Article: WILLARD KEEPS BUSY, EVEN DURING STRIKE.(News)

Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ

Whether it's movies, the stage, or television, Fred Willard is in demand.

But the regular on the new hit Fox series "Back to You" unexpectedly finds himself with some extra time on his hands since the writers strike has shut down production of his sitcom.

"It's amazing how many little things you have to do," he said when we chatted this week. "You've gotta go to the shoe repair, you've got to go to the doctor, you gotta go to the dentist."

Still, he'd love to put any of that stuff off to be back on a set performing. At 68, the man who first gained fame more than 30 years ago as Martin Mull's dense sidekick in ...

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