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I believe that was a bit of Jack Benny reference there, who perpetually assured everyone he was 39.

I'll give you the Dixie Carter years, but beyond that, I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about, because everyone knows Diff'rent Strokes had a lovely lifespan on NBC and then ended abruptly without ever going to another network.

Garrett Morris might've played some stereotypical parts on SNL, but he was absolutely not in The Wiz. (I hope you don't think so little of me that you think it wouldn't have come up if he had been.)

Honestly? I just went with the Liz who had the most episodes credited first.

I did make a point of dropping a line to his publicist and saying, "If Mr. Morris is ever of a mind to write a memoir and needs help pulling his thoughts together, I hereby volunteer." (I now do this with some regularity after conducting Random Roles interviews. One of these days it's gonna pay off, dammit…)

Both that and his role on Hunter were on my always-too-long "had to be cut for time" list. But what's funny is that, for as many episodes as he did of that show, I didn't even know he was on it until I started researching for this interview…which leads me to believe that I've never actually seen an episode of The…

I was a little surprised, too. Although I interviewed Cohen for a Q: The Winged Serpent oral history last year, and I guess I can see how he could rub someone the wrong way, particularly someone who's not as excited about his projects as he is. (Cohen's definitely a guy who's confident of his own greatness.)

I do take Morris's point about how the expectations for the show were
absurdly high, and that it might - and that's, like, one of the biggest mights in entertainment history - still be on the air if he'd been given the chance to find his footing. But it wasn't high expectations that killed the show. It's that the…

Absolutely. It's Beth Behrs' legs, Kat Dennings' breasts, and Garrett Morris that I use as a defense for watching the show. It's still a pretty poor defense, but it's all I've got.

In fact, when I Tweeted out an RIP earlier, that's the clip I used: https://twitter.com/NonStop…

Quite a lot, actually. I'm still reading it, but Bronson discusses him a fair amount in the early part of the book, and he's been referenced several times since, most recently referencing how Richard Foos filled in for him once as Wildman Fischer, Jr., and how they ended up writing a six-pack of songs for Fischer that…

I've spent a fair amount of time this weekend reading The Rhino Records Story, by Harold Bronson, which I ordered mostly because I've been a devoted Rhino fan ever since I first discovered the Nuggets compilations in the…late '80s, I guess it must've been? Man, those were - and continue to be - a tremendous source of…

Indeed. The Trashcan Sinatras performed on that show, which is an instant indication of awesomeness.

Rich Hall is actually a pretty big deal in the UK…or certainly moreso than he is here, anyway: http://www.offthekerb.co.uk…

Well, for one thing, I've already long since established that I'm a fan of Modern Family, but when even my 8-year-old daughter reacts to the plotline by saying, "Australia?!? Didn't they just get back from Hawaii? Who does that?" it's hardly uncalled for to observe that the show very much lives in a different economic…

He did. And it is a regret of mine, believe me. But Jimmie Walker clearly has no complaints. A few hours ago, I got an email from his publicist, who forwarded me Jimmie's comment on this piece: "I have to say, this is the best in print interview *ever* done about me." This makes me happy.

He talks so much about that in his book, though, that it felt like well-trod territory. But you're right, I should've brought it up.

You will be shocked - shocked - to learn that I watched the Mad Men season premiere last night. On Saturday, I used a Nook credit to pick up one of my favorite book to read over and over again, Saturday Night: A Backstage History of 'Saturday Night Live,' by Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad, as well as The Book of Levon:…

Not unlike Garrett Morris, who - as you will read in an upcoming Random Roles - assured me, "I don't use four-letter words…but I might use 'motherfucker,' 'cause that's 12."