![]() They thought I looked too much like a leading man and they wanted a dorky farm boy-type. They didn’t want me because they thought I didn’t have the right look. My manager Bud Robinson-a lifelong mentor to me-argued and argued to the casting director to bring me in. I had four auditions for Mama’s Family and initially they did not want to see me. The ball started rolling and in 1986, after hundreds and hundreds of other auditions, I was up for the part of Bubba in Mama’s Family. My acting coach made a couple of calls and got me an agent and a manager. Once I arrived in Los Angeles, I started putting myself out there and inadvertently met the right people along the way. Talk to me-how did you score the part of Bubba back in the day? ![]() We caught up with the actor to find out what life was like as an 80s sitcom star and what he’s doing now. The irony of where he lives isn’t lost on Kayser. And, yes, it’s near Raytown where Mama’s Family was fictionally set. Today Kayser lives a quiet life outside Kansas City. Success in movies followed-including the horror cult-favorite Night of the Creeps-and Kayser’s teen heartthrob status was firmly cemented-until it wasn’t. “Bubba was never on The Carol Burnett Show skits, but was always referred to as a juvenile delinquent,” says Kayser with a laugh. For 95 episodes, Kayser played the kind-hearted, dim-witted Bubba, the grandson of Harper. Kayser was cast in a 1986 reincarnated version which ran for four more seasons in first-run syndication. The sitcom-which starred Vickie Lawrence as salty “Mama” Thelma Harper-had initially been canceled after two seasons on NBC. Almost to the day two years later, I was cast on Mama’s Family.”įrom L To R: Ken Berry, Kayser, Dorothy Lyman and Vickie Lawrence in Mama’s Family I told myself I was going work my ass off for two years. “I had very specific goals-almost unattainable goals. ![]() He gave himself exactly two years to become a successful actor. Fresh out of high school, actor Allan Kayser left his Colorado roots behind and headed to Hollywood to make it big.
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