Finally, to the (what seems like) hundreds of you who have written in with questions or messages of support for Gale please know that he continues to thrive and heal. The rapidity and amazing degree of his recovery has been truly miraculous and I have no doubt that your good wishes and energy sent his way have aided in this. So thank YOU ALL. --Scott Lowell here | here

In other words, stop emailing. Heh. Also, YAY MIRACULOUS GALE. Nothing really new with this update, I know, but I'm all for good news. Even if it's rerun good news.

I sent him balloons. No, I haven't spoken to him. I'm in touch with him through Scott Lowell, a fellow Chicago boy who played Ted. Scott is there every day with Gale and he writes us on the internet and tells us how he's doing. He's fine. --Sharon Gless here | here

Scott is there every day. And created a mail loop where he sends Gale Health Updates to everyone aldfkja. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SUBJECT LINES FOR THOSE WERE. "Gale feeling better, remembered he liked pot today. And Randy's ass." Like I needed another reason to love Scott more. I so wish I shipped those two for some RPS. Dude, there should be Gale/Scott BFF fic.

And why yes, I am just now catching up on old stuff from last week, how'd you guess? I have just begun to spam! ...and now I'm humming the Monty Python song.

Anyway, was skimming the other Q&As on Scott's page and kept going "ALDKFASJ". Must share before my brain explodes. I've trimmed a few down, but definitely go read them all. Scott is a kick-ass woobie.


Q: I recently read about poker parties that transpired between the QaF cast during filming. Were they strip poker games? Who tended to win?
A: We did indeed start playing poker while filming up in Toronto. The winner seemed to shift pretty regularly depending on who remained more sober but we never played strip poker. Please, our jobs on QAF were “strip poker” enough for all of us.

Most sober adlfaj. I picture Randy winning a lot. Either way, we know it sure wasn't Thea.

Q: ..as an actor, how is it easier or more challenging to make friends in your career?
A: As far as making friends in this crazy business we call "Show" it’s actually one of the perks. Because acting is by it’s nature such an intimate thing you are forced to get to know and trust people very quickly so we tend to make friends a lot easier (unless you run into an a-hole!).

I know he's worked with a lot of people, but my brain totally went to Hal there at the end, heh.

Q: *woman hitting on Scott with her telling of a dream where she smacked Scott in the face with the door coming out of a bathroom*
A: Well, first off that doesn’t really sound like a dream at all. I DO tend to linger outside the ladies room at strange hotels and my nose has been broken many times in just this fashion. So you probably were just lucky enough to read an advanced copy of my forthcoming autobiography, “My Lingering Malingering: The Scott Lowell Story” before you went to bed and it influenced your sleep.

*dies*

Q: I saw you in an industrial/commercial type video about job interviews last week in school. The tape was probably from the late-eighties-early-nineties, and you played the part of bad interviewee. In your first example interview you answered questions in memorized manner, which the interviewer didn't like. In the second example you acted in, you recited lines from Shakespeare, which your interviewer found very annoying and pseudo-intellectual. This video seems to be missing from your credits, do you have any more details on this? Could you post this video?
A: That is hilarious, Robbie. Wow. The scary part of doing things on film is that they can come back to haunt you at ANY time. I hadn’t thought about those industrials I did back in Chicago for a very long time. I kind of remember this one and I know I did one for METRA rail service as well but I don’t think I have copies of any of them. They very rarely gave them to you after you did them. Because of all the corporate headquarters in Chicago these industrial training films were a good way for actors (especially theatre actors) to make a nice chunk o’ change to offset the limited amount of money that theatre work often pays ... but when they resurface ... oy.

I WOULD KILL FOR THAT FILM. And I wonder if Gale has anything like that floating around.

Q: What advice do you have for a young guy in Chicago?
A: Eat as much food as you can. FAST. Winter is here and you are going to need as much fat on your body as you can to insulate you from that brutal, BRUTAL cold. No amount of clothing layers can save you now, Blair. I mean you think you know ‘cause you’re from Wisconsin but trust me YOU DON’T KNOW THIS KIND OF COLD!! Only stuffed Chicago-style pizzas, Chicago-style hot dogs, Chili cheese fries, Lawry’s Prime Ribs and pitcher upon pitcher of Old Style beer will do. Good luck.

ALDFKAJL. Is it any wonder Scott and Gale are BFF?

Q: Were you all able to socialize/bond/take care of one another while in Toronto, in spite of the busy filming schedule? After watching the cast reunion, it felt there was a genuine sense of caring and concern for each other.
A: When the cast got up to Toronto to film the show the only people we knew in Toronto ... were us. So we forged a very quick and sturdy bond. We truly enjoyed each others company and would spend A LOT of our free time with each other, playing, counseling, what have you. We cared and still care greatly for one another and always will. We are a family and like any family you have your rough spells and members who choose to go their own way but you still have a bond no matter what.

*heart bursts*