Recasting Couch
Robert Wagner as Dr. Beeper; Rob Lowe as Dr. Beeper
In the discussion (3)
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- Robert Wagner is thrown out for Dr. Beeper, a pick called a heat check, with a joke about the timeline of his marriage to Natalie Wood.
- Fifteen years later Dr. Beeper is Rob Lowe, "100%"; Lowe could even be Smales now, known to a new generation from Parks and Rec.
- Ted Knight would never be recast; Harvey Corman (as transcribed) could have done the haughty part, Norman Fell would not be big enough, and Ted Danson would probably be Smales 15 years later, though it is a hard part to cast.