I may be wrong, but I think I might've pitched Fargas as a Random Roles subject when I did that interview with him for Popdose. But it wasn't exactly prime AV Club material to tie an interview to an UPtv movie about the Salvation Army. Maybe in the future, though, you never know…

Even funnier is the fact that I have no idea why he was on Battle of the Network Stars on that occasion: not only didn't the Walking Tall series premiere 'til 1981, but he wasn't on TV in any capacity the year he did the show (1978).

BTW, I did ask Walker about Hall's appearance, but - not surprisingly, since it was his very first TV work ever - he didn't remember Hall from the episode. When I tried to cite Hall's more recent (and more substantial) credits, Walker couldn't immediately place him, but he politely said, "But it sounds like he landed…

So it's all down to Northside, then.

And still Menswe@r is denied their chance to shine!

I don't know how much Daniels would want a recurring role - hell, I don't even know if he wanted to do the pilot! - but given how much Mr. Feeney meant to that show, I can't imagine he wouldn't at least want to make it worth the character's while to come back…and I grow less and less certain that his appearance in the…

Do not get me started on the near-absence of William Daniels. Originally it looked like there was potential for him to have a recurring role, but now I'm hearing that he's only just barely in the pilot, and that's it. The combination of Disney wanting a Disney show and the people from Boy Meets World wanting to…

Conrad Janis actually ties into one of my all-time favorite Random Roles Moments.

Attending my first Television Critics Association press tour was a trial by fire that forced me to step up my game immeasurably in regards to keeping my hormones tamed. I mean, when you're given the opportunity to have one-on-one chats with Jeri Ryan, Christina Applegate, and Rebecca Romijn, you take it. Granted, none…

Yeah, that was actually the one topic I was never going to go near, even though I actually liked the show. I mean, I did talk to her publicist ahead of time about it, saying that any reference I'd make to it would be about the show itself and being a fan, but even though she knows me and trusts me with her clients…

I will say that it's been very, very surreal to meet, let alone interview, my pop culture crushes, but while I'm sure this says nothing about my taste in women, I must admit that I have very rarely been disappointed by my encounters with any of them. Pam Dawber, Sherilyn Fenn, and Susanna Hoffs were all incredibly…

If you haven't caught Ms. Dawber's appearance on The Late Late Show from the other night, it's well worth hitting up YouTube to watch it. Near the end of the chat, she's got a great story that would seem to confirm that they're a case of two very different personalities who nonetheless turned out to be perfect for…

It's actually from a Bullz-Eye interview I did with him in 2009. One of these days I really need to compile those into a book. I've talked to a lot of great people for that site over the years.

It's the Californication S6 DVD. It was originally going to run this week - it came out this Tuesday - but the schedule was so packed that they bumped it. Oh, and that reminds me: on Thursday, it's Random Roles with Scott Baio. :-)

This marks at least the third time - although it may be the fourth, now that I think about it - that I have tried to secure a Random Roles with the guy, and it still has yet to come to fruition. This time a mutual acquaintance actually had dinner with him and said, "You should totally do Random Roles," and it still…

Just so's you all know, this was a case where we were very much under a time constraint - if I'm to be honest, I consider it nothing short of miraculous that the interview happened at all - and it's unlikely that anyone's going to bring up something that wasn't on my list of things I wanted to ask but didn't have time…

Actually, the funniest part was right after that, when I admitted to him, "You probably realize by now that that's not the kind of question I'd normally ask, but it's something I know a lot of people want to know." He burst out laughing and said, "So what you're saying is that you don't actually give a shit. Got it!"

Yes. Particularly when he accused me of cockblocking his comedy.

They were never done in a belligerent fashion. I think he just didn't trust himself to offer responses that wouldn't offend or piss someone off, so he held his tongue. I can respect that.

I'm sorry, I often fall into technical jargon. I meant to say "telephone interviews."