The Untold Truth Of Kurtwood Smith

May 2024 · 2 minute read

As viewers will recall, Red Forman delivered many of the funniest lines on "That '70s Show," including such classics as, "I'm sorry, Kitty, but yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy!" and, to son Eric, "What are you going to put on your resumé? Dumbass?" 

While those and other Red-uttered lines may have become familiar to fans, they apparently didn't make nearly as much of an impression on the actor who voiced them. Asked about whether he watched reruns of "That '70s Show" during an interview with TV Guide, Kurtwood Smith revealed that he sometimes does, not because he intends to, but because the show is "on all the time" in syndication. 

Smith also divulged that when he watches those reruns, he'll tend to remember individual episodes, but not his character's punchlines. The reason, he explained, has to do with the sitcom practice of changing dialogue in the midst of filming, based on the response a joke receives from the live studio audience. According to Smith, he can recall the scenes "but I don't remember the jokes, because we would change them front of the audience. The writers would come up and say, 'Say this instead.' So you're watching something eight years later, and you only said it once, it's easy to forget." 

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