Television Influences: From Yesterday to Today - Full Cast & Crew
1999
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Television notables salute the performers who inspired them in this clipfest hosted by Candice Bergen. Paying tribute: Kelsey Grammer (to Jack Benny, Bob Hope); Lisa Kudrow (Betty White); Paul Reiser (Mel Brooks); Ellen DeGeneres (Woody Allen, Lucille Ball); Conan O'Brien (Sid Caesar); Matt Groening ("Leave It to Beaver"'s Eddie Haskell); Fran Drescher (Marlo Thomas, Lucille Ball); Dylan McDermott (Robert Blake); director James Burrows (Phil Silvers); and Dennis Franz (Jackie Gleason).