[LittleOldLady]

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Maybe this has been covered, but I couldn't find it anywhere. How did this appearance come to be? Did Ed or Elaine contact Bravo, or does Ed have an agent that set this up? I'm just curious as to how he ended up on such a show?

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It was my idea/fault. Watching another show on Bravo, I saw their casting call for Las Vegas, and I thought that it would make a good vehicle for free publicity for the books, especially for GSIH. So I told Edward about my "crazy" idea, and he and Elaine discussed it and gave me permission to send in an application. At the same time Elaine and Edward saw a notice of open auditions in town, so they went. They told me that the audition was full of slobs, but when the slobs were asked about what their stories were, well, they didn't have any. However, we had worked out a number of story angles in advance. responding to all five of the areas the show works with. The casting director was impressed and made some casting tapes. And so, Edward was cast as a SG (straight guy).