Tim Matheson Reflects on Lucille Ball’s Advice, ‘Indiana Jones’ & ‘Moonlighting’ Near-Misses

Having acted on screen since the early 1960s, Tim Matheson has plenty of showbiz stories to tell. And he does so in his recent memoir Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches, recalling his run-ins with iconic Hollywood stars and his what-if audition experiences.

For example, Matheson revisits his time filming the 1968 comedy-drama film Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucile Ball in the book. “I wanted to recount how hard she worked and how diligent [Ball] was — she came from vaudeville — and the lessons that I learned from her, and how gracious she was in mentoring me and toughening me up,” he told Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes in a new episode of their Amy & T.J. podcast.