That's Classic‪!‬ John Cato

The Ultimate Happy Days Interview: Don Most Opens Up About His Time As Ralph and so much more! John talks with Don Most, Ralph from Happy Days about his intense audition process for Happy Days going up against other stars like Robby Benson and then turning down the role! Don also chats about the meteoric rise of the Fonz and the effect on the rest of the cast, how his role of Ralph moved up in the cast after the first season, his deep friendship with Anson Williams, how he came up with the term "Jumping the Shark" and the amazing experience of seeing Robin Williams for the first time on the Happy Days set. Scott Baio directing Don in Charles in Charge, the sad losses of Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams and so many interesting moments! Thanks so much Don!

THAT'S CLASSIC! LIVE SHOW at APRONS IN HERMOSA BEACH, CA JUNE 13TH from 6-8pm. My guest will be Erin Murphy "Tabitha" from Bewitched! Email me at THATSCLASSICTV@GMAIL.COM and let me know you are interested in coming. I will forward you the website to reserve your seat as soon as it becomes available. It is going to be a blast!

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Hosted by John Cato, actor, voiceover artist, and moderator for over 20 years for the television and movie industry. John's background brings a unique insight and passion to the podcast.



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Linda Purl Dishes On Her Experiences With Fonzie, The Waltons, The Office, Patrick Duffy and more!
Linda talks with John about her friendship with Donny Most from Happy Days, auditioning for Richie's girlfriend and Fonzie's girlfriend and how it was like working with family on Happy Days. Linda also chats about Henry Winkler off set, the magic of Garry Marshall, growing up acting in Japan, working with Rod Steiger, William Shatner in "Visiting Hours", Steve Carrell in The Office and also working on The Waltons! And of course she beams as she tells the story of how she and Patrick Duffy fell in love and so much more! Thanks Linda!

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Exclusive: Dive Deeper Into the Career of Steve Kanaly in this Revealing Interview Part 2.
Steve continues chatting with John about playing Pretty Boy Floyd in the John Milius film, Dillinger and acting with Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton and Richard Dreyfuss, meeting Charlton Heston in a Vietnam War zone, and working with Steven Spielberg in his directorial debut, Sugarland Express. Steve tells the emotional story of directing his first Dallas episode on the same morning co-star, Patrick Duffy's parents were murdered, working with Sean Connery and Candace Bergen in The Wind and the Lion and his lifetime as a painter and his watercolor paintings. Thanks Steve so much, loved it!

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Get An Exclusive Look Behind The Scenes of Dallas with Steve Kanaly "Ray Krebbs"

In part one of this fabulous two part interviewSteve talks with John about his gutsy audition for Dallas, his very special relationship off camera with Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy, how the pilot of Dallas had to be reshot and Jim Davis "Jock Ewing" Steve also chats Working with Priscilla Presley, Charlene Tilton and Victoria Principal. Steve tells the incredible story about meeting director, John Milius after his tour in Vietnam which leads to his break acting in "Judge Roy Bean" with Paul Newman and John Huston never acting before then! In addition, Steve talks about his contribution to "Apocalypse Now" based on an experience he had in Vietnam. Enjoy and don't miss part 2!!

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Uncovering The Hidden Secrets Of Married With Children With Producer, Richard Gurman. Richard talks about his new book, Married with Children vs. the World, Ed O'Neill's audition for Married with Children, how the network didn't want Ed O'Neill and that David Faustino and Christina Applegate were not the first to be cast as Bud and Kelly Bundy. Richard talks about Katy Sagal bringing in the character's look and attitude to her audition, The crazy off set antics of the cast and crew of Married with Children, Megan Markle growing up on the set of Married with Children because of her father and Sam Kinison and Roseanne Barr originally being cast as Al and Peggy Bundy plus so much more! If you are a Married with Children fan or a lover of television and the start of a network don't miss this! Thank you Richard and what an awesome book....

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Hosted by John Cato, actor, voiceover artist, and moderator for over 20 years for the television and movie industry. John's background brings a unique insight and passion to the podcast.


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Unveiling Fun Secrets of The Brady Bunch & Gilligan's Island with producer Lloyd Schwartz! John and co-host, Bob Bergen chat with Lloyd Schwartz, producer of The Brady Bunch and Rescue from Gilligan's Island about what the Brady kids were like off set, his close relationship with Ann B. Davis "Alice" and the emotional toll of working with Robert Reed and his insults of his father, Sherwood Schwartz when shooting the Brady Bunch. Lloyd also talks about emotional storylines that affected the Brady kids in real life, working with Vincent Price on the Hawaii episodes and how he changed the Brady Bunch theme song. Also, Lloyd talks about Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus and other Gilligan's Island cast members off set through some very personal stories. In addition, Lloyd talks about his latest comedy film coming out "Love and Taxes", starring Jake Reiner, Rob Reiner's son and how they shot a full feature film in 3 days! Thanks Lloyd, we had a blast!


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