Phoef Sutton (Cheers, Bob, Newhart)

<p>Phoef and I discuss his name; Dick Van Dyke Show; reading mysteries; James Madison University; writing, directing, and acting in his own plays;&nbsp;sitcoms are almost Broadway plays; writing a spec <em>Newhart</em>; that script got to <em>Cheers</em> and he was offered a freelance job; turned down staff job on <em>Newhart</em> in 1986 for -<em>Cheers</em>; writing the Cheers episode "The Book of Samuel"; "Dinner at Eight-ish"; "Cheers: The Motion Picture"; the monkey episode; writing for periphery characters Al, Father Barry, and John Hill; replacing characters; Kirstie Alleys cigarette trick; "Gift of the Woodi"; The Kelly Song; Prince is a fan; made more money on the song than any one episode; co-creating <em>Bob</em>; writing "The Fan";&nbsp;<em>Thanks</em>; <em>The Fighting Fitzgeralds</em>; The US version of <em>Coupling</em>; <em>Rob!</em>; Rob Schneider being hard to deal with; working with Cheech Marin and Eugenio Derbez; <em>Boston Legal</em> - working with Candice Bergen and William Shatner; using clips from a 1957 episode of the <em>Defenders</em> in a 2007 episode of <em>Boston Legal</em>; writing mystery novels; wanting to write an X-Files; shows he watches now;&nbsp;Poker Face being like<em> Columbo</em> and <em>The Fugitive</em>; his &nbsp;new series <em>Chesapeake Stars</em> on Hallmark; past <em>Cheers </em>writers I've had on; 30th anniversary of <em>Cheers</em>' final episode</p>