Bill Erwin Biography
William Lindsey Erwin was an American film, stage and television actor with over 250 television and film credits. A veteran character actor who appeared in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Somewhere in Time and Home Alone. He was also a stage manager for Edgar Bergen and a security assistant for Clancy. He is widely known for his 1993 Emmy Award-nominated performance on Seinfeld, portraying the embittered, irascible retiree Sid Fields.
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Bill Erwin Quotes
Innovative Self-Heating TV Dinner Concept Introduced
Edison: [removes the cover off the Chef Edison's TV Dinner]
Ladies and gentlemen, when I was yo high, I got the idea for making something everyone could use, and today, it is a reality. So, without further ado... Ta-da! The device that's gonna rock the world!
Fremont:
A TV dinner? I hate to break the news, but Swanson beat you to the punch by 40 years.
Edison: [opens the lid to the TV dinner, showing the food tray and a portable TV screen, much to the hoard's amusement; passes the TV dinner to Natalie, who passes it down to every board member all the way to Landers]
Guys, it's not just a TV dinner, it's a real TV dinner. Here, check it out. The hardest part was making a TV that could withstand going from the freezer to be heated.
Larry:
This dinner is self-heating and uses microwave technology to cook the food and run the TV for 4 hours.
Edison:
And here's the kicker, it only costs $2.19 more than a regular TV dinner.
Fremont:
Ingenious!
Landers:
And tasty, too.
Bradford:
Get him a bib.
Edison:
I say we go into immediate production.
Natalie:
Whoa, Edison. I don't mean to burst your bubble, but there are standard procedure to follow. We have product testing and focus groups, safety regulations. We can't just march right into production.
Edison:
Well, you've done this a lot longer than I have, so...
Bradford: [interrupting]
Hold on! Didn't you just tell us that this is the greatest thing since individually wrapped cheese slices?
Edison:
I would never, ever dare compare it to individually wrapped cheese slices. I mean, come on. We all know there's nothing better or tastier than that. Bradford, hello? Scrumpdillyicious, cheese slices. Although, I would say this is close.
Natalie:
Yes, but...
Bradford:
Natalie, please. Gentlemen, months of costly testing will only tell us what we already know. The product works, but, of course, it's up to you, Mr. Chairman of the Board.
Edison:
I say we go into production now!
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Unexpected Company Inheritance Revealed
Fremont:
You're the new trainee?
Edison:
Actually, I inherited the company.
Landers: [the board members incredulously exclaim]
He's Edison?
Edison:
In the freckled flesh.
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