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1 | [Of Bill Bixby]: When I found out they were putting this out, I thought, "It's about time". Bill Bixby had an amazing body of work, not only The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), but My Favorite Martian (1963), The Magician (1973), The Incredible Hulk (1978) and so many other things, as an actor, as a director - and he never got an Emmy. He's never been recognized posthumously by the Academy. And he doesn't have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That is criminal. There are people who have stars that, not to be blunt, but I wouldn't bother spitting on their stars. Bill's talent would take a couple of blocks of stars compared to them. It really demeans the whole thing that Bill is not included. |
2 | [When asked if he had a wonderful on- and off-screen chemistry with Bill Bixby, who played Tom Corbett]: Not to be the most difficult person to work with. Well, when you're around the guy known as 'the nicest guy' in showbusiness. You learn a lot and you're in awe, an awful lot of the time. Bill was such a professional, such a giving actor, and caring person that it didn't even seem like work. It seemed like I was hanging out with my best friend. It was corny, but he was so wonderful to work with, you could not pay anybody to say a bad word about Bill. He was giving to a fault, basically. |
3 | [About Dr. Know, who are traveling the road in distancing themselves from the past and expanding a legacy better than what his group did when they're all in their 20s]: We're probably even angrier than we were back then. We see no reason to stop. Stop? Because we're a certain age? That's never had anything to do with punk rock. This version of Dr. Know is very serious about doing something not connected with the past. We have more to us than that. |
4 | [on reconciling with Biafra despite numerous differences]: Biafra and I started talking again right after I quit Dead Kennedys. We had known each other since way back in the day from gigs and when we opened for them a few times. I can understand his being upset about what I did to a certain degree, but it was all way over the top most of the time and it took away the real message of Dead Kennedys. We all make mistakes, you know? |
5 | I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters. |
6 | [on his band]: We knew we were on to something, it was a reaction to everything being generically labeled hardcore. We knew we were separating ourselves. We learned to be different because we didn't want to be lumped in. As a scene we were quite unique, but a lot of the first Nardcore bands weren't groundbreaking musically. I'm 45 now, and I can look back on it. Nobody from the early nardcore scene really did anything that amazing, but the fact that all of us came out of such a small scene is unique and incredible. Nardcore was family and friends, not a sound. |
7 | [on auditioning for The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)]: The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work. |
8 | You could not even pay anyone to say something bad about Bill. |
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1 | Credits Bill Bixby as his favorite acting mentor/best friend. |
2 | Revealed that he had a wonderful working relationship with Bill Bixby on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969). |
3 | Currently touring as lead singer for the Dead Kennedys. [June 2003] |
4 | He quit singing for legendary punk band, Dead Kennedys, in April 2003. He now produces and edits television shows in Los Angeles and sings with his original band, Gary W. Miller. The band is recording a new album, which will be available in 2005. [October 2004] |
5 | His acting mentor was the late Bill Bixby. |
6 | After leaving the Dead Kennedys, Cruz rejoined his former band, Gary W. Miller. Dr. Know broke up on August 16th, 2010. Cruz has a new band called "MDCN MN". |
7 | Is friends with Nicolas Cage, who frequently talks to him through his ex-wife, Patricia Arquette, who's also Cruz's wife's very good friend. |
8 | Best known by the public for his role as Eddie Corbett on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969). |
9 | Charter member of "A Minor Consideration", the watchdog group of former child stars, founded by Paul Petersen. Their mission is to look after the welfare of former and current child actors. |
10 | April 2000 - Second child, Ruby Jean, is born. |
11 | Named his son Lincoln Bixby Cruz after Bill Bixby. [1995] |
12 | In the early 80s, he was the singer for a well-known southern California punk band called Gary W. Miller. He is also covered in many tattoos from this period in his life. |
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