I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw.

The two-hour made-for-television movie/pilot was filmed and shown on network television. O'Neill made a brief appearance on the comedy variety show In Living Color playing the "Dirty Dozens" champion who defeats the challenger played by Jamie Foxx.

Edward Phillip "Ed" O'Neill Jr.