Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
That guy sitting on the front of the bed...not sexy!
I have a clip of them performing at the Tonys that year and when it was time to move the bed off it looks like something happened to prevent this from rolling smoothly so Naughton kind of hops out and pushes the bed off stage - really funny.
Oh, and I have no idea what season that was when Joanna was Mark's love interest on ER. It had to be in the first 2 or 3 seasons though.
According to JoannaGleason.com she was in episodes 2.21, 2.19, and 2.17 (those are season 2). These are on DVD, and the previously mentioned website (where those pix of the I Love My Wife program are from) also has screen caps. I find that appearance interesting as Joanna play's Dr. Green's first love interest after he lost his wife. To me, that ranks right up there with knowing that when Beaver Cleaver grew up (the character, not Jerry Mathers himself) he married a character played by Joanna in a TV Reunion Movie thinger.
I have a photo I need to add sometime you'll probably get a kick out of. It's a headshot of Joanna, the kind she'd put her resume with, and she's wearing all black with cool 80's black velcro shoes. Totally Rad!
So, we just watched The 40 Year Old Virgin this afternoon, and I just couldn't stop thinking about how much Catherine Keener looks like a younger Joanna Gleason. Anyone else ever think that, or am I just crazy?