Here’s a segment from the Friday, January 14th, 1983 installment of WCBS-TV’s (New York City’s CBS affiliate) Channel 2 News at 11, featuring a report on the last day of filming from sister station KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV) in Los Angeles. Included is footage from the final scene being filmed as well as some comments from Loretta Swit.
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They mention that some of the actors would never have to work again… I didn’t even know that residuals existed back then.
They recieved about $6,000.00 a year.
That’s like roughly $500 a month… there’s no way they would not have to work ever again on a small amount like that… even back in those days.
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