David Lascher Remembers 'Chill' Patrick Duffy Hitting theStep by StepSet in Robe and Slippers

Mar. 15, 2025

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“He came to the note session and I was like, ‘I can’t believe how calm this guy is. Like, he’s about to go out in front of a few hundred people,’ ” he continued. “I’m like, ‘This is awesome.’ ”

David Lascher and Patrick Duffy now.Hubert Vestil/Getty; Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic

Hubert Vestil/Getty; Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic

Lascher had previously mentioned this to Keanan back in March when she guested on his and Christine Taylor’s podcast,Hey Dude…The ’90s Called. OnKeanan and Lakin, Lascher went on to recall how Keanan recentlyreintroduced him to Duffy at ’90s Conand that she’d recounted his memory of theDallasalumnus strolling around in a robe.

“And he said to me, ‘I had clothes on under the robe,’ ” Lascher recalled. “I’m like, ‘Dude, I didn’t mean it like that! I meant I was in awe of how chill you were.’ But in this day and age, like, he thought I was, like, out of here …”

“You’re trying to cancel him,” Keanan joked.

“I was, like, ‘No. I didn’t mean it like that!’ ” Lascher responded. “That is my recollection of him. It was being so calm and chill and Zen, and, like, I was in a complete panic mode.”

David Lascher in 2021.Robin L Marshall/Getty

Robin L Marshall/Getty

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“My first episode, we were doing the cast intros. Right?” he recalled. “So, we did the cast intros, and I went backstage and threw up in a garbage can.”

Lascher shared other memories of Mitchum and Lewis from their short time costarring in the series, which only aired for nine episodes.

“She is not only one of the most talented actresses, but, like, she was dating Brad Pitt at the time,” he said of Lewis. “I remember him, like, hanging out in her dressing room, smelling like weed, you know? But he was a super cool dude. But, you know, Juliette was just like, ‘I can’t believe I’m on a sitcom.’ And Robert Mitchum was the same way.”

Juliette Lewis and Robert Mitchum.Ron Galella Collection via Getty; Kypros/Getty

Ron Galella Collection via Getty; Kypros/Getty

“She was cool, but she kept telling me, like, ‘What are we doing here? Like, what is going on?’ ” he said of Lewis. “She did not have the comic precision for a sitcom like you guys did. You know? She would just wanna do her own pacing. She just didn’t like it. You know? I think with half-hour comedy, you either have it or you don’t.”

source: people.com