ron Dante.

Can't smile without you. The whole list. What else about this song really quickly? It was written by Jeff Barry, great Jeff Barry, leader of the pack for one and others. My baby, They Kissed Me, River Deep Mountain High and the theme from the Harlem Globetrotters animated Saturday morning. Absolutely, good call. And somebody we want to get on the show. Also Andy Kim co-wrote this song who had a hit with Rock Me Gently. Anybody remember that one? From the 70s.

And he did a remake of Baby I Love You that was also a hit. Really good. Both of them are alive and we should track them down. And the song, I saw the song performed in this very room By you and Tony one and the great Tony one So we'll go out on it produced by the legendary Don Kirschner, ah Yes So you want to take a whack at this one?

Everybody knows this starts with the. Good song to kick off summer. One, two, three. Sugar. Oh honey, honey. You are my candy girl. And you got me wanting you Honey, ah sugar sugar You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you

Is that sauce for that? I just can't believe the loveliness of loving you. I just can't believe it's true. I just can't believe the world is feeling too. I just can't believe it's true. Oh sugar, Ah honey, honey, you are my candy girl and you got me wanting you. Ah honey, ah sugar sugar, you are my candy girl and you got me wanting you but I don't want that time when I kiss you girl I knew how sweet a kiss could be how sweet a kiss could be let's hear you people come on life is on the sunshine orange wreath that's over me

boy your sweetness over me everybody I'll pour your sugar on me honey come on rabbi Oh Oh, pour a little sugar on it, baby. Yeah. I'm gonna make your life so sweet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pour a little sugar on it, honey. Ah, sugar. Ah, honey, honey.

You are my candy girl. And you got me wanting you. Keep it going Joe. One more time. Oh, sugar sugar. You want my candy girl and you got me wanting you. Yay. Give it up for Frank Santopadri!

Wow! Applause Applause Applause Thank you Joseph Now, was this I was thinking of Meshugan and Meshugan when I was standing next to the Rabbi

Why didn't Weird Al do that one? Now, was this the song that they had lined up for the monkeys? I don't know that. There was a song that was lined up for the monkeys. Well, get it and get back to you. Right before they quit, right before they gave up, and the song became a monster hit. Let me thank everybody who was involved with this show. Frank Verderosa, our engineer, our photographer David Simon right here. Seth Saltzman is a musician who contributes to the show

with the Mario Cantone show. John Fotiiatis wrote many themes for the show. Paul Rayburn is in the house. Where are you Raybone? There he is. We got to thank the four Johns who contribute to this show. Our webmaster John Seals, John Fodiatis I said, John Beach and John Murray who also does music for the show. Our web people Mike McPadden and Greg Payer, who are great. Krista Rose, who's helped with research. Shandy Slater at Earwulf. Everybody at Earwulf and Stitcher. Oh, who am I forgetting?

We want to thank the staff here at Sid Gold's. Thank you all so much. Thanks to everybody else who came out. Mike Bonfiglio, Mike Weber for moral support. Of course, the great Gino Salabone, whose name is like Voldemort to Gilbert. And of course, the lovely Genevieve, my wife, my long-suffering wife.

And our gift girl for the evening and Darra of course less We have that we have to thank Darra Last but not least the fabulous. Oh wow, I'm a getty And what did you want to say? There are actually two birthdays, one recent and the other last month. There's on May 18th, my son Max. Max, where are you? Where's Max?

Happy birthday. Thank you Max. He's shy. And he was Max is my father's name he was born on my father's birthday. Perfect. How about that? And one other person, if I remember, it's on June 12th. And I remember this because June is the sixth month and she, and, uh, It's John McIver's birthday too. Yeah. She was six. She was spawned six pounds and 12 ounces. So on June 12th, Lily Guthrie. Lily, happy birthday to Lily.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Lily and Max, and happy birthday to you. Applause Anything else you want to say Mr. Gene? Now we can't get sued for Happy Birthday now because it used to, every movie used to be for he's a jolly good fellow, for he, and that always took me right after the movie. I'm gonna say Mr. Pitt. That's it.

Thank you guys so much. Thank you. This means so much to us that you came out. Okay, any minute now. All right, Gil. Thank you. All right, thanks for coming out. You guys are all welcome to stick around.

We have, if you want to do some more singing, live piano karaoke. And this has been Gilbert Godfrey's amazing colossal podcast with my co-host Frank Sandoval if you didn't know that Thank you all well with big rock singers We got golden fingers and we're loved everywhere we go We sing about beauty and we sing about truth At ten thousand dollars a show, right We take all kind of pills to give us all kind of thrills But the thrill we never know

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