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Brian Damage
06-15-2002, 08:18 AM
Does anybody know if Gary was played by two different people? Looking at the old eps., it looks like the Gary was played by different actors at different times?

FOLN@NFan
06-15-2002, 07:22 PM
yeah. im not when the switches were made, but the first Gary was Robert Dasdiero??(this is all from memory lol) then Joel Polis, i think, came, but then Robert came back.

i think thats right...neone else know?

TV Guy
06-15-2002, 08:12 PM
Joel Polis actually played Gary first, in the episode where the bars bowl against each other (and Diane saves the day). For the next Gary episode (during Rebecca's first season), Joel Polis was already committed to another project the week they needed him, so Robert Desiderio took over. After that, Joel and Robert alternated in the role.

Brian Damage
06-17-2002, 06:03 PM
Thanks guys! Hey, speaking of Gary, has anyone noticed that one of the actors that played Gary(Polis or Desiderio, I don't know which is which) does a Barilla pasta commercial? He plays a judge who's searching for the best tasting tortellini. His last line is simply, "Perfecto!"

Chocoholic
06-20-2002, 09:17 AM
I never realized there were 2 different people who played Gary. Thanks for the info.