Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini #235: Amazing Colossal Trivia Call-in Show (with Rupert Holmes), Part 2
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Here we go boys. One, this is Gilbert Gottfried.
I'm here with Frank Santopadre,
and this is Gilbert and Frank's
amazing Colossal Obsessions
with our guest, Rupert Holmes.
The great Rupert Holmes is here.
The great Rupert Holmes.
If you're listening to this,
you're on Stitcher,
and you ought to listen
to the main episode
that we just did
because Rupert outdid himself
by coming up with
not only Charles Gray
but the actor who played
Dory Shary
in the Isle of Lusitania. You know, Philip
Ober is a rich vein to mine.
But we still have callers on the line.
We were having so much fun so we decided to roll it
over to a mini episode. So we're going to take
the remaining callers on the line. We'll call this
Colossal Obsessions. And Frank, who do we have? This is the remaining callers on the line. We'll call this Colossal Obsessions.
And Frank,
who do we have?
This is a phone call from Restricted.
Uh-oh.
So right away,
it's Mysterious.
Oh, brother.
Somebody in the
witness protection.
All right, Mysterious.
Mysterious, who are you?
Where are you from?
Hey there.
This is Mark Edlitz
from New York, New York,
Chelsea.
And Dara gave me
the thumbs up
to give a call to you guys.
Terrific.
Long time listener. Hi, Mark. How are you gave me the thumbs up to give a call to you guys. Terrific. Long time listener.
Hi, Mark.
How are you?
I'm doing great.
Thanks for speaking to me.
Of course.
Say hi to Gilbert and Rupert.
Hey, guys.
How are you?
Fine.
Thank you, Mark.
How are you?
What do you got for us?
I wrote a book on James Bond that's coming out in October called The Many Lives of James
Bond.
Very good.
I have two trivia questions based on my research.
More Bond.
And I know you guys are Bond fans. I know you guys did a mini episode on Bond as well. We did. Very good. I have two trivia questions based on my research. More Bond. And I know you guys
are Bond fans.
I know you guys did
a mini episode on Bond as well.
We did.
We did.
So,
who is the first actor
to play James Bond
in any medium?
We just covered that one.
We just covered that one.
Yeah.
And it's,
and it's,
no, no,
and it's not who you think.
Oh, in any medium.
Was there a,
are you talking about radio? Yes. Oh, so it's not who you think. Oh, in any medium. Are you talking about radio?
Yes.
Oh, so it's not Barry Nelson.
It isn't Barry Nelson because he was on like US Steel Hour or something like that.
He did Casino.
Okay, so is it a British radio show?
He played Jimmy Bond.
And there's an actor who played James Bond on the radio.
One time.
One time he played James Bond, the James Bond on the radio. What played James Bond? One time he played James Bond,
the James Bond on the radio. What does the
Jimmy refer to? David Niven?
No. A British
actor. British actor?
I'll give you a hint. Okay.
He later became a game
show host on a
game show called Blockbusters
in the UK.
In the UK. Boy, that's
the only British
game show host I can even think of is Richard Dawson.
Who wouldn't play James Bond.
No.
He could have been at one time in his life.
I have,
you're talking about a BBC, like a
Radio 4 show?
Yeah.
Can you tell me which book they were in?
I can tell you.
It didn't come out of the BBC,
but it was with an English actor,
and it came out of South Africa, of all places.
Oh, yes, South Africa.
Yeah, they do things.
South Africa, they would do like the Avengers TV series.
Was it Juliette Prowse?
She was from South Africa.
I'm not kidding.
Okay, is his first name Tony?
No, it's
not. This is South African.
There were a couple of South African radio
stars who became famous. You'll have to turn over the cards.
I'm sorry. We're going to turn
them over. Who is it, Mark?
His name is Bob Holness.
Of course. His father died in my basement.
And he played James Bond
in the 50s. He was a member of the South African Radio Repertory Company. You my basement. James Bond in the 50s.
He was a member of the South African Radio Repertory Company.
You're stretching.
And he was the first legitimate James Bond.
You think it's a stretch?
And what was he enacting?
What was the title of the episode?
It was Moonraker.
It was Moonraker.
Adaptation of Moonraker.
And are you sure?
Wow.
Let me ask you something here. Moonraker is Adaptation of Moonraker. And are you sure? Wow. Let me ask you something here.
Moonraker is far along in the series.
Are you sure this is pre-Barry Nelson who did it in the 50s?
Well, Barry Nelson played Bond in 1954.
That's absolutely correct.
Yeah.
But he played Jimmy Bond.
Bob Holness played James Bond in an official adaptation.
You're getting us on a technicality
again. Okay, alright. Okay, we'll let it slide.
What was the second Bond question? Quick. I got one more.
Quick. The second Bond question.
What is Sean Connery's last
performance as James Bond? Never say
never again. In an official Eon project.
No. His last official
performance was not in a movie.
Oh, God. That's more information.
Was it with a marionette show?
No.
Was it on an award?
It must have been on an award show.
No, no, no.
What was it?
I'm curious.
Tell us.
It's a production that Eon was involved with, and it's the video game
adaption of From Russia With Love.
How about this?
And Connery plays the whole thing, beginning to end.
If you take away the gameplay and just watch the animated scenes,
it makes an animated version of From Russia with Love.
It's pretty trippy.
Wow.
Good stuff.
And he probably did it for money.
What's the name of the book, Mark?
Plug it one more time before we let you go.
Thank you so much.
It's called The Many Lives of James Bond.
And can I tell you one quick story about his production of it?
We got to run because we got to try to squeeze in some guests.
I'll let you go.
I'll let you go.
I'm sorry.
I'll let you go.
Thank you so much, guys.
Thanks for the call, man.
We appreciate it a lot.
All right.
Some Bond trivia.
And really picky uni Bond trivia.
Yeah.
You know, South African radio is not what should...
No, it actually happened.
There was a guy named Tony Jay who actually got famous out of South Africa,
and he ended up moving.
Sid James from all the carry-on movies was a South African actor.
We booked you specifically for your knowledge of South African radio.
It's terrible.
Who's next, Frank?
Let's try to get them all in.
All the way to 210, which I feel like we did already.
210 area code.
Where are you calling from, caller?
San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio.
Who are we speaking to?
This is the only rabbi who admits to listening to this.
It's Rabbi David.
David Komarowski.
David.
David was at our...
Rabbi David was at our live event.
He is an actual rabowski. David. David was at our, Rabbi David was at our live event. He is an actual rabbi.
Wow.
And Rabbi David, it turns out just by the sheer Facebookness of things, is friends with
a high school friend's dad who is also a rabbi.
That's just freaky.
Did you call with rabbi trivia?
I have one that's...
Yeah, my question is...
Rupert Holmes, you'll be able to do it. Yeah, my question is, is that the right answer, Rabbi?
That is well worth a Stitcher subscription.
Because it's like Passover, I should do four, but I'll just do one question.
I want to know if we can hear Rupert Holmes.
Can we hear Rupert Holmes' Haftorah portion?
My what?
Your Haftorah. He wants to hear your Haftorah.
I'm sorry to let you down.
Here's the thing.
I was brought up as an Episcopalian altar boy.
I have no idea what we're referring to.
I swear to God.
Your bar mitzvah.
He wanted to hear a passage from your bar mitzvah.
No, this is the truth.
Barking up the wrong tree, Rabbi.
My father was a Jewish atheist, and my mother was a devout Episcopalian.
I was brought up at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pearl River, and I was an acolyte.
They said, performing the ceremony today, helping assisting the priest is David Goldstein.
They said they're getting in everywhere.
So, Rabbi, I apologize, but I was never bar mitzvahed. I'm sorry.
We have two right here.
Two disgraces to the faith, Rabbi.
What's your question, pal?
You have no idea how easy you got it.
What's the question?
I'll give you a movie question.
This is my father's favorite movie.
I've never heard it mentioned on the podcast,
but do you know the name of the 1978 William Friedkin picture
that had Peter Falk, Peter Boyle?
Yeah, the Brink's Job.
Yeah.
You got it.
It's a pretty good heist movie, as heist movies go.
I like Husbands.
An outstanding film.
Have you seen Husbands?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
That's a heist movie?
No, no, no, no, no.
No, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara.
Ben Gazzara, yeah.
John Castaneda.
That's the one they were plugging when they got dead drunk and went on the Dick Cavett show.
That's right.
That's right.
They embarrassed themselves.
Yeah, they really did.
Rabbi, that's a great question.
You got a second one or are you going to jump?
That's it. That was great. That's it. Thank you.. Yeah, they really did. Rabbi, that's a great question. You got a second one, or are you going to jump? That's it.
That was great.
That's it.
Thank you.
I love the show.
I apologize.
I also was not bar mitzvahed, possibly because my last name means holy father.
Thanks for your faith, pal.
Thanks for your support of the show.
I have enough.
I've been to enough bar mitzvahs for all three of you.
Terrific.
Thank you.
Thank you, Ben.
Thank you so much.
We appreciate you.
Bye-bye.
Who's next?
I think we have a local caller here.
Who do we have the pleasure of speaking to?
It's Dave from New York.
Dave from New York is on the line, and his voice sounds eerily familiar.
Hello, Dave.
How are you?
All right.
Where are you calling from, and is it down the hall?
He's literally outside the door.
The call is coming from inside the studio.
It's coming from inside your pants.
What's the question, Dave?
And this better be good.
My question is, okay, so the Beatles released Abbey Road 50 years ago this month.
Can you name the five Beatles that appear on the cover of the album?
Rupert?
I'm going to call my lifeline, Rupert Holmes.
Okay, so are we talking about like an insert photo?
Is there something in the background?
I mean, we know there was Stuart Sutcliffe.
Stuart Sutcliffe is...
This is the cover of Abbey Road.
Sure, crossing the street.
Not Sgt. Pepper, where Stu is on cover with him.
But I don't remember.
I didn't study the cover that much.
I don't remember a fifth person in the photograph.
Is he hidden somewhere?
Is it in the window? And is hidden somewhere? Is it in the window?
Is it Pete Best?
Is it Stuart Sutcliffe?
No, it's not
Stu. It's not Pete.
Can you name the first four? The person who most
fascinates me is the person who replaced Ringo
Starr as the drummer when
Ringo was hospitalized and he did a
tour. Can you imagine a man
in this world, one day someone said,
you know the Beatles,
the hottest group in the universe ever?
You're the drummer for the next month.
And what his day must have been like
the day they said goodbye.
But anyway, it's not him, right?
You're saying a fifth Beatle.
Is it George Martin somewhere in there?
What's the answer, Dave?
You've stumped us.
Stumped us.
John, Paul, George, Ringo, Volkswagen.
Oh, my God.
It's a trick question.
Yes, it is.
Oh, you.
From now on, you must spell all questions.
Hold me back, Dara.
Where is he?
We're going to lock the door.
I'm going to box his ears.
It's a funny.
It's a cute gag.
That'll be good.
Yeah.
Good.
All right.
It is hidden in the...
It's like the question, who was the only man to play for the New York Rangers and the New
York Knicks and the New York Yankees, and it turned out to be the organist.
Yeah.
It's like that question.
Good job, Seidel.
Good.
Speaking of the Volkswagen, do you know the last four digits of the license plate on the Volkswagen?
On the Abbey Road cover?
Nerd.
Sorry.
You need to meet some women.
We got to help this guy.
No idea.
But I love the question.
I love the...
28 if.
There you go.
28 if. And that was part of the Paul is dead. Oh, it's part of the Paul is dead. Right. 28 if. There you go. 28 if.
And that was part of the Paul is dead.
Oh, it's part of the Paul is dead.
Right.
And that's on his Tinder profile, ladies.
Come and get him.
Dave, you're a madman.
Thank you for that.
Let's try to squeeze in a couple more people in 15 minutes.
All right.
Area code 519.
519, Dara.
Shout him out.
Hello. Hello, thisara. Shout them out. Hello.
Hello, this is Chanel calling.
Chanel.
Chanel, you're also the fifth caller. What are the odds?
Get it?
Oh, thank you very much. Never mind.
Chanel number five.
Chanel, where are you?
Calling from.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Ontario, Canada.
Yeah. First off, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Ontario, Canada I just wanted to Yeah
First off, I just wanted to say
My favorite song is about the dummy in the window
Well
Well
What is your
What is your question real quickly?
Because our connection is wonky Thank you Well, what is your question real quickly?
Because our connection's wonky.
Thank you.
So my question is, which monkey song did Neil Young play guitar for?
Rupert, which monkey song did Neil Young... We're running late, so I'm going to...
Not Daydream Believer?
No, that's too much of a studio production.
You're anti-Grizelda.
no that's too much
of a studio production
you're anti-Grizelda
wild guess
it would have been
my guess is
it's one of the ones
they did on the stuff
they were doing themselves
but I'm not going to
waste time and guess
I don't know
what's the answer
it was The Beatles
actually
it was on this song
called As We Go Along
which was featured on Head
so
As We Go Along
from Head
yeah from Head
very good question
had some nice phone conversations with Mickey Dolenz this year oh he's a lovely guy he's been here twice which was featured on Head. As we go along from Head. Yeah, from Head. Very good question.
Had some nice phone conversations with Mickey Dolenz this year.
Oh, he's a lovely guy.
He's been here twice.
Oh, yeah.
We appreciate the fact that you're...
I love your monkeys.
Well, we've had two of them here
in the last two.
We had Mike and we had Mickey twice.
And we've had the cunnilingus chimps.
We tried to get Jim Frawley, too.
But we didn't.
We appreciate that your question was also Canada-related.
By the way, the Neil Young connection.
The Neil Young connection.
Thank you, Chanel.
We're going to jump because we've got some people to squeeze in.
No problem.
Thank you very much.
Bye-bye.
Bless your heart.
No problem. Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
Bless your heart.
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All right, quickly.
Area code 404.
Oh, Atlanta.
404 is Atlanta.
We're guessing Atlanta.
Yeah.
Is it Ned?
Hello, who's on the line?
Hello there. Hi, this is Brian
Phillips. How are you? Why hello, Brian Phillips.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Hi there. How are you?
Say hello to Mr. Herbert Holmes
and Mr. Gilbert Gottfried, your
co-host for the evening. Hello, gentlemen.
This is the most genteel
exchange.
We've all suddenly got doilies on.
It's like the Fire Things Club.
Well, how are you?
I'm just so glad to be speaking with you.
It's like a drawing room comedy.
So glad when we heard you could make it.
What is your name?
My name is still Brian Phillips.
Oh, you said that.
Brian Phillips.
I'm a little punchy, Brian.
What's your question for us?
The question I have is this,
is that there was a cartoon series
back in the 60s called Super 6.
Who sang the theme to it?
Super 6.
This is good stuff.
What, what, did you have a year, roughly?
1966.
Was it a woman?
No.
Was it Matt?
Was it Vaughn Monroe?
The jury is out on that.
Super 6.
Super 6.
Was it sort of like an Avengers?
I don't mean the Patrick McNeil Avengers.
Was it sort of like an Avengers but with generic characters that were invented by the Crofts or something like that?
Or Hanna-Barbera?
Was it Hanna-Barbera?
No, it was Patty Frayling.
It was a parody of the Avengers type of thing. No, it was Patty Frayling. Patty Frayling.
It was a parody of the Avengers type of thing.
Well, okay, give us a hint.
How might we know this singer?
See if we can angle toward it.
Gilbert is very fond of doing his father's voice.
And this fellow used to sing on his record,
but he was double-tracked, and he was a drummer.
Is it Mickey Dol- No, it's not Mickey Dolenz.
No.
He was a drummer.
Is a drummer.
Gary Lewis.
That's right.
It's Gary Lewis.
Gary Lewis sang the theme song for Secret Six?
Super Six?
Super Six.
That's great trivia.
Wow.
Good stuff.
The double-track gave-
We keep coming back to Jerry Lewis.
All roads lead back to Jerry Lewis.
And Gary.
We started today talking about Gary.
We started there.
Great question.
Thank you, Brian.
I missed that radio show, The Electronic Science.
Do you have time for a second question?
Real quick.
Okay.
The Children's Television Workshop is known for the Sesame Street and the Electric Company,
but they had one flop show in 1974, which featured Dick Cavett and the theme song was done by Stephen Schwartz.
What's the name of the show?
Stephen Schwartz went to my high school.
I'm working with Stephen Schwartz.
Are you?
Yes, indeed, right now.
Mention Manny Ojai.
I will.
He'll get a rise out of him.
Yes, indeed.
That's good.
He's a brilliant talent.
Yeah, he is.
This is the failed series with Dick Cabot.
Oh, that could be anything.
Puppet ward.
You know, I actually saw a lot of that stuff because of my own kids,
but I can't think of what the series was.
Here's some felt.
I have no idea.
I've written for too many puppet shows.
I'm scarred.
Can you tell me the...
And I've lost
what the question was.
What was the series?
It was the flopped series
from the...
And we have to name
the series.
...Celtrum Television Workshop.
You have to name the series.
Yeah, I have no guess.
Gilbert?
Lolita, my love.
Not American Dream Machine.
What is it? American Dream Machine? No, it's not American Dream Machine. What is it?
American Dream Machine?
No, it's not American Dream Machine.
No, that was the thing with Marshall Efron.
Yes.
That was a good one.
It's nothing to do with Free to Be You and Me.
No, not Free to Be You and Me.
What's the answer?
The answer, and Joan Rivers was even the guest star on it for one show, Feeling Good.
It was a show about nutrition. Wow.
Wow. I was just gonna
scream that one out.
Dick Cavett should have booked James Rodale on that one.
The guest that died on his show.
The nutritionist. Yeah, right.
Good stuff, Brian. Thank you so much for the question.
Thank you very much, and Spring Valley, New York.
I never hear that on the radio. Take care.
Good stuff. He wanted to say Spring Valley,
New York. Oh, yeah.
All right.
We got like five.
We got like six, seven minutes.
We'll try to squeeze in two or three.
Coming to you live from 818.
818.
That's the valley.
Who are we speaking to?
You got it?
This is Scott from beautiful downtown Burbank.
Beautiful downtown Burbank.
Is Gary Owens with you, Scott?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Johnny Carson.
Yeah, we're all hanging out.
Over at the Copper Penny.
Is the Smokehouse still in beautiful?
Smokehouse.
Smokehouse.
Is that still in beautiful?
Oh, yeah, Smokehouse.
Smokehouse is around.
I know the Sportsman's Lodge just bit the dust in Studio City.
Yeah, heartbreaking.
Wow.
Scott, welcome to the show.
Say hi to these two gentlemen.
How do you know the Smokehouse?
I lived there for 12 years. Oh, you did? Yeah. Dill? Okay, okay, okay. I Say hi to these two gentlemen. How do you know the Smokehouse? I lived there for 12 years.
Oh, you did?
Yeah.
Dill?
Okay, okay, okay.
I got a trivia question for you.
Go.
All right.
All right.
What was the first movie that Bela Lugosi and Todd Browning worked together on?
Oh, so.
Freak?
Is it Freaks?
Before Dracula?
No, he wasn't in Freaks.
Oh, no, no.
Freaks was after Dracula.
Okay, but he said they worked on it.
Was he in the movie?
Yep.
Lugosi was in it.
He was in the movie.
He was on screen.
Yeah, Lugosi was on screen.
Todd Browning directed it.
Did Todd Browning direct that?
Mark, he didn't do Mark of the Vampire, did he?
I think that's...
Todd Browning?
No, no, no.
I know.
You're saying before Dracula.
Dracula's 31.
This must have been like
a Legosi probably did
like one line in it.
Was it a silent?
Oh, no.
He actually had a...
You know, it was a talkie.
A talkie?
Yeah, Legosi actually had
like a big part in it,
a big supporting part.
This is not the Black Cat.
That's...
No, that's Edgar.
No, that's Edgar.
Edgar Allmark.
All this stuff is like
way after, yeah. Good movie. Love the Black Cat. Black Cat is's later on. That's Edgar Allmark. All this stuff is like way after, yeah.
Good movie.
Love The Black Cat.
Black Cat is amazing.
We talked about it before we were here.
I think we're all stumped.
Scott, what do you think?
Okay.
It is the 13th chair from 1929.
The 13th chair.
Wow.
That's like more of a whodunit, isn't it?
Is it a whodunit?
Yeah, it's basically like a murder mystery in a mansion.
It's like a, and then there were none, that kind of thing.
Should play on a double bill with Mel Brooks, the 12th chair.
Yeah, it's a murder mystery, old dark house type.
Yeah, old dark house.
Very good.
Wow.
Yeah, Rupert usually knows those.
I know that he knows his haunted house movies.
Yeah, I do.
I love my heart.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, it's a very obscure movie.
I don't even think it's out on disc, but you know, TCM shows it every once in a while.
Wow.
Good question. The remake of Old Dark House is Tom Poston's greatest very obscure movie. I don't even think it's out on disc, but TCM shows it every once in a while. Wow. Good question.
The remake of Old Dark House is Tom Poston's greatest work in horror.
He was the star.
Go on now.
Star.
Tom Poston in the Old Dark House remake in color.
William Castle.
His best horror film.
That's saying a lot.
Scott, thanks so much for the question.
We loved it.
Yep.
Thank you, pal.
Give our regards to Burbank
the 13th chair
glad to see the smokehouse
is still in Burbank
they're dropping like flies
out there
I wrote
I wrote
a song Queen Bee
in the movie A Star is Born
and then immediately
went across the street
to the smokehouse
that was my first
to celebrate
you were on the water a lot
yeah
I had an office there
good stuff
great
good memories Frank we're going to take you all the way to New York City celebrate. You were on the water a lot. Yeah, I had an officer. Good stuff. Great. Good memories. Frank,
we're going to take you all the way
to New York City. Back to New York City.
You're on.
I believe this is our final caller. Is that me?
Is this our last caller?
Is this me? We've got one more.
You're on. And where are you calling from? New York?
Well, it's
your magician pal, Jamie,
and it's a New York number, but I'm calling from San Diego.
Hi, Jamie.
How are you?
How are things in San Diego?
It's 66 degrees.
It's always 66 degrees in San Diego.
I love San Diego.
I love Old Town.
Jerry Lewis lived there.
Yes.
It's a lovely place to visit.
Is Croce still there?
No.
Closed down a few years ago.
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry to hear that.
Lost their lease.
That was the last
good reason to go to the Gaslight.
The Gaslight District.
What's your question for us, Jamie?
So, being a magician,
my question is
magic-related.
Which is this. In what
two movies did Tony Curtis play a magician?
And we know you're going to get one.
Well, Houdini.
Right.
Obviously.
Exactly.
With Torrin Thatcher.
Wait a minute.
What was the question?
Because I was distracted.
Another.
In what two movies did Tony Curtis play a magician?
movies, did Tony Curtis play a magician?
Was it in his Universal Prince Yonder Lies the Castle of My Father period?
No. It's not a magician.
This is Jeremy?
This is Jamie. Jamie in Swiss. Oh, I know you, Jamie. We've spoken on
Facebook. Can you give me his co-star?
Kirk Douglas.
Wow.
Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas?
How do I not know this?
And he played a magician.
And the thing that I'm really proud about about this question is it's my own question.
I didn't come across it anywhere else.
Great. Well, we come across it anywhere else.
Can you give me one other cast member if you're looking at it? Can you give me one other?
I don't have
another cast member.
Why would Tony Curtis be a magician
in a movie with Kirk Douglas?
Wait, was this
Adrian
The List of Adrian
Messengers? Is that it?
That's a good guess, but that's wrong.
Oh!
Hell of a guess.
John Huston movie.
Yeah.
Hell of a guess.
Thank you for playing.
I think we're stumped, my friend.
We're totally stumped.
All right.
You're going to be really surprised when I say this.
You may or may not recall the scene, but the movie is Spartacus.
And how is he a magician?
The first time we meet
the Tony Curtis character.
Right, I love you, Spartacus.
They're sort of walking through,
they're walking through the members
of the workers.
They're outdoors
and they're sort of going down the line
and when they get to Curtis,
he reaches over and he pulls an egg out of the ear of the guy next to him in this kind of joker way, sort of letting them know that he's this kind of jester magician sort of character.
The old egg out of the gladiator trick.
That's the third time I've fallen for it this month, as Don Adams used to say.
Good job, Jamie.
Amazing.
Really good.
Good question.
Amazing hearing from you again, Jamie.
Yes, Gilbert.
Great to talk to you.
Someday I'm going to come on.
We're going to tell the story of the first.
You won't remember, but the first time I told you,
I pranked this story a while back online of the first time we met.
Yeah.
It's a good story for another time.
Jamie, great question.
You stumped us.
Yep.
Wonderful job.
Thanks, guys.
Thanks, pal.
We'll talk to you.
You bet.
Okay.
All right.
Bye-bye.
And our last but not least.
Hold in my hand.
The last envelope.
We've been waiting for this call.
I believe it's Boston, right?
617?
Boston, Dara?
617?
We've been waiting for a Boston call.
Here we go.
Here we go.
You are the last caller on the trivia night, my friend.
Wow.
Wow.
I cannot believe it.
This is very exciting.
You got in.
What is your name?
Yeah.
My name is Anthony.
Hi, Anthony.
Welcome to the show.
I'm actually, I'm calling it, it's my sister's birthday, and I ran outside to make this phone call.
Oh, well, happy birthday to your sister.
I'm, oh, yeah, Jerry Geraldine is her name.
Happy birthday, Jerry.
Oh, happy birthday, Geraldine.
Yeah.
Cool. So my question, what feature film does Harpo Marx have a speaking line?
Does he really?
It is a little bit of a trick question. He does have a speaking line in the movie.
It is not in a movie. I'm not going to get the right title. It was something like The of a trick question. Yeah. He does have a speaking line in the movie. It is not in a movie.
I'm not going to get the right title.
It was something like The History of the World.
The Irwin Allen movie.
The History of Mankind.
The Story of Mankind.
The Story of Mankind.
Is it that movie?
He was playing...
It's not that one.
He was playing Isaac Newton.
Sir Isaac Newton in that one.
And he doesn't speak.
That is...
No, I think that is the only movie where he's in color.
Yes. Possibly.
Is this a Marx Brothers movie like a trick question
where somehow they made a voice come out of him?
You don't mean when he sings
not Maurice Chevalier, right?
Nope.
It is sort of a trick question. It is not a
Marx Brothers movie.
It predates the Marx Brothers movies.
Well, boy, if Robert Bader was here,
he would know. Dick Cavett would know.
Pre-Coconuts.
It is in his book.
It's in the Bader.
Yeah, and I know it,
but I can't for the life of me think of it.
Sure.
I'm going to kick myself when you say it.
Gil, any guesses?
No.
Does it have anything to do with Russ Kunkel?
Does it have anything to do with Barbara Marx?
Full circle again.
Here we go. Does it have anything to do with Barbara Marks? Full circle again.
Does it have anything to do with Papillon Chouchou?
What's the answer?
What is the answer, sir?
It is a silent film called Too Many Kisses.
Too Many Kisses, yeah.
And Harpo has a line that appears on a title card.
It's in Bader's book.
Yes, it is, yeah. Great. It's in theader's book. So like I said, yes, it is.
Yeah.
Great.
It's in the Joe Adamson book.
Yeah.
Great question.
Can you imagine?
He did do a play up in New England. I think it was either Our Town or one of those picturesque things.
And people went to see.
It was.
What was it?
Yeah, it was.
Oh, my God.
The George F. Kaufman.
Can't take it with you?
Once in a lifetime, maybe?
Anyway, can you imagine going to a play and hearing Harpo do a whole role?
It must have been amazing.
I know, yeah.
Great story.
Yeah, unreal.
Great stuff.
Good question, Anthony.
You stumped us.
Wonderful.
Thank you.
It wasn't hard to do tonight, but we'll give you credit nonetheless.
Philip Obert.
Philip Anderson.
Do you have a Philip Obert question?
John Anderson.
This was a lot of fun.
Thank you, Anthony.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
We appreciate you.
Thank you.
Well, thank you to all the callers.
My God, I'm exhausted.
It's a bit.
It's intense. It's a bit. It's intense.
It's hard work. Yeah, it really is. But I think
we did okay. What do you think, Gilbert?
That was fun. I think Rupert
got the most correct answers by far.
He came up with John Anderson and
Philip Ober. That's very good.
And some other stuff.
I was pleased. I was terrified.
Coming here, I was terrified.
Really. I thought I'm going to sit here for two and a half hours and have, and I'll say, and I'll say, you know.
You didn't trust us.
You didn't trust our listeners.
Don Wilson.
Yeah.
George Fenneman.
Jack Nars.
Now you're getting personal.
Jack Nars.
You walked in here with an Art James reference and Robert Sterling.
This was fun.
Dave Seidel, thank you for that call from down the hall.
The show has ended.
We can cut that.
Please deposit 50 cents for the next two minutes of this show.
Thank you, Frank.
Thanks, John Murray, who was here.
John Murray.
Our musical contributor
who did a wonderful song that we posted
to promote the trivia show.
And this has been Gilbert and Frank's
amazing colossal obsessions.
And the question no one can answer
is Rupert Holmes.
What is Rupert Holmes' real name was also revealed on the show tonight.
This was fun, Rupert.
Thank you so much for being a part of it.
I love being here.
Okay, pal.
Let's do it again.
We shall.
Tomorrow.
We sure will.
Okay, come for waffles.
Bye-bye.
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