Nathan Lane
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Yes, and I thought, well, that's kind of redundant, but... LAUGHTER But it was actually Ryan Murphy. I was working for Ryan Murphy doing this miniseries about the Menendez brothers, and he had read this script, and he had never done a situation comedy before, a multi-camera situation comedy. But he thought the script was great, and they had written it, I was told, with me in mind.
Yes, and I thought, well, that's kind of redundant, but... LAUGHTER But it was actually Ryan Murphy. I was working for Ryan Murphy doing this miniseries about the Menendez brothers, and he had read this script, and he had never done a situation comedy before, a multi-camera situation comedy. But he thought the script was great, and they had written it, I was told, with me in mind.
And so I read it, and I thought it was hilarious, and that's how it all came to be.
And so I read it, and I thought it was hilarious, and that's how it all came to be.
And so I read it, and I thought it was hilarious, and that's how it all came to be.
For those who remember George C. Scott.
For those who remember George C. Scott.
For those who remember George C. Scott.
Absolutely. Marty Short on SCTV used to do an impression of him. He had a severe overbite, and he was trying to bring magic back to the magic profession. And so he did not refer to what he did as tricks, but they were illusions. LAUGHTER And he was a lovely man. And Doug was, I don't know if you've heard, but he was a triple threat. He couldn't sing, act, or... He was but he was a lovely guy.
Absolutely. Marty Short on SCTV used to do an impression of him. He had a severe overbite, and he was trying to bring magic back to the magic profession. And so he did not refer to what he did as tricks, but they were illusions. LAUGHTER And he was a lovely man. And Doug was, I don't know if you've heard, but he was a triple threat. He couldn't sing, act, or... He was but he was a lovely guy.
Absolutely. Marty Short on SCTV used to do an impression of him. He had a severe overbite, and he was trying to bring magic back to the magic profession. And so he did not refer to what he did as tricks, but they were illusions. LAUGHTER And he was a lovely man. And Doug was, I don't know if you've heard, but he was a triple threat. He couldn't sing, act, or... He was but he was a lovely guy.
And, you know, the first rule of musical theater is don't do a show that's built around magic tricks. Yeah. So. So, yeah, it did have a little bit of a run. But yes, it was it was it was doomed from the start. And yet here you are.
And, you know, the first rule of musical theater is don't do a show that's built around magic tricks. Yeah. So. So, yeah, it did have a little bit of a run. But yes, it was it was it was doomed from the start. And yet here you are.
And, you know, the first rule of musical theater is don't do a show that's built around magic tricks. Yeah. So. So, yeah, it did have a little bit of a run. But yes, it was it was it was doomed from the start. And yet here you are.
And when I I remember having to tell I had to leave present laughter and I had to tell George C. Scott that I was leaving the show to do this musical because he so he knocked on my door and I opened it and he said to me, you're leaving me to do a magic show.
And when I I remember having to tell I had to leave present laughter and I had to tell George C. Scott that I was leaving the show to do this musical because he so he knocked on my door and I opened it and he said to me, you're leaving me to do a magic show.
And when I I remember having to tell I had to leave present laughter and I had to tell George C. Scott that I was leaving the show to do this musical because he so he knocked on my door and I opened it and he said to me, you're leaving me to do a magic show.