Allison Smith (Broadway's Annie, Kate & Allie)

Allison Smith joined me to talk about The Honeymooners; being in love with the Annie soundtrack; her family finding out she could sing; getting in the kids chorus of Broadway's Evita; getting Annie; her co-stars John Schuck, Harve Presnell, Alice Ghostley, and Rita Rudner; never taking a vacation in three years; only missing shows to tape a Silver Spoons; favorite song is Maybe; performing for Pres. Reagan and at Kennedy Center; Night of 100 Stars; getting Kate & Allie; taping at the Ed Sullivan Theater; memorable episodes; working with Jane Curtin & Susan St. James; getting down to a 4 day week; her and Ari's characters; being in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade; game shows; spokesperson for Juvenile Diabetes; anti-smoking; Friday the 13th; working with Angela Lansbury; Spy Games; Buddy Faro; her recurring role on West Wing; guesting on X-Files, ER, Will & Grace; her role as Patricia Krenwinkle in Helter Skelter; guest starring on House, Nip / Tuck, Children's Hospital, Numb3rs, CSI and Family Guy; doing ADR and reading books on tape; owing a b&b called Stonover Farm; working with the Authors Guild; writing an autobiographical fiction novel; working with Save the World; performing in We Are the World in Philadelphia in Live Aid; bootleg copies of Annie; getting her voice back in shape to possibly record an album