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Fred Silverman, the head of ABC, he offered me a lot of comedy series but I told him I'd already been the best comedy series around, "The Odd Couple," and so when he saw that I did Quincy he called my agent and said, Jack turns me down? All my good series and he ends up playing an undertaker." And this was the HEAD of ABC series.

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Fred Silverman, the head of ABC, he offered me a lot of comedy series but I told him I'd already been the best comedy series around, The Odd Couple, and so when he saw that I did Quincy he called my agent and said, Jack