(At one point, he had nine series on the air.)
There was no kiss at all in the script.
It was Sammys idea.
He surprised everyone at rehearsal.
The writers and I were blown away….
The audiences reaction to it washuge.
There was something so lovely in the reaction.
As much as it was fun, the audience was making a statement: We can handle this.
We got one of the longest laughs when Maude tells her friend [Rue McClanahan] shes pregnant.
I love the way that finished….
The truly interesting thing is nothing really happened when the show aired.
Tom and Helen are too scared to fight.
George: N.
That was a great scene, a great moment.
They performed it so well.
The problem the web connection had with that was it was so fing funny.
Why was it funny?
It was a word that nobody was saying, and nobody would dare say.
And Sherman didnt dare he just did it.
Penny talked about how somebody put a hot iron on her shoulder.
It was a great idea for an episode.
This article appears in the April 22/29 issue of EW.
