Actor Fred_Willard looks back at his late-night TV guest spots, working with Christopher Guest
, just to name a few. But there's another title that the actor has earned over his decades-long career: professional late-night talk show guest.
"I have a done a lot of guest spots on talk shows, either promoting something that I've been in, a movie or TV show, or doing little sketches on the programs, and I've always loved that.
"What amazes me is the audience he has. People will see me, just friends or on the street, and they'll say, 'I saw youlast night.' I mean he must have a huge audience," Willard said. "I've known Jimmy on and off for years. I used to go on as a guest when I was promoting a film or TV show, and I'd actually sit in front of the audience, so that was always fun."Best Show"That started to change everything," the actor said.
As far as starring in any of Guest's future projects, Willard will be waiting by the phone for that call. "There may be several. I never hear," he said. "I wait by the phone and luckily enough, the phone rings and Christopher says, 'Uh, Fred, I'm thinking about doing a new movie.' And I say, 'Oh, is this good news for me?' But luckily he's included me in almost everything he's done, so I've been very lucky from that."
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