Young Sheldon's Wallace Shawn has never owned a TV set despite his many TV roles - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 10-26-2019, 12:57 AM

https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/wall...interview.html

Shawn describes his role as a physics professor on the CBS comedy as "very good fortune for me" and "a wonderful thing." Yet he doesn't watch the show. "Well, I’ve never owned a television, and I still don’t, so I really haven’t understood anything that people have said to me for the last 40 years," he tells Vulture. "I don’t understand references to TV shows, famous TV commercials, important sports events … So I’ve acted on sitcoms more than I’ve watched them, really! But it’s certainly been a very, very congenial forum for me to work in. I’ve done some very wonderful sitcoms, including The Cosby Show and Murphy Brown. I was even on a couple of episodes of Taxi! I’m definitely sort of in awe of the best of these short little dramas."

Chocolate Moose · 10-28-2019, 10:08 AM

Hm. that's weird.

JO Sweet Heart · 11-02-2019, 02:04 PM

To me, the show powers that be couldn't have picked a better person to play Dr. S.

God bless you and Mr. W. always!!!

Holly

Yong Fang · 11-08-2019, 04:48 AM

I really enjoy him. He is an enduring man.

My favorite role of his is Grand Nagus Zek on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Zek would have given a planet of Latinum for Annie Potts!

10-26-2019, 12:57 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,282	Young Sheldon's Wallace Shawn has never owned a TV set despite his many TV roles https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/wall...interview.html Shawn describes his role as a physics professor on the CBS comedy as "very good fortune for me" and "a wonderful thing." Yet he doesn't watch the show. "Well, I’ve never owned a television, and I still don’t, so I really haven’t understood anything that people have said to me for the last 40 years," he tells Vulture. "I don’t understand references to TV shows, famous TV commercials, important sports events … So I’ve acted on sitcoms more than I’ve watched them, really! But it’s certainly been a very, very congenial forum for me to work in. I’ve done some very wonderful sitcoms, including The Cosby Show and Murphy Brown. I was even on a couple of episodes of Taxi! I’m definitely sort of in awe of the best of these short little dramas."

10-28-2019, 10:08 AM	#2
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JO Sweet Heart Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 11, 2012 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 7,879	To me, the show powers that be couldn't have picked a better person to play Dr. S. God bless you and Mr. W. always!!! Holly
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11-08-2019, 04:48 AM	#4
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	I really enjoy him. He is an enduring man. My favorite role of his is Grand Nagus Zek on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Zek would have given a planet of Latinum for Annie Potts!