{"podcast":{"title":"Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast","slug":"gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846","podcast_index_feed_id":739846,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/gilbert-gottfried","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6ca3105c-0d85-11ea-9286-6334ed0c7bb6/image/dfb8ee9d6fc6b81f947b700bc4f79cf1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast","episode_count":1124,"summary":"Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, a man Stephen King once called “a national treasure,” talks with the show business legends, icons and behind-the-scenes talents who shaped his childhood and influenced his comedy. Along with co-host and fellow pop culture fanatic Frank Santopadre, Gilbert is joined by comics, actors, musicians, talk show hosts, writers and other eyewitnesses to Hollywood history, including Bruce Dern, Chevy Chase, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Adam West, Steve Buscemi, Micky Dolenz, Jim Gaffigan, Judd Apatow and DOZENS more, for a funny, frenetic, fly-on-the-wall look at showbiz then and now (but mostly then.) Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast was named \"Best Podcast of 2015\" by the Village Voice and one of iTunes' \"Best of 2014.\" It has been featured in Rolling Stone, Wired and the Los Angeles Times.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846"},"episode":{"title":"GGACP Rewind: Episode #38: Alan Zweibel","slug":"ggacp-rewind-episode-38-alan-zweibel","published_at":"2026-05-14T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846/ggacp-rewind-episode-38-alan-zweibel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH9860144752.mp3?updated=1778476580","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH9860144752.mp3?updated=1778476580","summary":"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","meta_description":"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 wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5809,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846/episodes/ggacp-rewind-episode-38-alan-zweibel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846/ggacp-rewind-episode-38-alan-zweibel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}