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(CNN) Every now and again, a guest comes on my podcast and I let them take the reins. Bob Einstein, also known by his characters Super Dave Osborne from David Letterman's show and Marty Funkhouser from "Curb Your Enthusiasm," was one of those.

When Einstein -- who died Wednesday -- was on with me , my only job was trying to get a word in edgewise. I just let him be funny and sat back like an audience member.

Gilbert Gottfried

Bob was a strange guy, both to watch and listen to. He sounded like Clint Eastwood, if Clint Eastwood had just come out of throat surgery. Bob said once that he didn't dream of being a comedian as a kid. He wanted to be a basketball player. I kind of wish that dream had come true -- it would have made me a big basketball fan.

He was always funny to watch because he seemed totally certain and completely confused at the same time. Even at his most forceful and energetic, he came across looking and sounding like a guy you woke up at three o'clock in the morning.

Bob and his brother, the great comedian, writer and actor Albert Brooks, were sons of the beloved entertainer Harry Einstein, who played the character Parkyakarkus on the radio and in movies in the 1930s and '40s.

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