Bill Macy Was a Special Case
He came to Maude after having starred on the Broadway musical, "Oh! Calcutta!", which was groundbreaking in its extensive nudity (as opposed to the innocent nudity in "Hair"). He was notorious for flashing his fellow actors and the crew, including the young boy who played Adrienne Barbeau's son as well as visitors to the set. His antics got so bad, that the director had a special script prepared and distributed on the day that the new scripts were given their first read through. The title page of the fake script was "Walter's Fatal Heart Attack" which put him on notice that the network felt that his ribald hijinks were wearing thin.
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