My parents took me (after some serious ME pressure) to see ALICE tapings three times, in '81, '82 and '83, and in '82, we happened to eat at EL CHIQUITO MEXICAN RESTAURANT across the street from Warner Brothers while driving around Burbank. Every girl I went to school with was gaga over him, but it was me that got to meet him.
By the time I met him, I knew tons about him and he naturally knew NOTHING about me. I would meet Phil in 1983, and it was a really good experience. One of Philip McKeon's early publicity photos.
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Phil McKeon's young life was like only a couple dozen other child TV stars at the time. To underestimate the affect of these experiences would be an easy accomplishment. It is safe to say that many a teenage girl at the time had severe crushes on Philip also. And, following Phil's success on ALICE, three or four years later, NANCY McKEON achieved fame also when the FACTS OF LIFE added an additional character, Jo, to the cast, making her an instant celebrity also. I'd love to capture some of those memories from Phil himself at some point.ĭuring the ALICE years (1976-1985), I recall that there were numerous contests to meet PHILIP McKEON (mostly by Teen or Tiger Beat Magazine, then popular.) Phil was featured in many of the young star profiles and I have a few of them in my enormous scrapbook. Phil was in the enviable position of being the ONLY kid on the set on a regular basis, and he no doubt received a lot of attention from all of his co-workers. For Phil, it also meant on-stage schooling, getting to know all of the cast and crew, meeting a number of guest stars who regularly made appearances on ALICE, and as his popularity and fame grew, becoming a staple in the Hollywood set in the 1970s and 1980s. Phil described living in an apartment complex near Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank as his first California home. For Phil, it meant that his entire family relocated to California from New York. Linda recommended him for the part of Tommy (apparently after the earliest producers decided that ALFRED LUTTER was too old to play Tommy.)Ĭertainly, growing up on the ALICE set would have been a very unique and life-changing experience. It was in a Broadway performance that Linda Lavin first saw Phil and thought he was bright and talented. He and his sister NANCY both continued modeling and later acting parts in stage, films and commercials. PHILIP McKEON (note that he prefers to go by Phil these days) began modeling at age 4. Hard to say what life would look like for Linda had there been no ALICE! This year, Linda led the cast in a delightful, critically acclaimed Broadway production called THE LYONS, receiving her sixth Tony nomination! She and husband Steve Bakunas recently announced they are moving BACK to New York after a number of years in Wilmington, North Carolina, where they owned a small theatre and became a part of the community there.
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I was horrified it didn't find success, though many a good show has gone to the graveyard for simply not getting the ratings required.įollowing ALICE, Linda hasn't ever quit working and continues to get great and highly acclaimed roles in many different venues, including Broadway, television and some movie roles. It was well written with subtle, good humor and excellent story lines.
ROOM FOR TWO was a wonderful sitcom with tremendous potential, and I followed it extensively. Linda starred in two sitcoms following ALICE: ROOM FOR TWO (1992-1993) and CONRAD BLOOM (1998), neither which were as successful nor long running as ALICE.
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