Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini #208: Gilbert & Frank's Twitter Mailbag

Episode Date: March 21, 2019

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Starting point is 00:00:48 This is one of many sounds in Tennessee with a story to tell. To hear them in person, plan your trip at tnvacation.com. Tennessee sounds perfect. This is Gilbert and Frank's amazing, colossal obsessions. Who are you? I don't remember. I'll have to check the closing credits. Are you John MacGyver?
Starting point is 00:01:29 Yes. Oh, yes. Everything must be run according to schedule. We'll have no slackers in this organization. Too late. He's having a better career
Starting point is 00:01:43 with you doing him than he actually had. I know. If only he was alive to see this and hear it. My God. We just had Andrew Bergman, the writer-director of The Freshman and the writer of The In-Laws here in Blazing Saddles, and he turned red.
Starting point is 00:01:56 He turned as red as a strawberry with laughter when Gilbert trotted out his John MacGyver. And we'll have to get John MacGyver's son in here. Boris MacGyver. Yeah, just so I can do. Fine. So, what's the name of the show? Oh, I think it's
Starting point is 00:02:13 Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsession. We're here with Verteroso, Ed Earwolf, and Dara is here, and Ray Bone. The late Ray Bone. The late Ray Bone is here.
Starting point is 00:02:23 It was a lovely ceremony, that was. Did Gilbert eulogize you as he did Abe Vigoda? I'm hoping he'll do an impression of me. That's what I'm waiting for. That was one of my most successful... Did you prepare material to go to roast Abe Vigoda when he died? I had nothing prepared.
Starting point is 00:02:40 You just stood over the casket and just did material. Yeah, just the stick. And it was in every, even in foreign newspapers. I think he would have loved it. Yeah. How did the family feel about it? They loved it too. Okay, so if I go first
Starting point is 00:02:58 before you. I'm hoping. Okay. I pray every day. Nothing would make me happier than to be at your funeral. These gifts that were sent, I am now keeping. These were gifts. We're going to open with this. This is a little housekeeping that we like to start these colossal obsessions with.
Starting point is 00:03:17 These are gifts that were sent by fans to fans tonight. This is from a gentleman. And I resent the fact that these are being sent to my office for you. Yes. You know, pretty much an ingrate. This is from Peter Swords of Phoenix, Arizona. S-O-A-R-D-S. I guess that would be pronounced Swords.
Starting point is 00:03:37 Sounds right. And this is for you, a gift that he sent. Dara, what's the area code of Phoenix? Well, it's a t-shirt, I think, of some kind. Dara showed a rare talent last week that we didn't know she had. Look what it says on the back. You love a free t-shirt.
Starting point is 00:03:53 Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Grouch remarks. There you go. There you go. And it's a medium so it might actually fit you. Oh my God, yeah. Or one of the kids could wear it
Starting point is 00:04:09 as a pajama and he sent you this postcard. Dear Gilbert, thank you for all the nights we spent up all night. It makes me so happy that you have a stellar podcast where I can hear you every week.
Starting point is 00:04:26 How nice. Oh, thank you. How nice. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. Oh, Mikkel. Dara, he also sent you this. Oh, no, this is from a different gentleman.
Starting point is 00:04:37 Excuse me. Yes. Oh, and someone on our last show, they sent me a soap maker, but I don't know if it didn't have it or I lost the instructions. Okay. So if any of you out there can tweet, you know, at Real Gilbert the instructions to that soap maker. I think I have it. There's a Google now. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:01 Yeah, there's a Google. You can get the instructions online. Oh, okay. Yeah, I think I know the job. I can't think of it offhand, but at home I have Google. You can get the instructions online. Oh, okay. Yeah, I think I know the... I can't think of it offhand, but at home I have the name of the person who sent that. Oh, okay. Is Gilbert at the point where he won't do anything for himself
Starting point is 00:05:12 to the point where he won't even Google something? Is that the level of stardom we're at? I taught you how to use the Google. Doesn't want to use it. This is from another fan. This is a sealed card for you. And this was sent by Chris Ketchmark who sent a box to my office
Starting point is 00:05:27 with all of these strange goodies. There's a card for Dar, what I assume is a card. Frank, this is for you. I think they're gourmet chocolates or bonbons. There's no way those are going to survive the night. Actually, oh, listen, look at this. He's on point.
Starting point is 00:05:44 They are actually premium Mandarin orange slices. Covered in chocolate? Covered in chocolate. Have you ever had such a thing? No, but I'm gonna,
Starting point is 00:05:50 I'm just gonna tell you right now, they're amazing. Well, these are for you. So you enjoy those. Wait, who is that from?
Starting point is 00:05:55 Chris Ketchmark. Chris Ketchmark. You are a rock star among men. In fact, can you just get on Old Forest and we'll fling it
Starting point is 00:06:02 at your ass? We agreed to not talk about that on air. You want me to open the card? Darren wants me to open the card. I also want to point out, I don't know if you guys ever had it, but I had a boss that used to give these out at the holidays. It was a chocolate orange that when you unwrap the foil,
Starting point is 00:06:17 there would be all these tightly put together chocolate wedges of orange flavored chocolate. And they're God's gift to the holiday season. So if you haven't had it, get it. This is perfect. This is a sympathy card about you being married to Gilbert. It says, there are no words, but there are heartfelt wishes and healing thoughts.
Starting point is 00:06:38 All are being sent your way during this difficult time with sympathy. And then he writes, this is very sentimental. He writes, thank goodness Gilbert has you. And by the way, your family is adorable. So he's obviously seen the movie or he's stalking you. One of the two. I would check when I got home tonight.
Starting point is 00:06:55 Chris Ketchmark. That is very nice. That's a very sweet sentiment. Gilbert, these are also for you. These are two books. You can tell the listeners what they are oh okay this one is a perfect book for me it's called why the jews it's called why the jews the reason for anti-semitism there's probably be a photo of me in there. Perfect. The most accurate predator of human evil. And the other one.
Starting point is 00:07:31 Oh, it's Neil Gabler's book. Oh, an empire of their own. That's a great book. How the Jews invented Hollywood. I read that book. Yeah, that's a terrific book. Why they think I'd be interested in Jewish topics. I have no idea.
Starting point is 00:07:45 He writes on it. He puts a post on it. It says, books for Gilbert to read when on the road. So you don't read on the road, do you? He's looking at SpectraVision porn when he's on the road. He's very busy. And I saved the best for last. This came with a rubber band and a post-it for Old Blind Raybone.
Starting point is 00:08:04 Old Blind. I'm going to hand this across the table to Paul. Keen-eared listeners can probably figure out what that is. I'm looking at it. I'm holding it, and I can't figure out what it is. Open it up quickly. It's only a half-hour show. Can you get it out of there?
Starting point is 00:08:21 I don't know. There. Just got to rip the wrapping as an audience waits. This is what they call dead air in the business. Hold on a minute, Paul. I'll open it for you. This is like the fucking cookie fiasco all over again.
Starting point is 00:08:40 The night Paul took three hours to open it. Gilbert knows what it is. He's figured it out. This is actually a blind man's walking cane. Oh, my God. Oh! Excellent! It's for Blind Raybone.
Starting point is 00:08:54 One of those fold-up walking canes. It's a folding walking cane. Who is this from? Excellent Taste. This is a big step up from the single dollar bills I've been getting in baggies. Exactly. Soon you'll get an iron lung.
Starting point is 00:09:10 A bunch of people will pitch in. That's funny. I hope you all enjoyed your gifts. They'll give you a GoFundMe funeral. If you'd like to see Raybone buried. I also want to thank Paul Ekstrom who sent me a wonderful book. He sent me The History of Primetime Television Shows, which is, have you seen this book?
Starting point is 00:09:30 No. Which is, I didn't bring it with me, but it's a giant volume of just about every television show ever made. Wow. To the date. I think the last, the most updated version of it was in the 90s. Anyway, I will bring it in, and we will definitely pull it together, a mini episode from it. I thought it would be fun if we just randomly opened pages
Starting point is 00:09:50 and see if we remembered those shows. I mean, every TV show, going back to the Dumont Network, is in this book. I sound like Ed McMahon now, in a Carnac bit. Let's do some tweets, because there were some people that wrote to us that
Starting point is 00:10:05 couldn't get on the call-in show and we'll try to get to some of them. I guess some of them are buried in here. Jim, which was a big success by the way.
Starting point is 00:10:14 It's surprising. I posted that thing on Monday and I thought I don't know what the reaction to this is going to be but your instincts were right to keep
Starting point is 00:10:21 Dr. Fred on the line because he was a big hit. I was going to give him the heave after about 30 seconds. That was the neurologist who thought he was funny. Yeah. And not close to what a real joke is. Did you see the response on social media? Oh, they love it. Is there any chance we were being punked by another podcast?
Starting point is 00:10:41 Possibly. You didn't think he was on the level? It was like joke after joke about 9-11, which may or may not have impacted Gilbert's life. Right. But it was just almost... That's what I thought it was. I thought it was like a send-up.
Starting point is 00:10:52 He was trying to spoof Gilbert. But what's the fun of the send-up if they don't reveal who they are or something, shouldn't they? I have to go back and listen to it. You listen to it several times. That makes a lot of sense, actually. I think it was real. I think it was legit, which is so frightening.
Starting point is 00:11:03 I don't know if it's really out there. Yeah. And I thought it would be funny in Las Vegas if the building in New York had an airplane sticking out of it. Yeah, every joke was a 9-11 joke. Yeah, it's like, is he trying to lose Aflac? I don't know what it was, but it was a success. So, you know, we'll do more of them. I heard Aflac dropped him from their insurance after they heard the podcast.
Starting point is 00:11:22 Possibly. Dara said there was a lot of social media engagement for that episode. So we're going to do something similar. Maybe even in a couple of weeks. Or we might even do like a call-in trivia show. I think we need to do an episode according to social media. Where it's just that guy and David McCallum talking the whole time. Sure.
Starting point is 00:11:40 You know who you are. Jim Spahr. Jim Spahr. Looking at your pod swag, why do you guys sell an Obama pin? He thinks your pin is... He thinks you look like Barack Obama. During his administration, I'd have people put up on Twitter a picture of me next to Obama. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:59 It's not the slight resemblance. Yeah. Here you go, Frank. Harold Itzkowitz. In discussing Edward Mulhare, David McCallum asked if he did My Fair Lady. He actually did. He replaced Rex Harrison on Broadway. And of course, Mulhare did Harrison's role
Starting point is 00:12:12 in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. These are people auditioning for your research job, Paul. Harold Itzkowitz, send us a resume. And they have the answer. Did you see this cartoon, Gilbert? The duck saying, have plaque, have plaque. Oh, yes.
Starting point is 00:12:28 In the dentist's office. That was sent by Louis Lepton, who said he thought of you. William Lanham writes to say, I found Norman's Corner. People are obsessed with finding Norman's Corner. Oh, yes. Which is readily available on YouTube.
Starting point is 00:12:40 You know, if you tune into Norman's Corner, you can't even tell some of those scenes were shot against a green screen. It's so seamless. That's like industrial life. I don't know how they do it. Yeah, it's Gilbert's finest hour. Arnold Stang's quite good in it, by the way. I know it was your idea to put him in it.
Starting point is 00:12:59 Is it on Larry's resume, you think? Norman's Corner? No. Jed Allen died. You know that name? He was the host of Celebrity Bowling. Oh, you think? No. Jed Allen died. You know that name? He was the host of Celebrity Bowling. Oh, my God, yes. Celebrity Bowling.
Starting point is 00:13:10 84, which Gino Salamone is obsessed with. Gino, if you're listening, I have more Celebrity Bowling goodies for you. This was sent by Tim Hanlon. Let's see who else is on here. Maybe Paul can open a gift to kill time here. I can't even read this guy's name. T-H-A-A-Z-F? How would you pronounce that?
Starting point is 00:13:37 You weren't bad. Superb interview with a truly fantastic guest. Who is he talking about? I think David McCallum. This was such a great episode. Everyone should check it out. Gilbert's podcast is brilliant. It's touching. It's fascinating and hilarious stories by artists
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Starting point is 00:15:00 time. DQ, happy tastes good. A Grimlock girl wants us to do more one-hit wonders. Dara, there's a person after your own heart. Bruce Vane sent a very funny video of Danny Thomas teaching Macaulay Culkin how to do a spit-take
Starting point is 00:15:17 on the old Letterman show. Do you know this clip? And what's he spitting out? Water. Or maybe it's coffee. David McCallum MB Truman writes, he's embedded in my memory as a huge childhood crush. He hooked me on blondes with accents for life.
Starting point is 00:15:34 Can't wait to listen to this. If Danny Thomas was really funny he would have been spitting out chocolate pudding. Oh good heavens. Empty City Squares, our friend John Fodiatis. Guys, that was a lot of fun. Thanks for taking my call.
Starting point is 00:15:51 Michael Caine and Grandpa Al Lewis, thank you. He did a pretty good Michael Caine. Oh, yeah. On the phone. Not bad. Do you do Michael Caine? You don't do Brits. Why?
Starting point is 00:15:59 You don't do foreign celebrities. No. I noticed. You don't do like a Charles Aznavoir. No, I just James Mason. Oh, James Mason. And you do Richard Burton. No, yeah. I stand corrected. I notice. You don't do like a Charles Aznavoir. No, I just, James Mason. Oh, James Mason. But MacGyver's kind of a... No, yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:08 I stand corrected. I think MacGyver's kind of a British accent. He's American. Yeah, but I mean, he had that kind of tone. He was one of those people I could easily be mistaken.
Starting point is 00:16:20 Rabbi David Kamarowski, Kamarowski, who writes to us often, I'm in need of a neurologist in Cleveland. Can you guys recommend somebody who has a 10-minute set on Ebola, the Spanish Inquisition, 9-11, and measles? Very, very funny.
Starting point is 00:16:34 Which one is funnier than the other? He's a hit. Doug Douglas Henao. Guys, the doctor from Ohio with the 9-11 chunk was classic. Speaking of spit takes, Saltier Bit. Boy, these Twitter handles. Saltier Bit. Hey, Frank, without this episode,
Starting point is 00:16:49 I'd never have known about Tony Randall and Al Malinaro's back and forth spit take contest. You should watch that. It's on YouTube. It's on the set of The Odd Couple, and they're just kibitzing, and they do a spit take contest, which is wonderful.
Starting point is 00:17:03 Johnny T. I just listened again to episode number 27. That is the Steve Cox episode for the 50th time. When Danny Thomas comes up, it is the funniest 15 minutes in podcast history. Oh, that was a funny interview with Steve Cox. That's when I went up on your kitchen floor. Yes. Yes. Rolling on the linoleum or the tile or whatever it is you have in your kitchen.
Starting point is 00:17:24 Yeah, we're trying to listen to that. Dara's saying, no, it's not linoleum. She tile or whatever it is you have in your kitchen. Dara's saying, no, it's not linoleum. She's shaking her head. What is it, tile? She's saying it's funny. I was saying that was so funny. Oh, that's so funny. God, I was gasping for air.
Starting point is 00:17:36 That and the time he did the Squatty Potty ad. Yeah. Neil Martin, Neil Martin OBE. I downloaded the 250th episode to listen on the plane back to London. It did not disappoint, though perhaps a few too many plane references when you're in midair. There you go. Nikki Savitt, who is my new Facebook friend. I was applauding throughout the 250th episode.
Starting point is 00:17:59 The doctor with the New York City jokes for the win. He was a winner. Fred is a big hit. Reed Haw jokes for the win. He was a winner. Fred is a big hit. Reed Hawkins says the same. For a laugh, I would see Dr. Fred. For physical, I think I would feel safer seeing Trump's doctor. Scott Stite, who called the show, I have Stitcher Premium for the Real Gilbert Amazing Colossal Podcast
Starting point is 00:18:24 and the Marc Maron Archive. It is also bonus gold. Mark owes Gilbert a return visit, and I think Gilbert owes Mark a jacket. Do we know what that's about? Did he borrow a jacket when he was in the garage? Oh, a sweatshirt. A sweatshirt. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:41 It was the birthday of our pal Rob Paulson. Yes. Podcast guest Rob Paulson. So we wanted to wish Rob. Oh, and I think it's the birthday of Sven Gulli. Is it? I think so. Today's Barbara Felden's.
Starting point is 00:18:52 Oh, happy birthday, Barbara Felden. Well, this will be up in three weeks. But happy birthday, Barbara Felden. And yesterday, I believe, was Al Jaffe's. Oh, geez. So we like to post that stuff. If it's in three weeks and we're mentioning them, should we just cut right to the funeral and condolences?
Starting point is 00:19:07 I'll tell you how Blaine was on my list. Yeah, no shit. There you go. Andrew Krakowski, Gilbert, you'll love this. He's got some kind of show on SoundCloud. This week we take a page out of Frank and Gilbert's book to look at the 1978 TV film Bud and Lou. They're doing a special episode on how strawberry malted can kill. page out of frank and gilbert's book to look at the 1978 tv film bud and lou doing it they're
Starting point is 00:19:25 doing a special episode and how strawberry malted's can kill somewhere i think there's a wikipedia page that has a mention of our podcast wow and the strawberry malted wow or so there are several there are several wikipedia entries that that uh and i keep like, on different shows and movies, orange wedges and glass coffee tables. We're going to get Dave Mandel on here, who's the EP of Veep. Dara, there's a booking. David Mandel. He'll come on and do the show. My old poker buddy.
Starting point is 00:19:59 And I say that because I played poker with him once. Yes. And he's the guy Gilbert is accusing of stealing our Danny Thomas thunder. Along with Emma Stone. Did you see the favorite yet? Did you see the orange throwing scene? No.
Starting point is 00:20:14 You didn't get a screener? No. Fuck you, Emma Stone. I have the screener. I'll give it to you. And didn't they do something of either Danny Thomas or Cesar Romero on Will and Grace.
Starting point is 00:20:25 I don't know. Let's put Paul on it. Paul, you want to do some research? I'm sorry. I'm still trying to catch up with strawberries on Wikipedia. Oh, there you go. Patty wants us to know you guys have a lot of female listeners. There was a whole thread on the Listener Society today.
Starting point is 00:20:43 It was all women. The amount of pussy that this show brings. Oh, absolutely. I'm pulling it down over my ears. Let's see. Here's a guy shaming us for not having enough Twitter followers. So we'll have to work on that. Did they let you vote is his Twitter handle.
Starting point is 00:21:02 How in the hell does the best and funniest podcast on the earth only have 8,000 Twitter followers? This is madness. So we have to. We only have 8,000 Twitter followers? What we need is. Huh? We need to get somebody famous to be associated with the show who has a big Twitter following. Now, who would that be?
Starting point is 00:21:20 And then use that Twitter following. And have them tweet from their account. And then maybe let people know that it exists. It's just hypothetical. You're talking crazy now. I have easily 85 followers, so we can throw that in the pool. Oh, put Grandpa back in bed.
Starting point is 00:21:35 Michael Coker or Cocher wants to say, he loved the Rob Paulson episode. Pat Buttram and John MacGyver in Raging Bull is still a classic. Oh, yes. Do you remember doing that? Yes. With Rob?
Starting point is 00:21:47 Can I go back to something 20 minutes ago on the show? I have no idea what the hell this thing is, but on Wikipedia it says, Frog Raccoon Strawberry Wiki. And there's a cartoon of Gilbert and a frog, and the frog says, It's Gilbert Gottfried. He's surprisingly inexpensive.
Starting point is 00:22:03 Wow. Wow. You turn up in some strange places, my friend. I'm sorry. Can I just point out something? Not to steal Paul's research thunder. Yeah, go ahead. I know.
Starting point is 00:22:12 That's what you call thunder? I know. Well, grumbling. Low rumble. I know a certain famous person with a podcast that has 393.2 thousand followers on Twitter. Now, if we could harness the power of half of those by saying, How would we do that? 393.2 thousand followers you don't say on Twitter now if we could harness
Starting point is 00:22:26 the power of half of those by saying how would we do that I don't know tweeting from that account now you're just rambling so what you're saying
Starting point is 00:22:35 is if he promoted the podcast from the account that had the most followers yeah instead of yelling into the vacuum cleaner to tell people
Starting point is 00:22:43 there's a show that's radical Frank that's radical, Frank. That's radical. ML Kennedy, I was sad that I couldn't call in for the call-in episode so I could talk about my weekly schedule of grocery shopping, but no way I was topping the 911 neurologist. He will now be known as the 911 neurologist. I bet you he's getting more patients than ever. He was spooky. We've got to
Starting point is 00:23:06 get to the bottom of him. Stitcher congratulated us on 250 episodes. That was nice of him. Nice of him. Nice of them. Over at Stitcher. Let's see what else. Hal Blaine died. As I said, Frank is having a laugh because Hal Blaine was somebody that we wanted on the show. My wife said,
Starting point is 00:23:22 you really got to start with the 90-year-olds and work in reverse. And maybe that's good advice. Way too logical. Way too long. Patrick Connor, I am stuck in a tunnel listening to the 250th podcast.
Starting point is 00:23:33 I'm laughing my ass off. A guy honks the horn and says, what are you listening to? I got you a new listener. Wow. By the way, Rip Taylor is still alive. Oh. Probably not by the time this airs.
Starting point is 00:23:45 Yes, yes. With the way we've been. We shouldn't ask for him because that'll kill him right now. With the way we've been going. David Fantel, our friend David Fantel. Oh, yes. Who told us that a dog once went down on Jacqueline Bissett. If that's how you want to remember it, that's fine.
Starting point is 00:24:03 If that's how you want to remember it, that's fine. And, you know, so anybody who thinks you're somehow superior to dogs, just remember a cocker spaniel went down on Jacqueline Bissett, and you didn't. How envious are you of that cocker spaniel? Oh, my God. I never even said hello to her. Jacqueline Bissett's around. Should we try to book her and have her confirm or deny?
Starting point is 00:24:27 Yes. That story? We should just have her in for like a minute. To go, did a dog go down on you? Please, by the way, please, if Jacqueline Bissett is on Twitter, fans, do not tweet at her. Do not harass the woman. This is from Three Oranges. I just pulled up to a drive-thru, rolled down my window, and... No, I'm not going to
Starting point is 00:24:46 read that one. I appreciate the tweet, Three Oranges, but it's a little dicey. Let's see. Someone is making a joke that we look a little pale in a photograph with Alan Alda. Yes!
Starting point is 00:25:01 Bill Pitts. We had a professional photographer here that night who took really wonderful pictures. That's one of them. That's not one ofa. Yes. Yeah. I saw that one. Bill Pitts. We had a professional photographer here that night who took really wonderful pictures. That's one of them. That's not one of them. Sure. No. His lighting was better.
Starting point is 00:25:11 Well, he took it outside. That was one of the ones he took outside. We have better ones. Well, I feel like they took the worst one. That's on me because that's the one
Starting point is 00:25:21 I sent them. Oh, you sent to them? Yeah. Frank. There was a rush and they wanted to get it up yesterday. Oh, I'm muting my button. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 00:25:28 Bill Pitt says, hey, guys, get outside, get some sunshine. You're blinding me. He thinks we're a little undersunned. Let's see, let's see, let's see. One more. Am I going to read that one? Anderson Pooper. That's his Twitter handle, Anderson Pooper. That's his Twitter handle.
Starting point is 00:25:46 Anderson Pooper. I enjoyed your 250th episode, start to finish. Speaking of the Danny Thomas show. Yes. I have not missed a single episode, and it just reminded me why I cannot wait for Sunday nights. How is this guy getting episodes on Sunday nights, Dara? Do we know?
Starting point is 00:26:02 Is it Australia? No, I think... Is he down under? I think the Stitcher stuff comes out earlier. Really? I think the Thursday show is out Wednesday night. Like three in the morning? Yeah, I think they put it up pretty early. Wow.
Starting point is 00:26:16 So that when you wake up, it's already in your podcast device. Here's the last one. Sean Rogers says, Hey Frank, I listen to 250. I'm from Sydney, so I wanted you to know that your listeners here are Jennifer, a wallaby, and me. And our friend Maurice Bershtinsky, who is also down in
Starting point is 00:26:31 Australia. Thanks so much for doing what you guys do. And once again, I am a massive Richard Kind fan here too. Richard Kind fan. That's not easy to say. Yeah, we have to share all this stuff with Richard. And by the way, I shared with Dara today, I got an email from somebody who's a writer on the show Empire.
Starting point is 00:26:48 Oh, that was good. Who said they listen to the podcast in the writer's room. Can you imagine that? Why aren't they writing? They never miss an episode. Why aren't they writing?
Starting point is 00:26:55 It gives me an idea. I'm going to hire some guys to tie me down and throw oranges at me to publicize the show and help my career. Yeah. Good idea. Isn't that the show where
Starting point is 00:27:04 that happened? Good idea. Yeah, Empire. Yeah. I think we can't that the show where that happened? Good idea. Yeah, Empire. Yeah. I think we can do the same thing. You did a Jussie Smollett call.
Starting point is 00:27:08 The police will come to my apartment and they're going to find a case of oranges and some orange juice, nothing. But go on about this idea about tweeting from the
Starting point is 00:27:15 account that has the thing. The logic is, and hear me out here because this isn't crazy. If out of like the nearly 400,000 people that follow,
Starting point is 00:27:24 let's say, let's call him Schmilbert. I don't want to reveal his identity. All right. If 100,000 of those people tuned in. Frank, you've been drinking again. Come get your oranges. But I have to say, Dara has pointed out she does, in fact, tweet from that account. Yes.
Starting point is 00:27:40 Many episodes are tweeted from that account. So we're just having fun. We owe you an apology, Dara. Can I offer you some chocolate-covered oranges? Those are mine. And a blind man's
Starting point is 00:27:49 stick. We'll eat them with the stick. We will do another call-in episode soon. We've got some ideas. Gilbert can't be here for it, but, you know,
Starting point is 00:27:59 Paul and I will do what we can to carry it. So we're wrapping up a little early tonight which is unusual so before we go people have to go home
Starting point is 00:28:07 before we go I'm going to go home and watch a movie with Elizabeth what should we watch? oh any kind of era particular ballpark maybe a classic of some sort
Starting point is 00:28:17 any any genre I'll leave that up to you guys black and white could be want to watch a comedy comedy would be good a classic comedy want to recommend a classic comedy Comedy would be good. A classic comedy.
Starting point is 00:28:25 You want to recommend a classic comedy? Bela Lugosi meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Good choice. Sarah Spieler's Day Off. How about BAPS? Have you seen BAPS? No. A booty call?
Starting point is 00:28:37 Oh, deadly. I will recommend, you serious about this? Yeah. Old school, 40s? Yeah. Sullivan's Travels. Really?
Starting point is 00:28:45 Yeah, you ever see it? No. No, you'll thank me. Yeah. Who school, 40s? Yeah. Sullivan's Travels. Really? Yeah, you ever see it? No. No, you'll thank me. Yeah. Who's in it? No one you know. Yeah. Veronica Lake?
Starting point is 00:28:52 Nobody I know. Joel McRae? Joel McRae I know. And in that movie you'll find out where Oh Brother Where Art Thou comes from.
Starting point is 00:29:01 Oh really? Yes, you'll find out a lot of things. Sullivan's Travels. Sullivan's Travels. Preston Sturgis. That's just off the top of my head. I'm so glad I asked you'll find out a lot of things. Sullivan's Travels. Sullivan's Travels. Oh, sounds great. That's just off the top of my head. I'm so glad I asked.
Starting point is 00:29:08 If you want a comedy. Yeah. You want a drama? You've seen The Third Man? Yeah, I love The Third Man. Love The Third Man. How about Touch of Evil? Seen Orson Welles' Touch of Evil?
Starting point is 00:29:16 I don't think so, no. Okay, so you'll watch Sullivan's Travels and you'll watch Touch of Evil, two completely different moods and animals. Sounds good. Okay. Can I make a quick announcement? Go.
Starting point is 00:29:26 In the time that we've been talking, Gilbert Gottfried's Twitter went up to 393.3K followers. What are we going to do with those people? Just a mere suggestion in the universe of more people. It jumped. If only we could harness that power. It's live. It's live. It's live. Do you want to plug Cameo, by the way?
Starting point is 00:29:50 Oh, yes. All right. Go ahead. Quick. Yes. I do this thing, Cameo. It's at cameo.com. I film myself and record myself.
Starting point is 00:30:00 You what yourself? I send, I go fuck myself. And I blow myself. But I can send any message you want. I love you. I hate you. Congratulations. Merry Christmas. Happy birthday. Wasn't Anthony Weiner
Starting point is 00:30:17 an early adopter to this whole cameo? He was. He taught me everything I know. Say goodnight, Gracie. You just got to put yourself out there is what I'm saying. Yeah. Say goodnight. See, it wasn't the Belasco Theater.
Starting point is 00:30:39 It was the Morosco Theater. And it was Lady, Lady, Be My Baby. This has been Gilbert and Frank's amazing, amazing Colossal Obsessions. Yeah, very good. And right now, the mark has arrived to take away Ray Ball. The meat wagon is here.
Starting point is 00:31:04 I've got my stick. We love you, Paul. I love you back. Thank you.

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