Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini #212: TV History Hodgepodge

Episode Date: April 18, 2019

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I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre. And this is Envar engineer, Frank Ferdarosa. And this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsessions. Says you. And we have someone who died this morning of crib death. Our old black blind rainbow. Why was he sleeping in a crib?

Well, he's got infantitis. Wow. I heard he had impetigo. Paul, you are a survivor. Considering all that, I don't feel that bad. Typhoid Raybone is here. How you doing? Good. I'm doing well. How about you? I'm alright.

How about Mr. Gottfried? Compared to you, How you doing? Good. I'm doing well. How about you? I'm all right. How about Mr. Gottfried? Ah. Compared to you, I'm Jack LaLanne. Dick Tanny. I always say for Gino to get Gino to laugh. Any quick housekeeping? Did you do anything this week? Oh.

Of note? Did I? No. We lost the great Larry Cohen, which I don't believe, we just touched upon it briefly, but we'll have to do a tribute episode.

He was such a fun guest. If you're keeping track, I think it's our 14th guest that we lost through the course of this show. At least he got on the show first. At any time, which is how we prefer it.

Really, one of a kind. A great showman. Each one of his stories was like, is this really true? It doesn't even matter. It's better if they weren't true. I know. It was the most insane story.

You know, listening to Shep Gordon this week, and I realized that, I said to my wife, this is my favorite kind of guest, is somebody like Shep or Larry Cohen or Ron Delsner promoters yes guys who are who are born showmen yes that's why it would have been so great to have uh Chuck Barris oh my god Corman is another one like that you know we've had yes we've had our share and I love those guys I love those you know yeah big salesmen yeah of guys. Yeah, they're the guys who if they weren't doing this, they'd be on the boardwalk selling. Yeah, walkers. Yeah. And they make great guests.

They make great interviews. But we should probably do a mini episode of tribute to Larry's movies. Oh, absolutely. Which we'll do at some point. But I didn't prep that. Did anybody take a look at the new Twilight Zone? You know, I did. I didn't. No, I didn't watch that. Did anybody take a look at the new Twilight Zone? I did. I didn't watch it.

Uh-oh. I have thoughts. I think it's good. I'm only halfway through the first episode. I think they're trying a lot to be the original Twilight Zone. I think there's a lot of camera angles that kind of bring you back

to that, But the fact that it's shot modern and in color, I feel like I need to turn the color off on my TV. Oh, you could do that. To enjoy it. Yeah. We should do a Twilight Zone episode, too, going forward. There were a few there was the

Forrest Whitaker Twilight Zone. And then there was another Twilight Zone that didn't have a host. It just had a voiceover host. I remember. Yeah, there was one in the 90s. Yeah. Wasn't there one where they had like three separate episodes that were with three different directors?

I can't remember. It's come back so many times in so many ways. And they were always terrible. Well, you know, one of the, what is it? Terror at 20,000 Feet. What's the name of that one? Shatner one? Oh, yeah. Oh, that's the movie you're talking about.

He's talking about the one that Richard Donner directed with John Lithgow. Yeah, and it just wasn't the same. And now, apparently, the new Twilight Zone has done yet another version of it, which I haven't seen yet. Yeah. Maybe they ought to lay off remaking the classic episode.

I mean, Frank is right. I think they're trying to be too close to the original Twilight Zone. And the Twilight Zone movie, the John Landis one, killed people. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's a big morrow.

It's a very bad. Send those two children. It's a very sad situation. Speaking of terror at 20,000 feet, a friend, a fan of the podcast, Gabriel Knoll or Gabriel Noel, I don't know how he pronounces it, up in Canada sent us this, Gilbert, a little gift for you. The Incubus. With William Shatner.

Ah! There you go. And a young William Shatner. There you go you go. And a young William Shatner. There you go. Perfect segue, Paul. Thank you for that. Yeah, beautiful. The effect is maximum terror.

We like to acknowledge the gifts that we get and keep them coming. Is it an ink? Gilbert needs something to do on the road. You know that picture? I don't remember it that well. It definitely is probably of that Rosemary's Baby ilk. Probably. That sounds right. Probably.

Yeah, there were a lot of those movies. The Sentinel. Oh, yes. Was one. With that model. I can't remember her name now. No. Let me give Raybone his first assignment of the night.

Oh, and Burgess Meredith. He is. He is. Very, very good. So, speaking of gifts, we got... Oh! The movie that was a movie with Tony Curtis, where... The Manitou?

I think so. And they say this fetus that the devil is making... No, it's not the Manitou. ...was growing in this woman's neck. And Tony Curtis is the brilliant doctor. And they zoom in for a close-up and Tony

Curtis says, in her neck? Isn't that a part of my big fat Greek wedding? I don't think so. Does anybody know what an incubus is?

No, hit us. No. A male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. Ah. You're thinking of Harvey Weinstein. No, I'm thinking of Gilbert, actually. Yes. Let me see if I can find the name of the picture you're talking about, Gil.

Which one is it? The Tony Curtis. I'm going to show Raybone how research is done. Listen, the listeners have already had it done in half the time that we do it. Let's see. The movie you're talking about, is it The Manitou?

It can't be. No. Manitou sounds like a perfect title for it. Oh, God. What is the plot of The Manitou? Cesar Romero had a Manitou. Yeah. The Manitou was Cesar Romero had a Manitou. Yeah. The Manitou

was inspired by an old legend about an American Indian Manitou. No, that's a different... Oh! This may be it,

Gilbert. Evil does not die. It waits to be reborn. That's the one. Was Michael Ansara in it? Stella Stevens? That could be.

I'll read you the plot. A woman is suffering from a growing tumor on her neck. Ah, there we go! And there's a series of hospital and x-ray a series of x-rays that reveals the thing.

It is a living creature a fetus born inside the tumor. There you go. I don't know how I come up with this shit. I don't know how you come up with this shit.

Rob Smentek. Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara and Susan Strasberg. Michael Ansara was famously married to Barbara Eden. Uh-huh.

This is a gift from a listener. This is a great gift sent by our friend Rob... Not Rob Smentek. This was sent by Paul Ekstrom. Rob Smentek, I have on the brain for another reason. This is the complete directory to primetime network and cable TV shows from 1946. It says, to the present.

But I think the last printing of this is the 20th anniversary edition. It's hard to believe that in 1946 they had TVs. Yeah, I mean, not very sophisticated television, but there was television. And they, I don't know how these guys put this book together. It's, I can understand why they do one every 10 years.

Oh, I just got an idea. Go. Look up Thick of the Night. Oh, you're in here. I'm not sure they do late night. I think it might just be primetime. I think it's primetime shows. So Thick of the Night, probably not here. No, Thick. I'm mistaken. Thick of the Night. Probably not here.

No. Thick. I'm mistaken. Thick of the Night. Oh. What would you like to know? Just. Regulars.

Alan Thicke. Here we go. Richard Belzer. Isabel Grandin. Yes. Mike McManus. Chloe Webb. Yes.

Gilbert Gottfried. Has you here for one year. 83. Yes. Yes. Arsenio. The Tom Canning Band. Yes. Gilbert Gottfried. Has you here for one year. 83. Yes, yes. Arsenio. The Tom Canning Band. Ah. And the John Tobin Band.

Wow. Recurring players, Rick Dukeman, Fred Willard, Bill Hudnut, Carl Wolfson, and Cecil Frenette. There you go. It was September 5th, 1983. There you go. Gee, so it was there. Everything you wanted to know.

Yeah. I had McMahon here. Yes. This reminds me of something altogether off track, which I like to do. Yeah, I noticed that. Not entirely off track. To bring the show to its knees. Bring the show crashing down.

David Letterman. Yeah. Late night Guy. And we mentioned on the air that somebody put together those clips. Don Giller is the guy's name, or Don Giler. I don't know how to pronounce his name, but it's a labor of love. I think all your performances of the 70s. Is that right, Gilbert?

Did you look at it? Somebody found your old Letterman performances. Oh, I saw that. I signed that. Yes. It's great. Yes. Leads off with Ben Gazzara and goes on from there. I think David Letterman's great Ben Gazzara leads off with Ben Gazzara

and goes on from there I think David Letterman liked the Ben Gazzara bit there were times in there when he's laughing hysterically in the back he's not on camera but Letterman was obviously

having a great time listening to you wow so this is from Paul and he writes hey Gilbert and Frank I had a similar book when I was a teen

it went through 1968 I would page through it looking through old shows the premise of the show. I hope you guys enjoy this one. Also, if Paul Raybone's Munchausen by proxy isn't too severe, he may be able to use it for research. It might speed him up a little. Fat chance.

It would have come down with crib death all of a sudden. Now, can I pick out a number? Yeah, you say a random number, and I'm going to find the page, and we'll see how many shows we can remember or what we can remember from that page. Okay. 358. Jesus, I was on 349, so I'm not that far away. 358.

You guys have a psychic connection, I think. I guess we do. Two twisted individuals. One day we'll find it, the psychic it okay we got some old ones here we got ford ford theater from 1949 a dramatic anthology for the people again william shatner this is a police drama from 1965 with uh william shatner howard howard da silva oh I believe was blacklisted. Am I wrong about that? Do you know, years ago, I was in California, and I was waiting for the light to change,

and I look over, and Howard De Silva was standing, and I didn't say anything. I have the right guy, right? The guy that played Ben Franklin in 1776? Yes, yes. I think he was blacklisted. He was also the, I think the lawyer or something in that episode

of The Outer Limits with Leonard Nimoy. Very good. This has, this starred William Shatner, Lonnie Chapman, Howard DaSilva, and podcast guest

Jessica Walter. Wow. You found a podcast guest in your first try. Geez. Also on the page is Yafit Kodo, who we talk about a lot. Excellent.

In a show called For Love and Honor, which aired from September 23rd of 1983 all the way to December 27th of 1983 with Yafit Kodo, Cliff Potts, Keenan Ivory Wayans, and Kelly Preston. The Shatner one was before Star Trek, right? Shatner won 65, January 65 through May of 65.

So if that show had taken off... There would have been no Star Trek. Who knows? Who knows? For Your Love is also on this page from 1998. I never heard of this show. D.W. Moffat and Holly Robinson Peete.

That's the song by the... Who was it? The Zombies? For Your Pleasure from 1948 to 1998. I never heard of this show. D.W. Moffat and Holly Robinson Pete. That's the song by, who was it, the Zombies? For Your Pleasure from 1948. For Your Love. The Ford Show, The Ford Star Review, The Ford Star Jubilee, and Ford Star Time and Ford Theater. Okay, Paul, you get to pick one.

Alright, let's see. Let's go with 126. 126. Are these in chronological order? They're in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order. 126. That was a good year for us. That's why I picked it.

126 brings us to the Brady Bunch Hour. There you go. There we go. The Bruce Valanche. I love that show. Oh, that's an excellent one. I believe Sid and Marty might have had something to do with this one as well. I can still be, I can remember being mad that we had to leave my

aunt and uncle's house and that we wouldn't be home in time to watch it. There you go. That's very sad. January 23rd of 77 to May 25th. It's suicidal. It lasted four months. Yep. Mike Lickenlange. And that was

the one with Introduce Fake Jan Jerry Reichel Also, The Bradys is on this, which lasted from February 9th, 1990 to March 9th of 1990 We should throw out to the fans anything you guys remember about these shows

It was a month It was exactly a month Also on this page, a game show from 1958 called Brains and Brawn. Oh, here you go, Gilbert. We were just talking about Larry Cohen. Yes. Branded. Branded.

Only one man lived down in Bitter Creek, but they said he ran away. Branded. Scorned by the man who ran. What do you do when you're branded? And you know you're a man. Whatever you do for the rest of your life,

you must prove you're a man. Very nice. I have the number of a psychiatrist for you guys. A strange tribute to Larry Cohen. Branded Chuck Connors, The Adventures of Jason McCord,

set in America in the 1880s. From January 24th of 65 through September of 1966. So a year and a half for Branded. Not longer than that. That was only a year and a half? And yet you remember it so well. How about a game show called Break the Bank with Burt Parks and Bud Collier

who was the voice of Superman in the cartoon. And breaking away the spin-off from the movie that starred Sean Cassidy and Vincent Cardinia and another podcast guest, Barbara Barry. So podcast guests galore.

Was it Barbara Barry was in the movie? She was in the movie. I believe she and Jackie Earl Haley were the only people to reprise their roles from the movie. Okay, 200. I just turned to a random page without you saying anything, and I swear to God, my thumb landed on Cesar Romero. Look at that. That's supernatural. I just didn't even do anything.

Where am I? Usually an orange. I'm on Falcon Crest. He was a guest star on the show Falcon Crest or he was a recurring. Give me another number, Gil. 238.

238 brings us to, I'll go as fast as I can here because that's dead air. Okay. The Dating Game. The Dating Game. Ah! The Dating Game. 1966,

October to January 17th of 1970. How's another podcast guest for you? The Dave Thomas Show. Oh! Right there. Dave Thomas, May 28th of 1990 to June 25th of 1990.

Another month. Dave was a great podcast guest. Teresa Ganzel, Julie Fulton, Anson Downs. Dave's World, Harry Anderson. Oh, okay. Harry Anderson, where he played Dave Barry. Yes, yes. May Shock Taylor was in that show.

Shadow Stevens. Now, that seems like it lasted a week. September, that was three years. September 20th, 1993, not four years, to July of 1997. It was a hit. Now, Meshack Taylor was like the effeminate guy in Mannequin. Yes, also Designing Women. Yes.

Yes. in Mannequin. Yes. Also Designing Women. Yes. Yes. Date with the Angels, a situation comedy from 1957

that starred Betty White. Oh, okay. And Burt Mustin and Richard Deacon. Oh, wow. And Jimmy Boyd, who I think

may still be alive. How about that? And Dateline, and as I said, The Dating Game, and The Dave Garroway Show. Okay, Paul, you get to do another one

I get to do another how many pages are in this book let's see 1360 Jesus Christ but you don't want to go you don't want to go past

1100 because then you run out of shows the rest is just indexing alright give me 1095 how's that 1095 1095

alright boy you're getting adventurous there I'm looking for 1095 I'm looking for Z that 1095 1095 alright boy you're getting adventurous there I'm looking for I'm looking for Zorro 1095 War of the Worlds Gilbert

here we go War of the Worlds from 1988 to 1990 do you know these actors Richard Chaves Dennis Forrest

Julia Richlings nope don't know them Rachel Blanchard we found three people in a row that you don't know. Wanted dead or alive, Steve McQueen. Oh. It was on this page from September of 58 to March of 61.

That was a show about a bounty hunter. Josh Randall, played by Steve McQueen. Also, The Waltons. The Waltons. You landed on. Yeah. And The Walter Winchell Show. I believe Dick Cavett told us Walter Winchell packed heat.

He did? Yeah. Yeah. They got to do. Carried a gun. They have to do a movie about... Walter Winchell. Yeah.

No, they did. They did. Oh, yeah, they did. With Lushi. Stanley. Tushi. Yeah. I think they might have done two. Yeah, yeah, they did it. With Lushi. Stanley. Tushi. Tushi. I think they might have done two.

Yeah. I think they did one. Didn't they have one with Daniel Trevante from Hill Street Blues? Oh, maybe. From Hill Street Blues. Oh, here, I have a show for you to look up. Go. Man with a Camera.

Man with a Camera. I've heard of it. I'm flying through the pages as fast as I can. Man with a camera. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. I found Manimal. Oh, excellent. Manix.

Marblehead Manor. Man with a camera. Yeah, I think it was Charles Bronson. Oh, God. Where is it? Where is it? Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac. He found it. Alright, let's see. I got it. I got it. Charles Bronson. Oh, God. Where is it? Where is it? Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac. He found it. All right.

Let's see. I got it. I got it. Charles Bronson, Ludwig Stossel, and James Flavin. Do we know Yvette Vickers? I don't know Yvette Vickers, but it aired from October of 58 to February of 1960. What made you think of that one? I don't know.

I just remember that Charles Bronson had a TV show. Let's do this. Let's look up Gilbert Gottfried in the index and see how many different places you appear. Well, I'll have to have Saturday Night Live. It's a vast index. I'll tell you, this book, this is a great

gift and you could really, really lose yourself in this book. We will return to Gilbert Gottbert gottfried's amazing colossal podcast after this that's the sound of fried chicken with a spicy history thornton prince was a ladies man to get revenge his girlfriend hid spices in his fried chicken. He loved it so much, he opened Prince's Hot Chicken. Hot chicken in the window. This is one of many sounds in Tennessee with a story to tell. To hear them in person, plan your trip at tnvacation.com.

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They have, while you're looking, man with a camera, they have similar shows, which is a little weird. The Millionaire. Yeah, The Millionaire, sure. The Lineup, The DuPont Show with June Allison. I found you, Gilbert. Yeah. You're on a show called How'd They Do That in 1993.

It was hosted by Pat O'Brien. Segments ran the gamut from frivolous to the serious. They demonstrated how special effects were created from movies, chronicled scientific breakthroughs in medicine and physics, covered techniques in criminal

investigations, and showed somebody... This one I don't remember. You were on it with Howie Mandel, Lita Ford, and Clarence Clemons. I don't remember this one for the life of me. You were talking about medicine and physics. Yes. No wonder you don't remember

that. Yes. Let's try another one. Let's see. Another Gilbert Gottfried show would be page 826. Let's see. Another Gilbert Gottfried show would be page 826. Let's see what we have here. This is...

Ooh, where are you? Problem Child, the cartoon. Oh, that's right. That was animated in Spain. 26 episodes. Yeah. Starred Ben Diskin, Jonathan Harris, the Jonathan Harris? Jonathan Harris took

over the, um, whatchamacallit, Jack Warden role. Oh, my gosh. Uh, also E.G. Daly, Nancy Cartwright, who I believe is the voice of Bart Simpson, and uh, Iona Morris. Yeah. Gilbert

Gottfried reprised his movie role as Harriet Principal at the Toe Valley Elementary School. Yes. So here you are. No. Cartwright, I think, is the voice of, is Bart. Bart. What did I say? Yeah.

Yeah. I think you may have said Marge. That's. Marge. Why did I say Marge? Julie Kavner. Yeah. Julie Kavner.

I don't know why I said that okay here let's find another Gilbert show I need some page turning music uh 862 862 would be what

uh 862 that's uh hmm 862 okay you are again Gilbert uh Robert Kleintime you made an appearance Hmm, 862. Okay. Here you are again, Gilbert.

Robert Klein time. You made an appearance on the USA Network. Boy. The theme of the show was I Can't Stop My Leg. When was that? 1986. Oh, was that his talk show? Yes, on USA Network. Yes, yes, yes.

Okay, that I remember. There you go. Okay, one more for Gilbert, and then I'm going to randomly pick another page. What was the one he was in with Sandra Bullock? What was that?

It was like a movie or a show. I think the catchphrase was... Why am I so turned on right now? I am so turned on right now. Oh, my God. You are brilliant. Come here.

I will fuck you. Yeah. He never gets tired of hearing it. He never gets tired of hearing it. Would you? 10, 18. That lasted 50 seasons. I remember.

When my priest used to say that, it wasn't as funny. One more, Gilbert. Page 986 in this wonderful Bible. We will find one more Gilbert Gottfried listing. The Sunday Comics. Yes, that was one of those stand-up shows. You were on there with John Mendoza, our friend Carol Leifer, Dennis Wolfberg, theifer, Dennis Wolfberg,

the late great Dennis Wolfberg, Jeff Joseph, and Franklin Ajay, and Jeff Altman. Yeah, I was on there a couple of times.

We're big pants people. Also, our pal Rick Overton. Okay, I marked off a couple of pages. I had to mark off the page with

Life with Lucy. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I want a box set with Life with Lucy. Oh, oh, oh, oh. I want a box set of Life with Lucy. It aired September 20th, 1986 to November 15th, 1986.

Two months. The theme song was sung by Edie Gourmet. She played Lucy Barker. Probably, they describe it as probably the most widely anticipated new series and most embarrassing flop of the 86 season, an ill-conceived comedy that marked the return of Lucille Ball to series TV after 12 years. ABC had to promise her a huge salary,

complete creative control, no pilot or testing, and a guaranteed time slot on the fall schedule. What it got was an unimaginative rehash of the Lucy shows, only this time with a 75-year-old star. Pretty painful. That was one of those scary, scary shows. Yes.

It sits, alphabetically, it sits right atop Life with Luigi with J. Carol Nash and Vito Scotti. Wow. From 1950. See, now I want to watch that. Life with Luigi. Here's another one. I picked this page because I found our friend John MacGyver on page 516

in something called The Jimmy Stewart Show. Yes, he was like, yeah. Because they gave him a show. They gave Henry Fonda a show. Yeah, Henry Fonda had the Smith family with Ron Howard. And the Jimmy Stewart show from September. I remember this very well. It was on NBC.

September 71 to August 72. Julie Adams, who we just lost. John MacGyver. There you go. An anthropology professor. John MacGyver! There you go. Holy fuck!

Yeah, how about that? Here's one other page that I landed on. That's the one John MacGyver show. Jimmy, I'm a big fan of yours. Just watch what I do, and I'll make an actor out of you yet. Here's a page. Here's a show called Bigelow Theater from 1950. And I stopped on this because it says,

This series of film dramas appeared on CBS before moving to the Dumont Network. Oh. Not the Margaret Dumont Network. Some of the telecasts in the run had been seen on CBS, among them, The Big Hello, starring Cesar Romero. You can't escape him. What do you think went on on The Big Hello, starring Cesar Romero. You can't escape him. What do you think went on on The Big Hello? Oh, boy.

Lastly. It's like they showed up with a bucket of oranges and he said, hello. The show was underwritten by a sun-kissed over-rote. Yeah. Overwrote. Underwrote and over. The writers overwrote it. Sun-kissed under- over- under-wrote. Yeah. Overwrote. Underwrote it. And over. The writers overwrote it.

Sun-kissed underwrote it. We also urge our listeners, if you know any of these, I just flashed by Fish Police. Does anybody remember Fish Police? Oh, yes, yes, yes.

Fish Police. Yeah, and Fish. I think that lasted a month. Here's lots of luck created by our friend Billy Persky. Yeah. September 73

to May of 74. Drew loves that one. But here's a little quiz for you, Gil. Who was in Lots of Luck? Dom DeLuise. Oh, okay. Kathleen Freeman. Yes, yes, yes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sort of a Honeymooners kind of a thing. Didn't it have an almost identical theme song to Olden Family? Or was that another? Not really. This theme song Billy wrote. Yeah, this. I used to have a nickel, a pickle.

It only used to cost a nickel. And a bus ride only used to cost a buck. No, that's. Lots of luck. That's definitely. Maybe that's what they were. Like Olden Family. Emulating.

We'll end this with a quick quiz. Like, gee, the way Glenn Miller played, so it's the same. Similar. Yeah. These, I'm going to quiz you guys. See if you can name these spinoffs. What show spun off from MASH? Oh, well, after MASH.

After MASH. That's easy. The Danny Thomas Show. Oh, well, After Mash. After Mash. That's easy. The Danny Thomas Show. Oh, boys. Spun off. Brought to you by Windex. Oh, you got the Caesar in there. Pretty good.

Did you know the Andy Griffith Show was a spinoff of the Danny Thomas show? Swear to God. I swear to God, it was. And when was that dropped? When did it drop? Okay, what was the spinoff from, I'm spitting all over myself. What was the spinoff from Hill Street Blues? Oh.

I believe it starred Dennis Franz. Oh, was it the name of the character? Yeah, I think it was called Beverly Hills Bunts. That's right. Oh, my God.

Does that mean anything to you? Oh, my God. I remember that title. Yep. There you go. Here we go. The Jeffersons. What was the Jefferson spinoff?

Did you know there was a Jefferson spinoff? What spinoff of the Jeffersons? What? Wasn Jefferson spinoff? Did you know there was a Jefferson spinoff? What spinoff of the Jeffersons? Wasn't it 227? No. Good guess. Oh. I think the same actress.

Oh. Yeah. But she starred Marla Gibbs. Yeah. Florence the Maid starred in her own series called Checking In. Oh, I had no idea. Which was a spinoff of the Jeffersons. How long did that one?

I was absent that day. Okay. Gilbert, what was the spinoff of the Jeffersons. I was absent that day. Okay. Gilbert, what was the spinoff from Barney Miller? Oh, Fish. Fish. Fish. With Abe Vigoda. Very good.

Why the fuck we didn't have Abe Vigoda? We should have. We should have. I think he was starting to slip when we started the show. What was the spinoff, you know this, of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? Oh, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? I know, I know. It's the only one I know. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.? Oh, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? That's the only one I know. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Yes, yes. Raybone gets it. What was that actress's name again? Stephanie Powers. Oh, okay. Still around. Okay.

What was the spinoff from B.J. and the Bear? Our listeners are screaming because they know these answers. Oh, boy. It's the star Claude Akins. Ooh. The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. Oh, boy. It starred Claude Akins. Ooh. The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. Yes. And he had like a dumb deputy, this round-faced character.

Yes, I believe he did. Yeah. I'll have to look that up. But I'm on this page. I remember that show, Sheriff Lobo. No, the Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo and real quickly

here's three more and I didn't know this Ironside had a spin off do you know what it was? ooh it was called Sarge and it starred George Kennedy

wow did not know that he did not know that uh what spun off from Cheers besides Frasier ooh

oh Cheers hmm wow What spun off from Cheers besides Frasier? Oh, Cheers. Wow. Frank, any guesses? I would have gone with Frasier. I can't think of anything else. Is there a thing called Norm's Place? I mean, that's the only other thing I'd go with. How about the Tortellis starring Dan Hedaya and Casey Kasem's wife, Jean Kasem?

Did it last two episodes? From January to May of 1987. It was a real January-May relationship. She had like four or five episodes. Okay, Gilbert, these are two spinoffs starring people you knew personally. Yes, okay. The Rockford Files had a spinoff. Okay.

That starred a man who directed you in one of your most famous films. Oh, would this be Problem Child? Yes. Dennis Dugan. Dennis Dugan. What was the name of the show? Oh, God. That spun off from the Rockford Files that he starred in.

There was like something like a weird name like Wacky McDougal. Richie Brockleman. That's it. That's it. Wacky McDougal? Wacky. Well, that was the spin-off. Richie Brockleman. That's it! That's it! Wacky McDougal? Well, that was the spin-off of Wacky McDougal. And lastly,

and you and I both know this guy. Wacky McDougal should have been a show. A show spun off from Happy Days that was not Laverne and Shirley and was not Mork and Mindy, and it starred a guy you know personally.

Joanie Loves Chachi. Yes, but not that one either. Or the shopping channel show Joanie Loves Chachkis. Oh, I'll put a little rim shot in there. There you go. Gil, Out of the Blue, starring Jimmy Brogan. Oh, my God. As an alien. I think it was an angel, actually.

Oh, it had on that Dixie Carter. Dixie Carter was on Out of the Blue? Dixie Carter. Really? I'm going to look it up, and then we're going to get out of here. Out of the Blue, with Jimmy Brogan, also known as Jay Leno's writer. Dixie Carter. Yes.

Son of a bitch! Wow. That was her spin-off. Dixie Carter, son of a bitch. A kiddie comedy. It lasted from September 9th. This had to be a Gary Marshall show. From September 9th of 79 to December 16th of 1979.

Not a good show. Out of the blue. One of those high-concept shows. An inept angel was dispatched to help a harried Chicago woman cope with her five adorable nieces and nephews. It was sort of Mork meets Blansky's Beauties. Exactly. Or Who's Got the Kids.

Yeah. You know what was Scott Baio? That they spun off? Who's Minding the Kids or whatever the fuck that thing was called? Charlton Charge. Yeah, there was another one. Anyway, it was a Gary Marshall one. We invite our listeners to

chime in about any of these or try to stump us, but get this book. Terrific gift. We could get about 565 shows out of this. You could do a lot of shows. Sent to us by our friend Paul Ekstrom, and this is a producer of the month idea because Paul had the idea to do this.

He said, just take my book and go through it and randomly select pages. And that's what we did. Now, I have a question. Go. I'm new to the show. I've just stumbled upon it. Where does one do producer of the month? I'm glad you asked that, Frank.

You can go to patreon.com slash Gilbert. What's that? You don't need to know what it is. You just go to patreon.com slash Gilbert. What's that? You don't need to know what it is. You just need to go there. Hey, we've got some bills to pay. The podcast rent is due today. Check

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or produce of the month, in Cesar Romero's case. Yeah, you are starting to sound like one of those infomercial hosts. Yeah, Frank and I are going to do an infomercial.

You could prepare a meal in five minutes? With Peter Marshall and Marky Post. Say goodnight, Gilbert. Marky Post. Goodnight, Gilbert. We'll see you next week. Give me that rat! Colossal obsessions!

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