Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - GGACP Rewind: Mini-Episode #1: George C. Scott and Mr. Warmth

Episode Date: June 1, 2026

In the first in a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: the haunting of George C. Scott! Burt Lancaster and Joan Rivers go for a swim! And Don Rickles takes on “Inherit the Wind”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Luxury sales claim based on S&P Global Mobility Canadian New Vehicle Total Registrations for Calendar year 2025 for the Cadillac definition of luxury. Hi, this is Gilbert Godfrey and my co-host, Frank Santo Padre and I, who are always hosting Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast, going to try something new because people are always asking us to name what our favorite movies are. So people have actually asked us to make a list and posted on the internet. Someone asked for us to do 100 movies, but we are way too lazy to do something like that.

I'm not, I didn't come in, I didn't go into show business to work for a little bit. So we thought we would just come up with this little idea where we would talk about some of our favorite movies or television shows or comedy CDs or comedy albums or things that we loved and grew up on. And Gilbert will do one and I'll do one. And then we'll just put it out there and kind of see what the response is. Okay, which is yours? Well, I, and I think we've mentioned this movie on the show before, I want to talk about a movie called The Changeling with George C. Scott and his ex-wife, Trish Van DeVere,

and it's a horror film. It's a spooky horror film from the 70s. Have you seen the film? I saw it years ago. Okay. It's about a composer whose wife dies, and he moves into a house in Seattle, a mansion that he doesn't know is haunted.

And we've talked about horror films on the show before. And I've mentioned that... Because, you know, you figure, of course he didn't know it was haunted. Because if he knew it was haunted, why would he move into the fucking place? You don't have to put in, hey, he didn't know it was... That's like kind of like saying he didn't know the house was radioactive. There was right on. Well, we talked about George C. Scott last week or a couple of weeks ago with Dave Attell.

You were talking about Patton being an anti-Semite. Yes, he was. And I had... By the way, before. we go off on a tangent, what makes you know that Patton was an anti-Semitism? Yeah. And they said that General Patton was saying stuff like very similar to Hitler. Really?

They were saying like, well, maybe we should continue keeping the Jews in these camps. Like, we can't trust them otherwise. And it was very scary. Scandalous stuff. Yeah. Had no idea. And he had a squeaky voice in real life, which we also covered with him. But I had, I had, I'm General Patton.

So I had George C. Scott on the brain when I was trying to think of a film to recommend. I had that too. I went to a doctor. I had George C. Scott. They just said to put a warm compress on it when you get George. It's treatable. They don't think you have to operate. What you don't want is Martin Balsam on the brain.

Yes. Yeah. And yeah, you don't want anything balsam on you. I had an infected balsam. So it's a thriller. It's spooky. It's not like modern-day horror films with shit jumping out at you. It's just vits. It really creates a mood.

It's a gothic horror film. It's a terrific picture. I think it's Canadian. But it was made in the 70s, not to be confused with the terrible changeling, Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood movie. Of the same title. But check it out.

I mean, I think a lot of our hardcore guests may have seen it. I think it's not that popular horror film, though, so many people have not seen it. So check it out. George C. Scott talks in his normal voice, by the way, he doesn't do a... He doesn't do that one. It's a squeaky patent voice. It's a terrific picture. Now, your film is a film that you recommended on TCM? Yeah, I was on Turner Classic movies with a guest on the podcast, Robert Osborne. And one of the movies I picked was a movie I was watching. watching TV one night years ago.

It was late at night, and I had never heard of this. And it was a film starring Bert Lancaster, and it was called The Swimmer. And it was directed by Frank and Eleanor Perry, among other directors. It was directed by several directors. Yes. Interesting. And usually that's the sign of a movie that's going to bomb horribly. Right. Right.

But it's a fascinating film because I was watching TV. and there's a scene where Bert Lancaster just shows up at these people's pool. And they all know him as Ned and they all love him. And it turns out he gets an idea that every one of his friends has a pool. And he can swim home because the pool forms an imaginary river. And when I heard that, I said, I'm in. I'm in. I know the picture.

I've actually never seen it. And it's one of those films that it's very weird, but it's not weird in that self-conscious way that they make weird films now. Now it's like they make weird films say, oh, let's make it weird. This was, it was odd. But boy, and it's like, it's a great score by Marvin Hamillish, who was like 23 at the time. time. Interesting. Joan Rivers pops up.

Joan Rivers is in the swimmer. Yes, for just like a really short scene. Wow. Now I feel worse that she was left out of the Oscars. Oh, yes. Yeah. I think she really had much of a movie career. And so, so yeah, that one I recommend.

The swimmer. Yeah. Okay, so I've never seen the swimmer. So I have to watch the swimmer and you have to watch the changeling again. Yeah. The changeling is not the one where he goes, let's fight the third rake. I'll get those snatchies.

Not to be confused with hardcore with George C. Scott, which we also talked about with David. That's my daughter. It's not that one. It's a terrific, scary picture, but it's a smart thinking man's horror film. My wife refuses to watch it with me, so I'm putting it out there so I can talk to people about it.

I saw George C. Scott on Broadway as Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman. Wow. Yeah. How was he? He was great in that part. He was also in Inherit the Wind on Broadway. Yes. And there's a story that he got sick in the middle of the production and said, I have to, excuse me, I have to lie down.

And two of the other actors walked him off the stage. And Tony Randall was sitting in the audience. God, I hope this story is true. and Tony Randall knew the part. This is a true story. You can Google this. And I think one of the actors said, we're going to have to take an intermission,

or they announced in the house because George C. Scott had just been walked off the stage. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to have to take an intermission. And Tony Randall stood up in his seat and said, no, we're not. And he ran onto the stage and took it from that moment. So Google, that has nothing to do with anything. But Google that story, and I hope to God it's true.

in a Don Rickles comedy special that I saw years ago, Don Rickles and Jack Klugman reenact the scene from Inherit the Wind. Really? Yeah. With one of them playing Clarence Darrell character and the other one in the William Chay? I don't know where. Wow. And they play it straight.

Very unusual. I have to see that. I have to get my hands on that. And in fact, Don Rickles and Don Adams were buddies. Yeah, and they did a comedy special called The Two Dons. That I remember. Yeah, that I remember. I want to get my hands on.

Hold on, hold on, I'm making a note. Don Rickles and Jack Klugman to inherit the wind. Hang on, folks, I'm writing. So that's my recommendation. The Changeling with George C. Scott, who was not an anti-Semite as far as we know. But don't hold that against you. You're recommending.

The Swimmer starring Bert Lancaster, very peculiar film. Is it on DVD, do you know, the Swimmer? I don't know. The Changeling is, but it's hard to find. And maybe it's not that hard to find, HBO Home Box Office, but I bought this years ago, so hopefully it's still around. And the Swimmers is one of those films. I think it came out.

shortly after the graduate. And it's this whole idea. Like every pool he goes to, you find out, like, it's, they're living, surfacing the great American dream. They have a pool and money and everything. But you find out everyone is really unhappy. You know, something strange. I have to see it.

And Frank Perry directed Mommy Dearest. Oh, yes. Later in his career. And I think, A favorite of homosexuals everywhere. So that's my pick for the week. And Gilbert's picking the swimmer. Do you have anything else to add?

Yeah. I'm currently auditioning for new co-host. And George C. Scott is out. George C. Scott is out. So if you like this idea or you're interested in these films or you want to watch these films, want to talk to us about them. Tweet us. Leave comments. Leave comments on iTunes. Tweet us at Real Gilbert or at Frank Santo Padre or leave Facebook messages. Anything else? I'll get you generally like. Hey y'all. It's Kelly Clarkson with Wayfair. Ever order furniture

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