Grab This Day By The Neck And

We're Creating A Tv Show Of Scrooge, Starring Jamie Farr, With Buddy Hackett As Scrooge. We're Shooting In This Victorian Set For Weeks, And Hackett Is Pissed All The Time, Angry That He's Not The Center Of Attention, And Finally We Get To The Scene Where We've Gotta Shoot Him At The Window, Saying, "go Get My Boots," Or Whatever. The Set Is Stocked With Victorian Extras And Little Children In Oliver Kind Of Outfits, And The Director Says, "all Right, Bud - Just Give It Whatever You Want." And Hackett Goes Off On A Rant. Unbelievably Obscene.

I Didn't Get Into This Position By Being Like A Stiff Sitting On The Set In A Folding Chair. I Did It By Walking Around On The Streets And Stirring Things Up.

I Would Jump Into The Middle Of The Street And Say, "excuse Me, There's A Mercedes That's Got To Get Through Here." And I Would Push People Out Of The Way, "get Out Of The Way! Let Him Through!" Smacking Their Cars And Stuff. Just Like, "whack" And You Just Jump Into It.

The Last Thing I Want Is To Be (in A Film Role) Is Obvious, Direct And Offensive.

You Had To Keep The Mood Up; You Had To Keep The Tempo Up. You Had To Keep The Feeling Of, "hey, We're Doing Something That's Really Exciting. It's Fun Being With These People." And The More Fun You Have, The Better You Do It.