That’s where her nerves set in.
However, she never made it on air and was fired during the filming of the Jimmy Burrows-directed pilot.
“Jimmy said, ‘No notes …
O.K., thank you, Lisa.’
And I thought, All right, so that’s it.
And they told me, ‘No.
You’re this quirky girl.’
Pilots work and don’t work, but we have to protect ‘Mad About You’, just.'
That was the only thing I cared about, so that I could still do that show.
I thought since it was on the same online grid maybe it wouldn’t be a problem.”
And the rest is sitcom history.
