Bernadette Peters is an actress, singer and children’s book author whose
career has spanned five decades. She starred in musical theater, films, and     
television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings. She is one of 
the most critically-acclaimed Broadway performers, having received nominations for
seven Tony Awards, winning two, and eight Drama Desk Awards, winning three. Of 
the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred, four have won Grammy Awards.

Bernadette Peters with Steve Martin in The Jerk (1979)

 
Howard Hesseman is best known for playing disc jockey Johnny Fever
on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978 – 1982) and schoolteacher
Charlie Moore on Head of the Class (ABC 1986 – 1991). Hesseman was
born in Lebanon, Oregon and attended the university of Oregon.

Howard as Johnny Fever