Podcast appearances and mentions of Gilbert Gottfried

April 26, 2025 - Gabe and Rob discuss audio problems, economic fears, COVID, elections, technology struggles, Rob's new schedule, Botox, Gilbert Gottfried, Norm Macdonald, Jon Stewart, Dave Attell, video games, and a food festival.

Founding Red Rockers' bassist and NY Dolls manager Darren Hill returns with Oley Sassone, the SexDog guitarist and director of the Rockers' MTV debut, "China." While the hit video elevated the band to new career heights, touring with U2 and other top groups, it was also the pivotal achievement for Oley, propelling him to a career in L.A., where he rubbed elbows with James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh, and Marvel creator Stan Lee. Oley went on to direct over 100 music videos as well as numerous TV shows and films, including "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Hercules," and the controversial Roger Corman production of "The Fantastic Four." Tonight Darren and Oley return to their dive bar roots as they get down and dirty with the Troubled Men. Topics include the Milan Bar, deportations, a vow of silence, a wedding party, April Fool's Day, RFK Jr.'s toilet seat, a surprise tattoo, Pete Davidson, a methadone safe, a publishing mixup, Rummel H.S., super 8 movies, "A Hard Day's Night," "Pretty Baby," Sven Nykvist, the Swedish Film Institute, WYLD, the Glass House, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Mardi Gras Indians, directing commercials, an Annie Leibowitz cover photo, a spec production, an NYC publicist, an L.A. job offer, Bill Paxton, Richard Roundtree, an underground classic, Joseph Culp, the Contenders, RIP David Johansen, Gilbert Gottfried, and much more. Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Drerams Fade Away"  and "China" from "Good As Gold" by the Red Rockers Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men's T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Darren Hill Facebook Ten Pin Management Homepage Red Rockers Facebook Red Rockers Bandcamp POP Emporium Homepage Oley Sassone Facebook Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's "The Fantastic Four" Chapters (00:00:00) - Troubled Men: Back in the Lounge(00:00:53) - Louisiana lounges close down(00:03:16) - Don't Let Anyone Get Deported(00:07:05) - A Vow of Silent Silence(00:07:48) - Wedding Party With Glenn Hartman(00:09:03) - Manny Paco on His Birthday(00:09:25) - Crazy Texas Woman Chops Up Her Toilet Seat(00:12:35) - Have You Seen Elvis' Toilet Seats?(00:13:38) - milo on Trump's plan to cut the number of steps in Alcohol(00:15:13) - Can Pete Davidson Get A Tattoo?(00:18:43) - Pete from Social Distortion on Getting Tats(00:22:06) - Safe Room for Methadone Users(00:24:00) - Red Rockers Family Reunion(00:26:47) - Red Rockers(00:28:10) - Darren Hill on China(00:30:09) - Louisiana High School(00:33:14) - Martin Scorsese on Shooting Super 8 Films(00:35:54) - Adam Levine on Working With Cranston(00:40:06) - Oli Haden on Acting in a Punk Film(00:43:43) - Battle of the Drummers(00:46:26) - Troublemen Podcast(00:48:58) - Troubleman: Stickers for Illegal Aliens(00:49:38) - Olie Sasson on directing the Red Rockers(00:50:49) - "China"(00:55:38) - The Romantics(00:59:04) - The Romantics(01:01:22) - Roger Corman on The Kinks' Second Video(01:03:53) - Andrew Garfield on Writing His First Scriptment(01:06:13) - Roger Corman on Working With Bill Paxton(01:10:35) - Roger Corman on His 1994 Fantastic Four Movie(01:14:52) - Stan Lee on The Femazons ((01:17:34) - Stan Lee At The Red Rockers Reunion(01:20:23) - David Johansson At The Red Rockers(01:23:14) - Buster Poindexter in the Dark(01:24:59) - Troubled Men: Nine People(01:25:24) - Walking Through China

In this "epic" episode, Stuart and Jacob venture into the iconic world of "Conan the Barbarian," comparing the original 1982 Schwarzenegger film with the 2011 Momoa remake. They dissect the themes of revenge, identity, and barbarian culture... oh who are we kidding? They complain about the set dressings and color and acting on display, this isn't necessarily a high-brow show after all. But what makes the original a classic piece of sword and sandals cinema, and how does the remake falter in its execution? THAT is the purpose of this show. All this and more on They Remade It!Also featured in this episode are thoughts on "Black Bag", discussions on when a story becomes too complicated, ruminations on interesting landscapes versus bland ones, and Gilbert Gottfried as Conan?! All this and more on They Remade It!Plot Synopsis Timestamps: 24:18 - 34:29----------Socials----------@theyremadeit.bsky.social on BlueSkytheyremadeit@gmail.com

It’s FU Friday on Opie Radio! Opie kicks off with a hilarious throwback clip of Craig Gass nailing an Al Pacino impression in front of Chaz Palminteri and Gilbert Gottfried. Then, it’s a tribute to legendary coach Dean Smith, who left a generous gift for his players, and a wild rant about NYC’s congestion pricing woes, insane gas prices, and a literal crap attack during a live stream. Plus, Opie weighs in on tariffs, Wayne Gretzky’s MAGA drama, and the NBA GOAT debate. Join the chat and vent your week’s frustrations with us!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textKatie and Bridget go on a magic carpet ride as they re-watch the Disney classic: Aladdin! It's a story all about how if you're a riff raff, street rat, and you don't wanna buy that, then you can just go be a diamond in the rough, find a magic lamp, enslave a magical genie, and get whatever you wanttttt in lifeeee!!! Come along as we meet Aladdin, a homeless/shoeless street rat who wants more out of life! Well so does Jasmine, a princess who's not homeless/shoeless but she feels like her life is just as hard as Aladdin's... We know, we know - she should really just get some hobbies and figure it out already! When the evil Jafar tricks Aladdin into the Cave of Wonders (run by a cool Tiger with an earring, by the way...),  it sets off a chain of events that most importantly involves meeting the magic carpet and Genie! With the help of Genie, Aladdin pretends to be a prince and lots of singing and dancing ensues! Will Aladdin find the courage to tell everyone the truth and be himself? Did A Whole New World win a shit ton of awards in 1992 including best Album of the Year at the Grammys!? Released in 1992, this Disney movie stars Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, and Gilbert Gottfried.

J.P. McDade enters the Cat Hair Lair to recount his remote SNL audition process. The guys also discuss featuring for Gilbert Gottfried and "growing up" on Long Island. JOIN THE PATREON FOR BONUS EPS EVERY WEEK: patreon.com/SagdaddyDaPod WATCH BRENDAN'S SPECIAL "THIN LIPS" HERE! Who do you want to see on the show next? Got topic ideas? Email us at sagdaddydapod@gmail.com. FOLLOW J.P.: Tickets: https://www.mcdadebaby.com Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9TOXFM3t1M Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcdadebaby/ FOLLOW BRENDAN: Tickets: https://brendansagalow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendansagalow X: https://x.com/BrendanSagalow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brendansagalow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brendansagalow4 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrendanSagalow FOLLOW NICOLE: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleclyons/ SUBSCRIBE TO THE POD ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@BrendanSagalow Produced by Nicole Lyons Productions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolelyonsproductions/ Website: www.nicolelyonsproductions.com Credits: Theme Song: Brendan Sagalow and Linds Cadwell Show Art: Doctor Photograph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan looks like Gilbert Gottfried. Michelle hasn't seen a lot of baseball movies. Also, who is going to be the Browns QB? Plus, ESPN Basketball Analyst Cory Alexander joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan looks like Gilbert Gottfried. Michelle hasn't seen a lot of baseball movies. Also, who is going to be the Browns QB? Plus, ESPN Basketball Analyst Cory Alexander joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan looks like Gilbert Gottfried. Michelle hasn't seen a lot of baseball movies. Also, who is going to be the Browns QB? Plus, ESPN Basketball Analyst Cory Alexander joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan looks like Gilbert Gottfried. Michelle hasn't seen a lot of baseball movies. Also, who is going to be the Browns QB? Plus, ESPN Basketball Analyst Cory Alexander joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan looks like Gilbert Gottfried. Michelle hasn't seen a lot of baseball movies. Also, who is going to be the Browns QB? Plus, ESPN Basketball Analyst Cory Alexander joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todays co-host is Alt Country singer Jennie Angel.  You can check her out at JennieAngel.com  Jennie Angel on Tik TokNational Tooth Fairy day. Entertainment from 2017. Largest pinguin discovered, Waco Branch Dividian stand-off began, Roger Scott tried for sleeping during church. Todays birthdays - Charles Durning, Gavin MacCleod, Donnie Iris, Bernadette Peters, Mercedes Ruehl, Gilbert Gottfried, Cindy Williams, Rae Dawn Chong, Partick Monahan, Jason Aldean. Paul Harvey Died.Intro - Grindstone - Jennie AngelTooth fairy song - Patty ShuklaShape of you - Ed SheeranSeein' red - Dustin LynchShort Leash - Jennie AngelHeartbroke - Jennie AngelBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Loveboat TV themeAh Leah - Donnie IrisI'll be your baby tonight - Bernadette PetersGive me back my man - B-52'sCalling all angels - TrainBig green tractor - Jason AldeanExit - Connecticut cowboy - Jennie Angelcountryundergroundradio.com

GGACP celebrates the birthday of singer and actor Josh Groban (b. February 27) by revisiting an animated conversation conducted in Josh's Manhattan home way back in 2015. In this episode, Josh shares his passion for comedy, his affection for the “Problem Child” movies and his memories of guest-starring on “The Office” and “Ally McBeal.” Also, Josh coins a catch phrase, tackles the role of Tevye (at age 17!), mimics Jay Leno and performs with Sting and Barbra Streisand. PLUS: “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.”! Gladys Knight & The Pips! “The Beastmaster”! Old Groucho returns! And Josh sings “the hits” of Gilbert Gottfried! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brim and Mr. Greer are back at it again. Apart from all the usual shenanigans, the gang chats about everything pop culture with all the trimmings and they are joined by special guest, the legendary Sig Krofft (H.R. Puffnstuff, Land of the Lost, Banana Splits) to discuss his career and upcoming 2025 Tour. The cast talks about plastic straws, the Gulf of America, and the White House Instagram account going rogue. The crew also discusses the Mexican President threatening to sue Google, a new Ohio anti-ejaculation law, and how if you haven't deleted Pokemon Go yet - now is the time. The cast chats about doom scrolling on Tik Tok, Shakira's abdominal issues and how Gilbert Gottfried comes back to life to narrate a day in the life with Mr. Greer. They discuss SNL 50, the Gabby Petito documentary and an asteroid that may possibly hit the Earth in 2032. The crew chats about entertainment news, opinions and other cool stuff and things. Enjoy.Wherever you listen to podcasts & www.thegrindhouseradio.comhttps://linktr.ee/thegrindhouseradioThe Grindhouse RadioFB: @thegrindhouseradioTW: @therealghradioInstagram: @thegrindhouseradio

The Snatch Game comes early this season, giving us eleven reasons to wonder if this challenge needs to finally be blanked. Luckily we get Lexi as Gilbert Gottfried as Lexi as Gilbert Gottfried, Onya on the ball, Alyssa Edwards in the hot seat, Ru openly criticizing Lana's performance mid-game and a talking butt plug. The runway feels very pointed and Quinta Brunson nails the balance of funny and functional critiques. In an 11th hour goop, Ru saves Lana over Crystal, because sometimes things that are expensive are worse.Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get full access to Canada's Drag Race this season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Espana, Global All Stars, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com  

We kick things off discussing Valentine's Day, the musical Wicked, downloading movies and the soundtrack to the movie Paradise. We watch the late, great Gilbert Gottfried's tribute to Bill Apter We move on to discuss Elon Musk's speech at the White House, with his son X saying some questionable things. We discuss the Gulf of America and how it's similar to trans rights. Kid Rock storms out of his bar and we almost storm off the show after having to listen to him sing.Watch the episode on Youtube for free. Join our Patreon and get two bonus episodes each month, and other behind-the-scenes goodies. More info here.Follow us on: Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and our Discord Chat. Also don't forget about our Spotify playlist. We also have merch if you're into that kind of sharing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaaaaaand we're back. Episode 1 of season 14 of the Dana Gould Hour Podcast. Has anything of interest happened since the last episode? Don't think so. Certainly not here in Los Angeles, or America. Okay. Great. Let's get at it!  Drew Friedman is here. Drew Friedman is one of the premiere illustrators and cartoonists in America. You know his work from The New York Observer, the New Yorker, his books, Warts And All, Old Jewish Comedians, More Old Jewish Comedians, Still More Old Jewish Comedians, Too Soon, Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks, Heroes Of The Comics, More Heroes Of The Comics, the list goes on and on. In 1987 I discovered his book Any Similarity to Persons Living Or Dead is Purely Coincidental and it quite literally redefined my sense of humor. It is hard to articulate the impact the book had on me. No kidding. Drew has a new book out called Schtick Figures, portraits of people important to Drew. And me. People he refers to as The Cool, The Comical and The Crazy. Portraits of people like Gilbert Gottfried, #2 and #3 as only Drew can draw them. Drew is also the subject of a new documentary that's about to be released entitled The Vermeer Of The Borscht Belt, Drew Friedman is here.  Kurt Sayenga is a writer, director and producer. We first met when Kurt ran the series Eli Roth's History Of Horror. Kurt now has a series on Shudder called Horror's Greatest. Season #2 just dropped, with guests like Davi Dastmalchian, Joe Hill, Jonah Ray, Alex Winter, Mick Garris, yours truly and many, many more. Kurt's here to talk about the show and the topics covered this season as it continues to explore our fascination with all things cinematically horrific.  Cinematically horrific. If you want to examine the realistically horrific, True Tales From Weirdsville takes a deep dive into the 1957 classic A Face In Crowd, starring Andy Griffith, written by Budd Schulberg and directed by Elia Kazan. It tells the cautionary tale of what happens when a corrupt, amoral grifter gains a position of power and influence in America. It was made in 1957 and it was a FREAKISHLY predictive film.  https://www.DanaGould.com

Comic/Actress Mollie Heckerling had a babysitter, Barbara, who decided to take on their close family friend, Gilbert Gottfried. This hilarious argument landed them on the Howard Stern Show for many episodes! Listen to Mollie recount this and many more stories growing up with her mom Amy Heckerling. Each week Hollywood's most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrates 15 years of podcasting in July 2025 and has over 850 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life In 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify. Listen to the entire episode wherever you hear podcasts. If you get a chance, will you please give Story Worthy 5 stars and a good review on Apple Podcasts? It always helps, thank you! And join the mailing list!  Follow Christine's new show, My Life In 3 Songs. Independent Podcast Producer Christine Blackburn talks to comedians about the 3 songs in their lives that have impacted them, not necessarily their favorite songs, but songs that paint a picture of the of the comedian and where they're from. Listen exclusively on Spotify. Find My Life In 3 Songs on Insta and at the website ! PLUS! Watch Story Smash The Storytelling Game Show! Comedians spin a wheel and tell TRUE 1-3 minute stories on the topic they land. You can watch episodes from the pandemic and from summer 2023 right now on YouTube. See Story Smash LIVE at the Lyric/Hyperion Theater in Los Angeles now! Check the website for upcoming dates and tickets! And here's Christine everywhere. THANK YOU!

Adam is joined by Billy Bush to talk about his new podcast, “Hot Mics”. They also discuss Billy's now infamous conversation with Donald Trump that led to him getting canceled, his retreat to the Hoffman Institute to deal with the aftermath, and what it is about Billy that makes him an unsympathetic character. Next, Jason “Mayhem” Miller reads the news including stories about Justin Baldoni releasing a raw 'It Ends With Us' scene to refute Blake Lively's sexual harassment claim, Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife deny covering up child sex abuse after bombshell lawsuit, Trump telling Putin to end the war in Ukraine, CNN planning around 200 layoffs as it makes a push toward digital news. Then, comedian & radio host Joe Piscopo joins the show to talk about his new book “Average Joe: The Memoirs of a Blue-Collar Entertainer”, his time on SNL and why he eventually left, his Italian-American heritage, and starting as a stand-up at New York's Improvisation. For more with Billy Bush: PODCAST: Hot Mics with Billy Bush - on TuneIn.com & YouTube TWITTER/X: @hotmicsbilly INSTAGRAM: @billybush For more with Joe Piscopo: BOOK: “Average Joe: The Memoirs of a Blue-Collar Entertainer” RADIO SHOW: The Joe Piscopo Show - AM 970 in New York TWITTER/X: @jrzyjoepiscopo INSTAGRAM: @jrzyjoe WEBSITE: joepiscopo.org Thank you for supporting our sponsors: 1800flowers.com Huel.com code: ADAM

Elaine Aronson joined me to discuss 60's TV; growing up in Newton, Mass; going to college for dance; graduating from UCSB with a degree in dramatic arts w/o talking a drama class; teaching dance; being a secretary at Empire Pictures; writing scenes for child actors; getting Ron Zimmerman as a mentor; writing a spec Molly Dodd; getting hired on It's the Garry Shandling Show; first episode is Gilda Radner episode; strike happens and goes back to being a waitress; "Save Mr. Peck's" an all guest star episode; "Worry Wort"; how an episode doesn't start with tricks; moving to Night Court; Phil / Will; meeting Bill Clinton; writing the final episode and 30 Rock redoing it; doing Doogie Howser, MD; the Bochco method; having an ear infection and not being able to hear when having to interview deaf actresses; meeting her husband, Curtis Armstrong; Gilbert Gottfried; Clinic Defense Alliance; working on Good Advice & Cybill; Christine Baranski; the failure of The Gregory Hines Show; Maggie; The Weber Show; That 80's Show; The Game; Mystery Girls; Project MC2; You, Me, Her; how mini rooms are not leading to young writers being able to later run shows; her pilot Kitty's Dish; long hours currently on The Gilded Age; Long Island sets; Curtis' taping American Dad; Moonlighting

That thing about the snapping turtles is totally true, BTW. Topics include: standup comedy; Watching Amy Shumer Until I Laugh; the Hawk Tuah girl is suing people for no reason; Rachael Gunn; degloving your penis; cheese commercials about adult illiteracy; Gwar; Jim Morrison died of snapping turtles; things become heated leading up to and including Song of the Week; Charles Manson; ASMR (Sneaker Sex); Brandon is bootycalled or something by a D-List celebrity See the full Gilbert Gottfried video here: https://youtu.be/4zDf_sKMUeA?si=1P0NPuayQa2PsV9h  #podcast #funny #comedy #comedypodcast #GilbertGottfriedRealVoice #HawkTuahgirl #RachaelGunn #JimMorrison #ASMR #CharlesManson Cartoon avatars of Tom & Mike created by Gary Bacon: https://twitter.com/pixelbud  ***************************************************** VISIT OUR OFFICIAL SITE! https://www.tomandmike.com  ***************************************************** Check out our let's play channel, Gaming with Tom & Mike: https://www.youtube.com/@gamingwithtommike 

For some 40 years Taylor Mason has been entertaining audiences across the country with his blend of Comedy, ventriloquism, and music. In this interview Mason talks about Comedy, ventriloquism, and how an Illinois boy wound up on the Jersey Shore. Get your copy of Irreversible by Taylor Mason As an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Gilbert Gottfried and Jim Gaffigan For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube #comedy vventriloquism #comedians #troubadours

Accede a los episodios completos y contenido exclusivo en chisteinterno.com y en patreon.com/chisteinterno Chiste Interno Interno - The Aristocrats ft. Milton Granadillo Esta semana en Chiste Interno Interno, nos visitó el comediante Milton Granadillo para hablar sobre uno de los chistes más legendarios del mundo de la comedia en inglés: The Aristocrats. Creado en la era del vaudeville, a principios del siglo XX, The Aristocrats es un chiste que desafía los tabúes y que, aunque no sea tan conocido en los escenarios, es uno de los favoritos entre comediantes para presumir habilidades de improvisación y la capacidad de tocar temas sensibles. En nuestra conversación hablamos sobre la estructura del chiste, la comedia en español, los parecidos entre The Aristocrats y el “Malandro Asustado” de Emilio Lovera, el documental sobre The Aristocrats, el humor negro, el legado de George Carlin y sobre cómo The Aristocrats rescató la carrera de Gilbert Gottfried. ¡Gracias Milton por visitar Chiste Interno! Comediantes: El próximo show de “Comediantes” es el 22 de enero. Reserva tus entradas acá: https://ticketplate.com/checkout/comediantes-una-noche-de-stand-up-202501222000 Chiste Interno Academia: Aprende a crear rutinas de Stand-up y a escribir chistes de forma ágil y efectiva con nuestros cursos con Reuben Morales: “Aprendo Stand-Up” y “Acelerador de Chistes”, disponibles en chisteinterno.com/reuben Talleres en vivo: Guion-com con Elio Casale y Hector Orbegoso será este 25 y 26 de enero en Miami. Tickets en guioncom.com “Crea Sketches” dirigido por Charlie Nelson será este 8 de febrero. Tickets en Chisteinterno.com/crea-sketches “Edita Sketches” dirigido por César Kensen será este 9 de febrero. Tickets enChisteinterno.com/edita-sketches Chiste Interno es: Oswaldo Graziani / Creación, Conducción y Producción Ejecutiva Adrián Salas / Producción, Edición y Música Pedro Graterol / Comunidad y Contenido Katherine Miranda / Asistencia de Producción Yamn Milán / Editor de formato largo Ricardo Carmona / Editor de formato corto Yxa Fuentes / Redacción Michelangelo Saladdino / Diseño Astro Studio / Estudio de Grabación chisteinterno.com

Clown Jewels is proud to announce the release of the very first (and last) comedy album of original material by the legendary Gilbert Gottfried. Featuring packaging by Grammy Award-nominated artist Perry Shall, the 2xLP set includes a gatefold photo collage with rare photos of Gilbert with family and friends, a heartfelt and funny historical account of Gilbert from long-time friend Penn Jillette, and a vinyl side etched with original artwork sketched by Gilbert, himself. The vinyl set is available for pre-order exclusively at clownjewels.com. Gilbert had long resisted releasing an album of original material because he thought people wouldn't see his live shows if they could listen at home. His wife, Dara Gottfried, and the curation team at Clown Jewels came together to hand-pick the greatest bits from footage captured by filmmaker Neil Berkeley for his 2017 documentary Gilbert.. Gilbert Gottfried passed on April 12, 2022, from ventricular tachycardia caused by Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2. Family and friends urge fans to join them in supporting Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 research by making a gift to the Gilbert Gottfried Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 Research Fund. For more information, visit https://giveto.urmc.edu/dm2research  Clown Jewels, powered by 800 Pound Gorilla Media, is a worldwide comedy audio and video distribution company that takes pride in preserving the legacy of comedy. Specializing in legacy artists and estates, their roster includes the likes of Robin Williams, George Carlin, Flip Wilson, Jackie Gleason, The Lucille Ball Estate, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Dean Martin, Laugh-In and the entire George Schlatter Productions library plus many more. Clown Jewels brings legacy programming to ardent fans and introduces all types of classic comedy to a whole new generation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

"Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily," says Jason Alexander. "He believed in that old Tim Conway philosophy," says Patton Oswalt. "One time, it's funny. Three times, it's not funny. Nineteen times, it's hilarious." Clown Jewels is proud to announce the release of the very first (and last) comedy album of original material by the legendary Gilbert Gottfried. Featuring packaging by Grammy Award-nominated artist Perry Shall, the 2xLP set includes a gatefold photo collage with rare photos of Gilbert with family and friends, a heartfelt and funny historical account of Gilbert from long-time friend Penn Jillette, and a vinyl side etched with original artwork sketched by Gilbert, himself. The vinyl set is available for pre-order exclusively at clownjewels.com. Gilbert had long resisted releasing an album of original material because he thought people wouldn't see his live shows if they could listen at home. His wife, Dara Gottfried, and the curation team at Clown Jewels came together to hand-pick the greatest bits from footage captured by filmmaker Neil Berkeley for his 2017 documentary Gilbert.. Gilbert Gottfried passed on April 12, 2022, from ventricular tachycardia caused by Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2. Family and friends urge fans to join them in supporting Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 research by making a gift to the Gilbert Gottfried Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 Research Fund. For more information, visit https://giveto.urmc.edu/dm2research  Clown Jewels, powered by 800 Pound Gorilla Media, is a worldwide comedy audio and video distribution company that takes pride in preserving the legacy of comedy. Specializing in legacy artists and estates, their roster includes the likes of Robin Williams, George Carlin, Flip Wilson, Jackie Gleason, The Lucille Ball Estate, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Dean Martin, Laugh-In and the entire George Schlatter Productions library plus many more. Clown Jewels brings legacy programming to ardent fans and introduces all types of classic comedy to a whole new generation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

Emmy-winning comedy writer and producer Frank Santopadre, renowned for co-hosting the often Marx-focused Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, joins us for an insightful conversation. Frank shares how he first became a fan of the team and reveals his favorite Marx film (it's not Go West, by the way). He also reflects on his time working with Gilbert, including memorable interviews with friends, family, and co-stars of the brothers. Frank illuminates the historical importance of these chats, as the number of people who personally knew or worked with the Marxes is rapidly dwindling. And yes, we'll apologize now for the detour to Skidoo.

To put it simply, Michael Leavy was born a filmmaker. Ever since he learned what a movie was he has dreamed of making them. Fortunately, it didn't take long for that dream to become a reality. Michael began shooting his own films and taught himself how to edit at an early age and has perfected his craft ever since. From the early days of using a paper-towel roll to scroll credits, all the way through mastering Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere, his passion has never left. Michael almost single-handedly ran his high school's television studio; anchoring the show each morning and creating more skits and short films than anyone else in the studio's history. Michael received his Bachelor's Degree in TV & Film from Saint John's University and also took graduate classes to further his knowledge. In 2010 Michael Leavy, along with his brother Jason Leavy and Steven Della Salla, established a production company, Fuzz on the Lens Productions. In 2014 Fuzz on the Lens' received worldwide fame with their viral 'Staten Island Clown" publicity stunt. Michael has directed/produced a comedy/fantasy entitled "Abnormal Attraction" starring Malcom McDowell, Gilbert Gottfried, Tyler Mane, Leslie Easterbrook, and academy award nominee Bruce Davison. Michael is most known for starring as 'Will the Exterminator' in the now cult classic original 'Terrifier". More recently, Michael was one of the Producers and the Assistant Director of the Top 10 Box Office success, "Terrifier 2" and is currently Directing / Producing Fuzz on the Lens Productions next horror feature, "Stream", which stars horror icons; Jeffrey Combs, Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Tim Reid, Dee Wallace, Daniel Roebuck, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan, Mark Holton, Damian Maffei and Art the Clown himself, David Howard Thornton.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steven-cuoco/support

This week Gilbert Gottfried's first comedy album ever was released entitled "Still Screaming". It's an awesome double album and I was part of the launch party along with Chevy Chase and Paul Schaffer. Yeah, you heard right. Unfortunately, I got a sty in my eye and had to wear woman's sunglasses the whole time BUT -- podcast gold, right? Also, I try the Indian food "Dosa" (whatever that is) and although the girl that I went with said this would be her last execution meal, it should not be anyone's last execution meal. Let's just leave it at that. A nacho hat would be the way to go. Don't you think? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conan O'Brien, at 61, set to host the Oscars on March 2nd.  Other segments touch on tributes to Gilbert Gottfried, John Mulaney's career thoughts, James Acaster's new HBO special 'Heckler's Welcome,' Kathy Griffin's reflection on past controversies, Trump's re-election reactions from Wanda Sykes, and Stormy Daniels' comedy set. Additional notes include the New York Comedy Festival highlights and Lloyd Griffith's personal account of his hair transplant journey.00:00  Conan O'Brien Hosting the Oscars00:40 Concerns About Conan's Fit for the Oscars01:01 Conan's Response and Other Host Declines01:18 Producers' Statements and Gilbert Gottfried Tribute01:55 John Mulaney's Late Night Show Insights02:39 James Acaster's HBO Special03:57 Kathy Griffin on Trump's Re-election04:53 Wanda Sykes on the Election05:54 Stormy Daniels' Stand-Up Comedy06:19 Dick Van Dyke's Perspective on America06:48 New York Comedy Festival Highlights07:14 Lloyd Griffith's Hair Transplant StoryUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!  You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!    This podcast supports Podcasting 2.0 if you'd like to support the show via value for value and stream some sats! https://linktr.ee/dailycomedynews Contact John at john@thesharkdeck dot com  John's free substack about the media:  Media Thoughts  is mcdpod.substack.com DCN on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dailycomedynews You can also support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynewsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news--4522158/support.

 Louis C.K.'s Return and Jim Gaffigan's Weight Loss Johnny Mac delivers the latest comedy news, starting with Louis C.K.'s recent email revealing his new artistic endeavors and his work directing Adrienne Iappalucci's new stand-up special, 'The Dark Queen,' now on Netflix. The script also covers Jim Gaffigan's new special 'The Skinny' and his experiences with weight loss medication Manjaro. Additionally, the episode highlights upcoming comedy specials from Ralph Barbosa and Greg Proops, the Flyover Comedy Festival's headliners, and a recap of various acts at the New York Comedy Festival.  00:00 Louis C.K.'s Update00:31 CK on Adrienne Iapalucci's Special and Taping Experience02:22 Reflections on Interviewing Adrienne04:00 Jim Gaffigan's Weight Loss Journey05:37 John Mulaney's Upcoming Projects06:51 Comedy Specials and Festivals10:41 Gilbert Gottfried's Album ReleaseUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!  You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!    This podcast supports Podcasting 2.0 if you'd like to support the show via value for value and stream some sats! https://linktr.ee/dailycomedynews Contact John at john@thesharkdeck dot com  John's free substack about the media:  Media Thoughts DCN on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dailycomedynews You can also support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news--4522158/support.

Hour 3 Segment 1 Andrew Langer fills in for Tony as he is preparing for his Election in Three Bourbons event tonight in Fishers. Andrew starts the final hour of his show talking about the FEMA employee that got fired for skipping Trump supporters who needed hurricane aid.   Hour 3 Segment 2 Andrew is joined by Dara Gottfried, wife of the late comedian Gilbert Gottfried to talk about his upcoming comedy album, Still Screaming.   Hour 3 Segment 3 Andrew talks with Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union, to talk about the latest news for taxpayers.   Hour 3 Segment 4 Andrew wraps up another edition of the show by talking more about Pete Hegseth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew is joined by Dara Gottfried, wife of the late comedian Gilbert Gottfried to talk about his upcoming comedy album, Still Screaming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 Segment 1 While Tony is away preparing for his Election in Three Bourbons, Andrew Langer fills in! Andrew starts the show talking about stuff the Biden administration has said over the past years and talks about Hakeem Jeffries.   Hour 1 Segment 2 Andrew answers some fan questions on social media and gets other reactions to Matt Gaetz getting appointed for attorney general.   Hour 1 Segment 3 Andrew talks about how fast Donald Trump's appointees are going and talks more about the Matt Gaetz appointment and gets John Fetterman & Merrick Garland's reactions.   Hour 1 Segment 4 Andrew wraps up the first hour of the show talking about the Merrick Garland colloquy towards Matt Gaetz.   Hour 2 Segment 1 Andrew Langer fills in for Tony as he prepares for his live show in Fishers. Andrew starts the second hour of the show answering fan questions about the senate.   Hour 2 Segment 2 Andrew chats with Tom Sullivan to talk about Small Town Saturday. Andrew also talks about Pete Hegseth and Ben Shapiro's thoughts on the woke military.   Hour 2 Segment 3 Andrew is joined by Julie Gunlock of the Independent Women's Network to talk about the butter recall from Costco, talking about the future with Robert F. Kennedy on his health rules, and Thanksgiving.   Hour 2 Segment 4 Andrew wraps up the second hour of the show talking about his improvement on his diet.  Andrew also talks about censorship and free speech.   Hour 3 Segment 1 Andrew Langer fills in for Tony as he is preparing for his Election in Three Bourbons event tonight in Fishers. Andrew starts the final hour of his show talking about the FEMA employee that got fired for skipping Trump supporters who needed hurricane aid.   Hour 3 Segment 2 Andrew is joined by Dara Gottfried, wife of the late comedian Gilbert Gottfried to talk about his upcoming comedy album, Still Screaming.   Hour 3 Segment 3 Andrew talks with Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union, to talk about the latest news for taxpayers.   Hour 3 Segment 4 Andrew wraps up another edition of the show by talking more about Pete Hegseth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textA fever dream long form podcast that features Carlitos, a good friend with a brother rating of 10. When his family is affected by Indonesian Black Magic, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his memories of previous Patreon Takeovers so he may once again team up with Trick or Treat Radio to save his family. On Episode 641 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Carlitos for his Patreon Takeover! This time around Carlitos has chosen the films Boy Kills World and Mystics in Bali for us to discuss! We also talk about potato balls, bad sequels, action comedy films, and Asian cult cinema. So grab your disembodied head before all your internal organs fall out, figure out a fitting voice for your inner dialogue, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: The Devil's Bath, folk horror, theatrical releases, Moe's Toyroom, NECA, Jason, Michael Myers, Carlitos, Sinister Creature Con, Patreon Takeover, Nosferatu, Robert Eggers, Greg the Bunny, Count Blah, Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, Demonwarp, Devil's Doorway, Gala or gayla?, Dress Barn, Potato Balls, Exorcist II: The Heretic, bad sequels, Batman and Robin, Linda Blair, The Exorcist: Believer, Mike Flanagan, nicotine patches on a platter, Matt McCoy, Christopher Lee, Peter Bonerz, Harlan Williams, Ron Perlman, Gregg Berger, Bright Lights, Big City, peterbonerz69, Sam Raimi, Boy Kills World, Bill Skarsgard, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Rothe, Cameron Crovetti, Yayan Ruhian, Peter Jackson, Oldboy, They Live, big action set pieces, The Matrix, Enter the Dragon, Jet Li, The Protector, Ong Bak, Tony Jaa, Karate Kill, Goodnight Mommy, Casper Van Dien, Cheez Wizard, the difficult balance between action and comedy, the importance of set pieces in action films, H. Jon Benjamin, Spine of Night, Patton Oswalt, Monkey Man, District 9, Free Fire, Payday 2, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Mystics in Bali, Indonesian Horror, Gilbert Gottfried, Timo Tjahjanto, Suburban Commando, Nobody, The Big Four, The Crow, Nosferatu, Lady Terminator, The Boxers Omen, Mondo Macabro, Cannibal Holocaust, Uwe Boll, a pig with breasts, Indonesian Casablanca, Creepshow, Drug Traffic, film oddity, The Substance, Demi Moore, Mubi, Coralie Fargeat, Revenge, Ivan from Kostroma, A-Lister, The Sugarcubes, Bjork, Borscht Buddies, Peter Stalin, Ivan Hanks, Rage Against the Vagine, Borscht Buddies, and a spoonful of sugar makes the black magic go down.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

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This episode is all about maximizing your business potential, whether you're just starting out or already established in the market.  Learn how to leverage casting platforms for direct bookings and master direct marketing strategies. This episode is packed with actionable insights to increase your return on investment. Implementing mid-year performance reviews can be a game-changer for your business, using powerful tools like cash flow spreadsheets and client churn reports to meticulously track your financials and client engagement. Discover the added value of integrating financial data to set and achieve your financial goals, ensuring sustained success. Explore how to turn one-off projects into recurring gigs and the crucial role of tracking booking sources. Learn how to use social media, direct emails, and client referrals to build a solid client base. 00:02 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Hey bosses, who says marketing can't be as creative as voice acting? With a VO Boss Blast, we're proving it can be. Let us create a marketing campaign that helps get you hired. Our master list of over 90,000 creative contacts can get your message in front of your potential buyers. Find out more at vobosscom. That's the VO Boss Blast at voboss.com. That's the Voboss Blast at Voboss.com.  00:29 - Intro (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss, a Voboss. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza.  00:48 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Hey everyone, Welcome to the VO Boss Podcast and the Real Boss Series. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and I'm here with the illustrious Mr Tom Dheere.  00:58 - Tom Dheere (Host) Hello, hello, oh, I'm illustrious now this is very exciting.  01:01 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) You are illustrious, you are illustrious. Oh my gosh Tom, how's your week been?  01:06 - Tom Dheere (Host) My week's been. It's been pretty good. It's been pretty busy. It's one of those weird times of year this is early summer when we're recording this and people are at schools getting out and people are starting to figure out. You know they get their lighting up their vacations and all that stuff.  01:25 So you know, I'm using this time to capitalize on how I'm going to figure out what I'm going to be doing with the second half of my year, because I always, at the end of the halfway point of the year, I take a look at my voiceover business, see how it's doing, what's working and what isn't, and if I need to make any adjustments for the second half of the year.  01:39 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I think that's an excellent idea because, as a matter of fact, I was just this week. I got an email from my email service provider who notified me that they were going to increase the cost of my yearly fee almost like one and a half times as much, and so I was like, oh, I've got to really sit back and take a look at my return on investment, and so I think that is something that bosses need to do absolutely to make sure that their businesses are on track and make sure that their growth is happening. And if it doesn't appear that it is happening, maybe how do you evaluate growth that can happen in the future?  02:17 - Tom Dheere (Host) So, yeah, Okay, so, oh, there's so much to talk about with this one. But, bosses, if there's one thing I want you to walk away with, is that the industry changes constantly. What used to work may not work as well as it used to, or it may not work at all anymore. In my 25 years of being in the voiceover industry, effectiveness is really the key to be a voice actor, and learning what it takes to become effective early in your journey as opposed to what's effective later on in your voiceover journey.  02:53 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Like mailing CDs to potential clients. I just had to say that which I did, which I did.  02:58 - Tom Dheere (Host) So did I. Let me tell you, my post office hated me so much because I'd come in with a lawn bag of padded mailers and they'd be like oh.  03:06 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And I used to have to walk to my voiceover studio for 10 miles in the snow.  03:11 - Tom Dheere (Host) Sorry, Uphill both ways.  03:13 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Uphill Anyways. So yeah, how do we determine how effective our businesses are and how do we strategize moving forward?  03:21 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right. The ultimate determiner is like how much money am I making? And it's like, okay, did I make more money than I did last year or week or quarter? So that's obviously an indicator. But that's a very broad brushstroke because, like I've noticed over the years, because I track my voiceover revenue meticulously, gig to gig, Doesn't surprise me, Tom. I know right. Not surprising that the VO strategist meticulously tracks his voiceover revenue.  03:43 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) There you go. Well, me too, but I have my accountant that has probably more of a hand in it than me, and then she'll report to me if I need to know things.  03:49 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right. So one thing I do like to do what's called a client churn report. So basically I look at the end of every quarter, I look at how many gigs did I have, how much money did I make, how many of them were from new clients, how many of them were from return clients, and then I look at the same quarter from the previous year to see if the amount of money new clients and old clients went up, went down or stayed the same.  04:18 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Now let me ask you what are you recording that data into? Do you have?  04:23 - Tom Dheere (Host) a CRM Okay, okay, I was going to say do you have a?  04:24 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) CRM. Do you have a CRM? Okay, okay, I was going to say do you have a CRM or do you have a spreadsheet?  04:27 - Tom Dheere (Host) That I do in a spreadsheet because I have a cash flow spreadsheet which tracks every penny that goes into my voiceover business and every penny, that goes out of my voiceover business. It's a free download at voestrategistcom. You can just type in free in the search bar and you can find it and download it. It and you can find it and download it. It also helps you run reports. It's got little auto sums and I've got little formulas in there so it can help track your stuff.  04:47 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) That's awesome, tom, and can that be integrated? Like would I be able to export reports from my QuickBooks and be able to import, do you think into that's a?  04:55 - Tom Dheere (Host) great question. It may require some reformatting.  04:59 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Finagling.  05:00 - Tom Dheere (Host) And a little finagling, but actually I'm so glad this came up. When it comes to analyzing your voiceover business, that cash flow spreadsheet does so many things. It tracks all the money that I make. I also list all of my revenue and expense goals for the month, the quarter and the year. But here's the other fun thing that it does I have little columns where I have little codes. So, for example, there are three what I call portals in the voiceover industry. I'm sure I've talked about this before Representation, online casting sites and self-marketing which includes inbound and outbound marketing.  05:34 So every time I book a voiceover gig, in that column I write down whether it was RE, which it was a gig I booked through my representation, if it's OC, through an online casting site, either free or pay-to-play, like Voice123. And then the last one is S-M, or self-marketing, which means did it happen as a result of a cold call or a cold email, or indirect? Is it a result of someone finding me on Google?  05:59 Or was I referred to that client by a fellow voice actor or a fellow client, because I have clients who refer me to clients all the time and so whenever I type that in, there's a little section to the side of the spreadsheet that has, by revenue and by percentage, how much money I'm making based on the portal that I'm doing. It also does it for genre. I have a column for genres e-learning, commercial, industrial.  06:22 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Oh, that's awesome. I love this. And you say that this is a free download.  06:25 - Tom Dheere (Host) It's a free download, that's awesome, that's a great tracker. Yeah, because it lets me know just how I'm doing with the genre of voiceover, because you can break it down by genre and you can also break it down by portal. But I'm not getting all my e-learning through one portal and I'm not getting all my explainers through one portal.  06:44 Because sometimes I'll get an explainer through one of my reps. It's rare but it happens. But I'll get a lot of e-learning through online casting sites and self-marketing, so to be able to really look and see how my voiceover business is doing and be able to go to last year's spreadsheet and see how it's doing I love that, tom.  07:02 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I love that you have a free resource. I have to. I'm sorry I didn't have to exclaim that and interrupt you and say that, because I will tell you that I created a spreadsheet myself when I started to track auditions, to track jobs that I booked. It is a thing you do have to remember to put the information in, but it was very, very valuable to find out and I'll tell you, I love a person who can really work a spreadsheet, because you've got it all figured out already, yeah, and you've got the columns there. I mean, bosses, take advantage of this. We're going to put a link in the show notes. Okay, continue, tom. I'm sorry.  07:32 - Tom Dheere (Host) I got so excited.  07:32 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I had to interrupt you.  07:34 - Tom Dheere (Host) Well, yeah, I've been building this spreadsheet for 20 years.  07:37 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yes, I think 2004,.  07:38 - Tom Dheere (Host) 2005 is when I first built this spreadsheet first built this spreadsheet, so I'm looking at it right now.  07:43 So yeah, genre so like. For example, so far this year, 23.8% of my voiceover revenue has come from e-learning. But also I do it as the VO strategist. So it also tells me how many 15 minute consults I've booked, how many one-on-one coaching sessions I've done, how many conference appearances, how many mentorship sessions, how many people bought my videos at the VO strategist. So I use it for both as a voice actor and both as the VO Strategist, because this is tracking all the money.  08:11 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Well, good, I'm going to download it to track and ganguza business. However, I will say that there's reports that are generated off of QuickBooks or whatever your accounting software is, but I like that you have the added columns. Like I can't add a column in QuickBooks that says where did you book the job?  08:25 - Tom Dheere (Host) Well, I probably could, but I haven't done that that's why I stopped using all the accounting software in most of the CRMs, because it wasn't giving me the data that I need. Also this is a running total that I can see on my screen all at the same time. Here's another one no-transcript.  08:54 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Everybody talks about that.  08:56 - Tom Dheere (Host) I believe it's one of the most useless data points there is, and here's the reason, and you know this.  09:02 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I'm going to agree with you, but I want to hear your reason.  09:05 - Tom Dheere (Host) The reason why is because the casting process is so random and arbitrary.  09:11 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yes.  09:11 - Tom Dheere (Host) Because the best voice actor does not always get the gig, get the gig.  09:15 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yes.  09:15 - Tom Dheere (Host) And the best audition doesn't always get the gig. Like there's a great documentary called that Guy who was in that thing? And it's about 12 character actors in Hollywood and you know all their faces but you don't know any of their names and they talk about what it's like being a character actor on TV and film in Hollywood and one of them talks about the absurdity of the casting process and he says something like one week I'll get a gig because I remind the casting director of her brother-in-law.  09:41 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah.  09:42 - Tom Dheere (Host) And then two weeks later, I won't get the gig because I remind the casting director of her brother-in-law.  09:47 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah, absolutely so.  09:48 - Tom Dheere (Host) we have no earthly idea what the thought process is behind a voice seeker. There's another story of how a woman cast a male voice actor and she was asked why did you cast that person? And she said he sounds like my father.  10:04 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Mm-hmm.  10:06 - Tom Dheere (Host) And then, upon further conversation, she said I trust my father.  10:10 So, that means A I trust my father. B I want a trusting sound, for this voiceover equals C. I want someone to do this voiceover who sounds like my father Absolutely. But what if her father sounds like Gilbert Gottfried or Bobcat Goldthwait and they probably have kids? I know Gilbert Gottfried had kids, I don't know about Bobcat but and I'm sure if their children hear their voice it's a trusting I'm going to be okay, I'm safe. But that doesn't work for the rest of the universe.  10:40 Absolutely so, that's why that's kind of an absurd thing to analyze.  10:44 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And I just want to tailgate off of that really quickly. I don't want to get off the track of what's my ROI. However, that's why you don't self-sabotage yourself if you thought, well, I did a great audition and I didn't book the gig, or I'm not good enough, don't let that feed into. I mean, of course, you want to be a great performer and a great actor. That always gives you, I think, the most competitive advantage. However, the casting process is wild and crazy, and anybody that's taken an audition demolition class with Law and myself we've done, I believe, six of them so far. By the way, you can check them out on the VO Boss YouTube channel if you want to watch one.  11:20 Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason as to why you receive a job, and so I agree with you there that tracking that is not always going to give you the most useful information. However, I know people will be like, well, my booking ratio on Voice123 or my booking ratio on Voicescom. Again, in reality, all you can do, I think, is validate that you have ample opportunities, right, right, right. And within those opportunities, it would be nice if you, on average, booked a certain percentage, but again, I wouldn't let that dictate whether that is a good return on investment, would you agree?  11:53 - Tom Dheere (Host) It doesn't necessarily dictate your worth as a voice actor.  11:57 What it can dictate for the pay-to-play sites in particular, anne, is how effectively are you feeding the algorithms to give you the casting opportunities that you want, that you're right for, and are you effectively auditioning for the casting notices that those algorithms served up? So, with that in mind, I do track my booking ratio on Voice123. I have the $2,200 tier, so I have the second highest tier. So obviously I want to make sure there's a return on my investment. However, the number is skewed because I I'll give you a perfect example Two years ago on Voice123, I booked a gig.  12:34 I did an audition. It was for a grocery store chain doing an internal video about produce. I think it was about bananas. You know, like, if you work in their produce department, here's how to make sure the bananas, how not to bruise them, how to check them for quality, how to display them properly, how to rotate out bananas that are going to expire or whatever. And it was one gig $550 for like a three-minute in-house thing, directed session took all of 15 minutes. It's like okay, perfect. A month later they needed one on shrimp. A month later they needed one on avocados.  13:07 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I did not audition for those. You didn't have to audition, but you got the job. Yes, right, the recurring client.  13:11 - Tom Dheere (Host) But if I wasn't on Voice123, I would not have gotten that casting opportunity.  13:16 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) The majority of my work, too, is a lot of referral clients. Referrals and or clients that I got because I'm on pay-to-plays but not on a certain subscription level just because of my schedule, and so therefore I can't really count that. But I still get, believe it or not, if my profile is up there, every once in a while I will get a direct job, and then that client will come back.  13:35 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, right. So, with that in mind, on the spreadsheet, the cash flow spreadsheet, I do have a new column where I track audition bookings versus direct bookings.  13:45 Oh, okay, so audition bookings versus direct bookings. Oh okay. So how much did I get? Was this an audition and pray gig or was this a legacy client gig? So, just as an example as of this conversation, my direct booking percentage is 79% and my audition booking is 21%, which means roughly 80-20. Four out of every five bookings that I get, I didn't have to audition for them. Now, that is something that a lot of voice actors.  14:10 Yeah, that tells me something about my business model and it tells me about my effectiveness in marketing, about my effectiveness in auditioning and my effectiveness in client retention, because it's one thing to book a client once, it's another thing to book a client twice, and it's another thing to book a client a few times a year for years and I have a couple clients.  14:28 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Right, I have some clients I've worked with for decades, myself too, and I don't audition for them.  14:33 - Tom Dheere (Host) Some of them I never auditioned for in the first place, I just sent them the demo and then they're like, okay, great, and they here's your first gig work, which is right, that's the best kind of client, isn't it? That's a regular client, the one that you don't have to market to or audition for. However, audition and pray, I think, should be part of a balanced breakfast of all voice actors, whether it's through their agents, or through a casting site, or whether it's through their marketing strategy.  14:58 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Agreed Because auditioning and pray I mean. First of all, it gets you exposed to potential new clients in a multitude of ways. Because, first of all, if the agent hears you continually submitting good auditions, they might refer you to someone or they might shortlist you. Even if the client doesn't pick you, or if the client hears the audition and they may not cast you this time, they may save you for a future casting or come back to you for a different casting.  15:26 - Tom Dheere (Host) Here's another example. So for you VO bosses who have or are considering working with Anne, you decide you want to work with Anne. You want to get e-learning coaching. You may have been in the business for a little while. You may have gotten a smattering of e-learning gigs here and there, but now you want to really hunker down, get some quality training, get a quality demo, come up with a quality marketing strategy. So you work with Ann, you get your e-learning coaching, you produce a spectacular e-learning demo and then, of course, then we say Ann, what do I do now? And then she talks to you about marketing strategies. So you start to market that demo. The other thing you do is you put that demo on your website. So you come up with a marketing campaign. I'm going to put this demo on my website. I'm going to build a list of potential e-learning clients and if you have already done some e-learning work, it's supplemented by the work you've already gotten from existing e-learning clients and then you put it out there. Direct email.  16:25 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Direct email through a boss blast. Put it out there.  16:27 - Tom Dheere (Host) Direct email, direct email through a boss blast or direct email for cold calling, exactly, posting it on social media, talking to people on LinkedIn, so on and so forth. That's where this spreadsheet and your analytics can be an extremely powerful tool, because you can decide all right, this e-learning marketing campaign is going to take one month, so the first of the month the page the e-learning landing page goes live, and then you start through the VO Boss Blast. You start scheduling and sending emails to potential current and past e-learning clients. You post content on social media, you do things on LinkedIn. Maybe you record a video on TikTok or Instagram or YouTube talking about the demo or your experience with Ann or any part of your journey which is a part of helping people see your humanity.  17:12 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And, by the way, with any good coach right, I will if you provide a testimonial page. I also put demos on my YouTube channel, so there's the marketing that happens through that as well. So you're getting potential opportunities as well as my own referrals to you.  17:27 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, so you do all of that stuff and then at the end of the month, now you can figure out.  17:32 These are the analytics, so you can obviously go to your website, regardless of where the website was built. You should have some form of dashboard where you can look at how many times did people visit your e-learning landing page, how many times did they listen to your e-learning demo, how many times did they download? Because remember, that's the most important part of a campaign like this is to get downloads. You want people to download your e-learning demo and have it on file for when a project comes up that you would be right for. They have that demo on hand because they're not going to remember you and they're not going to remember your website. It may not be bookmarked. That's why most voice seekers and Anne may agree that most of them have a folder, a file of digital shoebox of some sort that has a pile of demos. Absolutely, and when a project comes along, because the odds of you emailing somebody your demo and the odds that they have a project that you're perfect for.  18:23 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) At that time Extremely slim. It's all about timing.  18:26 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, it's all about timing.  18:27 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah, I just did a teachable moment all about timing. Like you just don't know when people are going to need or require your service and you can't expect that just because you got the demo yesterday that there are all these people that need something today.  18:40 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right. So you have to manage your expectations by the analytics. So should it be e-learning bookings in that one month? I don't think that would be fair to you because it's extremely unlikely. What you can look at is how many times did they go to your website, how many times did they listen to that demo? How many times did they download that demo? How many emails were opened and clicked on?  18:59 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) You brought up a really good point. Is that? Okay? So a boss blast. You can go to the VO boss page to find out more about the Boss Blast. But the Boss Blast is simply allowing to cast the net out into a potential audience that could have a need, and you don't know exactly at what time that need is. So there's that direct marketing from the Boss Blast. But also I love the point that you brought up about the website.  19:23 Bosses, you have a website, it is a tool, it is your storefront. It is your responsibility to have enough knowledge about that tool so that you can go find out, like did somebody download my demo? How many times has the page been visited? Right? Because, just as there is with the Boss Blast, we have statistics. I can work with you, like when we send out a campaign, we have all the stats, we know who it was sent to, we know who opened it and we know who clicked. Now, once they get to your website right, they can click either the demo that's there or they can click on your website, and so once they do that, that's it. I just know that they've gone to your website.  20:00 Now, on your website, you need to be responsible for how many times has that been downloaded, how many times has that page been visited? And that can really help to see who's listening to your demo and what your booking ratio could be after that. And so those stats are important to know. So if you do not know how to access the back end of your website and we will have a podcast probably very shortly on just websites you must make it a point to educate yourself, and if you've had a website designer that did that for you, then you must either ask them how do you find out these stats right? Can they set up Google to actually allow you to see those stats, so when people visit your website, that you can find those stats and just know that, even if you may not be technically minded, you should really educate yourself on how to find that information out. That's important stuff to know. Sorry, I'm on my soapbox there, but gosh, it's so important.  20:52 - Tom Dheere (Host) No, that's amazing advice, Anne. Now here's the next part about this is here's some real life, practical real life experience that I have had this year is that one of the genres that I've been focusing on in 2024 is political. Over $10 billion is being spent on political marketing and advertising this year, so I updated my political demo. I've already had a list of political contacts because I've been marketing myself as a political voice actor since 2022.  21:21 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Are you direct marketing yourself, or are you on a roster as well?  21:24 - Tom Dheere (Host) Both, I'm on rosters, but I'm also direct marketing. I did a direct marketing, I did a direct marketing email blast, updated my political landing page and I sent out, I'd say over the past month and a half, roughly 150 emails to production companies that are dedicated to and specialize in creating political content radio, tv, digital streaming that require a voice actor. And do you want to guess how many replies I got to this?  21:52 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) email of 150?. Oh, I can imagine.  21:54 - Tom Dheere (Host) I can imagine the answer is zero, zero Now. At first I freaked out.  22:00 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) But did you get hired?  22:01 - Tom Dheere (Host) No.  22:02 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Ah, okay, not yet.  22:03 - Tom Dheere (Host) Okay. So the question is what's going on? So, after some reflection and talking to other political voice actor friends, is they are so busy. These political production companies are so busy they do not have the time to open, much less read, any of my emails, much less click on the link download the demo or reply.  22:26 They don't have the time because everything has gone bananas this year, so because the debates have started the conventions are starting soon and then everybody's going to go crazy, from the presidential election all the way down to dog catcher and everything in between. However, I do have some existing clients who just send me work. They're like hey, here's another one, Can you do it today? Hey, I've got these five spots. I need them by first thing in the morning.  22:52 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Is that going to stop you from sending a direct email in the?  22:55 - Tom Dheere (Host) future? No, not at all.  22:56 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I wanted you to make that point.  22:57 - Tom Dheere (Host) Because this particular genre at this particular time of year. I have now, through experience, learned to manage my expectations about what's going to happen Because, like nowadays, if you're doing a direct marketing email, if you're getting one, to 2% of people replying to you, you're doing good, that's awesome.  23:16 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah, that's what I tell my boss blast people yes, if you're getting one to 2% click or open you used to look for. If you get a 10% open rate and then 1% click rate.  23:26 - Tom Dheere (Host) Those days are over.  23:32 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah Well, 1% is good. So, yeah, it's absolutely good. But there's still again if you know your audience and you know what to write to them, it's still effective. I would still say there are still people that open their emails and there's always that chance.  23:39 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, so the point is just because they didn't reply to your email. I guarantee there's a folder in their Gmail or their inbox where they just took that email and just dragged it into that folder.  23:50 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Exactly, which is why when I go through stats with people because we will go through who opened it and who clicked on it but then after that you don't know what they're going to do with it and, honestly, unless you're hacking into their systems, you really don't know if they've put it into a folder or not. I love the fact that you also are mentioning that you have to manage your expectations. Again, it's about timing and managing expectations as well, but that initial data can really help you to find out is it worth your investment?  24:18 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right. So the aforementioned e-learning direct marketing campaign that you do from the Boss Blast yeah, looking at how many people opened it, how many people clicked on the demo, how many people downloaded the demo, which, if you're using a good CRM like there's a bunch of great CRMs out there which we could talk about in another conversation it can give you a good idea of what's going on.  24:37 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) They don't have to download the demo either. They could just play it. Do you know what I mean? That's the other thing too. And they keep the email without downloading the demo.  24:44 - Tom Dheere (Host) So again, it's like everybody has different habits. Some people will save the email, not open it. Some people will save the email, open it. Some people save the email, open it. Click on the demo, listen to it, but not download it.  24:55 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Some people save the email and then forget about it right so that you need to consistently right every once in a while.  25:00 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, do a follow-up every few months. Do a follow-up in that top-of-mind email, right, Right. So the lesson here, bosses, is that analytics don't always tell the story. You can't live or die by your analytics, but at the end of a year I can look and go, okay. Here's a trend Right. Here's an example 2023, looking at the three portals. So last year, 12% of my voiceover revenue came from my representation, 49% came from online casting sites, 23% came through direct marketing strategies, 16% came through indirect marketing strategies.  25:38 Now, if you look at five years ago 2019, I had my representation percentage was one or 2%.  25:46 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Right, and I would say your pay to play your roster was high pay-to-play was non-existent because I wasn't a paid member of oh, that's right. At that time I took a long break because in the beginning I had a high percentage rate right, but my direct and indirect marketing strategy was like 81, but I also made 20% less in 2019 than I do in 2024.  26:10 - Tom Dheere (Host) So how did me going from focusing on direct and direct marketing to focusing on online casting sites, increase my representative percentage? What happened? What are the analytics? This is my theory. In 2019, I auditioned 450 times. The whole year 2023, I auditioned 1,854 times. I got better at auditioning. Voice123 made me a better auditioner because I got reps in. Also, it helped me keep a better idea on casting trends. What are people?  26:40 - Intro (Announcement) looking for.  26:41 - Tom Dheere (Host) How can I read a casting notice and match it up with who I am and what I can provide as a problem solver, as a voice actor? That fed into increasing the quality of my representation auditions. I got better auditioning on online casting sites and, by extension, I got better at auditioning for my reps. So that's why I went from like 1% or 2% in 2019 to, five years later, booking 12% of my revenue.  27:06 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I love that. I think it's kind of like goal setting right If you don't write it down. It's kind of like in your head you're like but I've auditioned, but I've sent my direct marketing email, or I've sent my emails and I've done my marketing, but in reality if you're not writing it down or recording it, it's really hard to track what you've done. I mean, it wasn't until I started tracking my auditions and where I was booking and it helped me to determine a genre. Oh, I should pursue more work in this area. There's so many things you can learn from it, from just recording it. So consider it like a goal right. Consider that document recording and gosh, it doesn't get any easier than downloading a free template from Tom.  27:42 - Intro (Announcement) Dheere's website.  27:42 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) That's for darn sure. I mean really. This has been such an enlightening conversation, tom. I mean the amount of information you can find out just by tracking your return on investment where are you auditioning, where are you spending your money, where are things happening can really inform you to make great decisions about how to evolve and how to move your business forward. So do it, guys. Download that document and understand that, yes, this is a marathon, not a sprint. We'll probably say that for every podcast that I work with with you, tom. I mean, I say that all the time, but you guys it is. Tom, thanks so much for your invaluable wisdom on this. I love that you're such a geek about all of this, and if anybody can produce a really cool spreadsheet, I'm sure it's Tom Dheere.  28:22 - Tom Dheere (Host) I am a happy mutant, so yeah.  28:25 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) All right. Big shout out to our sponsor, ipdtl. You too can network, connect and download documents like a boss. Find out more at IPDTLcom. You guys have an amazing week and we'll see you next week. 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In today's episode of Daily Comedy News, Johnny Mac covers the passing of basketball great Dikembe Mutombo and a controversial retweet by Rob Schneider. Johnny also delves into the podcasting success stories of Tom Segura, Christina Pazsitzky, and Joe Rogan. John Oliver's dissatisfaction with HBO's new YouTube policy is discussed, along with speculation about the future of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Additional segments include the backlash against Ellen DeGeneres, Gilbert Gottfried's posthumous album, Hulu's upcoming comedy specials, and amusing details about the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists. 00:50 Rob Schneider's Controversial Tweet01:08 Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky's Podcast Journey03:14 John Oliver's Frustration with HBO05:48 Jimmy Kimmel Live's Uncertain Future06:25 Ellen DeGeneres Backlash and Gilbert Gottfried's Posthumous Album07:46 Hulu's New Comedy Specials08:39 Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary and Spirit Halloween Sketch10:10 Seth Meyers' Bet and Ahmed Ahmed's Award11:03 Comedy Wildlife Awards Finalists Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed! Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show! This podcast supports Podcasting 2.0 if you'd like to support the show via value for value and stream some sats! Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news--4522158/support.

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