Episode 7: Robert Osborne

## Official Episode Description

"Millions of movie buffs know Robert Osborne as the elegant, erudite film historian and host of Turner Classic Movies, but few know that he spent time as a struggling actor, was mentored by comedy legend Lucille Ball, and even appeared in the pilot of “The Beverly Hillbillies" — a show he was certain would “never catch on.” A while back, Gilbert sat in as TCM's “Guest Programmer” and now Robert generously returns the favor by traveling to Manhattan’s Society of Illustrators on an oppressively hot July evening to dish a little dirt and share anecdotes about Hollywood luminaries Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Natalie Wood, and Walt Disney (among others)."

## Hosts & Guests

* Gilbert Gottfried
* Frank Santopadre
* Robert Osborne

## Rumors & Legends

* Allegedly Orson Welles' final words were "Tell him [Ted Turner] to keep his crayons off my movies."

## Firsts

* This episode marks the first mention of Gilbert on Turner Classic Movies alongside his 4 movie picks.

## Running Jokes

* Mention of Gilbert on TCM and his movie selections.

## Mentioned People

* Robert Aldrich
* Robert Altman
* Robert Anderson
* Desi Arnaz
* Lucie Arnaz
* Edward Arnold
* Fred Astaire
* Lauren Bacall
* Lucille Ball
* Ingrid Bergman
* Milton Berle
* Humphrey Bogart
* Marlon Brando
* Charles Bronson
* Tod Browning
* Sandra Bullock
* James Cagney
* Johnny Carson
* Jack Carson
* Jack Carter
* Dick Cavett
* Paddy Chayefsky
* Ronald Colman
* Carole Cook
* Francis Ford Coppola
* Cheryl Crane
* Joan Crawford
* Robert Cummings
* Bette Davis
* Olivia de Havilland
* Walt Disney
* Gwyda Donhowe
* Leif Erickson
* Geraldine Fitzgerald
* Errol Flynn
* Henry Fonda
* William Frawley
* Carlton Fredericks
* Karl Freund
* Samuel Fuller
	+ “Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.”
* Judy Garland
* Cary Grant
* George Grizzard
* Gene Hackman
* Rita Hayworth
* Paul Henry
* Celeste Holm
* Bob Hope
* Rock Hudson
* Van Johnson
* Lon Chaney Jr.
* Boris Karloff
* Elia Kazan
* Jane Keane
* Gene Kelly
* Jerome Kern
* Deborah Kerr
* John Kerr
* Jack Klugman
* Veronica Lake
* Dorothy Lamour
* Burt Lancaster
* Peter Lawford
* Jerry Lewis
* Michael Lindsay-Hogg
* Art Linkletter
* Peter Lorre
* Fred MacMurray
* Marjorie Main
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz
* Dean Martin
* Groucho Marx
* James Mason
* Rosemary Matthews
* Shirley MacLaine
* Roddy McDowall
* Joel McCrea
* Audrey Meadows
* Burgess Meredith
* Vincente Minnelli
* Elizabeth Montgomery
* Gary Morton
* Zero Mostel
* David O. Selznick
* Eugene Pallette
* Louella Parsons
* Anthony Perkins
* George Peppard
* Sidney Poitier
* Vincent Price
* Ella Raines
* Robert Redford
* Ralph Richardson
* Ginger Rogers
* Lela Rogers
* Gena Rowlands
* Roberto Rossellini
* Randolph Scott
* Peter Sellers
* William Shatner
* Frank Sinatra
* John Springer
* Barbara Stanwyck
* Jimmy Stewart
* Johnny Stompanato
* Larry Storch
* Barbara Streisand
* Ray Stricklyn
* Preston Sturges
* Margaret Tallichet
* Terry-Thomas
* José Iturbi
* Lana Turner
* Ted Turner
* Vivian Vance
* Robert Wagner
* Orson Welles
* Natalie Wood
* William Wyler

## Mentioned Media

### Movies

* *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* (1954)
* *A Few Good Men* (1992)
* *A Star is Bor*n (1954)
* *All About Eve* (1950)
* *Animal Crackers* (1930)
* *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944)
* *Casablanca* (1942)
* *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1958)
* *Champagne for Caesar* (1950)
* *Citizen Kane* (1941)
* *Cover Girl* (1944)
* *Freaks* (1932)
* *Gone with the Wind* (1939)
* *Ice Station Zebra* (1968)
* *Inside Daisy Clover* (1965)
* *Mad Love* (1935)
* *Make Mine Mink* (1960)
* *Metropolis* (1927)
* *Mildred Pierce* (1945)
* *Murder, He Says* (1945)
* *Now, Voyager* (1942)
* *Of Mice and Men* (1939)
* *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989)
* *Remember the Night* (1940)
* *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954)
* *Singin' in the Rain* (1952)
* *Something of Value* (1957)
* *Tea and Sympathy* (1956)
* *The Bicycle Thief* (1948)
* *The Conversation* (1974)
* *The Great Race* (1965)
* *The Maltese Falcon* (1941)
* *The Mummy* (1932)
* *The Pink Panther* (1963)
* *The Swimmer* (1968)
* *The Wrong Box* (1966)
* *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984)
* *Too Many Girls* (1940)
* *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962)

### Television Shows

* *Baywatch* (1989-2001)
* *I Love Lucy* (1951-1957)
* *One Step Beyond* (1959-1961)
* *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962-1971)
	+ Unaired pilot episode with Robert Osborne in a small supporting role.
* *The Brady Bunch* (1969-1974)
* *The Dick Cavett Show* (1968-1986)
* *The Honeymooners* (1955-1956)
* *The Lucy Show* (1962-1968)
* *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson* (1962-1992)
* *The Twilight Zone* (1959-1964)
	+ "In His Image" (1963)
	+ "The Chaser" (1960)
* *The Young Marrieds* (1964-1966)
* *TMZ* (2007-)
* *Whirlybirds* (1957-1960)

### Books

* *Academy Awards Illustrated*, by Robert Osborne

### Music

* "Hooray for Captain Spaulding"
* "It Can't Be Wrong"

### Miscellaneous

* Tea and Sympathy (stage play)
* The Latent Heterosexual (stage play)
* Too Many Girls (musical)