“I wrote some lyrics, Roger Neill wrote the music. We sort of thought of the lyrics as a place
“I wrote some lyrics, Roger Neill wrote the music. We sort of thought of the lyrics as a placeholder and... none liked them. We tried a couple of things, some variations. Barry Blumberg, who ran Disney TV Animation at the time, wasn’t liking anything we did. I knew Barry liked Wayne Brady, and I know Wayne Brady because I used to do improv with him. So I thought Wayne could do this, because he’s a fantastic singer. He’s a great guy. I did improv with him a few times in the 90s. We were like: “Can you come in and write some lyrics for this?” And he was like: “Yeah, sure!” We recorded it at the Capitol Records Studio. I was like: “This is where actual music gets made.” There were pictures of Frank Sinatra on the wall. As I was walking in I see Wayne in his car scrabbling furiously and I realized: “He is writing the song now, the one that he’s recording in ten minutes.” He had months to work on it, but he showed up like: “Was I supposed to write this thing?” He’s a song improvisor and he’s super good at it so he went in and nailed it instantly. He was great, we all loved it. I knew Barry would like it because he loves Wayne Brady! And he did!” - Doug Langdale (The Weekenders Creator) -- source link
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