Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini #167: TV Debuts of 1968

Episode Date: June 7, 2018

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and the old, black, blind, blues musician, Raybone. I'm going to Chicago, but I can't take you. See? Who can blame you? He's blind and black now? Yes, he's blind and black and shoeless. Okay.

Shoeless Paul Raybone. Works for me. We're fleshing out the character here. Last week, to do a little quick what we call housekeeping here, we had Gary Gerani, the card king, the trading card king. Ew. Ew. And we were talking about trading cards and tops and monster flip books

and Bazooka Joe and all kinds of stuff. And Gilbert, as is his want, changed the topic. Changed the topic. Of course, to something that we weren't talking about at all. And he wanted to know about those religious comic books. I called them oblong. Frank corrected me and said, it's no, it's more rectangle. But they used to hand them out on the street, these tiny comic books, and it would teach a religious lesson.

And there'd be someone who was a junkie or a drunk or someone who cheated on his wife. And only, you know, the devil would come after him. Right. Well, of course, we threw that out to our listeners because I didn't know. Gary couldn't think of the name of it. We threw it out to our listeners. And of course, because our listeners are so passionate. They got it. And so informed. We got a million tweets saying they are called Chick Tracts. Yeah. Chick. Chick. C-H-I-C-K. Named for religious cartoonist and publisher Jack Chick. The late Jack Chick.

And they would show like little segments. I'd love to get these comic books again. They would show little segments of the comic. One where the devil is watching like something like Bewitched. And he's going, ah, delightful and so innocent looking. And then someone says to the devil, why do you like these reruns so much? And he goes, this is what gets people involved in the occult and evil and vampires. So even Bewitched was an evil show to this comic book.

Well, Jack Chick died, and his company, Chick Publications, continues to print them to this day. They express views that are generally accepted within Christian theology, although they have expressed controversial viewpoints. Chick tracks were known for expressing strongly anti-Catholic views and anti-Mormon views. And he is classified. This was my favorite part of this. They are classified by a group called the—Paul, you know about this organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Oh, yeah.

And they have designated Chick publications as an active hate group. Wow. Paul, you know about this organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Oh, yeah. And they have designated Chick Publications as an active hate group. Wow. So there you go. And they had another one of the comics that they showed that the devil is showing this group is called a hard rock group. This group is called a hard rock group. So, like, rock and roll music was a way to get people into evil. Says the tracks themselves are approximately three inches high by five inches wide.

Like my penis. Just like it. Yeah. You were saying, Frank. You were saying, Frank. I'm just going to continue to read. And, let's see. And approximately 20 pages in length. Oh, well.

Gilbert's is more of a short story. More of an essay. The material is written of a short story. More of an essay. The material is written in comic book format. My penis is a sales pitch. It's a blurb. It's an elevator pitch. The material is written in comic book format with the front panel featuring the title of The Tract and the inside back panel devoted to a standard sinner's prayer. How about that?

You didn't hang on to any of these things, did you? No. One of those many things for me, childhood. And there's the actual two-panel comic that is about Satanism. So there you go. But as long as they remain being anti-Catholic and anti-Christian. You're good with them. I'll be a fan.

Right, right. Because it's all these years and they've left the Jews alone. That's an accomplishment. Had you heard of these, Paul? You're a learned fellow. No, I hadn't heard about them at all. But it raises the obvious question of how many times have we had the devil in the booth here with us? A few times.

A few times. Yeah. And, people, I also mentioned those packages of monster cards. Oh, people wrote those, too. I sent them to you. I sent the images. With a little monster toy and some cheap candy. People came up with those.

And there were photos of those packs that they sent me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And can I see what that strip was? We have a lot of reach. Yeah. On this show. Let's see. It's something about Satanism.

Because that monster candy, I mean, that was like when I was two or something. Right. Oh, let's see if I can make this out. You want me to read it? Yeah, okay. They led us into stuff we found in the Harry Potter books. Ouija boards, crystal balls.

Samantha, the Potter books open a doorway that will put untold millions of kids into hell. Uncle Bob, you don't know the half of it. Holly's dad is a preacher and he likes the Harry Potter stories.

Hey, what about all the occultic? That's a word, occultic? Occultic. Occultic junk in my room. Should I destroy it? Absolutely. For a second there, you were falling into a Chico. You said, hey, hey, hey, what about the occult?

Hey, boss. Well, he's my countryman. Yeah. See, there too. Yeah. It's like they're against Harry Potter. That's evil. Yeah.

Anything that, any wizardry or any magic or anything like that is, well, it's sacrilege. That's right. Right? And I remember a story that— Welcome to another episode of Lamp Unto My Feet. Yes. Groucho's wife said something to a reporter derogatory about Perry Como. And Perry Como then said to that reporter,

well, she just doesn't like Italians. And they asked Groucho and he said, no, she liked my brother Chico and he's Italian. Nicely done. Shall we get on to the theme of this actual episode? Well, what is the theme of this episode? Well, thank you for that Chick Tracks and the Monster Candy. Yes, we'll get the names of the people and actually thank them properly next week. And if Chick Trax wants to send me any of your comic books, believe me.

And a free pillow from Lisa. Yes, yes. Gilbert's address is 25—never mind. What we're going to do is we did—a while back we we did in 2016, I can't believe we skipped 2017, but in 2016, we did the 50th year of pilots, shows, forgotten shows from 1966. Yes. And this time we're doing 50 years ago was 1968. I love to do my 60s trivia and my 70s trivia. So these are some shows, some very very well known some lesser known from 1968

we thought we'd try to stump you oh boy by playing the theme songs of some of them and with the ones we don't have theme songs for we're just going to read the cast yes and see if you can actually figure out what these shows were and shame on us for not doing 1967 last year. But I guess we always could. Yeah. We could trot it out. I don't think anyone's taking notes. Completists. You assholes. To set the scene, I tried to find something significant from 1968 to just put us in the mood.

Uh-huh. That was the year that Mattel's Hot Wheels were introduced. That's pretty cool. 50 years ago. I loved Hot Wheels. I loved Hot Wheels. Double Trouble. That was my favorite Hot Wheel. And there was cool. 50 years ago. I loved Hot Wheels. I loved Hot Wheels. Double Trouble. That was my favorite Hot Wheel.

And there was that photo someone sent us and they tweeted us with it's a room with a window that says Pizza Store. Oh, the pizza store? The guy that did the 3D art. Yes. Yes. He did a wonderful job. And there's a glass coffee

table with a pile of shit. Yes. His name is jumping out of my head, too. And it says, reserved for D. Thomas. Yeah. And there was a pool with orange wedges. Oh, yes. Yeah. And they had Rondo Hatton on the wall.

Oh, yeah. And they have a chicken and a little box that says Alan Ladd. Yeah. It was really nicely done. And they have a menu on the wall, and listed on the menu is a Frankfurter roaster. Oh, really? If you look closely, there's a lot of detail in there. Thank you, everyone, for the Jack Chick.

Yeah, everybody. Chick tracks. Jack Chick. I always, and I can't say chick without thinking, oh, chick. What, you're saying you saw the candle move? Oh, chick, chick, chick, chick. What was the bit you used to do? You used to do Luke Costello in?

Oh, oh, oh, Luke Costello in... Was it Citizen Kane? Citizen Kane. Rosebud. Rosebud. Still works. Still funny today. And the monster candy photos.

Yes, well, I'll get you all the names of the fans that were nice enough to write in and send that stuff. Still funny today. And the monster candy photos. Yes. I'll get you all the names of the fans that were nice enough to write in and send that stuff. And now you know this will be a two-parter, Paul. There we go. We just used up 11 minutes off theme. Anyway, 1968. These are shows that made their debut in 1968. And we love nostalgia here.

So Frank has queued up the theme song from the first one and we're going to see if you know it Like a beautiful child Growing up free and wild Full of hopes and full of fears Full of laughter, full of tears Full of dreams, delights and years In Seattle When you find your own true love You will know when Ring any bells?

Wow. I'll give you a hint. It's a Western comedy series that made its debut on ABC in September of 1968. Of course, our listeners are screaming into their devices. They'll be cursing me out on Twitter. What if I told you the cast was Joan Blondell, Mark Leonard, who played Spock's father? Yes. You know that actor?

Yeah. Bobby Sherman and David Soule. Is that going to give it away? It's a western show Set at the end of the Civil War Obviously in Seattle Wow I have a very Very vague memory

Here comes the brides Oh my god Do you remember this show? Oh now I do. I never watched it. Yep, yep, yep. But I remember when it was on. Yep.

The story of the Mercer Girls Project was based on the Mercer Girls Project, Asa Mercer's efforts to bring civilization to old Seattle in the 1860s. And I think Bobby Sherman sang the theme song later. The song is way more familiar than the show. Right. The song, I think, charted. I think Bobby Sherman, who was a... We've got to get Bobby Sherman.

We've got to get Bobby Sherman. Yeah, I'll work on Bobby Sherman. He left the show business long ago to become a... Like a lifeguard or something. I think he's a highway trooper. Highway trooper. Yeah, I think he's a highway trooper. What do you got on Here Come the Brides, Ray Bone?

Not much. You got what I got. Okay. Joan Blondell. Joan Blondell, yeah. Yeah. A beautiful looker in her day, Joan Blondell. And an actress named Bridget Hanley, who was a redhead.

Very cute, very pretty. She was on The Odd Couple. Anyway, it was inspired by the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Oh, that makes sense. Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, Joan Blondell was in those old Warner Brothers movies. She's in a lot of them. Yeah. Here's another one lot of them. Yeah.

Here's another one. We didn't pick music for this one, but I'm going to read you the cast. This is, you remember an actress named E.J. Peeker? Yes. Tony Randall and Robert Morse. It was on ABC again, September of 68. These are forgotten shows. Does that mean anything to you?

Kay Medford had a recurring role as Mrs. Quigley. September of 68. These are forgotten shows. Does that mean anything to you? Kay Medford had a recurring role as Mrs. Quigley. Does this mean anything to you? No. That's life. Oh, my God. With Robert Morse and Tony Randall. Producer was Marvin Marks, who I believe was a writer on The Honeymooners. What?

Now he— 32 episodes. They got a full season. Any relation to this Marx? I don't believe he was. No, because he only had author as a son. Yeah, I don't believe Marvin Marx was related to the Marxes, but he was. But I remember seeing the name Marvin Marx.

I think he was a Gleason writer. Maybe Ray Bone could look that up. I think he was a Honeymooners guy. I think he was. Marvin Marx, M- Maybe Ray Bone could look that up. I think he was a Honeymooners guy. I think he was. Marvin Marks, M-A-R-X. That sounds very familiar. That's Life appeared in 1968 starring Robert Morrison. Whatever happened to E.J. Peeker?

It focused on the lives of Bobby and Gloria from their first meeting through their marriage as their lives progressed, and the characters often broke into song. So if any of our listeners remember That's Life, give us a shout. 1968. Here's one, Gil, that's up your alley while Raybone's working on that. This is an anthology series. I'm going to see if you know anything about this. And, you know, Robert Morris, who we've wanted on this show for a while.

We can get him, I think, if we try hard. Yeah. He was doing Broadway here for a while. We can get him, I think, if we try hard. Yeah. He was doing Broadway here for a while. He was the original before Philip Seymour Hoffman or what's that guy, Toby? Yeah.

What's... Oh, Toby Jones. Toby Jones. Right. Robert Morse was Truman. Truman. Yeah, he did True on Broadway. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we can get Robert Morse. We'll chase. Yeah, he did True on Broadway. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, we can get Robert Morse. We'll chase him. So I think you mentioned Marvin Marks. Yeah. You mentioned the Jackie Gleason show. Yeah. That's life. And the Betty Hutton show.

The Betty Hutton show. Who could forget the Betty Hutton show? Yeah. So he died of heart failure at the age of 50, so it must have put a strain on him. Oh, the poor guy. I think the stress of working for Gleason. All that diving in the swimming pool to get his paycheck. Here's a show executive

produced by the great Norman Lloyd, who's still around. This is an MGM British production. I guess it was Hammer Films was the production company behind this. It's a science fiction anthology series and the hosts were Joan Crawford, Sebastian Cabot,

and Patrick McGowan. Wow. Does this mean anything to you? Again, our fans are screaming. I have a vague recollection of some series from England. It's called Journey to the Unknown. some series from England. It's called Journey to the Unknown.

And I remember the beginning of the series would be on a roller coaster. Nice. Very good. That's it. It was. It was so weird. What is unknown about a roller coaster? Journey to the Unknown. You got it. I remember it would be on a roller coaster

going up and down and sideways. It goes on and on and on. 17 episodes. Wow. The Journey to the Unknown. Wow. Something you probably haven't thought about since you were, how old were you, 1968? Holy Christ.

17, 18, 19. It was a science fiction and supernatural anthology series very similar to The Twilight Zone. It dealt with the extraordinary Vera Miles, Patty Duke, Joseph Cotton, Roddy McDowell. He did every one of those goddamn shows. Oh, my God. And British actors, Roy Ward Baker, British directors, Roy Ward Baker, Robert Stevens, Michael Lindsay Hogg,

not Michael Eaton Hogg. Can Verderosa look up the music that would play with that roller coaster? Can you find Journey to the Unknown, Frank? Because Christ, I remember that. I would watch it, and yeah, it was filmed on a rollercoaster. 17 episodes.

Once again, ABC was the network. There it is. Well, that's just the beginning part. Creepy. Oh, yeah. Pretty cool.

Ring a bell? Yeah. Now, Frank, can you play the Hello There song? He's kidding. No, I want it. Alan and Rossi's Hello There song. Hello there. We'll be right back. Your happiness will grow just saying hello there. This happy phrase can do wonders for you. Learn to say it, it's so easy to do. Hello there, hello there, hello there everybody.

And they'll all say hello there to you. Now picture Steve Rossi ripping Mae West's wig off as you're listening to that. Rossi ripping Mae West's wig off as you're listening to that. You know, if any— That song to me is everything that was great about show business. It's just perfect. Yeah. Well, it's like Art Mitrano's— Yes.

What's that? Fine and Dandy. Yeah. If any song captured the cultural revolution of 1968, that's the song. The cultural revolution that was Allen and Rossi. Yeah. Let's see if we can stump. They were part of the English invasion, I think.

The Beatles, Allen and Rossi. Yeah. Chad and Jeremy. Marty Allen used to pray at the feet of the Maharishi. I didn't know that. Did he have Chick-Chacks with him? Yeah. And he'd drop acid. How cool would it have been if Marty Allen accompanied the Beatles and Mia Farrow

to meet the Maharishi and Donovan. Wasn't Donovan on that trip? Oh, yeah. I think he was. We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast after this. real-time action. Embrace a season's worth of swings with BetMGM, your one-stop shop for all things baseball. BetMGM.com for T's and C's. 19 plus to wager.

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kind of a success. Uh, Frankie, what do you got? Holy Christ! Thank you. Holy God. Rings a bell, doesn't it? Yes. The three stars of the show are all gone, or we would have had one of them on this show for sure. Was it a cop show?

It was a... Or was it wandering from town to town show? What do you think well no it was uh it was about crusading reporters oh was this uh uh uh name of the game name of the game yes tony franciosa uh some guinea yeah uh yeah no well tony franciosa yeah he's your guinea. Yeah. Yeah, no, well, Tony Francioso's a guinea. He's your guinea. But then Gene Barry. Gene Barry. One more. And was it Robert Stack?

Nice. No. Wait, wait. Robert Stack. Robert Stack. I got all three? Yes. And name of the game also, well, they would have different stories.

They had McMillan and wife came from name of the game i think well it was a we it was part of a wheel series which they switch uh they different stories and it's here in wikipedia setting the stage for the bold ones and yes you're right nbc's mystery movie and which which was mcleod colombo mcmillan and wife yes Did you hear that? What did they say? Wheels? A wheel series. I never heard that before, but it's interesting. It was aired from 68. The show was a wheel series setting the stage for the bold ones. I just said that.

It was also 90 minutes long. Yes. Do we have anything 90 minutes long on TV? I don't think so. Tonight Show used to be 90 minutes long. And I remember that was the time when TV shows first got the idea, let's be like movies. Yeah. Well, the television movie was the pilot directed by Stuart Rosenberg, who was a big feature director.

And Jew. Yes. Gene Barry took over for George McCready. Remember that actor? Oh, George McCready. Passive Glory. Yeah. He's in The Great Race.

Yeah. Wow. This also had the largest budget of any TV series. I saw that. Was it $250,000 an episode? I can't remember the number, but it's impressive. Yeah. For the time, for 70.

Yeah, George McCready was in Laura. Yeah, he's in a lot of stuff. And he was Mr. Payton in Payton Place. Very good. Very good. Okay, I will stump you with this show. And if you know this one, and I'm impressed that you knew Journey to the Unknown. Here's a show.

Did you find this one, Paul? It starred, we talk about Arthur O'Connell. Yes. On the show. The star of the show was Monty Markham, who's still around. Wow. And he's had an interesting career,

and we should track him down. I'm not sure you're going to know this from the premise. It was what was called a high-concept show, and if any of our listeners remember this show, it was about a guy

who leaves for Alaska in 1900 as part of the gold rush, but he's buried in an avalanche, and he's frozen in suspended animation. So far makes sense. High concept. For 67 years, and they find him and they thaw him, and he's brought to the home of his son, but his son is now elderly. Yes.

His son is now older than he is, played by Arthur O'Connell. And it was called The Second Hundred Years. Then also, Arthur O'Connell has a son, the grandson of the guy who was revived. Right, that's right. His grandson, Ken. Grandfather and the grandson are both 33 years old. Right, right. Had you ever heard of this show?

I hadn't heard of that, but I remember on the last show, I hadn't heard of that, but I remember on the last show, I was trying to remember the name of that performer who was in a movie where he's frozen, and then his son is, his father is younger than he is. Yeah, isn't it this? No, no, it was that, and you found the answer, I had forgotten the guy's name and it was El Brendel. Oh, El Brendel. Yeah.

All right. Right. And I forget the name of the movie now. Something like Just Imagine. Just Imagine. Yeah. Just Imagine. Yeah.

It was like Sleeper. Yeah. It was like the plot of Sleeper. Weird show. This show was created by a guy named Ed Simmons who was Norman Lear's writing partner early in his career, which is a little podcast connection. Oh, and speaking of Arthur O'Connell, I always thought they should have cast as brothers these actors who look and sound alike. There was that Frank Ferguson. Yeah.

Who was Mr. McDougal in McDougal's House of Horrors. Correct. And I was watching an old, I think, Ozzie and Harry. No, leave it to Beaver. And Beaver takes in a homeless man and it's Frank Ferguson. No shit. Yeah. Name me one other podcast that's talking about Frank Ferguson and Arthur O Frank Ferguson. No shit. Yeah. Name me one other podcast that's talking about

Frank Ferguson and Arthur O'Connell. And Arthur O'Connell just came up. We just had Jay and Arnie Kogan on the show The Comedy Writers

and Arthur O'Connell's name came up. So there's a lot of symmetry here. And I don't know if I mentioned I was watching Hawaii Five-O.

Which also debuted in 1968. Oh. I didn't have it here because you'll know the theme. Hawaii Five-O. Which also debuted in 1968. Oh. I didn't have it here because you'll know the theme. Hawaii Five-O, they did an episode where it takes place among the hippies. Uh-huh. And it had those, you know, they have no idea what hippies look or sound like. But they take in the head gangster and drunk drug pusher named Big Chicken.

Who played Big Chicken? Gavin McCloud. Oh, you sent me that. That was so hilarious. It was great. That was so hilarious. Gavin McCloud as a bad guy. A hippie drug dealer.

Yes. And the hippies all sound like beatniks. Of course. It's like, hey, daddy-o. Speaking of Hawaii, has Gilbert tweeted anything about the volcano? No, he's staying away from that. Too hot to handle. Literally.

It's okay. I don't have any jobs to lose right now. We're going to do one more quick one, and then we're going to save the rest for a future episode because Paul and I did some research, and we got more than a few left to go, we're gonna do one more quick one and then we're gonna save the rest for a future episode because paul and i did some research and we got we got more than a few left to go and we're gonna run out of time in about three minutes so uh he might get this one frank this is this is clip number three i will give you a hint i already stumped you on this theme oh about six months ago or eight months ago we had richard kind in here oh maybe it was 10 months 12 months ago or eight months ago and we had Richard Kind in here. Maybe it was 10 months, 12 months ago, but

you didn't get it the first time. Let's see. And it stumped Richard. Everybody deserves a second chance. Everybody deserves a second chance. That's the way we are. Frank? It's a comedy. Oh. For the second time, I'm lost.

Okay. Frankie. You know, I'd like to say, by the way, and you'll appreciate this as a music buff, Dave Grusin, the great Dave Grusin, wrote this score, wrote this theme, as well as the name of the game, the one that Gilbert was grooving to earlier. 68 was a good year for him. What if I said Charles Nelson Reilly, Rita Shaw. Remember Rita Shaw? Yes. That big, blousy woman.

Oh, yes, yes. Who always played like a drill sergeant or like a strict nanny. Hope Lang and Edward Mulhare. Okay, the ghost in Mrs. Muir. That's it. Which is a show I never really watched, even though it had a ghost in it. Well, you claimed that Edward Mulhare was an anti-Semite because he was emulating Rex Harrison. Yes.

So why would you watch it? And Charles Nelson Riley, we've heard other stories. He played local man Claymore Greg. Now, and as legend has it, and we'll have to find out from Sid and Marty, that, um, um, um, um, um,

what? Butch Patrick. Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster, was being chased around by Charles Nelson Brown. By Claymore Gregg. I don't think I ever watched The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I love the movie. The movie, yeah. The movie with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison and Joseph Mankiewicz movie is absolutely wonderful.

A great ghost movie. I don't think I ever saw the series. I watched it every day after school. You watched The Ghost and Mrs. Muir? It was on Channel 5 here in New York. 50 episodes. You know, there's a tragic story to Gene Tierney. Yes, I know the story.

This is Gene Tierney was, you know, beautiful actress. And she was pregnant and she was thrilled about having a child. And then she came down with rubella. Yes. And her child was severely mentally brain damaged and you know she was destroyed by that and the child had to be put in a home because she could no longer care for it and years later some woman came up to her and said oh my god i God, I remember I was quarantined to my room because I had rubella.

But when I heard that you were going to be in town, I snuck out of the house and I ran over to you and grabbed you and gave you a hug and kiss. That's a nice story. Yeah. She didn't have a long career, Jean Tierney. It was kind of an enigmatic beauty.

Yes, she was. And leave it to Gilbert to bring the show to a tragic... I try to do that. A tragic close. No, if you would, you would have said, Jean Tierney, is that with a G?

He would have had it as Lawrence Tierney. Yes. When we mix the show, I'm going to take the happy music from the show and put that underneath. So sad. What a horrible story. Thanks for sharing it. Paul, what do you got before we sign off? I got one thing since we haven't been strictly on the theme tonight.

If I could just mention 1967 briefly because I came across something. Oh, quick. I have nothing to say about it. It's just a series called, with Chuck Connors, Cowboy in Africa. Yes, it was in the research. Yeah, it was in the research. I don't know the show. I don't know anything about it, but just the idea of Chuck Connors.

Was that the name of one of his porn films? Yeah, it could be. I know Shaft in Africa. Chuck Connors galloping across Kenya somehow. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know anything about it. That's the show we would have done last year if we'd done 1967. Well, maybe we'll trot out 67, but we'll come back and do part two on 68.

But I was watching an old episode of The Rifleman and Lon Chaney Jr. There you go. Yeah. All right. For real? Yes. Yeah. And don't forget, and I would direct listeners to the wonderful Chuck Connors story told

by Larry Cohen about making him come to his hotel room and take his boots off, which he told on this very show. And there was one more thing started in 1968 that you forgot to mention. What's that? Me. Hey, happy birthday. Verteroso had a birthday. Want to take us out?

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