Scott Marshall returns for part two of our interview with him to celebrate his father’s legacy. In this second installment we discuss Laverne and Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Angie, Joanie Love Chachi, The New Odd Couple, the 2010s Odd Couple reboot, failed pilots and hit on Garry’s movie career too especially Nothing in Common / Jackie Gleason. We also cover Scott’s acting work on the sitcoms and his career.

In this episode we are joined by Scott Marshall, Garry Marshall’s son, who provides us an inside, charming and humorous look at his father’s legendary career and his exposure to all of it growing up. This is only part one of our interview as there is so much to cover. We discuss:

• Garry’s upbringing in the Bronx and his family
• His college days at Northwestern University
• Writing for Jack Paar and Joey Bishop
• Moving to LA and meeting his wife / Scott’s mother Barbara
• Writing on Dick Van Dyke, The Lucy Show, and I Spy
• Garry’s first series Hey Landlord
• How Garry got to work on The Odd Couple; Scott’s memories being on set; Jack and Tony; the writers; casting Penny & nepotism; Albert Brooks
• Other shows he worked on during The Odd Couple including the terrible Me & The Chimp.
• The origins of Happy Days; Scott acting on the show; studio and network interference; his friendship with the cast.

This week we welcome Lowell Ganz back for part two of our interview. In these two hours we cover:

• The trouble with The Odyssey Couple
• The furniture in Take My Furniture Please
• The stories behind the appearances of Hugh Hefner, Bobby Riggs and Rob Reiner
• Why there was a series finale when most 5-season shows don’t get that chance
• What the plans were if there was a S6
• Lowell’s move to Happy Days
• How he and Mark Rothman accidentally created Laverne and Shirley
• Some of his shorter-lived such as Busting Loose, Making It, and Joanie Loves Chachi
• Casting of two of his earliest movies – Night Shift and Splash
• How three of his movies were turned into TV shows: Gung Ho, A League Of Their Own and Parenthood. The latter two were turned into TV series – twice!

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