Robert Preston

It does help the show gain attention, and I thank you very much.

And if your podcatcher doesn't let you do those things, pick out one of the music man Robert Preston's other films, the underrated Blake Edwards comedy SOB, for example.

He was really funny in

that.

If you sign me up, let's go.

And also, by the way, you know, the thing I love about about this film is like there's a character in this movie played by Robert Preston.

It's just the gayest character to ever show up in us.

He's literally came out of a musical theater show into the light.

Carson-sthetics, yeah.

You ever hear that, Carson? You know that record that Robert Preston put out, the chicken fat one? You know that one?

Mm-mm.

Tom, you know what I'm talking

That's all we need to get fired up.

And these musicians must have been paid so handsomely from our great government.

I love Robert Preston.

I don't know how you feel about him.

So this is a man who definitely was extremely talented.

very i i'm ashamed to say i haven't seen the music man yet oh robert preston

i mean you wonder if once you watch that film you realize what robert preston was playing all these decades later was a variation of this character

right and yeah right he was and he and he ended up in maine the musical

it all goes back to maine doesn't it

I learned this when I was researching this, he played the role of professor Howard Hill in the national touring production of the music man in 1958.

And he played the role 2008 times.

I wish I could have seen Forrest Tucker's version of, Professor Howard Hill, which is so delectably done by Robert Preston.

You still had to be ready.

Okay, so then, so I'm interested in those years after Gary Moore, before the Carol Burnett Show, Broadway, and, but also like at one point, like CBS is offering you a special, right? Yeah, they wanted me to do a special, and I did one with Robert Preston.

I was doing Gary's show, and then I had an agent who was pretty good.

They signed me to a 10-year contract, CBS.

He would play Raven, a professional killer who had been cheated by the men who hired him.

Lake and Robert Preston, who played a detective on Raven's trail, received the top billing.

Ladd came fourth with an introducing credit.

But the first day's rushes changed the balance of the picture.

James Mason for The Verdict.

And Robert Preston for Victor Victoria.

Robert Prosky? Not Robert Prosky.

This is before Robert Prosky's career.

I mean, I guess people watch it.

the thing about Richard Crenna is he's one of these he's got one of these faces and one of these actors that you confuse him with like Gig Young Cliff Robertson and was it Robert Preston the actor not the not the the political journalist he has one of these faces you know the kind he's got brown hair maybe a side parting you know although yeah I liked Richard Crenna he looks the part but I'm not keen on his line line delivery

Yeah, he's got a unique kind of intonation, the way he just, rumble, don't, kind of thing.

It's almost kind of Shatner-esque kind of thing sometimes.