Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried was one of the entertainment industry's most devoted classic Hollywood obsessives, and this podcast — co-hosted with Frank Santopadre — became a beloved institution over its extraordinary 1,100-plus episodes. Now running as rewind episodes from the Starburns Audio archive, the show featured interviews with veteran actors, directors, writers, and behind-the-scenes figures who actually lived through Hollywood's golden era. Gottfried's encyclopedic knowledge of old movies and TV surprised a lot of people who only knew him as a comedian with a distinctive voice. He could go toe-to-toe with any film historian on classic Hollywood trivia, and the interviews got remarkably candid because guests clearly trusted and respected him. The 4.8-star rating from nearly 3,900 reviews speaks for itself — this was not a vanity project. Recent rewind episodes have featured conversations with Bill Persky, Drew Friedman, Mike Reiss, Billy West, and Penn Jillette. The tone is funny, warm, occasionally irreverent, and packed with Hollywood stories you simply will not hear anywhere else. Episodes run about an hour and release twice a week, so there is a massive back catalog to work through. This is genuinely one of the best oral history archives of classic entertainment that exists in podcast form, and the rewind format means nothing gets lost.