WE
WE TALKED4@ AT THE KNOX COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH HIM.4@ >> YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING,
STAGE TELEVISION MOVIES AND
SEND UP AND NOW YOU'RE PLAYING @
THE LOBSTER FESTIVAL?
>> I DO NOT 4@BRING MY HAMMER.4
THIS WAS MY DREAM.
I SAID TO THE WIFE BEFORE I GOT
ON THE PLANE THAT THIS WAS MY
DREAM.
IS CAN AND MY CAREER.4@
I'M NOT A KI4@D ANYMORE BUT THI
IS GOING TO BE A CLINCHER.4@
MAYBE 50 YEARS AGO,4@ AND THE
POTBELLY STOVE IN THE MIDDLE
THE STATE WITH THE RAILROAD
TRAIN BY THE HOTEL.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.
IT 4@WAS RIDICULOUS.4@
>>4@ YOU STARTED OUT WORKING IN
ROUGH PLACES.4@
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE COMEDY CLUBS
AND IT'S GREAT.4@4@4@4@
I GO TO A LOT OF PLACES LIKE
THAT I DID BEFORE.4@4@
IT'S THE TRUTH I WORKED IN
PLACES LIKE THAT.
DIDN'T HAVE COMEDY CLUBS.
THE AUDIENCE WEREN'T EXACTLY
THAT, CROWD.4@
HARD-WORKING GUYS OFF THE STREE@
AND4@ THERE WERE LIKE TWO OF US
THAT WENT ROUND4@ IN WASHINGTON
DC LIKE THIS.
THAT I WENT TO BECOME A BIG
STAR.
AND I WOUND UP IN MAINE.
SOMETHING MUST'VE GONE WRONG.
>> YOU'RE AT THE PINNACLE NOW.4
SO YOU STARTED OUT DOING
STANDUP.
IN THE 1960S YOU WERE BUSY
DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
FROM BEACH MOVIES TO THE DIXON
DECK SHOW.4@4@4@4@
>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT YOU SEE
YOU GOT YOUR BIG NATION4@AL BRE
WITH JOHNNY CARSON AND THE
TONIGHT SHOW.
>> I WOULD SAY SO.
JOHNNY CARSON WAS A GREAT
FRIEND.
I MISS HIM TE4@RRIBLY.
HE WAS SPECIAL BECAUSE HE MADE
YOU LOOK GOOD.
YOU WENT ON THAT SHOW AND YOU
NEVER LOOK BAD.4@
I WAS 4@VERY FORTUNATE THAT
THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD FOR ME.4
I MUST SAY CARSON WAS A BIG
INFLUENCER.
THE TWO BIG PEOPLE IN THE LIFE
WERE MILTON BOROUGH4@ AND AS HE
GOT OLDER I GOT A LITTLE FED UP
THE TWO BIG PEOPLE IN THE LIFE WERE MILTON BOROUGH4@ AND AS HE GOT OLDER I GOT A LITTLE FED UP@
WITH HIM.
AND HE WAS STILL GOING THROUGH
HERE.
SO THEN I WENT ON TO REALLY
ADORE FRANK SINATRA.
AND HE BECAME A GREAT BOOSTER
AND A FRIEND.
AND NOW THAT HE'S DEAD 4@I BROK
ALL OF HIS ALBUMS.
>>4@ WILL SEE FED UP WITH?
>> YOU.
NOW THAT I THINK OF IT.
YOU ARE GETTING ON MY NERVES.
NOT REALLY.
YOU ARE A NICE MAN.4@
>> STAY THERE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.4@ 4@
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT I KNOW YOU TAKE PRIDE IN.
YOU ARE A GRADUATE OF DRAMATIC
ARTS AND A TALENTED SERIOUS
ACTOR WHO DOESN'T GET MUCH OF
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HIS
ACTING FACILITIES.
>> HAVE YOU MET ROBERT AN ARROW@
>> A CHARMING AND OUTGOING GUY?
>> EVEN IN THE MOVIE. 4@
WHERE'S THE GUN?4@ 4@
IF YOU WATCH THEM IN CASINO
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A BAD YEAR.
HE MAKES SO MUCH MONEY AND HE
MUMBLES IT'S CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
GRACE KELLY4@ IS WHEN WE JUST 4@
LOST.4@
THEY WERE AMAZED THAT I
GRADUATED FROM THE 4@AMERICAN
ACADEMY THEY ARE STILL IN SHOCK.
>> I WAS THE GUY THAT ATE UP
ALL 4@THE SCENERY.
ALWAYS HAVE THAT KIND OF 4@AN
ENERGY.4@ 4@
THE ACADEMY GAVE ME A GREAT
DEAL OF EXPERIENCE.4@
WITH THE ODD COUPLE IN SAN
DIEGO.4@
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU PLAYED FELIX
UNGER?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE QUIET GUY.
BUT WE DID WELL.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.4@
BUT BACK IN THOSE DAYS HE WOULD
EAT PASTA WITH HIS 4@HANDS.
SO THAT HE WAS A FOOL.4@4@4@
MY GRANDCHILDREN LOVE THAT IS 4@
MISTER POTATO HEAD.
50 YEARS 4@IN THE BUSINESS AND
WIND UP A SPREAD.4@
>> YOU ACTING APPEARS TO BE AD-
LIBBED BUT A LOT OF IT IS 4@NOT
>> I NEVER HAD ANYTHING WRITTEN
FOR ME.4@
IT ALL CAME TO ME ON THE STAGE
WHERE I FOUND THE BEGINNING
MIDDLE AND THE ENDING.
WHICH TODAY NOW I HAVE, BUT IT
CHANGES TO ACCORDING TO I AM.
A SHURI THE TONIGHT SHOW WILL
CHANGE.
EITHER I WILL BE RUNNING OFF
THE STAGE AND THE AUDIENCE WE
COMING