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Maybe, I Got A Sense When [star Wars] Came Out, And There Were Always These Lines Around The Block. We Didn't Understand The Popularity Of Cheers Until Maybe Five Years Into The Series.

It Was When Boston Invited Us To Do A Parade One November, And I Was The Only [star Wars] Cast Member Skeptical Of The Willingness Of People To Come Out To See Us Five Actors Drive By In Antique Cars In The Boston Rain. Well, It Was The First Time I Really Understood The Show's Popularity.

Before 1972, No Actors Got Residuals. They Just Got Paid. No Residuals.

I Was A Carpenter In Northern Vermont And Got This Tax Refund Check That Just About Covered A One-way Airfare To London. So This I Saw As A Sign From God. So I Went Over To See Ray [hussett] For A Couple Of Weeks And Ended Up Staying 10 Years. I Got Work As A Stage Carpenter At The Oval House In Kennington, South London.

That Was Actually Lloyd Phillips Who Was A Kiwi Film Producer In L.a. And It Was About Gorgeous George, Not Haystacks Calhoun. I Was In A Couple Of Lloyd's Films And Got Approached To Write The Story. People Don't Realize It, But Gorgeous George Had This Flamboyant, Camp Stage Persona That Had A Tremendous Influence On Other Celebrities, Like Elton John, Liberace, Elvis Presley, And Mohammed Ali, Who All Wanted To Establish Their Own Outlandish Stage Personas. The Project Died Because Gorgeous George's Wife Refused To Give Up The Rights.