WILLIAM KATT THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO GOOD MORNING AMERICA INTERVIEW DEC 1981 

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For sure the chemistry of the cast is a big part of what makes the series so good. I stayed home from school that morning to record the interview and was so disappointed in David Hartman. Katt was concerned about the way ABC promoted the series, so I'm not surprised that question was asked but overall the whole thing comes across like Hartman wasn't prepared. Thanks for watching!

You are welcome, glad you liked it. I agree, I think he handled the interview very well.

Sally N, David Hartman was well known for his condescending attitude and uppity personality. I loved GMA back in the day so I just put up with him. 😂😂

I've read a couple of Katt interviews that were not long before TGAH, and he said many times he was misquoted or an interview didn't go very well for one reason or another and he was always reluctant to agree to do one. Seems that luck continued with GMA and Hartman introducing him as Jim Katt. On the other side of the coin, I've heard Katt now say he was a bit too serious back then and in some cases needed to lighten up. Maybe a combo of both in this case.

@@tgaharchives1981 yes. I could see that. Katt wanted to be taken seriously while the interviewer treated him like a circus monkey.

@@differencemaker242 I have a print ad for a morning show called AM Los Angeles on KABC from March or April of 1982. Katt was a guest, and I would love to know if that went any better than the GMA appearance.

@@tgaharchives1981 I hope it did. Could it be worse? I suppose it could but not much.

It sure was. I love that song til this day. Wonderful song.

When watching this back in 81 I was so surprised to hear Hartman call him "Jim" as the interview started. Katt had stated back then he hated giving print interviews because he was always misquoted, I can only imagine what he thought when a non print interview with the network he was on started out like that. I only know of two televised interviews Katt gave back during the series run. This one from GMA and one he did on KABC TV's AM Los Angeles. Sadly I did not live on the West Coast so I do not have the AM Los Angeles piece.

I think he was sort of burned out with the whole being a lead in a tv series from that era thing, (interviews hectic schedules etc) which is why he turned down an additional two seasons when it started hitting big in syndication during the mid eighties. In retrospect now I've heard him say in interview that he wished he would've taken it, I'm glad he's enjoying the conventions and talking about TGAH now, seems like a nice man. @@tgaharchives1981

I agree

haha! I loved it and still do! The GAH is my favorite!

It was a comedy and since the instructions were lost, he had to learn how to fly by all of his mistakes.

And one that doesn't pay nearly as much as doing a primetime television show.