Casting Call
Matt Graves volunteers to cast Funny Cide: The Movie. “This is no easy job unless you know the Funny Cide folks pretty well…. We have to start with Gus Williams. I really don’t know where on this planet you could possibly find a clone of Sackatoga Stable’s most visible and vocal member, but Jack Knowlton suggested Don Rickles, and that’s probably as close as you could come.
“Knowlton is still the human star of this show, but he might be the easiest one to cast. I see Tom Hanks with that All-American-boy look and that down-home charm. How about Marsha Mason as his wife, Dorothy?
“The other main guys on the Sackatoga team would be sophisticated caterer Dave Mahan (George Clooney) and former Sackets Harbor mayor J.P. Constance, an erstwhile (and younger) Harvey Korman. We could safely go with William H. Macy as Lew Titterton.” (Times Union)
