Jean Smart Looks Back on "Teachers Only" (1982-83) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 02-08-2017, 06:49 PM

Jean Smart on "Teachers Only"

Smart had been a theater actress before landing this NBC show starring Lynn Redgrave and Norman Fell. She played Shari, a secretary having an affair with the principal.

Smart quickly discovered that Hollywood was different from the New York stage scene — “warm-ups” referred to a comic for the studio audience, not vocal exercises, for example — something she marveled over with her agent after her first live taping.

“She was from the South and she said, ‘You poor baby. You really don’t know your ass from apple butter, do you?’ All evening I thought, ‘Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore.'”

http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/08/jean-smart-role-call/

king of comedy · 02-09-2017, 06:21 PM

She has come a long way.

02-08-2017, 06:49 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,045	Jean Smart Looks Back on "Teachers Only" (1982-83) *Jean Smart on "Teachers Only"* Smart had been a theater actress before landing this NBC show starring Lynn Redgrave and Norman Fell. She played Shari, a secretary having an affair with the principal. Smart quickly discovered that Hollywood was different from the New York stage scene — “warm-ups” referred to a comic for the studio audience, not vocal exercises, for example — something she marveled over with her agent after her first live taping. “She was from the South and she said, ‘You poor baby. You really don’t know your ass from apple butter, do you?’ All evening I thought, ‘Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore.'” http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/08/jean-smart-role-call/ Attached Images

02-09-2017, 06:21 PM	#2
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	She has come a long way.