Word: showings
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...produced by Don Kirshner, who was a very hot rock 'n' roll producer, and Norman Lear, who was at the top of his game producing about 12 major sitcoms at once, including All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, One Day at a Time. We were a show about guys who had sold their souls to the devil to become rock stars. It was a hell of an experience, though: being in Hollywood, coming out with a new sitcom, being on the same lot where Soul Train taped. Luckily, when the show didn't last...
Paul Shaffer is finally stepping out in front. Before landing the gig as David Letterman's bandleader and sidekick on Late Night (now called Late Show) in 1982, the native Canadian navigated a long, winding path to fame: from playing music in Toronto strip clubs to joining the original Saturday Night Live band and cast in the '70s - and along the way co-composing the Weather Girls' hit "It's Raining Men" and starring in a short-lived sitcom. His memoir, We'll Be Here the Rest of Our Lives, is chock-full of tales from the 59-year...
After being on Letterman's show for 27 years, what inspired you to finally sit down and write a memoir? I actually had tried it once, about 10 years ago. I thought I could do it myself, but I ended up having to give the money back. I didn't finish it. Later, I ran into David Ritz, who is my co-author, at a Bon Jovi rehearsal. He had written the Ray Charles biography. So I knew who he was, and he asked if I ever wanted to do a book...
...didn't get it finished on time, and had to make a choice between John and Gilda. And I chose to be loyal to Gilda. But it was devastating not being in the movie. John was very hurt by it. We entered into what I like to call a show-business feud. Just like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. But just like Dean and Jerry, we reunited on the Jerry Lewis telethon...
...think of any really challenging moments when you had to improvise in the middle of a show? Certainly the very first show on Letterman. I couldn't believe that show business was going to be this disorganized. Billy Murray was the main guest. He came by early in the day to talk to the writers about what he might do. And he had this vague idea that he might sing "Let's Get Physical." And then he said he had to go feed his dog and left, and he never came back! There was no rehearsal at all. I didn...