I planned to include a few outtakes from his recording session. Outtakes are always good for a laugh as we watch someone forgetting a line, stumbling over a word, muffing a pronunciation. And here was Mr. Gross on tape, delivering on-camera opens, closes and bridges – doing take after take – as the crew got the complicated camera movements perfected. 5 takes of this scene. 10 of this scene. 12 of this one. But no outtakes. Not one. He never blew a line. Never stumbled. Never. It was one of the most remarkably professional performances I had ever seen.


So, you won’t see any outtakes this week. Instead take a look at a few segments of the finished video and know that, on our shelves, we’ve got alternates of every scene – but not one in which Mr. Gross flubbed a line.

Actor Michael Gross surrounded by the crew of the "World’s Greatest Hobby" at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI.

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