Charles in Charge

What was the first show that you were on?

It was called Charles in Charge.

I watched that.

With

thought it was Miami Jews.

Yes! You also wrote My Two Dads.

I wrote my, the guy who created Charles in Charge went off to do My Two Dads.

Yeah.

Uh, he was a regular performer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

Uh, he was also in Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, Fame, Diff'rent Strokes, Murder, She Wrote, Charles in Charge, Out of This World.

You remember Out of This World?

Oh my God, yes.

This extend and pretend game, it's just...

It's, it's the scene from the sitcom, like Charles in Charge, when fricking Buddy Lembeck just stuffs the mess into the closet, and then Charles' girlfriend comes over and opens the closet, and all the shit falls down on her.

In this case, all the shit falling down on her, that's regional banks failing most likely.

I don't know.

[laughs]

So what, when, Chuck, did things start to change for you? I know you get a job on Charles in Charge.

I-

And eventually Roseanne is the breakthrough

[laughs]

... from Charles in Charge.

I guess, uh, I guess not.

But, uh, yeah, Frank Stallone also had, uh, a music career of sorts with some-

I started writing, um, um...

There was a syndicated run of a show called Charles in Charge.

Right.

With Scott Baio.

Yeah.

Uh, Bugsy Malone, Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi, uh, Diagnosis Murder, Charles in Charge, all those cool things.

Charles in Charge, like, that was starting to get a little later than me.

Mm-hmm.