daniels, wonderful director. he directed the movie. anyway, pam williams calls me and says hey, we finally found the actor who is going to play the butler and i said, oh, great. who? and she said forest whitaker. and i said, come on now, really? who's going to play the butler? she said no, no, no, really, really, wil, forest whitaker. and i said my goodness, wow. and the next day my phone rings again and pam williams says, we finally found the actors who's going to play the wife of the butler. and i said, great. who is that going to be? and she said, oprah winfrey. and i said okay now, let's stop joking here. let's roll onto the series part of this conversation. she said, wil, sit down. and i said, i am sitting down. >> with my peanut butter and jelly sandwich. >> well know, this is the second day. >> different lunch. >> and she said, oprah winfrey is going to play the wife of the butler. and then the other cast members started rolling in. there was lenny kravitz, jane fonda, vanessa redgrave, robin williams, cuba gooding, jr. clarence williams iii. link from the mod squad. a man of very few words. when i was a kid growing up in ohio, t