it's a rare condition when i say the phrase iconic tv dad how does that make you feel that we're honoring you with this old i don't have any kids of my own oh and i had to get used to being a father as you never would have known never would have known oh i missed you so much today daddy oh i missed you too the tgif classic first premiered in 1989 and went on to air nine seasons but audiences were first introduced to carl and harriet winslow played by joe marie payton in perfect strangers hey
baby ah sweethearts hi balcony it was one episode that i had to go do and we kind of connected she's wonderful to work with they decided to put this these two together and have her own show and i was her husband and action forget the eggs we never had an argument or anything on the set never never not once not ever the same can't be said of joe marie and jaleel white who played steve urkel you better check that attitude at the door he didn't have the etiquette that maybe i and some others had there
was one time he actually wanted to physically fight me i was gonna go down whip his behind i was gonna whip his behind joe marie did tell us during her interview that she didn't have the greatest relationship with jaleel during that time working with him was a challenge there were some moments when he was a little difficult but um overall i have nothing but good memories for him got any cheese so while family matters was jaleel's breakout role reginald's was in 1988 playing a different sort of cop i'm kind of busy right now i'll talk
to you later uh what's wrong with you you were cast as sergeant al pal yes in die hard yes would you call that your breakthrough role yes of course i didn't realize it at that time a behind-the-scenes secret reginald wasn't the first casting choice the actor that had that road the role that i played was supposed to be you can say it that can i say it you can say it was supposed to be gene hackman really yes it was but uh something happened and he didn't do it and they decided to cast an unknown
actor it was the last day of uh of the casting when it came into the room it was uh wesley stipes and i said wes hey school you know so he said well i said well you go first so he went first and i i listened at the door to him auditioning i never told him that i love that now you know wesley i did that so bruce willis he said uh well let's get that guy and he pointed me out and that's how i got the role but you know ah no one knows that
you got yourself a good man you take good care of him sadly bruce recently announced his retirement from acting due to the degenerative brain disease aphasia we know that bruce is dealing with a health crisis right now and so any just words of encouragement or love or support to him he's the best actor to work with and i appreciate what he gave me and what he did in the film and i wish him nothing but the best [Music]
