The idea of a producer taking his show off the air that was successful, that was so good, and so far ahead of its time that it made my career is mind-bogglingly crazy.

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It's a classic, and it's been relevant to three generations of children.

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[But he's not celebrating yet.] You never know, ... If I tell you the Champagne bottles that I didn't open in 1981 when I heard that Warner Brothers, Chevy Chase and the delicious Goldie Hawn were going to make this movie. And when we made the series with HBO, they took me out for breakfast and said, 'Welcome to your new life.' That was 1988. Things don't always occur as you imagine they might.

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You never know. If I tell you the champagne bottles that I didn't open in 1981 when I heard that Warner Bros., Chevy Chase and the delicious Goldie Hawn were going to make this movie. And when we made the series with HBO, they took me out for breakfast and said, 'Welcome to your new life.' That was 1988. Things don't always occur as you imagine they might.

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