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Gil Gerard

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

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"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

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"It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about."
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