In another topic-focused GGACP mini-episode, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis race around the globe! Treat Williams cleans up the mean streets of Manhattan! And the ?genius? of Bert I. Gordon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Brooklyn-born actor and director Steve Buscemi (pronounced ?BOO-SEMI?) joins Gilbert and Frank for lunch and laughs at the New York Friars Club and tells us all about his early days as a struggling stand-up, his recollections of filming modern-day classics like ?Reservoir Dogs,? ?Miller?s Crossing? and ?Fargo? and his memorable on-screen deaths at the hands of everyone from to Vince Vaughn to Roger Daltrey. Also, Steve shares a cab with Gilbert, shares the stage with Andy Kaufman and shares his appreciation for Harvey Keitel and yes...?The Brady Bunch.? PLUS: ?Joey Pants?! The madness of Lawrence Tierney! Illya Kuryakin ties the knot! Paul Winchell builds an artificial heart! And Woody Allen meets Carrot Top! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another topic-focused GGACP mini-episode, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: Bad biopics! Neil Simon reboots ?Bogart?! Lee Marvin bests Rod Steiger! And Mike Myers borrows from Quincy Jones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emmy-nominated writer, producer and comedian Carol Leifer joins Gilbert and Frank to talk about early comedy influences Mickey Katz, Allan Sherman and Vaughn Meader, her salad days at The Comic Strip and Catch a Rising Star and scripting unforgettable ?Seinfeld? episodes like ?The Rye,? ?The Lip Reader? and ?The Hamptons? (aka ?The Ugly Baby.?) Also, Carol dates Paul Reiser, recognizes Ron Perlman, compliments Barry Levinson and opens for the Chairman of the Board. PLUS: Lenny Schultz! ?Cool Hand Luke?! The return of ?Dummy in the Window?! Gilbert meets Lorne Michaels! And Carol (sort of) meets Jack Nicholson! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another topic-focused GGACP mini-episode, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: Boss Hogg comes to Brooklyn! Scorsese satirizes SoHo! And the big screen?s first (and last!) Jewish James Bond villain! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pride of South Philadelphia, former teen idol Bobby Rydell joins Gilbert and Frank at the Friars Club?s George Burns Room to talk about his early days as a drummer, his hit records ?Swinging School,? ?Wild One? and ?Volare? and his memorable role as Ann-Margret?s lovesick boyfriend Hugo Peabody in the movie musical ?Bye Bye Birdie.? Also, Bobby opens for Joey Bishop, tours with the Everly Brothers, shares a drink with Ol? Blue Eyes and inspires the Beatles? classic ?She Loves You.? PLUS: Crazy Guggenheim! Clem Kadiddlehopper! Bobby plays the legendary Copa! John Wayne meets the Son of God! And Guy Marks steals Uncle Miltie?s thunder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first in a series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and often unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: the haunting of George C. Scott! Burt Lancaster and Joan Rivers go for a swim! And Don Rickles takes on ?Inherit the Wind?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outspoken and controversial writer-producer Dan Harmon went from performing improv in his hometown of Milwaukee to creating hit television shows like ?Community? and Adult Swim?s ?Rick and Morty.? Dan joined Gilbert and Frank for a candid and revealing conversation about the perils of celebrity, how his various neuroses fuel his creativity and why he chose to launch his own podcast (the popular ?Harmontown?) instead of going to therapy. Also: Dan pays ?homage? to Bill Cosby, gets canned by Sarah Silverman, creates the cult show ?Heat Vision and Jack? and locks horns with comedy hero-turned-antagonist Chevy Chase. PLUS: ?Manimal?! ?Misfits of Science?! ?The Streisand Effect?! Gilbert hangs with Charlie Sheen! And Dan receives a VERY special delivery! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To mark 2015's 50th anniversary of the classic adventure series ?Lost in Space,? Gilbert and Frank dial up Will Robinson himself, actor, musician and voice artist Bill Mumy, who shares childhood memories of working with icons Irwin Allen, Brigitte Bardot and Walt Disney and explains why he turned down the role of Eddie on "The Munsters." Also, Bill runs afoul of Alfred Hitchcock, stars in three unforgettable ?Twilight Zone? episodes and records the novelty song ?Fish Heads.? PLUS: ?The Great Vegetable Rebellion?! Billy meets Keith Richards! Zorro meets Eva Peron! And Gilbert tangles with the Man of Steel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank sit down with one of their favorite funny people -- comic, writer and Comedy Central host Dave Attell, to talk about everything from Louis CK?s cult blaxploitation spoof ?Pootie Tang? (featuring Dave in a small role) to Gilbert?s controversial (and costly) tsunami jokes to Danny Kaye?s (alleged) love affair with Sir Laurence Olivier. Also: Dave shares his passion for 70?s-era porn, reveals why he doesn?t consider himself a good actor and helps Gilbert and Frank dissect classic (and not-so-classic) movies like ?Planet of the Apes,? ?The Magnificent Seven? and ?The Tingler.? PLUS: Tuesday Weld! Pat Morita! Hymie the Robot! The Three Stooges meet ?The Dirty Dozen?! And Barbara Hershey becomes Barbara Seagull! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor, dancer and singer Ken Berry grew up in a small Midwestern town, admiring the musicals of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. After winning several local talent contests, he found his way into show business and was soon pulling down an impressive (for the time) $90 a week! Gilbert and Frank caught up with Ken at his Hollywood home to ask about his ?two years of recess? on the classic sitcom ?F-Troop? and his memories of working alongside comedy greats George Burns, Don Rickles, Carol Burnett and a then (mostly) unknown Steve Martin. Also, Ken reminisces about life as a ?day player? and tells us why he had the worst stage act in the history of Vegas. PLUS: ?My Mother the Car?! ?The Ken Berry ?Wow? Show?! Helen Hayes eats a cheeseburger! Richard Dreyfuss serenades a goldfish! And Leonard Nimoy covers Harry Belafonte! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emmy award-winning writer Alan Zweibel started out in show business by peddling jokes to Catskills comics at seven bucks a pop, before a chance meeting with Lorne Michaels led to a staff job on the hottest new show on television, ?Saturday Night Live.? Alan joined Gilbert and Frank at the George Burns Room at the Friars Club to talk about the earliest days of SNL, co-creating the groundbreaking ?It?s Garry Shandling?s Show? and collaborating with everyone from Gilda Radner to Billy Crystal. Also: Alan heckles Larry David?s act, ?borrows from? Paul Simon, turns down ?Hollywood Squares? and inspires a classic ?Seinfeld? episode. PLUS: Totie Fields! Christopher Lee! The subversiveness of ?Duck Soup?! Uncle Miltie gets banned! And Gilbert tries (unsuccessfully) to follow The Beatles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a young boy growing up in Queens, New York, Chuck McCann worshipped stars like Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton and Groucho Marx, and within a few years, he would find himself befriending (or working with) all of them. Gilbert and Frank phoned Chuck (one of THEIR childhood heroes) to talk about his unusual and unlikely journey from obsessed fan to celebrated screen, stage and voice performer and beloved kiddie show host. Also: Chuck hitches a ride on Hugh Hefner?s jet, inspires Billy Crystal, writes a part for John Carradine and co-stars in a legendary TV flop. Plus: Hal Roach! Tim Conway! Chuck and Groucho hawk deodorant! Mae West ?works? the docks! And Chuck asks Gilbert for a lollipop!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oscar-nominated actor Gary Busey has been in over 150 movies, working alongside everyone from Barbra Streisand to Steven Seagal. On a recent visit to LA, Gilbert sat down with Gary to talk about his near-death experience, his character ?process? and channeling the spirit of Buddy Holly. Also, Gary hosts ?Saturday Night Live,? spoons Mel Gibson, jams with Rick Danko and praises Gene Hackman. PLUS: Jack Elam! Jan-Michael Vincent! Rod Steiger eats a sandwich! And Gary tells Gilbert the meaning of life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, comedian and producer Bob Zmuda has had a busy career, performing, writing and producing comedy specials, co-creating the charity Comic Relief and collaborating with the late (??) great comedian/performance artist Andy Kaufman. Gilbert and Frank rang up Bob at his house in Lake Tahoe to talk about (among other things) his early days as half of the comedy duo Albrecht & Zmuda, his role in bringing the Kaufman biopic ?Man on the Moon? to the screen, his controversial new book about Andy?s life, and his theory of how his old friend and collaborator pulled off the greatest hoax in comedy history. Also, Eddie Murphy takes a phone call, Tony Clifton (or was it Jim Carrey?) invades the Playboy mansion and Garth Brooks (almost) portrays Bob on the big screen. PLUS: The ventriloquist team of Dick & Stinky! Larry the Lobster gets a reprieve! Gilbert gets the axe at SNL! And a surprise guest crashes the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actress-comedian Susie Essman is best known to audiences for playing the acid-tongued Susie Greene on HBO?s ?Curb Your Enthusiasm? but she began her career as a stand-up, opening for people like Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Belzer and a young Gilbert Gottfried. For the first live GGACP episode (as part of the annual NYC Podfest), Gilbert and Frank sat down with Susie to talk about her obsession with Turner Classic Movies, her favorite ?Curb? moments and how comedy saved her from a life of crime. PLUS: Peter Lorre! Margaret Hamilton! Susie roasts Jerry Stiller! Larry David pens a pilot for Gilbert! And the curse of the ?Shiksa Goddess?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran character actor James Karen appeared in over 80 movies, more than 100 television shows and a staggering 5,000 TV commercials. In a career spanning nearly 7 decades (!), he?s worked with Frederic March, Lauren Bacall, Gene Hackman, Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford and Will Smith, to name a few. Gilbert and Frank phoned James to cover a wide range of topics, including his film debut in the immortal ?Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster,? his years-long friendship with the legendary Buster Keaton and his experience sharing a townhouse with Marlon Brando, Wally Cox and Maureen Stapleton. Also, James ?sells? Craig T. Nelson a haunted house, a Boy Scout uniform leads to an acting career and a controversial ?Jeffersons? episode nearly torpedoes a TV pitchman gig. PLUS: James parties with Clark Gable! Gilbert gets a one-cent residual check! Moe Howard recites from ?The Tempest?! And James teaches a teenaged Michael Douglas to drive! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran comedy writer Tom Leopold started out as an actor, working with James Mason, Robert Preston and Ted Knight before creating comedy material for legends Steve Allen, Bob Hope and Mary Tyler Moore and writing hit series like ?Cheers? and ?Seinfeld? (scripting the memorable ?Babu? episode, among others). Tom sat down with Gilbert and Frank to talk about early acting roles on ?Gunsmoke? and ?Mannix,? his days on the ?National Lampoon Radio Hour? with Christopher Guest and Bill Murray and his years-long friendships with pals Paul Shaffer, Richard Belzer and Harry Shearer. Also: George Chakiris vs. George Maharis, Chevy Chase hitches a ride with Paul Lynde and 80-year-old George Jessel phones his mom. PLUS: Stubby Kaye! Gert ?Goldfinger? Frobe! Donald O?Connor?s coat! Tom brunches with Jerry Lewis! And the triumphant return of Perfecto Telles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank reach out to actor and radio personality Danny Bonaduce to talk about his role as the smart-alecky Danny Partridge on ABC's "The Partridge Family," guest spots on shows like ?Bewitched? and ?The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,? and his long, strange trip from child star to top-rated shock jock. Also: Danny meets a young Richard Pryor, bangs up Sonny Bono?s Porsche, runs afoul of an angry chimp and dukes it out with Donny Osmond and Greg Brady. PLUS: Ray Bolger! Whit Bissell! Shirley Jones sends Danny to his room! And David Cassidy displays his hidden ?talent!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Screenwriters/producers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have written some of the most offbeat and imaginative movies of the last three decades, including "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Man on the Moon" and "Big Eyes." Gilbert and Frank dropped by Scott and Larry?s hotel as the boys prepped for the MOMA premiere of "Big Eyes" to talk about everything from their critically reviled debut film, "Problem Child" (featuring a certain shrill-voiced comedian) to their attempts at a Marx Brothers biopic and an "It?s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" sequel. PLUS: Margaret Keane?s existential crisis! Kelton the Cop demands a cameo! Gallagher vs. Gallagher II! ?Ed Wood & Bela Lugosi: A Love Story?! And Scott and Larry meet the King of Pop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City-born Henry Winkler overcame a difficult childhood to carve out a memorable acting career, working with legends like Gene Kelly and Katherine Hepburn and portraying one of TV?s most indelible characters, Arthur ?The Fonz? Fonzarelli. Gilbert and Frank dialed up Henry at his L.A. home to talk about his struggles with dyslexia, the genius of a young Robin Williams and Henry?s enduring friendships with Ron Howard and John Ritter. Also: Henry helps discover Marlee Matlin, meets John (and Julian) Lennon and explains the mysterious disappearance of Chuck Cunningham. PLUS: Fonzie parts the Red Sea! Sly Stallone paints his windows black! Henry turns down ?Grease?! And Gilbert ?sings? the ?Lords of Flatbush? theme! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank visit the George Burns Room at the historic New York Friars Club, where they?re joined by actor, singer and musician Micky Dolenz for a fun and fascinating look back at ?Monkeemania? and his own unlikely journey from 1950?s child star (?Circus Boy?) to 1960?s pop/rock icon. Also, Micky drops in on a ?Sgt. Pepper? recording session, makes movies with Jack Nicholson and Frank Zappa and hits the town with fellow ?Hollywood Vampires? John Lennon, Keith Moon and Alice Cooper. PLUS: Lon Chaney Jr.! Micky?s mom meets ?The Creeper?! The Monkees take on ?Faust?! Harry Nilsson quits his day job! And Sgt. Bilko sings ?Yesterday?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, journalist and pop culture expert Steve Cox has authored more than twenty books on film and television, including books about Johnny Carson, The Three Stooges, "The Addams Family," "I Dream of Jeannie," "The Munsters," "It?s a Wonderful Life" and "The Wizard of Oz." This week, Steve joins Gibert and Frank for a lively (and then some) conversation about Larry Fine?s lady-killing, the unappreciated comic timing of Fred Gwynne and ?Grandpa? Al Lewis, and Abbott and Costello?s influence on Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. PLUS: A Munchkin suicide hoax! Mayor McCheese cleans up! Buddy Hackett enjoys a malted! And Frank attends a Stooge funeral! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former teen idol Frankie Avalon broke into show business as a child prodigy and was soon receiving 12,000 pieces of fan mail per week and working alongside Hollywood greats Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx and John Wayne. Frankie joined Gilbert and Frank for a look back at his humble beginnings in South Philly, his years as a teen heartthrob and his decades-long friendship with onscreen love interest Annette Funicello. Plus: The Duke makes Laurence Harvey cry! Buster Keaton meets Houdini! ?Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine?! Dueling Draculas! And Cesar Romero and Arnold Stang hit a strip joint! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old pal Bob Saget drops by the historic Friars Club to plug his New York Times bestseller ?Dirty Daddy,? and to chat with Gilbert and Frank about his early days in the biz, his 8-year gig as a sitcom patriarch and his friendships with Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles. Also, Bob starts his own hate society, dreams about Buddy Hackett and Buddy Ebsen and grills Gilbert about his most memorable ?casting couch? experiences. PLUS: Perfecto Telles! Asian Elvis! Sam Kinison as the Messiah! Gilbert as ?Weezie? Jefferson!  And the first joke Bob ever wrote! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary B-movie king Roger Corman has produced and directed over 400 films, giving early career breaks to actors like Robert De Niro, Sandra Bullock, Bruce Dern, Charles Bronson and Dennis Hopper and helping to launch the directing careers of Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich (among others).Gilbert and Frank phoned Roger in his Hollywood home to learn more about his life and storied career, including where/how he first met longtime friend and collaborator Jack Nicholson, why the Hell?s Angels threatened to murder him AND take him to court, and why ?a monster should always be bigger than a leading lady.? PLUS: ?The Beast with (not quite) a Million Eyes?! Roger experiments with LSD! Peter Lorre messes with Boris Karloff?s head! And the enduring mystery of ?The Terror?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music producer-turned-filmmaker and screenwriter Brian Koppelman (?Rounders,? ?Runaway Jury,? ?Oceans 13?) joins Gilbert and Frank at the legenday NY Friars Club to talk about everything from signing Tracy Chapman and Eddie Murphy to their first record deals to working with celebrated actors John Turturro, Martin Landau and John Malkovich. Also, Brian trots out a Gilbert impression, names all four ?Sweathogs? and heaps praise on ?The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.? PLUS: Al Pacino borrows from Paul Anka! The ?Death Wish? muggers make it big! And Ol? Blue Eyes demands a slice of pie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank celebrate the lives and careers of horror icons Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff  with the help of their devoted offspring, Bela Lugosi Jr. and Sara Karloff. First up, the ?Son of Dracula? recalls visiting the set of ?Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein? as a child and points out what the movie ?Ed Wood? got wrong about his famous dad. Then, author and historian Sara Karloff looks back on her father's most indelible roles, from The Frankenstein Monster to The Mummy to The Grinch?and tells us why her dad referred to Halloween as his ?busy season." PLUS: Karloff dances on ?The Red Skelton Show?! Lugosi passes up the role of a lifetime! Sara meets the ?Son of Gilbert?! And Bela Jr. takes a stand for The Three Stooges! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's two brief but memorable interviews in one episode as Gilbert?s old boss, actor, producer and songwriter Alan Thicke, joins the boys for a look back at the late, lamented 1983 talk show "Thicke of the Night? (featuring a young Gilbert Gottfried)! and reminisces about everything from his short-lived disco career to scripting variety specials for Johnny Cash, Bobby Darin and Flip Wilson. Also, Alan and Gilbert swap wives, John Lennon praises commercial jingles and Paul Lynde drives his sportscar into a ditch. Next up, it's a clash of comedy titans as Gilbert and Frank extend a peace offering to Las Vegas legend Shecky Greene following the much-publicized Gilbert-Shecky Friars Club feud!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August of 2014, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Mandatory Fun" became the first comedy album to top the U.S. Billboard charts in over five decades. Several months later, Al joined Gilbert and Frank at the legendary New York Friars Club to talk about an assortment of fascinating topics, including Dr. Demento's influence on his career, the history of novelty and parody records and the reason he was forbidden to make eye contact with Prince. Also, Gilbert flashes Marge Simpson, prays to a statue of Red Buttons and loses a film role to 3? 9? Billy Barty. PLUS: Dueling Crazy Guggenheims! Irving Berlin vs. Mad magazine! ?Disco? Art Fleming! And Weird Al?s ?Mount Rushmore of Comedy?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sixty years ago, ABC's "Batman" premiered, revolutionizing both television and popular culture. Back in 2014, Gilbert and Frank tracked down the caped crusader of the swinging sixties (and their childhoods), the legendary Adam West, who happily shared his memories of everyone from Gary Cooper to Jackie Gleason and joked about some of his more ?challenging? gigs (?Voodoo Island? anyone?). Also in this episode: Adam duets with Dino, makes history with William Shatner and pays Gilbert one of the greatest compliments of his career. PLUS: The origin of the Batusi! Liberace gets tough! Adam turns down the part of 007! And Batman and the Riddler go to an orgy!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian and Emmy-winning actor Jay Thomas is best known to audiences as doomed hockey star Eddie LeBec on ?Cheers? and tabloid talker Jerry Gold on ?Murphy Brown,? but he?s also a showbiz renaissance man, having worked as a stand-up comic, disc jockey, sportscaster and reality show host. Jay stopped by Gilbert?s apartment on a summer evening to share hilariously candid anecdotes about everything from swiping Bill Cosby?s jokes to getting kicked out of an audition for ?The West Wing.? Also in this episode: Jay looks back on the infamous ?Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?," Joe Piscopo runs afoul of the mafia and Jay runs afoul of Rhea Perlman. PLUS: The Lone Ranger ?rides? again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

?Agent 99? herself, the funny and charming Barbara Feldon invites Gilbert and Frank to her New York City townhouse to share warm memories of ?Get Smart? co-stars Don Adams, Ed Platt and Bernie Kopell and to give the boys her take on the Steve Carell feature film version. Also, Barbara looks back on working with everyone from Dean Martin to Bruce Dern and tells us how she managed to win $64,000 on a quiz show. Also in this episode: Gilbert channels John McGiver, Barbara auditions to be a stripper, and the worst TV movie ever made. PLUS: A live, all-new rendition of the "99" song! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank return to the New York Friars Club to sit down with the (VERY!) candid and colorful Danny Aiello about his uphill and unlikely journey from Greyhound bus dispatcher to Oscar nominee. Also, Danny shares his memories of goofing around with Paul Newman, sightseeing with Rodney Dangerfield and singing backup for Bette Midler, and tells us why he?s embarrassed by his role in the classic rom-com ?Moonstruck.? Also in this episode: Uncle Miltie meets Jack Ruby, Danny jokes about his notoriously fiery temper and Robert De Niro learns to throw a baseball. PLUS: The Pete Best of ?The Godfather?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary comedian and Emmy-winning writer David Steinberg joins Gilbert and Frank to talk about his friendships with Jack Benny and George Burns, his 140+ appearances on Johnny Carson?s ?Tonight Show," his inclusion on Richard Nixon?s infamous enemies list and the 2013 biographical Showtime documentary ?Quality Balls." Also in this episode: the Smothers Brothers get hate mail, David directs Gilbert in an episode of ?Mad About You? and David presents Showtime's "Inside Comedy" series. PLUS: John Candy does Doc Severinsen! David saves Tony Randall?s life! And the Mount Rushmore of Jewish comedians! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five-time Emmy winner Bill Persky led a charmed life in show business. Handpicked by comedy legend Carl Reiner to write (and eventually produce) "The Dick Van Dyke Show," Bill and partner Sam Denoff scripted many of the series' most memorable episodes, including "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" and "That's My Boy." Later, the duo would create the groundbreaking sitcom "That Girl" and write comedy specials for Bill Cosby and Mary Tyler Moore and Bill (flying solo) would go on to produce and direct hit shows like "Kate & Allie" "Welcome Back, Kotter" and "Who's the Boss?". Bill sat down with Gilbert and Frank to talk about his journey through the golden age of TV comedy and about working with EVERYONE, including Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Julie Andrews, Gene Kelly, Peter Sellers, and Orson Welles (to name but a few!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To kick off the launch of his recent book, "Heroes of the Comics," Gilbert and Frank were joined by their favorite illustrator, the incomparable Drew Friedman. While sitting and admiring Drew's work adorning the walls of Manhattan's Society of Illustrators, the boys managed to cover everything from Drew and Gilbert's days at "National Lampoon" to Gilbert's Lon Chaney, Jr. obsession to the time a 15-year-old Drew paid a visit to the home of the legendary Groucho Marx. ALSO: "The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant"! Jerry Lewis kvells over Drew's portrait! The triumphant return of Milton Berle's schlong! And Drew reveals why he's Howard Stern's favorite artist!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank sit down with writer, producer and former showrunner of "The Simpsons," Mike Reiss, who shares a few ?dark secrets? behind the show that would go on to become the longest-running primetime series in television history. In this episode, Mike reveals the true story behind Itchy & Scratchy, how Groundskeeper Willie became a national hero, and why Marge?s bouffant is so tall (bet you don?t know the story behind that one.) Also, Mike recalls writing fake ?letters to Santa? for Johnny Carson and working on one of Frank's all-time favorite series, ?It?s Garry Shandling?s Show.? PLUS: Michael Jackson?s sound-alike, hookers in helicopters and Raymond Burr does Tiny Tim! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

?Man of a Thousand Voices? Billy West has lent his unique talents to projects such as ?Ren & Stimpy,? Matt Groening?s ?Futurama,? ?Looney Tunes? cartoons and of course, ?The Howard Stern Show,? where he won over longtime listeners with his savagely funny impressions of Larry Fine, former Stern show writer Jackie Martling and late Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott. In this classic episode, Gilbert and Frank rang up Billy at his home in Hollywood to compare notes on some of their favorite essential topics, including Bud Abbott, Gale Gordon, Peter Lorre, Al ?Grandpa? Lewis, and the racism of "Dick Tracy" cartoons. PLUS: the true story behind the voice of Dr. Zoidberg! Billy jams with The Beach Boys! Jewish Frankenstein! Angry Munchkins! And Gilbert sings the theme song from ?Problem Child?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank returned to the famed New York Friars Club to sit down with Gilbert?s old pal, magician-illusionist-comedian-provocateur Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame. Over the course of an amusing and highly informative hour, Penn shared fond memories of Johnny Carson, George Carlin and Jerry Lewis, explained how his love of jazz inspired the hit 2005 documentary ?The Aristocrats? (a movie he co-conceived and co-produced). Also, Penn reveals the real, no-?Bullshit? story behind the death of legendary showman Harry Houdini. PLUS: The near-death of Gilbert Gottfried! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of Gilbert and Frank's favorite interviews was this 2014 sitdown with a legend of local broadcasting, the one and only Joe Franklin. In this episode, the boys dropped in on Joe?s infamously cluttered (an understatement!) Manhattan office to nosh on (very old) chicken salad, dodge falling stacks of collectibles and ask the ?King of Nostalgia? about his memories of Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and John Lennon, to name but a few. PLUS: The Ramones! Remembering the Toastmaster General! Joe interviews Boris Karloff (and Bela Lugosi?)! And the greatest entertainer of all time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Child actor Butch Patrick was barely 11 years old when he was asked to screen test for a CBS ?family sitcom? and within hours, his life was forever changed. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the debut of one of TV?s strangest (and most enduring) shows, ?The Munsters,? Gilbert and Frank rang up Eddie Munster himself to find out how he first landed the part way back in 1964, why the original Marilyn was replaced and if he still had his old ?Woof Woof? doll. Also, Butch speaks with surprising candor about overcoming his various demons and tells us where ?Lidsville? creators Sid and Marty Krofft found their own ?inspiration.? All this, plus memories of Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millions of movie buffs knew Robert Osborne as the elegant, erudite film historian and host of Turner Classic Movies, but few knew that he spent time as a struggling actor, was mentored by comedy legend Lucille Ball, and even appeared in the pilot of ?The Beverly Hillbillies? ? a show he was certain would ?never catch on.? Some years ago, Gilbert sat in as TCM?s ?Guest Programmer? and Robert generously returned the favor by traveling to Manhattan?s Society of Illustrators on a hot July evening to dish a little dirt and share anecdotes about Hollywood luminaries Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Natalie Wood and Walt Disney (among others). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank visit the New York City apartment of ?Roastmaster General? Jeff Ross to talk about some of his favorite roasts and roast jokes (he also couldn?t resist the urge to roast his two interviewers). Jeff also recalls his friendships with showbiz icons Buddy Hackett, Bea Arthur, Sid Caesar and Milton Berle, including the time he was treated to a sneak peek of Uncle Miltie?s legendarily large appendage. Also, Gilbert chimes in on his infamous performance at the Hugh Hefner roast and the ?Aristocrats? joke that spawned a hit movie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout the late 1950?s and 60?s, the comedy duo of (Marty) Allen & (Steve) Rossi performed to sold-out Vegas crowds, recorded best-selling comedy albums and made hundreds of TV appearances (44 of them on ?The Ed Sullivan Show"). Sadly, Steve Rossi had passed away earlier in 2014, but Gilbert and Frank tracked down the other half of the legendary team, 92-year-old Marty Allen, to talk about his 60+ years in the business, his brushes with Elvis and the Beatles and the origin of the his signature catch phrase, ?Hello Dere!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Musician, comedian, actor and composer Paul Shaffer was heavily influenced by the musical (and comedy) acts he grew up watching on ?The Ed Sullivan Show,? so it was only fitting that we interviewed him in the ?Ed Sullivan Room? of the famed New York Friars Club. Not many people can say they worked with James Brown, John Belushi, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Brian Wilson, Mickey Rooney AND the infamous Phil Spector, but Paul has ? and he shares memorable anecdotes about every one of them. Also, Gilbert and Paul discuss their mutual obsession with a certain Cindy Crawford/Valerie Bertinelli infomercial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank welcomes 2026 with GGACP Rewind, a full replay of The Amazing Colossal Podcast from the very beginning. Plus, more Fun For All Ages. Subscribe to Fun For all Ages now on  Apple ???????https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre/id1824012922??????? Spotify ???????https://open.spotify.com/show/18EQJNDwlYMUSh2uXD6Mu6?si=97966f6f8c474bc9??????? Amazon ???????https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/13b5ed88-d28d-4f0c-a65e-8b32eecd80f6/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre??????? YouTube ???????https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgvlbF41NLLPvsrcZ9XIsYKkH_HvUXHSG??????? iHeart ???????https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-fun-for-all-ages-with-fran-283612643/??????? TuneIn ???????http://tun.in/pxOWO?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilbert and Frank visit the Manhattan apartment of 91-year-old comedy legend Larry Storch to talk about his days in nightclubs and burlesque, his gift for accents and dialects, his decades-long friendships with Tony Curtis and Don (?Get Smart?) Adams and his memories of everyone from Lucille Ball to Orson Welles. Also, Larry shares some of his all-time favorite jokes and joins the boys for an impromptu (and practically on-key) rendition of the ?F-Troop? theme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices