Abridged from “The Sandy Kenyon Show”

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Kenyon: Steven Spielberg was given a two-year commitment by NBC to create television and it never really caught on, but “Amazing Stories,” I think, was a great body of work and those little films that he and his colleagues made for that NBC series are going to be seen for generations to come. Some of them are really excellent. You were in the very first. Tell us how that came about?

Edwards: Actually, Steven offered me that part. I was at a Fourth of July party on a beach at Gary Goldberg's home near where Steven had a home. We were all singing around the campfire and Steven, who's a big Disney fan, was there while I sang, “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Gary told me later that Steven was “very moved" and I thought, gee, that's nice. I never thought it would go any further. Then out of nowhere, I get this call to meet with him in which he said, “I saw you on ‘Brothers’ and thought you were wonderful.” He said “Sizzler” when I walked in the door and, of course, I wanted to crumple into a little pool like, oh no, you recognize me from Sizzler?

Kenyon: [Laughs] A reference to your Sizzler commercial…

Edwards: Yes. My Sizzler commercial then “Brothers,” and then he said, “Are you interested in doing this part?” Of course, I wanted to say, “Do you want me to stand on my head? I mean, you're Steven Spielberg—I want to work with you. ”And I did for two weeks. He was so nice. He invited us to Amblin everyday for lunch and to see the dailies.

Kenyon: That's his headquarters on the Universal Studios lot.

Edwards: Yes. Beautiful, Santa Fe style. It was a wonderful experience that was offered to me, and it was one of those, “I will always take it with me” type of things.