I always watched the show thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to be a member?', but I never thought it would happen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's always a bit strange when you join a show in the second season.
It has given me an insight into what it's like as an actor to come into a show in the middle of a production and fit into a group that's already established.
It's kind of interesting when you sign on to a show because you're basically signing on to play a character because you only really see the first episode of the show.
The idea of the show is that it's active and that children will become involved and watch the show, but also participate in the show. And I didn't know if that would work.
What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.
I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.
I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.
People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So - no.'
I often say, if I wasn't part of the show I'd be a huge fan of it.