“many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief at Thanksgiving and probably the only way to get those people to budge.” PeopleWayWould BeWatchesTelevisionFootballTablesOccasionsReliefGuestsThanksgivingRudeness Author:Judith Martin
“In episodic television you'll have a good guy who's on every week and that's his show! He's the regular on it, and you're not going to be "gooder" than he is; I mean, he's the guy who's got to solve your problem! So if you're playing a good guy, you have to have a problem, and he's going to solve it for you. And the only really strong dramatic part is the heavy, because the meaner and crueler and rottener you are, the better the good guy looks when he whips ya' at the end because he always is gonna whip ya! So, the best dramatic guest shot is the heavy.” IfsLooksMeanEndsShowsProblemGuyStrongWeekTelevisionShotsHeavySolveBe GoodDramaticGuestsWhipsGood Guy Author:Leslie Nielsen
“At first, we lived in very, very small places... with my mom cleaning houses and scrounging up just enough to keep us in town with a working car. She introduced me to my first agent, and I started with stand-in work, then eventually commercials and television guest-shots.” FirstsEnoughHouseCarTelevisionMomShotsTownsMy MomAgentsGuestsCleaningClean HouseSmall Places Author:Keith Coogan
“When your Super Bowl guests arrive, they should find a mound of potato chips large enough to conceal a pony sitting in front of the television. For nutritional balance, you should also put out a bowl of carrot sticks. If you have no carrot sticks, you can use pinecones, or used electrical fuses, because nobody will eat them anyway. This is no time for nutritional balance: This is the Super Bowl, for God's sake.” IfsShouldEnoughUseUsedFrontsTelevisionBalanceSittingSticksSakeGuestsBowlsChipsPotatoesElectricalSuper BowlCarrotsFusePoniesPotato Chips Author:Dave Barry
“I've done so many television pilots. I've done eleven I think and I've never had one get picked up. There was never one that I was a guest star on. It's just fascinating, but I don't think it would be fun to be recognized all the time.” ThinkingDoneWould BeFunStarsTelevisionFascinatingPilotsGuestsElevenGuest Stars Author:Missi Pyle
“For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.” WantMadeFactsShowsStarsTelevisionGuestsTelevision ShowsGuest Stars Author:Dave Chappelle
“There is no such thing as unlawful censorship in the home. Movies, magazines, television, videos, the Internet, and other media are there as guests and should only be welcomed when they are appropriate for family enjoyment.” ShouldHomeMediaTelevisionInternetVideoMagazinesEnjoymentAppropriateGuestsCensorshipUnlawful Author:M. Russell Ballard
“If you're going to do a guest spot on television, they need bodies on those procedural TV shows. You've got to keep working, and that's where a lot of the work is.” IfsNeedsShowsBodyTelevisionTvsSpotsGuestsTv Shows Author:William Mapother