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But Ive done this for many more episodes, I think.
By now I must have filmed, I dont know, 18 or 19 episodes ofYoung Sheldon?
So I dont particularly want toknowwhy they invited me.
For me, its a wonderful thing, Im very lucky.
I dont know how its happened, but its been very good fortune for me.
Hes an amazingly warm person.
Im really very blessed.
Its been a joyful experience to have her as a partner.
When it comes to your own TV viewing, do you tend toward sitcoms?
I dont understand references to TV shows, famous TV commercials, important sports events …
So Ive acted on sitcoms more than Ive watched them, really!
But its certainly been a very, very congenial forum for me to work in.
Ive done some very wonderful sitcoms, includingThe Cosby ShowandMurphy Brown.
I was even on a couple of episodes ofTaxi!
Im definitely sort of in awe of the best of these short little dramas.
In some ways, I admire those episodes more than the plays of that period.
Certainly the acting of Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows … Forgive me, but Im very curious about this never-owned-a-TV thing.
A fear of brainwashing?
My girlfriend and I both grew up in a certain generation that was somewhat rebellious about TV.
I think I thought it might be not so beneficial to watch the regular news shows and the commercials.
I think I was afraid of it.
I do find television very seductive.
We didnt have a very big apartment, and we just didnt get into it.
And we never have!
Your original career path had not been toward acting.
What led you that direction?
And the part theoretically was not too difficult, so I said yes.
And it sort of developed from there.
You and Andre have collaborated a number of times over the years.
So that was a very big deal for me.
The Princess BrideandCluelesshave cemented your place on the mainstream pop-culture landscape.
I have a lot of different lives going on at the same time.
And, you know, Im briefly startled and look at them as if theyre insane.
But thats my life.
Thats my destiny, it seems.
Even my political writings are a little bit known.
I mean, theyre known to one out of maybe 100,000 people.
But people do sometimes come up and say, I really appreciate what youve done.
I mean, I have also had the experience of beingcriticizedon the street … and elsewhere!
Well, if theres ever been a time for political writing, were definitely living through it right now.
Yes, although its challenging to write about the time that youre living in.
And this is a particularly tough one in some ways because of the crudeness of the evils.
You know, aside from just sort of yelling, Ugh!
To circle back toYoung Sheldon, will we be seeing you again soon?
Well just have to wait and see!
