John Ritter A&E Biography airing Oct 30th on A&E! [Archive] - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Pavan

10-28-2002, 04:48 PM

Yes, the John Ritter A&E Biography airs this Wednesday, October 30 at 8 p.m. on A&E, but A&E sent me a screener to review!! I watched it this morning as soon as I got it and it was GREAT! Great photos of him from the early years and now, and even some video clips of him with his father when he was a boy. His brother Tom, who has Cerebal Palsy, was interviewed. So many rare things they mentioned, like the 1980's John Ritter ABC special (John Ritter: Being of Soul, Mind and Body) that he did, they even showed a clip from that (with Suzanne!), the Cerebal Palsy telethon, etc. Even photos of John's family, all 4 kids (first time I saw Carly other than when she was a kid), ex-wife Nancy Morgan and of course wife Amy Yasbeck. I was and still am amazed. They interviewed the obvious people, like Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Don Knotts, author of the Three's Cimpany book Chris Mann, close friend & The Dinner Party co-star Henry Winkler, friend & Hearts Afire/Sling Blade co-star Billy Bob Thornton, Skin Deep director Blake Edwards, friend & J for J co-star Jenny Sullivan, and some of his other close friends.

The only negative I thought was the person from People Magazine, I don't know why they interviewed him, I didn't like him. Also, I thought they should have interviewed a few more people and eliminate that People Magazine guy, they could have interviewed, Richard Kline, director Peter Bogdanovich, Markie Post, John's kids (especially Jason), ex-wife Nancy (maybe that isn't possible?), wife Amy Yasbeck, and John's mom. Other than that, this Bio is right on target and it has some rare footages (especially John the early years). They should have made it two hours, maybe another bio will soon (E!?).

I hope you guys watch it this Wednesday and enjoy it as much as I did, and I'd love to hear what you think of it.

Thanks and remember Wednesday at 8p e/p on A&E.