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Well, I gotta tell you, I am very excited as a child who grew up with this guy in my life.

Lando Carriosian, Gail Sayers, Night Hawks, I mean a legend beyond belief in this book, what have we here, which I finished last night.

Fantastic memoir, Portures of a Life.

Billy D. Williams, join me on the West Coast.

After you in here, but good morning to you, sir. How are you?

Why? Are you correct? Yes, sir. Yes, I am. Yes, I am.

Yes, I am. Yes, I'm glad you enjoyed the book.

It was great. Oh, fantastic. I have a bunch of questions about but I want to start.

So when you, when you obviously when George Lucas reaches after Star Wars, you know Empire Strikes

back is going to be a monster. Did you have any idea at all

what Brian's song was going to be? Wanda being watched by 55 million people.

Did you have any idea that that was going to have any success or no?

No, I think what happens is, you know, when you're an actor, you're just happy to go to work. Right, right, right.

Yeah.

And you don't really know know you always hope obviously for the best, but you really never really know in very specific terms and where everything is going to go. And you weren't the first choice, which you know I didn't

know that they Louis Gossa Jr was originally cast as Gail Sayers, right?

Yeah, it just showed you how interesting the life experience is.

I mean, for me, it was meant to be. It was one of those situations. It was a very special experience. I mean I always

regarded as an act of love It was like one of those perfect moments that come along once in a

while. It's one of those movies. My dad who's since gone loved it

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