Episode 1: Dick Cavett

## Official Episode Description

"Comedian, author, and talk show icon Dick Cavett drops by Gilbert’s New York City apartment to sip Merlot and share personal memories of Groucho Marx, Johnny Carson, and John Lennon, among others. Dick also talks about the time a guest dropped dead on his set (yes, it actually happened) AND favors Gilbert with some dead-on impersonations of his favorite obscure character actors!"

## Hosts & Guests

* Gilbert Gottfried
* Frank Santopadre
* Dick Cavett

## Plugs

* *Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets*, by Dick Cavett
* "Hellman v. McCarthy" (2014 Stageplay)
	+ Interview from Theater Talk Archive, wherein Dick Cavett discusses the original feud and playing himself.

## Rumors & Legends

* Edie Adams was called and told that all of Ernie Kovacs' shows were going to be burned. She got to the studio and saved what she was able to.
* Cedric Hardwicke had impotence trouble later in life, and would often refer to himself as "Sir Seldom Harddick".
* Shirley Temple was discovered by Harpo Marx, who witnessed her with her parents on the set of *Horse Feathers* (1932). Harpo wanted to adopt her.

## Impressions

* Gilbert:
	+ "Old Groucho" (Groucho Marx)
	+ Frank Nelson
* Dick Cavett
	+ Richard Loo
	+ Cedric Hardwicke
	+ Frank Nelson

## Firsts

* This is the first \*official\* episode, and thus the first appearance of Gilbert and Frank on the podcast.
* Gilbert introduces the episode before the episode starts.
* First appearance of the Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast theme song.
	+ "Vampire Strut" by Bob Bradley/Lincoln Grounds
* This is the first episode recorded in Gilbert's apartment.

## Running Jokes

* Gilbert cannot pronounce Frank's last name.

## Mentioned People

* Edie Adams
* Woody Allen
* Dana Andrews
* Fred Astaire
* Robert S. Bader
* Lucille Ball
* Joy Behar
* Ralph Bellamy
* Jack Benny
* Oscar Beregi
* Milton Berle
* Shelley Berman
* Charles Boyer
* Marlon Brando
* Jeremy Brett
* Marshall Brickman
* Mel Brooks
* Richard Burton
* Sid Caesar
* Frank Capra
* Johnny Carson
* Dane Clark
* Imogene Coca
* Bill Cosby
* Salvador Dalí
* Rodney Dangerfield
* Helmut Dantine
* Bette Davis
* Kirk Douglas
* Margaret Dumont
* Nora Ephron
* Mia Farrow
* Erin Fleming
* Henry Fonda
* Jane Fonda
* John Frankenheimer
* Stephen Fry
* Martha Gellhorn
* Gale Gordon
* Cary Grant
* Merv Griffin
* Pete Hamill
* Cedric Hardwicke
* Edward Hardwicke
* Lillian Hellman
* Percy Helton
* Ernest Hemingway
* Katharine Hepburn
* Alfred Hitchcock
* William Holden
* Oskar Homolka
* Bob Hope
* Edward Everett Horton
* Harry Houdini
* Charles Joffe
* Oskar Karlweis
* George S. Kaufman
* Grace Kelly
* John F. Kennedy
* Ernie Kovacs
* Akira Kurosawa
* Burt Kwouk
* Charles Laughton
* John Lennon
* Sam Levene
* Jerry Lewis
* Richard Loo
* Keye Luke
* Groucho Marx
* Gummo Marx
* Harpo Marx
* Mary McCarthy
* Robert Mitchum
* Agnes Moorehead
* Jan Morris
* Frank Nelson
* Mike Nichols
* Richard Nixon
* Laurence Olivier
* Yoko Ono
* Maureen O'Sullivan
* Jack Paar
* Claude Rains
* Tony Randall
* Basil Rathbone
* Carl Reiner
* Cyril Ritchard
* Joan Rivers
* J. I. Rodale
* Bobby Rosengarden
* Harry Ruby
* Gustav von Seyffertitz
	+ Mentioned to be Dick Cavett's favorite actor (likely due to the last name).
* Red Skelton
* Walter Slezak
* Gale Sondergaard
* Steve Stoliar
* Larry Storch
* Barbra Streisand
* Akim Tamiroff
* Shirley Temple
* Kenneth Tynan
* Jack Warden
* Johnny Weissmuller
* Orson Welles
* Oskar Werner
* Jonathan Winters

## Mentioned Media

### Movies

* *Annie Hall* (1977)
* *Apollo 13* (1995)
* *Beetlejuice* (1988)
* Charlie Chan films
	+ No one Charlie Chan movie is mentioned, just the concept of them.
* *First Yank Into Tokyo* (1945)
* *Forrest Gump* (1994)
* *Horse Feathers* (1932)
* *Imagine* (1972)
* *Julia* (1977)
* *Lifeboat* (1944)
* *Rashomon* (1950)
* *The Purple Heart* (1944)

### Television Shows

* *All in the Family* (1971-1979)
* *Let's Make a Deal* (1963-)
	+ Early episodes of *The Dick Cavett Show* were erased for *Let's Make a Deal*, including the Richard Loo episode.
* *Million Dollar Movie* (1955-1966)
* *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984-1994)
* *The Dick Cavett Show* (1968-1986)
* *The Jerry Lewis Show* (1963)
* *The Johnny Carson Show* (1955-1956)
* *The Joy Behar Show* (2009-2013)
* *The Lucy Show* (1962-1968)
* *The Merv Griffin Show* (1962-1972)
* *The Odd Couple* (1970-1975)
* *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson* (1962-1992)
* *The Twilight Zone* (1959-1964)
	+ "Deaths-Head Revisited" (1961)
* *You Bet Your Life* (1947-1961)
* *Your Show of Shows* (1950-1954)

### Books

* *Conundrum*, by Jan Morris
* *Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage*, by Robert S. Bader
* *Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House*, by Steve Stoliar
* *Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets*, by Dick Cavett

### Music

* "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
	+ The song was played as lead-in music by bandleader Bobby Rosengarden when Jan Morris was on *The Dick Cavett Show*.

### Miscellaneous

* "Ballantine Beer Commercial" (1960's commercial)
* "Hellman v. McCarthy" (2014 Stageplay)
* "Jersey Boys" (2004 Stageplay)
* *Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again* (2011 Television Special)
* "Rashomon" (1959 Stageplay)
* "Springtime for Henry" (1931 Stageplay)
* "The Dick Cavett Show: Hollywood Greats" (2006 DVD)
	+ The Rosengarden music was excised from the DVD due to copyrights issues.