{"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":1157,"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":"2026-09-21T08:19:15.480896+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846"},"episode":{"title":"GGACP Rewind: Episode #51: Ed Asner","slug":"ggacp-rewind-episode-51-ed-asner","published_at":"2026-07-30T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846/ggacp-rewind-episode-51-ed-asner","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gilbert-gottfried-s-amazing-colossal-podcast-739846","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/traffic.megaphone.fm/IMP2297251092.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/traffic.megaphone.fm/IMP2297251092.mp3","summary":"Gilbert and Frank ring up one of their favorite character actors, seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, to talk about his early days in the business, his seven memorable seasons as the irascible Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and his roles in popular films like “Elf” and Pixar’s “Up.” Also, Ed meets Elvis, co-stars with Edward G. Robinson, beats up Jack Lemmon and lusts after Cloris Leachman. PLUS: Sam Jaffe! Michael Cole! “The Duke” names names! The comic genius of Ted Knight! And Ed dishes dirt on Santa Claus! https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/51-51-ed-asner/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Gilbert and Frank ring up one of their favorite character actors, seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, to talk about his early days in the business, his seven…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3656,"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-51-ed-asner/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-51-ed-asner.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}