IIene Graff (Mr. Belvedere, Ladybugs)

<p>Ilene Graff joined me to discuss going to grade school and high school with my parents and Lowell Ganz; Queens; Mays Department Store; getting a job on Broadway right after college graduation; Promises, Promises; Jill &amp; Jenny O'Hara; Grease with co-stars Jeff Conaway, Barry Bostwick and occasionally John Travolta; not getting to audition for the movie because she was thought of as too old and then have an older actress get the job; working on I Love My Wife with Joanna Gleason and Lenny Baker; moving to Hollywood; guest starring on <em>Brothers &amp; Sisters</em>; getting cast in the ill-fated <em>Supertrain</em>; there is many <em>Supertrain</em> podcasts but not one <em>Mr. Belvedere</em>; <em>Mr. Belvedere</em>'s fans; <em>Lewis &amp; Clark</em>; Wendy Holcombe; <em>13 13th Avenue</em>; Bob Uecker makes Belvedere a go; Ilene's favorite episodes - singing with Robert Goulet; Belvedere's Very Special Episode; libraries; ratings; disastrous move to Saturdays; Rodney Dangerfield; her and her husbands class Making the Song Your Own; her annual holiday concert; watching <em>Mr. Belvedere</em> with my daughter; Brice Beckham's comic timing; adults on <em>Belvedere</em> creating a family atmosphere; what her TV kids are doing now; performing with her grandniece and Lora Tu-Chan from <em>Awkwafina is Nora from Queens</em>.</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>