Stan Brooks

And Arnold loved them and said, if you think you can get him to do a comedy past

And Arnold loved them and said, if you think you can get him to do a comedy past

You don't, as a TV movie producer, ever get near anything this hot, ever. You just don't.

You don't, as a TV movie producer, ever get near anything this hot, ever. You just don't.

Arnold's trailer was like a house on wheels. It was literally like you'd look at it from the outside and you'd say, wow, that's got all kinds of pop outs and the roof went up and everything. But when you got inside, it was literally like you had just walked into like the Greystone Mansion.

Arnold's trailer was like a house on wheels. It was literally like you'd look at it from the outside and you'd say, wow, that's got all kinds of pop outs and the roof went up and everything. But when you got inside, it was literally like you had just walked into like the Greystone Mansion.

I don't know. Here's some soap, sweetie. Here's the soap.

I don't know. Here's some soap, sweetie. Here's the soap.

You know, it was a trip to Oz that I knew was short-lived, but it was something I was going to take in and enjoy as much as possible.

You know, it was a trip to Oz that I knew was short-lived, but it was something I was going to take in and enjoy as much as possible.

First of all, TV movies don't have screenings. If we have a screening, it's like 10 people and you're in a screening room somewhere. This was the big theater at the DGA, which holds, I don't know, a thousand people, massive screen, and there's a huge red carpet and a press line.

First of all, TV movies don't have screenings. If we have a screening, it's like 10 people and you're in a screening room somewhere. This was the big theater at the DGA, which holds, I don't know, a thousand people, massive screen, and there's a huge red carpet and a press line.

According to Stan, Ivan Reitman and James Cameron were there, along with a whole slew of Hollywood royalty. The screening was in L.A. It was a media sensation.

According to Stan, Ivan Reitman and James Cameron were there, along with a whole slew of Hollywood royalty. The screening was in L.A. It was a media sensation.

And then he goes, I think we want to screen it again. That was too much fun. I go, okay. I go, I'll see if I can organize. He goes, no, I want to screen it in Washington with my friend Jack Valentich. So now we all fly to Washington. And it was a who's who of Washington. And it was senators and members of the cabinet. It was a seated dinner. And I remember my wife and I sit down.

And then he goes, I think we want to screen it again. That was too much fun. I go, okay. I go, I'll see if I can organize. He goes, no, I want to screen it in Washington with my friend Jack Valentich. So now we all fly to Washington. And it was a who's who of Washington. And it was senators and members of the cabinet. It was a seated dinner. And I remember my wife and I sit down.

We wouldn't work in the room, so we sit last at our table. And the guy next to me has got like a dress uniform on. And I say, hey, Stan Brooks, I'm the producer. And he goes, hey, Oliver North.

We wouldn't work in the room, so we sit last at our table. And the guy next to me has got like a dress uniform on. And I say, hey, Stan Brooks, I'm the producer. And he goes, hey, Oliver North.

We, nobody had any, oh my God, we're making It's a Wonderful Life.

We, nobody had any, oh my God, we're making It's a Wonderful Life.