Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Rick Baker and David J. Skal (Season 8, Episode 25)
Podcast Episode | Documentary, Comedy

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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Rick Baker and David J. Skal (Season 8, Episode 25)

Podcast Episode | Documentary, Comedy

It's Halloween in July as Gilbert and Frank celebrate the 90th anniversaries (1931-2021) of Universal Studios' original "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" by welcoming Oscar-winning makeup creator Rick Baker and author-historian David J. Skal ...See moreIt's Halloween in July as Gilbert and Frank celebrate the 90th anniversaries (1931-2021) of Universal Studios' original "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" by welcoming Oscar-winning makeup creator Rick Baker and author-historian David J. Skal for a fascinating conversation about sympathetic monsters, mad scientists (real and imagined), the origin of horror films, the genius of Jack Pierce and the premature deaths of Colin Clive, Dwight Frye and Lon Chaney. Also, David interviews Carla Laemmle, Rick turns Martin Landau into Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange appears in Boris Karloff's obit and Bram Stoker's widow tries to kill off "Nosferatu." PLUS: Ghoulardi. "Man of a Thousand Faces". The influence of Forrest J. Ackerman. Bette Davis (almost) plays the Bride of Frankenstein. And the boys (once again) try to make sense of "The Black Cat". See less

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Name	Known for
Rick Baker Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Planet of the Apes (2001)
Gilbert Gottfried Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Aladdin (1992)
Frank Santopadre Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014)
David J. Skal Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)