Joe Franklin
American radio host and television actorWikipedia
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Sep 21, 2026
Bill WhiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Behind the plays, Larry McCoy.
Bill WhiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At first base, Joe Franklin.
Bill WhiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At second, Nick Brimmigan.
Bill WhiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And at third, Nestor Shiloh.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
I was too cool.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
I think color TV is a game How about this? I think Joe Franklin's real good I don't mind if I gotta kick your ass
Neil RichterPANELIST
All right, now, if you missed the satiric tongue-in-cheek humor of Two Tub Man with the lyrics like, edumacation ain't for me, I'm so drunk I can barely see, and I can go anywhere, people look, people stare, playing in a heavy band, guess I'm just a Two Tub Man.
Neil RichterPANELIST
Well, if you missed that, check out their song, I Live for Cars and Girls, from the same LP, because...
Skye OrchardHOST
Salem calls after her.
Skye OrchardHOST
Joe Franklin's still interested.
Skye OrchardHOST
Joe Franklin was an American radio and television host personality who was noted for having the first talk show and inventing the format.
Skye OrchardHOST
He lived from 1926 to 2015.
Skye OrchardHOST
Whoa.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
Yeah.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
And was not interviewed on The Joe Franklin Show with Al Pacino.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
Oh, yes.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
Joe Franklin came on, and, you know, Joe Franklin, uh, talks about himself quite a bit [laughs] in his day, when he was...
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
And he would have these stories saying that, "Oh, on, on, on one of my shows, I had on both James Dean and, and Al Pacino." Uh-huh.
Gilbert GottfriedHOST
Yeah.
Jon LangmeadGUEST
Like,
Brian R. SolomonHOST
have you ever seen pictures of Joe Franklin's office? You know who Joe Franklin was? All right.
Brian R. SolomonHOST
So Joe Franklin was Joe Franklin.
Brian R. SolomonHOST
Would have loved Jack Pfeffer.
Brian R. SolomonHOST
He was good friends with Lou Albano.
Brian R. SolomonHOST
So Joe Franklin, how do I describe him? If you're from New York and you're of a certain age, you know him.
Brian R. SolomonHOST
He was a journalist, writer, broadcaster, editor.
Brian R. SolomonHOST
He knew everybody.
Justin AcriHOST
It'll be over soon, sadly.
Justin AcriHOST
Joe Franklin's here, and his show will be over soon, too.
Justin AcriHOST
All too soon.
Justin AcriHOST
What's up, Freak? Hey, how's it going, guys? Hi, Joe.
Brian FiesHOST
I was very lucky.
Jim O'KaneHOST
And Reid, when we were talking before we came on, we were talking about how your dad directed the Joe Franklin show, which was like, gosh, that was the Grand Central Station of celebrities.
Jim O'KaneHOST
Everybody that ever stopped in New York would go through Joe Franklin's show.
Jim O'KaneHOST
And what a childhood you must have had, having all these people wandering around at dad's work.
Reed DiamondGUEST
I was very fortunate, yes.
Reed DiamondGUEST
There were two directors there, and they just split up all of the different shows.
Reed DiamondGUEST
So my father would direct the news, and he would direct this program.
Reed DiamondGUEST
show called The Joe Franklin Show.
LionelHOST
But Bing Crosby.
LionelHOST
Check out Joe Franklin.
LionelHOST
You know who Joe Franklin is? Remember Billy Crystal with the butter panes? Butter panes are the panes for you.
LionelHOST
A wonderful, tremendous...
LionelHOST
That was Joe Franklin.
LionelHOST
And I knew him very well because we were at WOR.
LionelHOST
And whenever...
LionelHOST
You never called me.
Andrew Dice ClayGUEST
I'm not getting the part.
Andrew Dice ClayGUEST
And as I'm leaving, one of the guys in the band goes, "Aren't you that guy that does Travolta?" You know, 'cause I, I did this Joe Franklin Gong Show in New York, and I won the Gong Show.
Andrew Dice ClayGUEST
So you got an appearance on Joe Franklin, and you got two weeks opening for, believe it or not, Tiny Tim at the Fireside Lounge in Queens.
Howie MandelHOST
You did that?
Andrew Dice ClayGUEST
Yeah.
Andrew Dice ClayGUEST
That's what I was doing, okay? And so I won the Gong Show.
Andrew Dice ClayGUEST
I got the appearance on his show, which was a big deal to me.
Howie MandelHOST
Joe Franklin.
Phil ElsonHOST
here.
Phil ElsonHOST
When do we get to the Scott Van Pelt part where you just don't do a show for an entire month? I don't think he was on for July, right? That's the Joe Franklin
Justin AcriHOST
schedule.
Justin AcriHOST
You'll see him December 1 and January 2.
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