On today's #GGACP REWIND...Gilbert and Frank reach out to actor & radio personality DANNY BONADUCE to talk about his role as the smart-alecky Danny Partridge on ABC's "The Partridge Family," his long, strange trip from child star to top-rated shock jock and MORE!
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ON TODAY'S #GGACP REWIND: Gilbert and Frank dropped by SCOTT ALEXANDER and LARRY KARASZEWSKI's hotel as the boys prepped for the MOMA premiere of "Big Eyes" to talk about everything from "Problem Child" to their attempts at a Marx Brothers biopic and MORE!
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On TODAY'S #GGACP REWIND... Gilbert and Frank dialed up HENRY WINKLER at his L.A. home to talk about the genius of a young Robin Williams, Henry’s enduring friendships with Ron Howard and John Ritter and MORE!
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Gilbert and Frank are 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! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com!
ON TODAY'S #GGACP REWIND!
Writer, journalist and pop culture expert STEVE COX joins Gibert and Frank for a lively conversation about Larry Fine, Fred Gwynne and “Grandpa” Al Lewis, Abbott and Costello’s influence on Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David and MORE! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com
ON TODAY'S #GGACP REWIND...Former teen idol FRANKIE AVALON 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 AND MORE! Hear it now at gilbertpodcast.com
ON TODAY'S #GGACP REWIND...BOB SAGET drops by the historic Friars Club to chat with Gilbert and Frank about his early days in the biz, his NYT bestseller “Dirty Daddy,” his gig as a sitcom patriarch, his friendships with Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles AND MORE! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com
On today's #GGACP REWIND Gilbert and Frank phone legendary B-movie king ROGER CORMAN to learn more about his life & storied career, including his longtime friend & collaborator Jack Nicholson, why the Hell’s Angels threatened to murder him and MORE!
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On today's #GGACP REWIND....Music producer-turned-filmmaker and screenwriter BRIAN KOPPELMAN (“Rounders,” “Runaway Jury,” “Oceans 13”) joins Gilbert and Frank to talk about everything from working with Turturro, Landau, Malkovich and MORE!
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On today's GGACP REWIND 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!
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On today's #GGACP REWIND!
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC joined Gilbert & Frank at the legendary 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 MORE!
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On today's #GGACP REWIND: Back in 2014, Gilbert and Frank tracked down the caped crusader of the swinging sixties, 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! gilbertpodcast.com
Comedian and Emmy-winning actor JAY THOMAS stopped by Gilbert’s apartment on a summer evening to share hilariously candid anecdotes about everything from Bill Cosby, “The West Wing," “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?," Joe Piscopo, Rhea Perlman, The Lone Ranger AND MORE! gilbertpodcast.com
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“Agent 99” herself, the funny and charming BARBARA FELDON invites Gilbert and Frank to her NYC townhouse to share warm memories of “Get Smart” co-stars Don Adams, Ed Platt and Bernie Kopell plus Dean Martin, Bruce Dern and MORE! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com
On TODAY'S #GGACP #REWIND...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!
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On today's #GGACP REWIND: 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 Carson’s “Tonight Show," his inclusion on Nixon’s infamous enemies list and MORE! gilbertpodcast.com
On today's #GGACP REWIND: Five-time Emmy winner BILL PERSKY 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, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles AND MORE! gilbertpodcast.com
On today's #GGACP REWIND...Gilbert and Frank were joined by the incomparable DREW FRIEDMAN to discuss everything from the "National Lampoon" days to Gilbert's Lon Chaney, Jr. obsession to the time a 15-year-old Drew paid a visit to the legendary Groucho Marx! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com!
On today's #GGACP REWIND, 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! Hear it now at gilbertpodcast.com!
On today's REWIND, Gilbert and Frank rang up the "Man of 1,000 Voices" BILLY WEST 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, the racism of "Dick Tracy" cartoons and MORE! gilbertpodcast.com
On today's #GGACP REWIND, 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! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com! Frank Santopadre
On today's #GGACP #REWIND hear one of Gilbert and Frank's favorite interviews, this sitdown with a legend of local broadcasting, the one and only JOE FRANKLIN! Franklin. In this episode, the boys ask the “King of Nostalgia” about his memories of Chaplin, Keaton, Sinatra and MORE! gilbertpodcast.com
Gilbert and Frank rang up Eddie Munster himself, BUTCH PATRICK, to find out how he first landed the part on "The Munsters," why the original Marilyn was replaced, if he still had his old “Woof Woof” doll, PLUS tales of the Kroffts, Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde and MORE! gilbertpodcast.com
REWIND with #GGACP today and tune in to hear the late, great ROBERT OSBORNE dish a little dirt and share anecdotes about Hollywood luminaries and MORE! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com
REWIND with #GGACP as 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, Buddy Hackett, Bea Arthur, Sid Caesar and Milton Berle, The Aristocrats and MORE!
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