I’m a fan.
“And that’s when they put me onFull House.
The unaired pilot was originally titledThe Secret Life of Harry Greenebefore being renamedReality Check, according to Lipper.
David Lipper, Hilary Swank, Giovanni Ribisi, and Kaley Cuoco.Michael Tullberg/Getty;Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty
So what went wrong?
Reality Checkwas the brainchild of the producing team of Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane.
(Candace Cameron Bure).
David Lipper and John Stamos on “Full House”.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Well, we lucked out because of that,” Barber said to Lipper.
“Although I feel bad that you lost out on that.
What an amazing opportunity.
But Mitchell hadn’t shown up to audition yet.
The producers told Lipper, “‘Listen, Sasha’s still not here.
If he doesn’t show up in five minutes, it’s yours because we absolutely love you.’
But “at four minutes and 50 seconds, in walks Sasha Mitchell, he recounted.
And he goes, Dude!
Hes like, I got so lost, this place is so big!
I’m like, I’m not gonna lose to this idiot, am I?
Then like, Wait a second, the character’s an idiot.'
Mitchell finally won the part, and Lipper learned the cold, hard truth why.
And that was the end.
Lipper reflected on the early 1990s boom time in scripted broadcast television.
“It was just a much more profitable, easier business in those days,” he said.
“You only had four channels, really four main channels.
You had most people watching television and not diverted now to social media and all these other places.
