The show's creators originally wanted Phil Silvers in the lead role of Pseudolus, but he turned them down, allegedly because he would have to perform onstage without his glasses, and his vision was so poor that he feared tripping into the orchestra pit.

" While writing, he says, the show's creators imagined Ted and Dougal as " just two people who happen to be ".

This included the nation's and the writers ' favourite episodes plus a documentary of the cast and creators that revisited the show's locations.

Frasier hosts The Dr. Frasier Crane Show on talk radio station KACL ( named for the initials of the show's creators, Angell, Casey and Lee ).

The show's creators, Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, have said that the Coleman character is a personification of one of Avenue Qs central themes: that as children we are told we are " special ", but upon entering adulthood we discover that life is not nearly as easy as we have been led to believe.

The show's creators claim that they were not engaging in a product placement strategy for commercial gain.

She has been stated by the show's creators to be Cantonese, and as such, she is bilingual, speaking both English and Cantonese.

The second and most famous theme was composed by William Loose: " Bob & Merrill's Theme ", named for Bob Quigley and Merrill Heatter, the show's creators and original co-executive producers.

MTV Networks president Van Toffler was reported as saying a revival of the series was being considered, and that the show's creators had been approached about the possibility.

Megavolt was the show's creators ' favorite villain and therefore the most recurring.

Arlene Klasky, one of the show's creators initially did not like Angelica Pickles.

Bender was the most difficult character to cast, as the show's creators had not decided what a robot should sound like.

The season one main opening was a simple eight-second sequence which showed the window of a subway train with moving through and quickly stopping at the original show logo, which then peeled off to reveal the names of the show's creators.

* Full press release documents regarding the show's characters, background, and creators hosted at The Unofficial ReBoot Home Page.

ABC has vehemently denied that thesis, but fans were not convinced, and were particularly irritated by the fact that the creators and writers of the show were fired from ABC following the show's cancellation.

Despite claims by the show's creators that SpongeBob is " somewhat asexual ", several annuals state that SpongeBob holds romantic feelings for Sandy, which could be shown in examples where SpongeBob brings Sandy flowers on occasion.

The focus on the new show was on children from disadvantaged backgrounds, but Cooney and the show's creators recognized that in order to achieve the kind of success they wanted, it had to be equally accessible to children of all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.

The show's creators have also stated he was lying.

Despite the show's relative failure, fans of the former UK Play spoof interviews show Rock Profile, often recall the creators and future stars of Little Britain, Matt Lucas and David Walliams's, appearance on the show as Danny and Noel from Hear ' Say, in which they constantly sang " Monday, Monday " after Theakston asked them a question.

That same year, he appeared in " Pilots and Pens Lost ", a 1998 episode of The Larry Sanders Shows sixth season, in which he and the executives of the show's nameless television network satirized the treatment to which scriptwriters and show creators were subjected, as well as the executives ' knee-jerk tendencies toward racial stereotypes.

When casting for Futurama, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast, in part because the show's creators had not yet decided what a robot should sound like.

* In the early stages of planning Deep Space Nine, the show's creators wanted to bring in a Bajoran character named Ensign Ro Laren, who was a recurring character in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

For example: several skits from the cult 1960s TV show At Last the 1948 Show were resuscitated by John Cleese ( one of that show's creators ) and performed by him with various Amnesty show cast members, including fellow Pythons ( Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman ) and other peers ( John Bird, John Fortune and Tim Brooke-Taylor ( the last also an At Last the 1948 Show writer / star ), younger performers ( Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones ), and Cleese's then wife, actress / writer Connie Booth.

Vieira interviews cast members and the show's creators in California.

In the show's June 20, 1948 debut, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed along with singer Monica Lewis and Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II previewing the score to their then-new show South Pacific, which opened on Broadway in 1949.

An instrumental version of the show's theme song was used for a most recent show of Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop.

Among the show's many recurring roles, Richard Lewis and Ted Danson play versions of themselves as old friends of Larry's with whom he frequently butts heads.

Stringfield's decision to quit reportedly angered the show's executive producer, John Wells, because she left just as Dr. Lewis got embroiled in a budding romance with Anthony Edwards ' Dr. Mark Greene.

" Columnist Matt Lewis of Politics Daily also questioned Limbaugh's appearance on Family Guy, citing his support for former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, whose daughter, Bristol Palin, has openly criticized MacFarlane and called the show's writers " heartless jerks.

Original cast members included the show's star, movie favorite Dana Andrews, with Susan Brown, Paul Lukather, David Lewis, Coleen Gray, Susannah Darrow, Cheryl Miller, and Eric James.

The show's host in the first season was Avi Lewis.

The show's first guest ( s ) tends to be interviewed next aside from Mondays which feature Lorraine Investigates with Craig Doyle, Wednesdays which feature fashion from Mark Heyes and Thursdays which feature money-saving advice from Martin Lewis.

With arrangements by the show's original musical director and arranger, Kenny Clayton, it features vocals by Debi Doss, Andrew Derbyshire, and Lewis Rae, who appeared in the original production as young Andy.

Lewis continued to make regular guest appearances on the panel right up to the show's final year in 1967.

It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse ( where Lewis ' series had originated, temporarily renamed " The Jerry Lewis Theater " from September through December 1963 ) on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood.

Reva Shayne O ' Neill ( formerly Lewis, Spaulding and Cooper ; alias Princess Catherine Winslow ) is a fictional character on the long-running CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light played by four-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Kim Zimmer from November 28, 1983 to July 1990 and April 14, 1995 until the show's final episode on September 18, 2009. Zimmer has become such as celebrated performer that she is often considered to be an " icon " in the daytime drama industry.

After Lewis ' final show, where he implied the show's future was in doubt, The Name's the Same went on hiatus, giving Lewis more time to devote to his variety shows on CBS.

Following a decline in the show's relevance, popular Survivor contestant Jenna Lewis was hired to host the show in 2001.

Other ties with the show's predecessors included the dog's trainer, Robert Weatherwax Sr., the son of Rudd Weatherwax.

Jim Waley went to present the last Canberra interview by then current Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, who in an interview with Laurie Oakes, expressed his regrets at the show's final departure.

The show's central characters are Charles Ingalls ( Michael Landon ), farmer and patriarch, with his wife, Caroline ( Karen Grassle ), and four daughters, Mary ( Melissa Sue Anderson ), Laura ( Melissa Gilbert ), Carrie ( Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush ) and Grace ( Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh ), later adding adopted children Albert ( Matthew Laborteaux ), Cassandra ( Missy Francis ) and James ( Jason Bateman ).

Though ever the womanizer, J. R. had two wives during the show's run: Sue Ellen ( played by Linda Gray ) and Cally ( played by Cathy Podewell ), and three sons.