Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini-Ep #79: 1966 TV Premieres, Part 2

Episode Date: September 29, 2016

Each week, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedy writer Frank Santopadre share their appreciation of lesser-known films, underrated TV shows and hopelessly obscure character actors -- discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: Roger Miller! Phyllis Diller! Adam West saves a life! Gilbert impersonates Gypsy Rose Lee! And the genius of Gary Owens!   MeUndies is offering you TWENTY PERCENT off your first order at http://meundies.com/gilbert. That’s a special offer just for GGACP listeners. Make sure you go to http://meundies.com/gilbert to get twenty percent off your first order of underwear in tons of styles and colors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And if we raise enough, maybe I can finally get a new co-host. I'm thinking of the Scarlett Johansson robot. Hi, it's Gilbert Gottfried. I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre. And this is Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. You know, I was at this event downtown. I wanted to say, I told Frank this story.

I was in an event, Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert and our pal Robert Smigel and some other people were doing something downtown. They were doing a live reading of a failed pilot. And a guy comes over to the table and he says, are you Frank? And I said, yes. He's a fan of the podcast. Turns out to be a friend of Frank Verderosa's, Larry Kenney's son. Yeah, we should have Larry on. Absolutely. And he says to me, my wife and I actually walk

around the house saying, and my co-host Frank Santopadre. I was flattered and terrified. Well, they may not recall that it took Gilbert about 20 episodes. Depending on how far we go with these cartoons, Larry's probably in half of them. I'll bet he is. I got a tweet from some woman who said her husband walks around the house singing Tummy in the Window.

That's right. I saw that one too. Yeah. Another woman said, did you see the woman who wrote to us and said that we saved her life because she was driving

over a dangerous precipice? Yes. Somewhere? Did you see this? Did they share this with you, Paul? They should make that into a movie with Tom Hanks. Some lovely woman,

and we'll read her name on a few, we'll read it, actually we'll read the email on a future episode, wrote to us, and Dara shared it with me, and she said that she and her daughters were driving,

it was a dangerous curve somewhere, I guess in the Southwest, and she was, she's afraid of heights, and it was hairpin turns, and so she put on, she put on our Adam West episode, and she said Adam's dulcet tone soothed and calmed her. I know it wasn't Gilbert's. Hairpin turns. And so she put on our Adam West episode.

And she said Adam's dulcet tone soothed and calmed her. I know it wasn't Gilbert's. So does Tom Hanks play Adam or Gilbert? He plays Gilbert. The Precipice starring Tom Hanks as Gilbert Gottfried with Meg Ryan as the driver. I would live to see that. I would live to see that. Okay, so where we left off, we were doing—1966 was a pretty incredible year for television premieres. I was saying on Facebook, imagine living in a time when The Green Hornet and The Monkees and Star Trek and Mission Impossible and It's About Time all debuted within 10 days of each other.

It's amazing. It is. Unless it's just that we lived debuted within 10 days of each other. Amazing. It is. Unless it's just that we live through that, so we romanticize those shows. But we left off talking about a series called The Munroes. Right. And you don't want to leave people hanging on The Munroes. I think this one was a quickie. I felt bad about that.

Go ahead. Yeah. So The Munroes, 1966. Five orphans establish a homestead in 1870s Wyoming. Another one of those homestead in Wyoming shows. It was sort of like what? Like the Big Valley or- Something like that.

Or what's the Michael Land- The Little House on the Prairie. Barbara Hershey was the star. She was Barbara Siegel before she was Barbara Hershey. And I don't know if you know these others. Liam Sullivan. Nope. Ben Johnson.

Well, no. She was Barbara Hershey. And I don't know if you know these others. Liam Sullivan? Nope. Ben Johnson? Well, no, she was Barbara Hershey first. Oh. And then she saw a dead seagull. That's right. So she thought the soul of the seagull went into her body. Thus, she called herself Barbara Seagull. Not seagull like George Seagull. Yeah, yeah.

Seagull. The actual seagull. Yes. Yeah. No relation to Jonathan Livingston. Yeah. Seagull. Not Seagull like George Seagull. Yeah, yeah. Seagull. The actual Seagull. Yes. Yeah. No relation to Jonathan Livingston. Barbara Hershey was a hot piece of property. Oh, yes. A hot number.

Piece of property. I have to clean that up. So that was the Monroes. That was the Monroes. And how long did that one last? Because I barely remember it. Well, let me see. I just kicked over to Liam's.

The Swiss Family Robinson was also a series with, I think, Jim Francis, not Jim Franciscus, the guy from Helen Hay's son from Hawaii Five-0, James MacArthur. Monroe's disappeared into my phone. I guess we weren't meant to know. We won't know how long the Monroe's lasted. It will remain a mystery until someone writes us about it. We're going to go from the M's. And what was her son's name again?

Whose son? On Swiss Family Robinson. I can't remember. No, you just said. Oh, James MacArthur. Yes. Yeah. MacArthur's park is melting in the dark.

All the sweet green icing's flowing down. Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it because it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again. Oh, no. Oh, no. You know, you're not helping us book Jimmy Webb. That was your fault, Frank, I hate to tell you.

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Let's go to the ends. The new Adventures of Superman. It's the same narration as the Black and White series. Do you remember this? I remember there was a Superman cartoon that Max Fleischer made. No, that's longer ago. That's from the 40s. Those were theatrical. Yeah.

Yeah, those were released in theaters. This, I think, was Filmation. I'm going on pure memory here. Paul will back me up. And I think Bud Collier. Do you remember Bud Collier? He was the host of To Tell the Truth. Oh. And he was also the voice of Superman. And I think this is the one. And I, years later, I was on a Superman cartoon, two or three of them, where Tim Daly was Superman. Right, right. And I was Miss Yes Pickle. How do you say that again? I, the way it was pronounced to me for the cartoon was Miss Yes Pickle.

Miss Yes Pickle-ick. Yeah. Look that one up when you get a chance, Paul. Everyone I talk to says it a different way. Was Bud Collier the voice of Superman on that series in 66? Bud Collier. Yeah. Some say like Mixlepig.

Wasn't the idea that, wasn't there something about the guy had some kind of immunity because nobody could pronounce his name or something like that? Yeah, what was the gimmick of that character? Yeah, it was something, if you said his name, he'd disappear. Okay. Right, but nobody could say his name, so it was... Sort of like the opposite of Beetlejuice. Yeah.

Oh, yes. You could say his name three times, he actually appears. I guess it all started with Rumpelstiltskin. There you go. Yeah. This ran until 1970. Really? Wow.

Four years of this animated Superman. Wow. Who was the company behind it? I think it said, is it Fleischman or something? Who did you say? Oh, Fleischer. Not Fleischer. I don't think it was Fleischer. It could have been the company.

Could have been Fleischman's margarine. Could have been new, new, new. Was it created by, excuse me, Lou Scheimer. Lou Scheimer. Yeah. Lou Scheimer did a lot of those DC cartoons. Jerome Siegel was the character creator and Joseph Schuster

the character designer. Right. Well, he was one of the co-creators of Superman. Yeah. Those cartoons, those DC superhero cartoons of the 60s are the things that Robert Smigel parodies so beautifully. Oh, yes. With the ambiguously gay duo and the ex-presidents and a lot of those things.

He really calls up that school of where Ted Knight was doing a lot of those voiceovers. Oh, that's right. He did the voiceovers for a lot of those DC cartoons. Moving on, we're going to go through the ends. The newlywed game premiered in 1966 with Bob Eubanks, which is interesting. Do you remember a show called Occasional Wife? Oh, geez. I like the title.

With Georgina Spelvin. Oh, my God. No, I'm kidding. I made that up. Oh, geez. That sounds like something she would have been in. Oh, it does sound like it. I didn't mean to excite you.

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All the bills have been long overdue, my dear. File them under IOU. How to do, how to do, well, hello, it's you. Love my dress, love my jewels, are they mossy boo? They belong to the internal revenue. And they've got us eating stew. I just gave away the title. Sounds like somebody's takeoff in Carol Channing for a minute there.

Do you remember this, The Pruits of Southampton? With Phyllis Diller? Also, I remember a title. One season, 30 episodes, or maybe 30 were ordered. It says here 17, maybe 17 aired. Listen to this cast. Phyllis Diller, Gypsy Rose Lee. Oh, my God.

The British actor Reginald Gardner. Am I keeping you up? Yes. I got John Astin here. John Astin, Richard Deacon, and Marty Ingalls. Reteaming from Dickens and Fenster. I remember Paul Lind. And Paul Lind. And Marty Ingalls. Reteaming from Dickens and Fenster. I remember. Paul Lind. And Paul Lind.

Oh, Lind. We buried the lead. I remember Gypsy Rose Lee used to pop up on the Merv Griffin show. Uh-huh. And you'd look at her. She was really old. And like, you know, these rotten yellow teeth and really wrinkled face. And she would go like, you know, in my day,

we didn't, it wasn't taking your clothes off. It was the art of the dance. And I was watching this as a kid going, well, what guys back then were turned on by sheep? You made her sound like Broderick Crawford. And then she started going, 10-4, 10-4. Here's the premise of the Pruitts of Southampton. The Pruitts, a supposedly wealthy family on Long Island in the Hamptons, were approached by the IRS about overdue taxes and an audit revealed they were broke.

But rather than reveal this publicly and cause the economic depression, which would presumably result, an improbably charitable IRS allowed them to continue living in the mansion and maintaining the pretensions of great wealth. I'm going to have to talk to my accountant and see if there's anything to this premise. Based on a novel. You've certainly been maintaining the appearance of great wealth. Yes. He's got a lot of people fooled. That was the Pruess of Southampton.

And I should point out that that theme song was composed by the great Vic Mizzi of Addams Family fame. Oh, really? composed by the great Vic Mizzi of Adam's Family fame. Oh, really? That seems like one of those, like, we need a theme song that tells the audience, this is a comedy. You know, somebody suggested that as an episode,

as a mini episode, and we should do it. Theme songs that explain the show. Oh, yes. Oh, my God. We'll gather up a bunch and do it. A bubbling crude. A bubbling crude. Or F Troop. Every one of them.

Miller Boyette was like that. But also the great ones in the 60s, you know, the Brady Bunch and all the Sherwood Schwartz ones. Yeah, that's a great idea. Okay, jumping into the R's, the Rat Patrol with Christopher George. Mean anything? He was also the immortal. We talked about Man on the Run show. Oh, that's right.

He was the guy that had the special blood. Now, he was married to Susan George. No, he was married to Linda Day George from Mission Impossible. Oh, okay. Yeah. Not Susan. Susan George was also quite fetching. Oh, yes.

From Straw Dogs. Yeah. Yeah. Let's see. The Road West. One of our favorite performers, Roger Miller, had a show that debuted in 1966, The Roger Miller Show. Roger Miller, the singer.

Dang me. Better take a rope and hang me. King of the Road. Yeah. We talked about him with John Biner, who was his buddy. The Rounders. Trailer for trading rent. Room to let 50 cents.

He's off. room to let 50 cents. I'm a man of means by no means. King of the road. I love that song. Super Dave. That's the song that's playing in the famous

Super Dave clip that we talked about with Bob on his song. He's got the piano on the flatbed truck. Let's see. What else? Oh, we got this one queued up. We're still in the R's. Here we go. And we've talked about this on previous shows, Frank. This is Buddy Overstreet.

He's wanted by the head of the most powerful crime syndicate in the country. In the steam room, Buddy overheard their vital secrets and the mysterious words, chicken little. Now he knows too much. These are the orders given to all members of the syndicate from one end of the country to the other. Get him! Get him! Get him! Sounds like that's smart.

Yeah, it does. Oh, my God, yeah. And for a reason. Yeah. Oh, exactly. Yeah. So that's Run, Buddy, exactly. Yeah. So that's Run, Buddy Run. Yes, that one I remember.

Yeah, starring Jack Sheldon. Yes. Who's still with us. Narrated by... That was, of course, Ted Knight. And listening to that theme music, I think, like, that could have been great theme music for this podcast, too. Yeah. It's perfect.

Maybe we'll change it up. Yeah. Down the line, and we'll have somebody do something like that for us. That lasted from September 12th, 1966, to January 2nd, 1967. And is it about—it's sort of the same premise as Some Like It Hot, right? It's about a musician who witnesses a mob killing. I can't get the synopsis up here. Should have given Billy Wilder credit.

And this was like a comedy version of The Fugitive and Run For Your Life. Right. And I think the reason that music sounds a little Get Smart. And branded. And branded. And all the other Man on the Run shows we talked about. Leonard Stern, who was one of the producers behind and one of the brains behind Get Smart.

Oh, okay. Created this show. Now, it says here that Jack Sheldon was a jazz trumpet player and singer. Still is. Still is. He's also the voice of I'm Just a Bill. Oh, my God, that's right. That's right.

Yeah, which Frankie and I were talking about before. All right, Jack Sheldon. We should chase him down. Moving on. Shane. The famous Alan Ladd movie was apparently a TV series, which I did not know. I didn't know that.

Yeah. In 1966. Hey-o! In 1966. Here's one we did know. Space Ghost debuted. Oh, yes. Yeah.

In 1966. Voiced by? know. Space Ghost debuted. Oh, yes. Yeah. 1966. Voiced by? Ooh. We lost him. We wanted him for the podcast desperately. Ooh. Greetings from downtown Burbank. Oh, Gary Owens.

Gary Owens, yes. Oh. And I believe Jace, I believe the boy character was young Tim Matheson, who would also be good for this show. Yeah. Tim Matheson, who would also be good for this show. Yeah. Tim Matheson. The Space Cadets. I don't know what that is.

A little show called Star Trek, the original series, debuted 50 years ago. The Super Six. Does that mean anything? Nothing. To anybody? Nothing at all. Okay. Here's one.

T-H-E cat. Oh, was that with Robert Loja? Robert Loja. Yeah. What can you tell me about it, Mr. Smarty? Now that you've raised your hand. Well, it had Robert Loja in it. Yes.

It was an equalizer kind of show about a guy who settles scores. Which was a little ahead of its time. Robert Loja, another one we should have gotten. Oh, he would have been great. What a character. The Tammy Grimes show. Remember Tammy Grimes? Oh, yes.

She had a sitcom. Now, who was it? Did Tammy Grimes, was she in the original saved by the bell i think that was uh hayley mills hayley mills from the parent trap yes yes sister of juliet mills of nanny and the professor oh if i'm not incorrect paul you can back me up on this why is all of this in my brain who what are we looking for? Juliet Mills. Is Juliet Mills the sister of Hayley Mills?

I believe they are. Well, I'm on Tammy Grimes. Oh, well, give us Tammy Grimes. Okay. Tammy Grimes was married to somebody famous. Wikipedia. What does it say? What do we got here?

Tammy Grimes. She's kind of cute. Yeah, I think we lost Tammy. Spose, Christopher Plummer. Christopher Plummer. There you go. Oh,ose, Christopher Plummer. Christopher Plummer. There you go. Oh, wow. Christopher Plummer. No slouch.

Also, Jeremy Slate and Richard Bell in sequence. Right. Did she pass away, Tammy Grimes? Born January 30th, 1934. She's around. She's around. I apologize. How old would she be?

35. She'd be 80, 81. Yeah, 81. Okay, we'll call her, but let's not rush this one. Well, we've got a chance. Let's get everything straightened out first. Then we'll have a chance. We'll give her a call.

Here's a show we absolutely would be remiss in mentioning, and that is That Girl, created by our pal Bill Persky. 50 years ago. And I posted it on Facebook. Tarzan with Ron Eli. Yes, yes. That I remember. Debuted in 1966. The game show Truth or Consequences.

Really? I would have thought that went back longer. You remember this show? Truth or Consequences? Yeah. I don't remember that much about it. And last but not least, debuting in 1966, and this starred somebody that we were spending a little time with at the Nostalgia Convention in New Jersey.

Yes. And he said he'd do the show, James Darin. Yes, yes. And Lee Merriweather was on the show. And what was the show? Created by Irwin Allen. Was it Time Tunnel? Look at you! You are a stud!

The Time Tunnel. If I was a stud, I wouldn't know all the shit. If I knew a thing about the shit I know. If I knew a thing about pussy, I wouldn't be able to name these shows. Or sing their theme songs.

And that wraps 1966. I always heard that women really went nuts for MacArthur Park. Oh, yes. They get aroused at a Cool McCool reference. That's it. And this has been Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsession. Frankie, take us out with something fun from 1966.