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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 79955" data-attributes="member: 27">The show you describe, where there&#039;s basically two actors and a lot of dialogue without location work and such, sounds similar to a &quot;filmed play&quot;, which would be much more attractive to theater-based actors like Stritch than the three-camera/laugh-track/multiple-takes sitcoms we typically see.&nbsp; TV/film actors have to have a lot different skills than stage actors (and vice versa) to be successful.&nbsp; Stage actors have to project their voice and movements a lot more (in service to the attendees in the back row) but that sort of behavior would look silly in a TV show, where the microphones and cameras are right in your face.&nbsp; Films don&#039;t forgive ad-libbing or mistakes in lines--they simply stop and start over, which is obviously not done in a stage play.&nbsp; There are many theater actors (in the mold of Stritch) who won&#039;t do a lot of television or film because of the conceits that have to be made for cameras and filming, though I have seen her in a few TV projects over the years.&nbsp; My guess is that this show appealed to her because it had a &quot;theater&quot; feel to it.I saw a clip on youtube where Stritch (as part of her stage show) told the audience about her &quot;brush with Dorothy Zbornak&quot;.&nbsp; Nobody (certainly not her) appeared to know the show would become what it did, and she told the story as if it were &quot;the one that got away&quot;...but in her typical style, she just shrugged it off.&nbsp; I also recall her saying &quot;the folks at CBS&quot; were developing the show.&nbsp; I always wondered if she was just recalling the circumstances wrong (it aired on NBC) or if CBS really did want to produce the show and NBC somehow swooped in and grabbed it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 79955, member: 27"] The show you describe, where there's basically two actors and a lot of dialogue without location work and such, sounds similar to a "filmed play", which would be much more attractive to theater-based actors like Stritch than the three-camera/laugh-track/multiple-takes sitcoms we typically see. TV/film actors have to have a lot different skills than stage actors (and vice versa) to be successful. Stage actors have to project their voice and movements a lot more (in service to the attendees in the back row) but that sort of behavior would look silly in a TV show, where the microphones and cameras are right in your face. Films don't forgive ad-libbing or mistakes in lines--they simply stop and start over, which is obviously not done in a stage play. There are many theater actors (in the mold of Stritch) who won't do a lot of television or film because of the conceits that have to be made for cameras and filming, though I have seen her in a few TV projects over the years. My guess is that this show appealed to her because it had a "theater" feel to it. I saw a clip on youtube where Stritch (as part of her stage show) told the audience about her "brush with Dorothy Zbornak". Nobody (certainly not her) appeared to know the show would become what it did, and she told the story as if it were "the one that got away"...but in her typical style, she just shrugged it off. I also recall her saying "the folks at CBS" were developing the show. I always wondered if she was just recalling the circumstances wrong (it aired on NBC) or if CBS really did want to produce the show and NBC somehow swooped in and grabbed it. [/QUOTE]

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