Rondell Sheridan - March 30, 2007

Here are some of the highlights from the Interview.

Raul: What it was like to be on Raven?

Rondell Sheridan: You know it was a good experience but it was one of those things in which you didn't really know. I don't have kids. So my only feedback was from when I would see parents who had kids that they really enjoyed the show and then really getting the concept of how hard it is to have kids, leave them alone and watch television and it was a type of show that parents enjoy, and that was a big deal for them. They said normally parents would sit down with their kids and read a book or something else and they said you know we really looked forward to the next episode of That's So Raven. So that was a really good thing. We had a really great cast and I don't think it will be awhile before I work with someone that's as talented as Raven and I just see things going better and better and bigger and bigger for her cause she was just phenomenal.

Raul: And like you said with bringing families together, it's one of those things where familes come together for certain shows and Raven was definitely one of them because it was so good that it could be part of a primetime line-up on any network, cause it was so well done.

Rondell Sheridan: I was really, our first year a lot of people don't know this our show was a year in advance because our first season we shot the entire show and we were down eleven months before we shot season two, so when we had all that down time I was thinking Disney owns ABC. They were talking about bringing TGIFridays back. It would've been a great TGIFridays show and it would've been a really great primetime show. But ya know it's Disney. They did very well with it, it's all over the world so I'm very happy about that.

Raul: And of course it's on DVD.

Rondell Sheridan: Really it's on DVD? I didn't know that... I gotta go check that out.

Raul: Now that Raven has ended and on good terms obviously...

Rondell Sheridan: Yeah, there's a rumor that she's going to be making an appearance on Cory In The House. There's a rumor.

Raul: Now Cory In The House, you're in it and Kyle is Cory. He's in the house so to speak. Now how did you guys end up in the White House?

Rondell Sheridan: There was a guy campaigning to be the president and he came by my restaurant and liked my food so much of course, cause Victor Baxter is the best cook in the world and he said Hey if I become president I'm going to have you be the chef of the White House and so unlike The Jefferson's we moved on down to the basement of The White House, and that's where we are. This is really exciting because this is the first time Disney has done a spin-off and as much as I've given the accolades for Raven who when she came she was 15 or 16 when she started working, she was so polished and so professional. When I look back at the early episodes of Kyle on the show clearly eight, nine years old, but he now is so great. Now I've been saying that if Raven went another year it would've been hard to hide how talented Kyle's become. So him getting his own show is just... it's like the prince waiting to become king. Ya know he's looking at the throne going I'm ready for it and he really is. He's become a really good comic actor.