Annie Potts on Ghostbusters, Designing Women & Her Joan Rivers Las Vegas Memory

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Annie Potts has starred in some iconic movies and TV shows - “Ghostbusters,” “Toy Story,” “Designing Women,” and “Young Sheldon” just to name a few. Annie talks with me about her latest role as Aunt Sarah the “lobsterwoman” on “Best Medicine” (new episodes air Tuesdays at 8pm ET on FOX and stream the next day on HULU); how she balanced motherhood amidst 22-episodes-a-season on “Designing Women”; her now-viral “Tonight Show” moment with Shelley Winters; and what convinced her to take the role of Bo Peep in “Toy Story” (hint: it wasn’t her agent who talked her into it!).

• 00:00 From Tomboy to Lobster Woman
• 01:35 Adapting Doc Martin for Best Medicine
• 03:49 The Weird Leap Into TV & Film
• 04:44 That Shelly Winters Tonight Show Moment
• 06:10 How Ghostbusters Really Happened
• 07:29 Working With Bill Murray & Improv Chaos
• 08:56 Feeling Lost in an Improv Room
• 09:44 Designing Women & Ensemble Magic
• 11:28 Being a Workaholic
• 12:48 Raising Kids While Filming 26 Episodes
• 15:13 Becoming Bo Peep in Toy Story
• 17:29 Taking Grandkids to Disneyland
• 21:27 Broadway Debut at 57
• 23:56 Learning the Trapeze at 62
• 24:57 The Near-Fatal Car Accident at 21
• 26:27 Roles That “Got Away”
• 27:41 Why She’ll Never Retire
• 29:16 The Las Vegas Memory With Joan Rivers
• 30:43 Craft Services & Raising Kids on Set