Quick Jack Carter story. He was originally cast as Arthur Spooner in "The King of Queens" as Carrie's crazy father. They shot the pilot and everything. Then Jerry Seinfeld abruptly pulled the plug on his show, which was still in the top five at the time, if not number one, and Jerry Stiller suddenly became available.

They hired Stiller the second he became available and gave Carter his walking papers. They had to re-shoot the pilot over the summer of '98 to have it ready by September (most pilots are shot in March and April). True Hollywood story.