Not only did I find myself thinking that the guy playing Amos must have done mostly Mob parts, but also that he himself might just be a mobster-turned-actor. This is totally unjustified, just a passing thought.
LOL!!!!
Is it my imagination or does the actor playing Amos Finch call Burke Boirk? Now there’s a Maine native for ya.
I wanted to post a bit of Luciaphil’s 2005 comments on this episode, because they are so on the money. And it’s pretty funny.
From Luciaphil’s Idle Thoughts:
You can practically see the cigarette smoke wafting around the hotel suite, it's that thick. Mitchell Ryan, who had his own share of problems, is totally blowing his scenes. You can tell he's messing up the lines because the guy playing Amos is madly trying to read the TelePrompTer because Ryan's screwed up the cues. Then the actor playing Zeb Cartwright is looking dazed, which is no surprise. In the space of five minutes, Ryan has referred to him as Jim, Sam, and Zeb. Amos takes off (I think ahead of schedule).TPTB most likely never dreamed we’d be watching DS in syndication, but they really should have shot that whole scene over. It’s akin to that moment during a play when one of the actors forgets their lines and there is a rather lengthy lull as they search for their cue.