'That '70s Show' Takes Tim Reid Back
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'That '70s Show' Takes Tim Reid Back
By Rick Porter
Tim Reid is having a good time working on "That '70s Show," going
back in time to when he first became famous on "WKRP in Cincinnati."
"This show really stays anchored in the '70s and its attention to
detail," says Reid, who played DJ Venus Flytrap on "WKRP" and
has since become a writer, director and Emmy-nominated producer.
"On the sets, I see little, small things -- I look around and I'm seeing
things, I'm going 'That's interesting. I remember that.'"
There's just one thing that bugs him, though.
"I'm back in the Venus clothes all the sudden. They're a little more
upscale, but nonetheless -- I'm afraid I'm going to get polyester
poisoning," he says.
Reid, and that wardrobe, begin a multi-episode stint on the FOX series
Wednesday (Sept. 15), when his character, a record-store owner named
William Barnett, shows up in Point Place and announces he's Hyde's
(Danny Masterson) biological father. (Robert Hays played the man
Hyde thought was his dad in the show's third season.) The character
is excited to meet the son he just learned about, and Reid is enjoying
playing a role he's not sure would have been written 25 years ago.
"I'm playing a character from the '70s, and it's interesting, because
if we were in the '70s television wouldn't have put this character on,"
Reid says, alluding to the idea that Hyde is the offspring of an
interracial relationship. The fact that he can do the character now,
he says, is the "genius" of "That '70s Show."
"They're able to do sort of a back-to-the-future thing, and examine
[issues] without having to be politically correct of frightened," he
says. "If this had been done back in the '70s, it would play more on
the racial frustration -- it would be a differently written introduction.
Now, because we're looking sort of back to the future, the comedy
is different. It's lighter -- there's not the feeling of 'Oh God, something's
gonna happen.' It's more about these human beings, and more realistic,
I think."
Reid's time on "That '70s Show" -- he's set to film six episodes --
is actually something of a break for him. He runs a studio operation
called New Millennium in his native Virginia and has produced, written
or directed a number of projects over they years, including the
Emmy-nominated "Frank's Place," the Showtime series "Linc's" and
the feature film "Once Upon a Time ... When We Were Colored."
This is his first series work in several years, though, where his job
is just, as he puts it, "come in and try not to bump into the furniture."
"I'm not the guy who says what is," Reid says with a laugh. "Usually
I'm the guy who says, 'Do this, do that, yeah, that's working.' Now I'm
the guy who has to take orders and do my job as an actor. It's a good
experience for me. ...
"It's almost like a vacation for me, because I'm struggling to try to make
these little independent films and keep the studio up and running and
meeting with bankers and all that crap. Then suddenly I'm an actor;
that's my job. It's been good to be there these past few weeks."
Cheers,
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Bud
news:6ni3l09jekujgud4o...@4ax.com:
>
> 'That '70s Show' Takes Tim Reid Back
> By Rick Porter
>
> Tim Reid is having a good time working on "That '70s Show," going
> back in time to when he first became famous on "WKRP in Cincinnati."
>
> "This show really stays anchored in the '70s and its attention to
> detail," says Reid, who played DJ Venus Flytrap on "WKRP" and
> has since become a writer, director and Emmy-nominated producer.
> "On the sets, I see little, small things -- I look around and I'm seeing
> things, I'm going 'That's interesting. I remember that.'"
I'd be a happy camper and a faithful viewer if they find a way to bring
fellow WKRP alumnus Jan Smithers onto the show. IMO, she was one of the
most beautiful women to ever grace the small screen.
Bud
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>I'd be a happy camper and a faithful viewer if they find a way to bring
>fellow WKRP alumnus Jan Smithers onto the show. IMO, she was one of the
>most beautiful women to ever grace the small screen.
Amen! I always thought Bailey Quarters was the true hottie of WKRP.
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