And so Bill Kennedy's Showtime, as it was originally known, would start. Yes and agreed to all the previous submissions. But I have some other memories also when Bill was caught with his pants down ... so to speak.
One is: The Network Television Premier of "Joan of Arc" was going to air on the ABC Sunday Night Movie (tonight ... a major motion picture). Well Bill was in heaven since he 'co-starred' in the movie with Ingrid Bergman et al. Actually, Bill played Thierache (Joan's executioner). All week long Bill was expounding on the movie's production values, behind the scene stories, but most importantly ... how pivotal his role was in the story as he consoles Joan prior to her death. On and on he went, reciting his lines, semi acting them out, etc.
Well the movie aired and on Monday's show Kennedy is sitting behind his desk seething. In the modified for TV version all his parts were edited out ... except for the execution scene of Joan's burning at the stake. In it he was hooded -- so it could have been anybody.
I thought he was going to cry.