Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini-Ep #80: Top Grossing Movies of 1966

Episode Date: October 6, 2016

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Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing, colossal obsessions. I'm here once again with my co-host, Frank Santopadre, at Nutmeg with our engineer, Frank Furtarosa. And our researcher, our crack researcher, Paul Rayburn, who just ran a city block after a man on a man with a boot in a can. I caught a man with a broken leg. So basically, you can keep, you can outrun any cripple. I think I've proved that.

If someone has no legs, you can outrun them. I've done it many times. Who's the one in Freaks? Is it Johnny Eck? Yes. Good Lord.

Now, I should thank some people, but I wrote their names down, and I don't have their names with me. Thank them anyway. Yeah. A few of you remembered when I was talking about the cartoon where there was a caveman who sounded like Jack Benny. And a few of you correctly identified it and even sent me a copy. And it was called Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur. Nice. Nice. So boy, these people just, they, they, you put it out there. You put the challenge out there. It's amazing. You did it with the car commercial. Oh yes. The Pontiac commercial that I remembered it having Lon Chaney Jr., Broderick Crawford, and Elijah Cook. What I didn't realize, it also had Mike Mazurski.

Mazurski. Mazurski. Not to be confused with Paul Mazurski. Yes. And it had Robert Strauss. Sure. From Starlog 17. Yeah.

And the biggest surprise, Leo Garcia, who sees the car and goes, that's a guess. That's a wet dream for you. Oh, my God. It was great. You see what we've created with our fan base? Yeah. Who are these people?

The fans out there. God bless them. Oh, and okay, here's something for the fans. We were talking to someone. Should I say who? Yeah, sure, sure. We were talking to John Amos. The great John Amos.

Yes. He was in good times, and he also wrote for the Leslie Uggam Show. On the Leslie Uggam Show, there was a bit called the Sugar Hill Gang. Was it called the Sugar Hill Gang? I think that's the name of a rap group. Sugar Hill Family. Yeah, I think it was just Sugar Hill. Sugar Hill.

Yeah. And there was a song that they would play at the beginning. This is the new thing vexing you. So if you could find that, because the one that we found here, Put a Little Love in Your Heart, just doesn't sound right. Jackie DeShannon. That was a big hit, Put a Little Love in Your Heart. This is vexing Gilbert.

He spent the entire hour and a half with John Amos trying to figure out the name of this song. I'm waxing Roth. He's waxing Roth. It's a Horse Feathers reference. Well, tell Roth to wax. This was in the Leslie Uggam show. Yeah.

And there was a song. Oh, you weren't here for this. You just got here. Yeah, that's right. There was a song. Well, we're putting it out there. So if you find it, we'll withdraw it. But it was a song within, how do we say this?

There was a little mini sitcom within the series. Yeah, it would start out. Within the variety show, the Leslie Uggam show. All 16 episodes that aired. Scary. It's very scary. What's scarier still is we've had two consecutive guests

that worked on the Leslie Uggam Show. John Amos and Bob Einstein. What are the odds? So last week, we talked about some of the TV shows that made their debut in a very, very influential year

in pop culture history, 1966. Which we've been celebrating the 50th anniversary of. We've been celebrating 1966. In every way we can discover. Yeah. I mean, we talked about the Green Hornet and Batman and Star Trek and Mission Impossible and Hollywood Squares and all kinds of stuff. And we did two episodes on that. This time I thought, I wonder what were the top grossing movies of 1966, 50 years ago.

And I was surprised by the list because there's some real oddities on here. I mean, the kind of movies they don't make anymore. Paul is sitting here with the research, the Wayback Machine. So starting off with number 25. Now, Gilbert, I did not even— Now, Gilbert. Now, Gilbert. Cut that out.

Let's see how many of these we can get through. We won't get through all 25, but if it does well, if we do well with it, we'll do a second episode. Did you ever hear—this is the 25th highest-grossing movie of 1966, 50 years ago. Did you ever hear of a movie called Penelope? The title, yes. Directed by the late Arthur Hiller, who we just lost, starring Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Jonathan Winters, and Dick Shawn. Now, how is it possible that I don't, and I'm sounding more and more like Jack Benny every time I talk. How is it possible?

And Lou Jacoby's in it. With that cast, how would you not know this movie? I have a big recollection of that. I think I may have seen it on TV, but don't remember anything. It's a heist comedy. Yeah. Natalie Wood is the wife of a wealthy banker, played by Ian Bannon, who I think was a British actor.

Penelope decides to disguise herself as an old woman and rob her husband's bank, while the police on her trail, including Lieutenant Horatio Bixby, played by Peter Falk, rush to get to the bank. Con artists Lila Kedrova, Lou Jacoby, Jonathan Winters, Dick Shawn shows up as her psychiatrist. Can't believe that I don't know this movie.

Made in 1966. Okay, now I'm going to talk about Adam and Eve, and that's a story I've been kicked out of several times. That doesn't surprise me. Yeah. Go to adamandeve.com for a limited time only, you'll get 50% off just about any item. When you select one item at 50% off, you'll also receive three free adult DVDs plus a free mystery gift. What's the mystery gift? I think it's hamantash. Fresh baked hamantash. See, you don't realize how sexy.

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I don't know. If that's a remake. This one was 66, obviously. The 66 one comes up, which is a great cast. It is. It's like I remember the title. I'm sure I've seen bits and pieces, maybe even the whole film on TV, but I don't remember it. This one, every now and then one really slips through the cracks.

And I thought I knew Arthur Hiller's movies. I thought I knew everything Dick Shawn and Peter Falk were in. everything Dick Shawn and Peter Falk were in. Now, the 2006 or 2007 movie, the synopsis begins, born with the snout of a pig, young Penelope, Christina Ricci. I guess that's not it.

Totally different movie. Totally different. That one was written by Trump, apparently. Yeah. And Carl Ballantyne was in this movie as a character called Boom Boom and Arlene Galanca. Oh, jeez. Remember Arlene Galanca? Arlene Galanca was in the first pilot I ever acted in.

Seriously? The Further Adventures of Wally Brown. And Arlene Galanca plays basically, I forget the actor who played her husband. Remember he was, I think he was the sheriff on Murder, She Wrote. Oh, Ron Maysack? Yes. I think it was Ron Maysack and Arlene Golonka. They're both around.

And to show how original this was, and I think it was by Babalu Mandel. Oh, Lowell Gans. Wow. And to show how original this was, Ron Maysack plays like a cab driver in Queens who doesn't like the college moving in. And he's got, and Arlene Golonka is a dingbat wife. Wow. It was like, oh, my God. Were you Meathead or Lionel?

Yeah. Who did we think she was married to? Who's that? Arlene Golonka. Arlene Golonka. I don't know who she was married to in real life. She was in The In-Laws. Oh, okay.

Larry Delaney and Mike Longo were her real husbands. No, no. She's still around. Do you think Arlene Golonka would remember you? Probably not. Okay. When did you do this pilot that was a ripoff of All in the Family? In the 80s?

No, it would have had to have been in the late 70s. Wow-ee. Yeah. With Ron Maysack and Arlene Golonka. Or maybe mid-seventh. We're going to look into that. We're going to look into booking one. Ron Maysack just popped into my head earlier this week.

How about this one? The Trouble with Angels with Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell. Oh, also remember the title? Don't think I ever saw it. I've never seen it. That was the 24th highest grossing film. Harper was the next one. Our favorite actor, Paul Newman.

Oh, yes. Written by the great William Goldman. Yes. Based on the Ross McDonald novels with Julie Harris, Janet Leigh, and directed by Jack Smythe. And I always know that name because Jack Smythe directed Rod Steiger in The Illustrated Man. Oh, wow. A movie I loved when I was a kid. Have you seen Harper?

You know his picture? Yeah, I think so. What's it remind me? What's the Private Eye? Which one was the remake? I think there was a, I don't, did they make, they remade it? There was a sequel, another one called The Drowning Pool. A sequel, yeah.

Yeah. The Drowning Pool and that had Robert Wagner. Yeah, I think Robert Wagner might be in this one. Oh, maybe it's, yeah. Yeah. The Drowning Pool and that had Bob, Robert Wagner. Yeah. I think Robert Wagner might be in this one. Oh, maybe it's this one. Lauren Bacall was in Harper. Oh, yes. Yeah, Lauren Bacall.

Right, right, right. Terrific little film. How about number 22? I know this one is near and dear to your heart. Raquel Welch, Stephen Boyd. Ah, yeah. Donald Pleasence. Yes.

Yeah. A fantastic, fantastic voyage. Very good. Where they shrink these people down. Yes. To get into a guy's body, travel through his bloodstream. To get to his brain, right? Yes.

Yes. He has a brain injury? Yeah. For the brain tumor or blood clot. Do you know this movie? I know this movie. Well, it's a science movie. This is my world. Talk to us. That's right. You're a science man. Absolutely nothing know this movie? I know this movie. Well, it's a science movie. This is my world.

Talk to us. That's right. You're a science man. Absolutely nothing that happens in that movie could ever. I thought you were Mr. Cool. Science. Cool McCool. What were you about to say?

It's scientifically impossible? Nothing in that movie could possibly ever happen. I can't inject Rakow Welch into my cerebellum? No. People have tried. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Fantastic voyage. Good movie, though.

A lot of fun. So there was absolutely nothing in that movie that could happen in real life. Well, almost anything might have except injecting Raquel Welch. You'd have to have a large hypodermic, I think. It's worth trying. It's worth trying. Now, what I remember got me angry in that movie was they have Raquel Welch, and she is completely neck to feet covered in one of those scientific, like those.

What was she in, like a lab coat kind of deal? Well, no, like one of, they'd have her in those scenes. Like a space suit or something. Like a deep sea diving. Yeah. You know, where they used to wear the helmets. Whereas we know in real life, most scientists wear far less clothing than that when they're working.

No incidental nudity in that one? No, it's nothing. Raquel Welch, known for her—we were talking to Mrs. Skin about this. Yes. And Raquel Welch, known for her body and being sexy, never once did nudity. Much to your chagrin. Yes. Yeah.

Raquel Welch is around. Maybe we should try to— Oh, yeah. We should try to reach out to her. After she hears that, she won't take us up on it. Fantastic Voyage apparently made a bundle. It made $12 million on a $5 million budget. They did sort of a comedy remake with Martin Short.

Oh, I know the one. Oh, Interspace. And yeah. Joe Dante, our buddy Joe Dante. Oh, the inner space. And yeah. Joe Dante, our buddy Joe Dante. Oh, that's right. And what's his name? Dennis Quaid. Yeah, the more sane Quaid.

I thought you were going to go for the one with Bill Murray. And what's the one where the animated one where the guy gets. Yes, yes, yes. He's injected into somebody's body in a pill. Yeah. And it's like he eats some rotten hot dog off the stand. What the hell was the name of that thing? Oh, God.

Oh, God. We'll probably have people sending us this movie. Is it in somebody's bloodstream? Yeah, it's a pill. What the hell? Osmosis Jones. Yes. I can't believe I know that.

That's it? Yeah. Yeah. I want to say that was a Farrelly Brothers thing. Oh, it could have been. Yeah. That far back? I don't know. I'm talking say that was a Farrelly Brothers thing. Oh, it could have been. That far back? I don't know. I'm talking on my butt here.

Fantastic Voyage. They had to make do with what they had back then. Yeah. Now if they did it, it would be an amazing looking movie. That's true, actually. They could do a lot with these effects. How about this one? The 21st highest grossing movie of 1936.

1936. Good, Frank. 1966. Made on a meager budget of $3 million, brought in $13 million, a Hitchcock picture with Paul Newman and Julie Andrews called Torn Curtain. Oh, yes. I remember when that came out. Anything on that? I think I've seen this. Political thriller? Probably have seen it on TV, but remember nothing.

Okay. Then the, I haven't seen that one. And I thought I'd seen every Paul Newman movie. Followed by A Man and a Woman. Very famous. Wait a minute. Is this? That's the one.

Yes. Man and a Woman, great movie. Yeah, you know it? Oh, I know that. I've watched it many times. Okay. That's on my short list. You can tell us about it.

Yeah, very romantic. So the theme song became as popular as the film. Yes. The theme song was very popular. You can tell from Gilbert's rendition it was a bittersweet movie. I'm turned on already by Gilbert's rendition. Give us a little bit

about A Man and a Woman. Made by a French director, I believe. Meet by chance. I don't know who the... It was Anouk Emi, I think. Yes, yes.

You remember Anouk Emi? Oh my God, yes. Probably messing up her name. Wasn't she also in that Stephen King cat movie? Which one? Pet Sematary? No.

Cat's Eye? Cat's Eyes. I don't know. I don't know, but it's a very romantic movie and beautiful scenes in Paris and highly recommended. That's why I haven't seen it. Over my head. It's too highbrow. That's right. I was watching the beach from five o'clock.'t seen it. Over my head. It's too highbrow. That's right.

I was watching the beast from Five Fudge. They speak French. Oh, yes. What's the one with Corman where they drilled the holes in the kettle? The Beast with a Million Eyes? That's what I was watching. Those two always remind me of each other. So, Dara, I've got a question. Sure. Gilbert's

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Go to the next movie Number 19 The Wild Angels Oh well that's obviously A biker movie Yeah biker Biker movie with Nancy Sinatra And Peter Fonda, who we really should get. Oh, we have to.

Because Peter Fonda knows what it's like to be dead. That's right. Yes. That's right. You want to explain that? Okay. In the song, the Beatles song, She Said, there's one line, she said, I know what it's like to be dead. What's it called? He said, she said. Or he said. No, she said. No, I think she said there's one line she said i know what it's like to be dead he said she or he said no she's the only thing she said what's the name of that song peter fonda looking bad here was i

think he said he accidentally shot himself in the stomach i believe that's true as a kid and he nearly died and uh and he said he had these weird experiences and i think he said to the beatles he said i know what it's like to be dead and that wound up and john's called she said she said she said she's on the revolver album which one of the great albums one of the great underrated beatles albums yeah revolver so i had the wrong song or the wrong title. Here's one, number 18, Our Man Flint. Okay, that's James Coburn. Yep.

And his boss is the great actor, was the great actor, Lee J. Cox. Nicely done. Look at this guy. Who also did a great television production of Death of a Salesman. Sure, sure. And I think. Some say the best one. Yeah.

George Segal was happy in that, I'm pretty sure. And I think Gene Wilder may have been Bernard. In, really? Yeah. I think so. I'm not positive. You want to look that up for us, Paul? And I forget the actress.

Death of a Salesman with Lee J. Cobb? I don't know if it was Ruth Dunnick. Wow, Gilbert. Or who's the... I want you to be my lifeline if I'm ever on... She was a great actress who played Linda. Well, while our researcher, Paul, is looking that up. Oh, but wait.

So we're going to see here. And also, Lee J. Cobb was in 12 Angry Men. Of course, famously as the antagonist. Yeah, and you can intimidate me, a bunch of bleeding hearts. I'm entitled to my opinion. The old man saw him through the window. Nice. Directed by your man, him through the window. Nice. Directed by your man, Sidney Lumet.

Oh, Sidney Lumet. Another New York film. Yeah. Our Man Flint was one of several, what would you call it, a Bond send-up. Yes. Really. With the great James Coburn. There were two, I think.

Yes. There was Our Man Flint and In Like Flint. But it made a bundle. Okay, so do you want a little more? Who's the actress? All right, let me see here. So 1966 CBS television adaptation. That's what we're talking about.

Gene Wilder, James Farentino. Is this right? James Farentino. Bernie Coppell and George Segal. Wow, look at you. George Segal. Yeah, right? James Farentino. Yeah, he played. Bernie Coppell and George Segal. Wow, look at you. Yeah. George Segal. Yeah, George Segal was Biff.

And James Farentino was happy. Mildred Dunnock. Mildred Dunnock. Nice. You had it. You had it. Very nice. Nicely done.

I'm trying to picture Bernie Coppell in Death of a Salesman. Oh, was. Hmm. Now, Bernie.pell, was he like the boss? Like, he was like... Was he? I think he was the boss. Bernie Coppell as Howard Wagner.

Yes. And I think he's the son of the boss that Willie Loman originally had. And that's when Lee J. Cobb as Willie Loman says, promises were made over this table. I want hot takes. I want knee-jerk reactions. That's not really what I do. Is that because you don't have any knees?

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You are the last comic in America doing a Lee J. Cobb impersonation. And bless you. I like to keep up with the kids. Bless you. How's your Pat Hingle? There's a big demand for Lee J. Coggin, Precious. Pat Hingle had a pinky mistake. Yes, we established that.

We had, I think. But you can never tell that story enough. I think we told that when we had Steven Weber here. Yes, and I think when he lost the pinky because they were throwing orange wedges. Oh, no. Go on. How about this movie, number 17? Oh, wait.

What was the music that would play? Like, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. In which movie... In the Flint series? In the Flint. There was like this weird music that would play when they'd give him a signal. That's interesting. The music was by the great Jerry Goldsmith. Really? His name has come up here a time or two.

Many times. Spy extraordinaire Derek Flint is an ex-agent of ZOWIE, the Zonal Organization for World Intelligence and Espionage. He's brought out of retirement to deal with the threat of the evil agency known as Galaxy, led by a trio of mad scientists, Dr.

Krupoff, Dr. Wu, which is like a Dr. No kind of thing, and Dr. Schneider, played by Benson Fong. Remember Benson Fong? Yeah, came out January 16th, 1966. Shelby Grant is in it, and James Brolin, a young James Brolin. Wow.

The voice of the U.S. president was provided by actor Van Williams, who was the Green Hornet, imitating then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Yeah. This is interesting. The name Hans Gruber was reused 20 years later in the film Die Hard. Oh, that's right. For Alan Rickman's character.

Oh, my God. And the distinctive ringtone of the presidential hotline was reused in the film's Hudson Hawk, Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery. Yes. Is that what you're talking about? That little, the things you remember.

When was the last time you saw Our Man Flint? 1966? Yeah, I think I was two. In 1967, there was a sequel called In Life. In Life. Sure, sure. Haven't you been paying attention? No. We just said it.

A few minutes ago. He was fixated on Pat Hingal's missing digit. Gilbert is waiting to pounce any time. Don't fuck up in this booth. How about the Blue Max in 1966? A flying ace picture with George Pippard and James Mason, your favorite. James Mason. And Ursula Andres. Oh, my God.

In the days when they made World War II flying ace pictures. Oh, yes. Like, what was the one? There's one with Robert Redford called, I think, The Great Waldo Pepper. Oh, that's right. Sounds right. You know this picture?

He flew a biplane. It was like one of those barn, what are they called? Barnstormers? I would imagine James Mason must have played like a Nazi or something. I think we owe the fans a little more of that James Mason impression. Yeah, a little bit more of that. It's no Lee J. Cobb. Oh, yes.

No, I always remember his big thing from A Star is Born. Congratulations, my dear. Seemed to have made it just in time, didn't I? Well, I can sit here. This is casual. I know a lot of you on a first-name basis. I've worked with you a lot over the years, and now I need a job. Yes, that's it.

That's my whole speech. I need a job. Not just drama. I can do comedy as well. All right. Excellent. Outstanding. Correct me if I'm wrong, because you're the master mimic.

It's a thin line between James Mason and John MacGyver. Oh, yes. Yes. You used to do that bit of Tony Curtis and Gavin McLeod. Oh, yes. You could change it to James Mason and John MacGyver share a donut. Congratulations, my dear. Seems to have been just the time.

I went back and listened to the Ron Liebman, Jessica Walter episode. They were so enthralled with your John MacGyver impression. The only two people. They didn't know he was until you said it, until you started doing the bit. The only two people. They didn't know he was until you said it, until you started doing the bit. The only two people on the planet enthralled with my John McGyver. Okay, we'll wrap it up after these next two,

and then we'll come back and do this again. But the number 16, anybody know a movie called Follow Me Boys with Fred McMurray? This was the last movie made by Walt Disney while he was alive. It was the last movie made by Walt Disney while he was alive. It was the last live-action picture made under Disney's watch.

Vera Miles, Fred McMurray, Lillian Gish, a young Kurt Russell who was in all of that Disney stuff. Does this mean anything to you, Paul? I don't know this one at all. Follow me, boys. And wasn't, like, Walt Disney's last words were Kurt Russell?

Well, that's interesting. Where did you read that? There was something that his last dying words, he said Kurt Russell. Wow. Yeah. We'll have to get Goldie Hawn on the show. Or get Kurt. That's not exactly Rosebud.

Yeah. But it's pretty good. And we'll wrap with this one since we're talking about Bond spoofs, and I've already given it away, but a Matt Helm picture called The Silencers.

Very similar, of course, because they were all doing the James Bond spoofs. Right. And that one, yeah. With Dino. And I remember in the Matt Helm one, there were even parts.

Like Dean Martin, he used to do those quick song parodies on his TV show. Like, you know, it's so nice to have a girl around the house, especially when she's wearing a see-through blouse. I love it. Yeah, and they had a part in the movie for no reason whatsoever where he sings a bunch of these song

parodies. The Silencers was made in 66, of course. And there were at least two of those. There were several of those. The cast, Sid Cherise. Yeah. They all look like they were made in like And there were at least two of those. There were several of those. You got the cast there? The cast? Sid Charisse? Yeah. They all look like they were made in like about two days.

Stella Stevens? Stella Stevens, who we want on this podcast. Stella Stevens has got to be one of your favorites, Gilbert. Oh, well, of course. Well, she comes up because we talk about the Poseidon Adventure. Oh, yeah, in her white underwear. And also a nutty professor. Victor Buono.

Yeah, Victor Buono. Oh, my God. Another actor we love is in The Silencers. What a a nutty professor. Victor Buono. Yeah, Victor Buono. Oh, my God. Another actor we love is in The Silencers. What a face that guy has. And Arthur O'Connell, who was also in The Poseidon Adventure. Do you know, Arthur O'Connell, you know, I always think about these actors I confuse because they look so much alike. You confuse him with Jack Albertson? No.

I mean, that's close. Uh-huh. Confuse him with Jack Albertson? No. I mean, that's close. But I confused him with, of all people, Frank Ferguson. Frank Ferguson. Frank Ferguson was Mr. McDougal who ran the McDougal's House of Horrors in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. Oh, I know Frank Ferguson. Okay, yes. And the two of them, to me, always looked alike. When I was a kid and I saw The Poseidon Adventure, I couldn't keep—Arthur O'Connell was the priest.

Yes. And Jack Albertson was Manny Rosen, Shelley Winters' husband. I couldn't keep them apart. Just like I always confuse Don Gordon and John Saxon. Yes, that's an easy mistake. How about, who was the other one, the other two guys that I used to confuse? Oh, God. Oh, I'll get back to you on that.

But that's a, Don Gordon and John Saxon. Oh, they look like. That's a good one. How they never play twins. You know what? That's a good idea for a mini episode. We'll do a little research on that. We'll come back and we'll do confused actors.

Or actors. We're the confused ones. Who's confused? We'll do actors who are. They weren't sure if they were into men or women. Did you ever mix up Lou Gossett and Montel Williams? Oh, wow. Not really.

Not really. There's a resemblance. Yeah. Lou Gossett and. Charles Dutton. Yeah. Lou Gossett and... Charles Dutton. What? Lou Gossett and Charles Dutton. Ooh.

What's happened to Charles Dutton lately? That's a good question. He was all around the place. That's a good question. So, The Silencers, released in 66, apparently based on a straight novel by a guy named Donald Hamilton. As opposed to the gay novel. Yeah. Vicky Carr's vocals.

How about that? A Vicky Carr reference. Yeah, music by the great Elmer Bernstein. Stella Stevens. You'll love this cast. He's already read you some of them. Victor Bono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber. Oh, my God.

An actor I love. Now, Robert Webber, what was it? I always forget his name. Pink Panther. Oh, Blake Edwards. Blake Edwards. Yeah, he used him? I always forget his name. Pink Panther. Oh, Blake Edwards. Blake Edwards. Yeah, he used him a lot. I heard that, yeah.

I heard he was one of, in that Blake Edwards repertory theater. Sure, he's in the Panther films. He's in SOB. He's in 10. Yeah, he always called on him. Yeah. James Gregory. Remember James Gregory?

Oh, my God, yes. From Barney Miller. And didn't James Gregory play one of the apes? He sure did. One of the apes? He sure did. Yes. He sure did.

And also Roger C. Carmel turns up in The Silencers. You know Roger C. Carmel from The Mother's-in-Law. Oh, my God, yes. With the twirly mustache. Yes. Heavy set. Yeah. Okay, this is fun. in law with the twirly mustache. Yes. Heavy set. Yeah. Okay.

This is fun. A film producer, Irving Allen. I almost said Irwin Allen, not Irwin Allen. Irving Allen had been in partnership with Albert Broccoli in Warwick Productions who released through Columbia Pictures. They wanted to buy the rights to the James Bond series of novels, but Allen was not interested and the partnership broke up. So Broccoli went on to make the actual Bond pictures.

Oh, wow. And this guy decided to make his own spy series, so he optioned the rights to the Matt Helm novels in 64 and signed Dean Martin to play the lead. So there you go. What year was the Michael Caine takeoff on James Bond in which he played like the very frumpy. Oh, Harry. You mean the Ipcris file? The Ipcris file.

The Ipcris file. What the hell was his name? That was a great movie. Wasn't there a couple of them? Wasn't there Billion Dollar Brain? There might have been, but they really set him up that he was the opposite of Sean Connery. There were so many Bond novels. The Matt Helm and the Flint movies, as well as a bunch of others,

there are parts that are very sexy, but also it's a weird, uncomfortable kind of sexism. Oh, yes. That goes on. Oh, yes. I was never really big as far as the feminist movement went, but boy, oh. That shocks me. Yeah.

Because most people think I am. But boy, oh, boy, when you see the sexism in those movies, it's like, oh, my God. Played for laughs. Yeah, there were three more. There was Murderer's Row, also released that year. There were The Ambushers in 67. This is Michael Caine? No, these were Matt Hel three more. There was Murderer's Row, also released that year. The Ambushers. This is Michael Caine? No, these were Matt Helm pictures.

Matt Helm. Matt Helm with Dean Martin and the Wrecking Crew. A fifth film called The Ravagers was announced but never produced. And Elmer Bernstein provided the score with Vicky Carr singing the title song and Santiago. I think it was either a Flint or Matt Helm picture that I saw in a double feature with an Elvis Presley picture. And both of them, and see if you are search and are like searches outside. Our fans can name these. At least two movies had the exact same scene, an identical thing where the girl,

the lead girl gets knocked over, either tripping over a suitcase or something and, you know, flying back and revealing her white underwear. And two, two of them had this. And you've hung on to this. Yes. For all these years. Yes. I'm going to jerk off to it tonight. Even though the actress in it probably did. Are you throwing this out to the fans because you don't know?

Yes. Okay. Give that clue again. It was an Elvis Presley movie. I think one was either a Matt Helm or a Flint one. Okay. And another, I think, was the Anelvis Presley, where a girl, a lead girl, falls over backwards

and reveals her white underwear on her dress. White underwear is the nugget. Yes. It's a Stella Stevens callback. Yes. Okay, if anybody comes up with this, I'll be impressed. And we have to, when Will Jordan comes in, we have to get you guys to do dueling James

Mason impressions. That's going to blow my mind. Yes. Yes. So we should wrap it up and we'll come back and do the rest of these films from 1966 because this is a lot of fun. So this has been Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. I'd like you to sign off as James Mason, please.

Yes. Can you do that? Hello, I'm Gilbert Gottfried, and this has been Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. It's so good. That's Frank Sama-tod-tree. I still don't know the name.

But it's gold. It's gold. Here we go boys. 1, 2, 3, 4. Give it a break. Col colossal obsessions Give me that fract, colossal obsessions Give me that fract, colossal Obsessions