Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

GGACP looks back at an entertaining (and educational!) episode from Sept 2, 2019 with this ENCORE presentation of an interview with author-historian Jeff Abraham and filmmaker Burt Kearns about their book, "The Show Won't Go On." In this episode, Jeff and Burt share fascinating backstories on the untimely (and unusual) passings of Dick Shawn, Joe E. Ross, Al Kelly, Parkyakarkus and Karl Wallenda (among others). Also, Moe Howard wears a dress, Burt Reynolds gets a paint job, Sid Caesar packs heat and Paul Anka tears down Wayne Newton. PLUS: Carmen Miranda's final bow! The poetry of Buddy Hackett! The history of the "bullet catch"! The strange death of Washington Irving Bishop! And Jeff and Burt attend the Jerry Lewis auction! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Mo, you are listening to Gilbert Goffrey's colossal terrific podcast.
0:07.0	Why don't you say Mammy? The Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my co-hosts Frank Santo
0:42.1	Padre.
0:43.8	And our guests this week are one.
0:49.9	Jeff Abraham is one of America's foremost comedy historians and a go-to pop culture
0:58.9	experts for TV producers, documentary filmmakers, and authors.
1:05.9	As a senior account executive at Jonas Public Relations,
1:12.3	he's rep some of the top names in comedy including
1:16.8	Andrew Dice Clay Steve Harvey George Lopez Bill, and for the last 11 years of his life, George Carlin.
1:28.8	He's also the owner and curator of the largest comedy album archive in Hollywood and has served
1:39.2	as a consultant on documentaries and TV specials including Make
1:46.2	them laugh or PBS comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of old time, Cinemax. Let me in. I have... Let me in. I hear laughter,
2:02.3	a salute to the Friars Club, and Encore's method in the madness of Jerry Lewis. He is also on the board of the National...
2:16.1	Come...
2:17.1	Method to the madness, but good enough.
2:20.7	Ah, whatever.
2:24.0	Steri Lewis.
2:25.0	Yeah.
2:26.0	A National Comedy Center is the, he's on the board of the National Comedy, Floygus, and Haven for whom,
2:39.7	and is the author of an upcoming authorized biography of the Rich Brothers.
2:47.0	And he was once reamed out by Paul Anka.
2:55.0	Burke Kearns is an award-winning producer,
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