Damn glad to meet you My seven decades in the Hollywood trenches
Book - 2024
"If you know Tim Matheson, odds are it's as Eric "Otter" Stratten, known for the iconic line "Damn glad to meet you" in Animal House-the National Lampoon's iconic, endlessly imitated raunch comedy that imprinted at least three generations with all kinds of terrible ideas of what college was going to be like. But that's not the only time Matheson has graced our screens-in fact, FAR from it. A longtime pro actor in Hollywood, Matheson was a contract player in the studio system. He's been an on-screen favorite all the way back to Leave It to Beaver, then on classic TV like Hawaii 5.0, The West Wing, Ironside, Kung Fu, Medical Center, Police Story, Adam 12, and Night Gallery, as well as films like Cl...int Eastwood's Dirty Harry vehicle Magnum Force, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, the Chevy Chase comedy smash Fletch, and the role of Carol Brady's "presumed-dead" husband in A Very Brady Sequel. What's more, he's far from slowing down in his career; he's enjoying a fifth season as Vernon "Doc" Mullins on the Netflix smash hit, Virgin River. He's old school Hollywood and, at some point or another, he's crossed paths and collaborated with, quite literally, everyone. In this memoir, Matheson reveals what it was like to learn from and work alongside everyone from Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Dick Van Dyke, and Debbie Reynolds to Chevy Chase, Mel Brooks, John Belushi, Steve Martin, John Candy, Chris Farley, Ryan Reynolds, and so many more. In addition to sharing his favorite stories from behind-the-scenes of his most iconic projects, he also talks about how he transitioned from acting to directing, the time he bought (and then sold) National Lampoon with a business partner in the '90s, and how his recurring role as Vice President Hoynes on The West Wing nabbed him not just one, but TWO nominations for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Thoughtful, heartfelt, and filled to the brim with fun stories of the ever-changing entertainment industry, you're gonna be "damn glad" you read this fascinating memoir"--
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- Published
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New York :
Hachette Books
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- pages cm
- ISBN
- 9780306832932
9780306832949
- Third kid through the door
- All-American boy
- I love Lucy (also Jackie, Dick, Henry and...)
- Hollywood leatherneck
- Climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride (part 1)
- Marrying my sister
- Feel lucky, punk?
- Climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride (part 2)
- Theater nerd (or "how to make $100 per week")
- Endless summer
- Double secret probation
- John Belushi : "nothing is over until we decide it is."
- The clown princes
- Get me Tim Matheson!
- Brief tales of Hollywood love
- "If and ands and Peter Pans"
- The fall guy
- Chance encounters
- Kiss and tell
- Master of the universe
- The other big terrible things
- Hoynes for America : The West Wing
- The other time I wore a toga
- Ready for my close-ups
- Empty chairs
- Return to Timalot
- At what cost?
- Always wear a tux to work (or, in Virgin River, a parka).