Judith Bowles

He said, I'm just not happy. I said, stay after the show tonight. I want to talk to you.

He said, I'm just not happy. I said, stay after the show tonight. I want to talk to you.

So I was a wreck doing the show. He was brilliant, as usual.

So I was a wreck doing the show. He was brilliant, as usual.

Of what I was going to have to say to him. Yeah, oh, Lord. You know, because I hate confrontation. Okay. I hate it. Oh, at one point he said, I'm just not sure I'm happy on this show. That's what he said. And so in the meantime, I called his agent and I said, I'm going to be talking to Harvey, but he wants off the show. I'm going to let him off the show. And he said, well, you can't do this.

Of what I was going to have to say to him. Yeah, oh, Lord. You know, because I hate confrontation. Okay. I hate it. Oh, at one point he said, I'm just not sure I'm happy on this show. That's what he said. And so in the meantime, I called his agent and I said, I'm going to be talking to Harvey, but he wants off the show. I'm going to let him off the show. And he said, well, you can't do this.

I said, he can't do this to a guest. You know? Yes. And he said, well, I said, I'll talk to you later. So Harvey stayed. Now I'm nervous. Now I put on my best Rosalind Russell, Barbara Stanwyck.

I said, he can't do this to a guest. You know? Yes. And he said, well, I said, I'll talk to you later. So Harvey stayed. Now I'm nervous. Now I put on my best Rosalind Russell, Barbara Stanwyck.

Yeah. I said, I understand you're not happy, so don't come back. You're off the show. And he said, what are you talking? I said, no, you can't be rude. I said, you're off the show. It's okay. You know, I have a contract. I said, well, you know, we'll just talk about that with, you know, the powers that be, but you can't behave this way. Now he says, well, you started to kind of... Backpedal?

Yeah. I said, I understand you're not happy, so don't come back. You're off the show. And he said, what are you talking? I said, no, you can't be rude. I said, you're off the show. It's okay. You know, I have a contract. I said, well, you know, we'll just talk about that with, you know, the powers that be, but you can't behave this way. Now he says, well, you started to kind of... Backpedal?

Mm-hmm. And I said, okay, I'll give you one more chance. You come in to work next week.

Mm-hmm. And I said, okay, I'll give you one more chance. You come in to work next week.

And when I see you, I want you to be whistling and skipping down the hall. Nice. So comes Monday. We always had a script reading in my office.

And when I see you, I want you to be whistling and skipping down the hall. Nice. So comes Monday. We always had a script reading in my office.

And before it was the time, then I went to excuse myself to go to the ladies' room. And then the elevator door opened right just before I went into the ladies' room. And Harvey comes out. We both stand there looking at each other for a frozen second. He starts going whistling and skipping down the hall. And so I had a plaque made. And I put it on his dressing room door called Mr. Happy-Go-Lucky.

And before it was the time, then I went to excuse myself to go to the ladies' room. And then the elevator door opened right just before I went into the ladies' room. And Harvey comes out. We both stand there looking at each other for a frozen second. He starts going whistling and skipping down the hall. And so I had a plaque made. And I put it on his dressing room door called Mr. Happy-Go-Lucky.

Oh, that's genius. And I loved him. I mean, we were always close.

Oh, that's genius. And I loved him. I mean, we were always close.

This was a very rare, you know.

This was a very rare, you know.