Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
May 23 - 29, 2021 l 3
BY JAY BOBBIN
Pam Dawber
OF ‘NCIS’ ON CBS
Now that you’re finally acting opposite your
husband Mark Harmon on “NCIS,” what do
you think the draw is between your reporter
character Marcie and his Gibbs?
My makeup artist Tina, who’s just fabulous, said to
me during the third episode I did, “You know what’s
so great about this? I’ve been on this show for 18
years, and everybody is scared of Gibbs. But you’re
just right in his face!” He’s just the antithesis of
Marcie. He frustrates the heck out of her, and he kind
of quietly appreciates her, but she annoys the heck
out of him ... so it’s really fun.
How did you find both living and working
with Mark for the time you were doing the
show?
We didn’t drive to work together or come home
together. I had a 6 a.m. call – which is why I really
have no interest in going back into show business! – but he had other things to do, so he had to
stay, and there was still a bit of separation. I could listen to what went on with the rest of his day.
Marcie is so chatty and Gibbs is so much like a dial tone, I got most of the lines in our scenes.
Each script (of the four Dawber did) was written by a different team, and they were all so open to
anything. I’d say, “I’m going to suggest something, but if it doesn’t make any sense ... .” And they
were all so wonderful, it was a real collaboration. It was almost like we were all creating at the
same time, and it was great.
Did you know that it was a four-episode “NCIS” stint you were signing up for?
I wasn’t sure, and I don’t even know if they were sure. I said, “Let’s start out with two.” That was
my original deal. They were flying by the seat of their pants because with COVID, everything
has been much more difficult. This (“NCIS”) season is only 16 episodes, so the network has been
sandwiching new episodes between reruns. And this has been a continuing story.
BY JOHN CROOK
One-season
wonders
Questions:
1)
2)
3)
4)
“American Gothic”
“Oh Madeline”
“Grand”
A soap opera
Answers:
Gary
Cole
1) If your favorite show expired after one season, take heart: So did
this scary, offbeat Southern spook show featuring Gary Cole as a
devilish sheriff and a dead girl constantly saying, “Someone’s at the
door.” Can you name it?
2) What 1983-84 domestic sitcom on ABC starred Madeline Kahn as
ditsy housewife Madeline Wayne?
3) Set in the town of Grand, Pa., this 1990 NBC sitcom (which
technically ran for two half-seasons) had a blue-ribbon cast that
included Pamela Reed, Bonnie Hunt,
Michael McKean and Andrew Lauer. Can
you name it?
4) Bess Armstrong and Carol Kane starred
in “All Is Forgiven,” a 1986 NBC sitcom set
behind the scenes at what kind of TV show?
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